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by lapphi 3y ago
69 years ago this would have sparked hope in the people. But now we know better than to assume technological progress equals societal progress. To me, that’s the sad part.
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by lapphi 3y ago
My bank generates virtual numbers for free
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by lapphi 3y ago
San in berlin does this. Im surprised at how many users on hn have never experienced or even heard of the practice considering the average income of the group.
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by lapphi 3y ago
True but in the context of the quote I don’t think Einstein would have viewed them as people that made valuable contributions to society. Probably would have placed them in the former category, honestly.
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by lapphi 3y ago
The firehose of the internet has been a boon for Putin in this way
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by lapphi 3y ago
Yep that’s covered in the video if you watch the whole thing
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by lapphi 3y ago
The way things are going, history may see you as the Nostradamus of this century.
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by lapphi 3y ago
I would assume it’s because he does not have the following to create any real issues. How many views do his videos/other works get compared to someone like Mr Beast or Joe Rogan? It’s that scene in Jurassic park. The general concept of
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by lapphi 3y ago
For anyone curious as to why crime in Russia seems to be so ingrained into the culture, this lecture from a finnish intelligence officer is quite informative. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9KretXqJw
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by lapphi 3y ago
It’s interesting to me how many online people seem to not understand the implications of this sort of stuff on an intuitive level. Maybe I am the paranoid type but once something goes public these days it’s basically available to anyone in
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by lapphi 3y ago
I mean if you lucked out and were born wealthy in an urban area it was probably ok. But half the population lived in urban areas and only half of those people had electricity. So 50:50 you end up on Schrute Farms with no electricity and an
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by lapphi 3y ago
Yes but that data never gets deleted really. So going forward you’ll have like profiles that are decades old and still available for analysis. For instance if you have depression they could show you ads for Prozac. Then if you get married a
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by lapphi 3y ago
Upon logging into okcupid today I received a pop up inviting me to join The League (another dating app), with my phone number already pre-propagated. After accepting, they sent me this email. > We use the combination of your Facebook and
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by lapphi 3y ago
Probably when VR starts popping off
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by lapphi 3y ago
The employees at my local usps are pretty good at their jobs. But they are all Korean ladies.
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Cory Doctorow talks fighting Enshittification at DEF CON 31(youtube.com)
20 points by lapphi 3y ago|2 comments
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by lapphi 6y ago
> Most of the money will go to government programs fighting opioid addiction and providing treatment, North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein said Thursday. The company helped “turbocharge” opioid sales for 15 years while consulting f
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by lapphi 6y ago
It’s bombarding me with body armor ads too. I’ve never searched for or talked about guns, qanon, or election stuff on my fb browser. Not sure this is specific to one political group.
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by lapphi 6y ago
It would be foolish of Amazon’s legal team to make an argument like they did and not be able to back it up with proof, imo.
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by lapphi 6y ago
If Silk Road (and its spawn) manage to stay online until the government shuts them down then these more-legal companies can surely find a way.
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by lapphi 9y ago
It seems like you're claiming the success of Patreon is due to its support of the concept of "Free Speech", and by not allowing certain groups to use their website as a platform to spread their message (for example, hate spee
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by lapphi 9y ago
At least it's nonviolent, compared to some fiat currencies.