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by jjcon 6y ago
> Woosh You missed the entire point of their post - you shouldn’t believe something without evidence and there is no evidence COVID is special wrt long term complications.
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by jjcon 6y ago
DDG is just bing reskinned for the most part so I sincerely doubt Apple would be interested in it
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by jjcon 6y ago
I doubt they would buy ddg since it is entirely reliant on Microsoft’s bing.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Do you see large differences between ddg and bing? I get close to the same results on both sites especially for images
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by jjcon 6y ago
Just because people have died in a natural disaster doesn’t make it FEMAs job to prevent building damage. Not sure what you’re getting at
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by jjcon 6y ago
You act as if all that damage could be prevented by FEMA. The point is there is only so much you CAN do to prevent damage from a hurricane but there is a lot you can do to prevent a terrorist attack.
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by jjcon 6y ago
It will get easier - there has been a significant shift of manufacturing away from China to other countries, primarily India. That is the case for tech and some of the more crucial imports - cheap less important items will probably always b
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by jjcon 6y ago
Coming from an account created six hours ago it is kinda ironic you are suggesting they are a state actor with no refutation of the premises.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Pirates should be lauded as heroes? Take that to /r/im14andthisisdeep
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by jjcon 6y ago
The US (like every other country) negotiates agreements with other countries to handle crimes committed against persons or entities in their jurisdiction. This is nothing new or unique.
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by jjcon 6y ago
The us and eu are basically one entity when it comes to international crime (with some exceptions)
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by jjcon 6y ago
The US and EU countries have processes, checks and balances on those powers (though not always enough, I think they need more). These checks keep abuse low and keep mass surveillance limited to national security domains. This is in stark co
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by jjcon 6y ago
I’m not sure moral puritanism is really that useful here. Surveillance isn’t going anywhere and it is demonstrably useful for national security. We are best off working to allow it to operate with ample checks and balances rather than closi
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by jjcon 6y ago
I said ‘can be a reasonable apparatus‘ not ‘is an acceptable apparatus’ and I would argue there is a pretty big difference
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by jjcon 6y ago
I think it is important that we all take a second to realize that surveillance can be a reasonable apparatus of a well maintained democracy. We should strive to have proper checks and balances on those powers rather than pretend they are no
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by jjcon 6y ago
Quit LARPing - Amazon isn’t trying to take over the world by tracking how often you use the bookmark feature.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Germany is also currently in the process of joining the five eyes
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by jjcon 6y ago
This isn’t buried in a tos or legalese https://www.groundctl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/csm_IMG... Apple prompts you for each piece of data collection during the setup of an iOS device (and lets you
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by jjcon 6y ago
> It's not LARPing to want to be able to read a book or take notes without being tracked. Absolutely agree but it is LARPing to pretend this collection is for anything but improving a product. Nobody is out to get you and nobody par
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by jjcon 6y ago
One can partake in the hacker ethos while not being a conspiracy nut - albeit I admit those sometimes go together.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Probably true - I’ll snatch it up the moment color e-ink is a thing, color is vital for most of the papers I work with and for books I prefer a smaller form factor so from my perspective it sits in kinda an odd part of the market.
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by jjcon 6y ago
> why don't they loudly advertise the data collection
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by jjcon 6y ago
You think companies should loudly advertise something people don’t care about? That doesn’t make sense. Plenty of companies are quite transparent about their data collection practices (set up an Apple device recently?) Most people are aware
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by jjcon 6y ago
It also costs more than an iPad and has terrible response times
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by jjcon 6y ago
> Usefulness is NOT the same as usage. Metrics can tell that story though so you’re arguing a straw man. Example: If you see that 99% of users have never used a function ever - you have a pretty good idea that it needs to be reworked or
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by jjcon 6y ago
Whether you like it or not this collection does lead to better products - that is why you think every company does it because those that don’t usually die out. Understanding your users is vitally important. Privacy LARPers are a tiny segmen
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by jjcon 6y ago
It’s called the terms of service?
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by jjcon 6y ago
What do you want them to say? ‘Yeah we really hoped this wouldn’t happen but I guess it did’ It’s not like you can stop a hurricane.
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by jjcon 6y ago
What about Japan and Australia which are currently working to ban it.
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by jjcon 6y ago
Funny - as someone in Europe that has spent time in the US I kinda see the opposite. I wonder if some psychological biases are at play here. To me my home country feels all very regular and the US has strong styles to where I could pick out

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