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by lmkg 9y ago
HN Guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Section "In Submissions," third paragraph: Please submit the original source. If a post reports on something found on another site, submit the
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by lmkg 9y ago
Likely not. It takes only a very small number of instructions to implement an interpreter for a Turning-complete language, and then you can create arbitrary behavior by passing different input. The number of necessary instructions is shocki
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It's practically the definition of data warehousing that its whole purpose in life is to deal with everyone else's bullshit. If you want to combine data from different sources, you have to retroactive fix all the mistakes that the
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by lmkg 9y ago
At some point I was led to the conclusion that CSV stands for Character -Separated Values. So as long as you pick one character for your delimiter and stick to it, it's a CSV. This apparently isn't actually true, but the world ma
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by lmkg 9y ago
I don't expect a CSV to be a plain text file, unless all the data it's encoding is plain text. CSV is a data interchange format, not text. If I open a CSV in a plain text editor and get junk out of it, I would be mildly surprised
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by lmkg 9y ago
This is what the average phone bad looks like in the United States: http://www.pachd.com/free-images/technology-images/phone-dia... There is a standard, universal mapping of letters onto numbers. This allows compa
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by lmkg 9y ago
It can be both. Responsibility is not a conserved quantity. Entities who take on private data should be considering the effects of that data becoming released, including what others may use it for.
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by lmkg 9y ago
There is also such a thing as having a record expunged. That is non-contractual, although still more available to people with resources to navigate the legal system.
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by lmkg 9y ago
That's the medium , not the product. A company that makes radio program, and generates revenue by selling ad spots, is a media company. A company that makes TV programming, and generates revenue by selling ad spots, is a media company
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by lmkg 9y ago
I take it to mean that when he says "monetize our customer" he means "the money comes from someone other than the customer themselves." Pocketing 30% of app revenue falls more under "providing a service" than &
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by lmkg 9y ago
> So you are suggesting that we regulate Nope. I'm answering a question about the practical difference between targeted and non-targeted propaganda. I was only pointing out the problem, not suggesting any specific of general solutio
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by lmkg 9y ago
Accountability. When someone sends false or misleading information through a broadcast medium like TV, they can be called out and corrected (up to and including criminal penalties). When each person receives their own unique messaging, ther
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by lmkg 9y ago
If the link is buried, that is a violation of the GDPR. Contact details for the controller and the Data Protection Officer must be given at the point where data is collected: https://gdpr-info.eu/art-13-gdpr/ . There&#x
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by lmkg 9y ago
But GDPR also means you have the right to revoke consent that was previously given.
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by lmkg 9y ago
> Trade secrets are not private information. Trade Secrets are a form of intellectual property. They have legal protections, and disclosing them without permission can have legal consequences.
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by lmkg 9y ago
Disagreeing with terms is not unethical. It's the "pocketing." An explicit rejection of terms is perfectly reasonable. But I think it's deceit to try and hide from the other party that you did not agree to all the term
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by lmkg 9y ago
First, I think the ethical standards one holds oneself to should be independent of who you're interacting with. Lying to a saint is the same as lying to a sinner. (I think lying is justifiable in many cases, but "lying to a bad pe
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by lmkg 9y ago
I agree that many companies behave unethically during negotiations with their employees. I disagree that excuses unethical behavior on the part of the employees.
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by lmkg 9y ago
(IANAL) Not signing the contract is one thing. Misrepresenting your position is something else. If you gave the impression that you agreed to the terms provided, then it's possible you could be held to those terms. A contract isn&#x2
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by lmkg 9y ago
Is MIR being treated as part of the language definition? Most languages would treat such a thing as an implementation detail, so defining the constraints in that fashion seems like it still looks like it may tie you to the reference impleme
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by lmkg 9y ago
GDPR defines "data controllers" and "data processors," who both have obligations to the "data subject." Who qualifies as the "data controller" may be ambiguous in this situation, but it's a reaso
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by lmkg 9y ago
That's not a very sophisticated hack, but it's technically a type of hacking. In the same way that if you leave your keys unlocked in your running car overnight and someone gets in an drives away with it, that's still theft.
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by lmkg 9y ago
We'll be stuck with the 2-4 exchanges run by the few people still interested in using BitCoin as a way to change the world, instead of trying to use it as a not-yet-illegal get-rich-quick scheme.
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by lmkg 9y ago
For Floats in particular, binary implementation details leak all the time due to rounding. A number like 0.0625 can be represented in binary exactly with only 4 bits, but a number like 0.1 can only be represented approximately even when usi
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by lmkg 9y ago
> Then that part is worthless GDPR requires that the use cases be itemized, and the user can opt out of each one individually. So if the user opts out of receiving a mailing but not the store locator, you have to manage how much data you
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by lmkg 9y ago
> ...they list "Minimize the amount of collected data" as as an item (supposedly to be achieved to be in compliance with the law). > What's the minimum amount of data? Who decides that? Is it dependent on context? I&#x2
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by lmkg 9y ago
I presume you're talking about things like informing users how their data might be used, storing user data securely, and not selling it to third parties. That sort of stuff is relatively easy. The GDPR imposes some new requirements tha
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Technically, the output quality of a completely random model stays the same when you try to generalize. It wasn't actually good to begin with, but it doesn't get worse.
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by lmkg 9y ago
The problem with that word is it doesn't say who is doing the trusting, which is the crucial point. In fact, "trusted" can be used to describe both safe code and unsafe code. In the safe code, the programmer is trusting the
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by lmkg 9y ago
Unlike the Internet, when a break-and-mortar fails it's not easy for a competitor to break into the space and scoop up their market share. In theory in an efficient market, players that deserve to fail will be replaced and the market a

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