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by la_barba 7y ago
If you don't control the browser you downloaded, do you control the OS you chose to install? Can Microsoft ban Google Chrome from even running on their platform? Where does the 'user gets to decide' line end and the 'ven
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by la_barba 7y ago
>I don't really see the difference between this and "accept its drawbacks" The difference is one is known, and the other is unknown. When you're evaluating existing software you can evaluate multiple competitors based
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by la_barba 7y ago
>If you have even a modicum of experience with one thing, you can pick the other up in an afternoon and be up to speed within a week. Have you found this to be true in your experience?
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by la_barba 7y ago
Q: "Why is this database unavailable" A: "Because we don't have anyone to maintain it" News Media: "Microsoft deletes database". Does anyone feel like today's news articles, are written by gossip&#x2F
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by la_barba 7y ago
I think it takes a really courageous person to hear someone share their negative traits and still trust them, just like it takes one to buy a product on Amazon with a lot of 1* reviews. I'm trying to be that person, but its hard! In my
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by la_barba 7y ago
I am talking about convincing a consumer to buy something like a headphone or a smartphone or a laptop that they don't need... not about selling weapons to kill people. Personally, I have never seen an online ad for a landmine. Edit: S
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by la_barba 7y ago
Like it or not, there is a large swath of people (engineers, designers, workers, etc, etc) whose jobs would simply go away if masses of people didn't buy useless stuff they didn't want or need and couldn't afford. We all work
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by la_barba 7y ago
>Also, I write ‘argue’ and not ‘show’ because, in such a case, the burden of proof would soon fall on the party claiming the parts to be counterfeit. Not exactly. US Customs will seize any such items before they even get to you, do an in
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by la_barba 7y ago
>Apple isn’t claiming the shop doesn’t have the right to repair iPhones, it is claiming it sells counterfeit screens. Under that system, if you go outside the US, disassemble your own phone and mail it to yourself, you would be charged w
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by la_barba 7y ago
I think their claim might be a bit more nuanced. They are the original vendor of the Software, and have a special status that allows them to have an expertise on the OS that other third parties do not.
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by la_barba 7y ago
The argument on the face of it appears to be rather flimsy. If Google is doing this on Huawei's behalf, I wonder if we're seeing a new Google emerge, one who is willing to go to bat for their partners.
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by la_barba 7y ago
Generic drugs - manufactured with lax quality checks - are poisoning us would be a more apt title. I work in the pharma industry (biologicals) and I agree that there is a lot of "funny business" going on at multiple levels in the
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by la_barba 7y ago
'Oops, my bad' would have been a nice reply, but oh well. Anyway, have a nice day.
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by la_barba 7y ago
Parent made broad claims without evidence. Maybe those convinced you. They did not convince me. If you cannot respect that then what is the point of a discussion? Also, I said I want "some objective proof". You twisted that into &
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by la_barba 7y ago
Okay, then we really don't have any point to disagree on. Have a nice day!
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by la_barba 7y ago
Maybe it seems confrontational to you but, I don't think "how do you know this" is the same as "can you make a reasonable guess". I don't want to have a personal back and forth with you on this, because it does
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by la_barba 7y ago
>I assume based on my own use of it and pretty much all the memes and anecdotes from everyone. Well, now that its clear that it is simply an assumption/speculation, then I have no problem with anything you say. Your original comment
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by la_barba 7y ago
If I choose to only buy magazines with racist/extreme/violent content, its on me. But if I watch it on YouTube its on them? I don't understand how using the magic word "algorithm" immediately implies that there is z
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by la_barba 7y ago
Right, we can all speculate. I'm asking for some objective proof, if any such is available. We can only propose a solution if we first demonstrate that the problem is real.
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by la_barba 7y ago
Well, the legitimate companies could have been sold "leads" by other legitimate companies but the original source of the data could have been a hack.
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by la_barba 7y ago
>and encapsulate individuals in information bubbles that seem to validate and fail to challenge their views? Err, how do you know that the algorithm does this? And also, how do you know that people are not exposed to other views outside
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by la_barba 7y ago
>You can read their policies as well as I can. Or better, perhaps. >So, in that context, why were they silent for years about privacy risks of third-party apps? My point was, you seem to have an interpretation of "Apple approved
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by la_barba 7y ago
>This system would be more useful if it could report how these companies got my data. I want to know who betrayed me. The company might not have sold your info. They might have been hacked. There really isn't any way to know for sur
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by la_barba 7y ago
In what way do you plan to "break up" the big players? I'm not super familiar with prior ideas, can someone link to a few that have more specifics?
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by la_barba 7y ago
Can you explain how you know that Firefox collects the data versus just asking people in a survey?
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Maybe now Google wont kill that service if their employees rely on it.. :P
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by la_barba 7y ago
I have an iPhone. Where can I purchase iOS apps outside of the App Store? >Is this actually a thought process that makes sense to anyone? Totally. Apple encourages free apps just as much as paid apps. They even have a category on the App
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by la_barba 7y ago
What does it mean (officially) for an app to be approved? You seem to have your own interpretation.
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by la_barba 7y ago
Well.. everything starts out with good intention :)
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by la_barba 7y ago
Version control is extremely useful in software development because code modification by multiple authors is a primary use-case that happens multiple times throughout the day. Maybe your experience is different, I haven't seen a use-ca

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