iliketosleep

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by iliketosleep 5y ago
No, you've misconstrued what I've said. I am not implying that the payment being declined by a merchant is anything related to the government. Nor am I implying that the government shared my information with any company. Nor I am
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by iliketosleep 5y ago
The type of monitoring used was disclosed as was the "likely cause" of me being flagged. This wasn't a secretive kind of thing. Of course one can't "know" anything as it's a black-box. But it's not a
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by iliketosleep 5y ago
I am being monitored for using a privacy focused email address when signing up for services operated by a government entity. Yep, it happens. Their AI determined that people using particular email providers need to be watched. Not only that
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by iliketosleep 5y ago
Under the thin veneer of civilized society it's still the law of the jungle; while our civilization may have become advanced, our DNA hasn't caught up. We are programmed to blindly accumulate as much as possible, because for most
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by iliketosleep 5y ago
You make a good point. It's interesting how people seem to automatically equate hard work as automatically being a positive (or even as some kind of morality). In reality, without fully understanding an individual's true motivatio
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> What industry? There are many examples in the manufacturing industry, though unions aren't the only factor. > Maybe we need to open a gigantic can of worms that “runs counter to globalization” if we’re talking about sending th
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> The worst thing that people can say about unions is they are bureaucratic and inconvenient. I disagree. Unions can lead to the death of entire industries - I have seen it with my own eyes. Inefficiencies created by unions lead to jobs
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
The article explains it perfectly: Understandably, male names still do not spot the “woman” radical (女, nü). 女 explicitly refers to women, whereas the “man” radical (亻, ren2) is more flexible, as it refers to humans. This is also consiste
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> I feel my life outcome and success depends on emotional regulation more than anything else. Indeed. It wouldn't surprise me that assuming a person is of at least average intelligence, emotional regulation is the greatest predictor
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
That was an interesting read which shows the original intention behind it wasn't necessarily evil, and that the media code was designed to treat the symptoms of an underlying problem (which are of course the monopolies).
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
All I can find is that it was tabled by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission at the request of the federal government. But if I was to take a wild guess, I'd say that Murdoch was somehow behind it.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
Because the media code set by the government should, in an overall sense, benefit the people of the nation. Clearly it's not the case, and the government deserves to be called out for it.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
After reading the article, it appears that this deal favors large media companies who are able to negotiate a decent deal for themselves with Facebook. It seems like that the government will also use it as an excuse to cut finding to state-
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> Could one make the argument that entities with an interest in destabilizing our democracy should not be able to inject propaganda into our discourse because “free speech”? One could also argue that censoring one side of politics deepen
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
I can't even understand why there's an ideological battle. If you take a perfectly healthy person and put them into solitary confinement, there's a good chance they'll become depressed. It's an extreme example, but
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
Your comment hits the nail on the head. It's anticompetitive behaviour, and in the end consumers don't have a choice because competitors have gone out of business. If it's a valuable product or service (e.g. lifetime memories
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> Not much of it actually helps me. This is an excellent point. With the multitudes of content competing for our attention, it's important to be very selective and deliberate with usage. Otherwise, it can very easily turn into an ad
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
If it's an option for you, it is possible to downgrade most apps if you jailbreak your phone and install a downgrade tweak.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
What it demonstrates is that people have already made up their mind on the topic and aren't genuinely interested in new perspectives. This helps explains the inflammatory nature of Internet debates in general.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
If they are reporting their fellow students who criticize the gov. to authorities, are they not essentially agents?
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
Also competition for jobs. I know of one instance where a country fast-tracked permanent residency for those who study accounting. Guess what happened? There's now a glut of accountants and real wages have dropped.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
Social media is addictive by design and it's easy to slip into these bad habits. Gloomy, sensational news/opinions is good for "engagement" metrics and that's what people inevitability find themselves drowning in if
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
It's a beautiful dream, but I don't think it would work. Quotes from what is civil discourse about heated political topics would get taken out of context, posted on twitter, labeled as hate speech, picked up by the media, and prob
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
Posts that are critical of China's gov. will automatically get downvotes from a particular subset of people.
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
> New UIs are worse because of screenshot driven design. Interesting observation. I've had this very situation with mobile apps, where users base their decision on whether to download an app largely on the basis of having a quick lo
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by iliketosleep 6y ago
That's a great list!! I hadn't heard of half these tweaks, nor did I realize there were so many that work on iOS 13. Maybe it's time to jailbreak again!
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by iliketosleep 7y ago
Ah the WPS reaver attack. It's one of the biggest jokes in security I've ever seen. It's like having two doors leading into the same "secure" room: one is a big iron door (WPA2), and the other is a flimsy wooden doo
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by iliketosleep 7y ago
It goes far enough that your concern is valid. Since HN is not exactly mainstream and many Chinese people are posting similar kinds of videos, you're probably okay in this case. However, if you want to make honest comments about China
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by iliketosleep 7y ago
Yes, but if you want to get a 30% discount on your upgrade, Sonos requires you to brick the device by putting it into "recycle" mode.
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by iliketosleep 7y ago
> A10 or older chips Actually it's A11 or older, which is even better.

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