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by jasonlfunk 6y ago
What if Google and Facebook just said “No, thank you.”? I think Google and Facebook have more power in this relationship, which might say something about the tech giants. The only possible thing the Aussies could do is block the websites, a
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Those annoying pop ups are only annoying because on day one everything has to ask permission. After that, you only see them if you install a new application. I certainly prefer having to give my permission before an application uses my micr
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Apple decided this didn’t fit with their design. People know this when they buy the phone. If they want a removable battery, buy a different phone.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
It’s been over two years since Net Neutrality was repealed. I remember at the time there was a lot of talk about how the internet was going to be ruined by throttling, paid “fast lanes”, etc. Have any of these things happened? Or did that t
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Significant results do not require significant proof. This is a common misunderstanding. All hypothesis would require the same amount of proof, regardless of a person’s biases going into it.
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Parking spot in San Francisco for sale for $100k(businessinsider.com)
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2019: The Best Year Ever(nytimes.com)
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
You would also need to factor in how many deaths per year are avoided because of cars. I'm thinking specifically of emergency vehicles (ambulances, police cars, etc) but I'm sure other the argument can be made for other vehicles a
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Does that mean that the first three characters ever successfully sent were ‘lol’? Seems fitting.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
I’m the opposite. An American living abroad. US targeted ads still are applicable to me. I can understand why someone might want to disable this feature, but it’s not a scam by any means.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Why would that be a problem?
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Yes. Edited.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Despite the loaded exploitation rhetoric in the article, if competitors can come into the market that is better for the workers, that’s great. And if it raises the standards for the privately owned apps, that’s even better. This seems like
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Facebook's New Logo(theverge.com)
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
I've run into this before too. Sometimes I've actually added a delay timer to buttons that show loading spinners so that the spinner appears long enough for the user to see more than a flash. Is there a better option?
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Problem isn’t so much about risk adverse cities, it’s more about litigious parents. If the city does anything That is considered risky, they open themselves up to big lawsuits if the children do get hurt.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Yeah, that’s a hard thing. Because the exploit is almost certainly worth more to the buyer than having it fixed is worth to Google.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
People complain (not that OP is complaining per se) because the ads are irrelevant, but also object to tracking and profiling. You can't have targeted ads AND be anonymous to the ad companies.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Or, more likely, they were being intentionally vague to keep the details secret.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Unusable for you, maybe. But I'm sure the majority of people use MacOS without homebrew and find it perfectly usable for their use cases.
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
"It’s the Geek Chic way to nosh."
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
I agree with this generally. Though making specific laws can be helpful. For example, drunk driving laws. The only reason drunk driving is illegal is because it causes you to be a reckless driver, which is also already illegal. But the drun
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
> I'm just saying that appealing to individuals to just "do the right thing" has almost never worked Which is exactly what Mr. Benioff is trying to do with this article. Companies change when it's in their financial i
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Sure it would be great for business leaders to change their ways, but the beauty of capitalism is that consumers can force businesses to change by their actions. Mark Zuckerberg could change Facebook overnight, but what incentive does he ha
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
How is a smart phone any different? It has a microphone that, for most people, is always listening. It’s not shocking at all. I find my Echo to be incredibly useful and I’ve decided that it’s worth the trade-off. Just like I did with the mi
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Ask HN: What Happened to Optimizely (YC W10) ?
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by jasonlfunk 7y ago
Is this article format normal for the telegraph? It seems strange to just have so many consecutive quotations in a row.
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Rebuilding the Notre-Dame Cathedral could get help from an unlikely source(businessinsider.com)
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by jasonlfunk 8y ago
But what do you want Amazon to do? Send out two (or more) packages for every order on distinct routes just in case one gets delayed? I understand that you are advocating for a minority group, and that's noble. But the expectation that
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by jasonlfunk 8y ago
Apparently the new TOS says that they may do it, not they they will do it.

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