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by md224 13y ago
> The website clearly states that the last 2 digits of the phone numbers are censored. They also say: > Feel free to contact us to ask for the uncensored database. Under certain circumstances, we may agree to release it. which is, in
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Enquiries into how the Web is Weaved into Everyday Life(research.microsoft.com)
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The Meanings of the Selfie(nytimes.com)
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by md224 13y ago
You're aware that the Third Party Doctrine goes back to at least 1979, right? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_v._Maryland I'm not saying the doctrine isn't in need of an update, but let's not act
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by md224 13y ago
Well, I can't say I'm happy about Google's self-promotion either. I guess I see Google search as this key entry point into the Web. By using backlinks as input for ranking results, Google is tapping into the power of social p
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by md224 13y ago
Of course, in an ideal world we wouldn't have a black hat SEO arms race. But as you mentioned, Stack Overflow managed to flourish without resorting to those tactics. The context is important, but it doesn't forgive their actions.
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> So yes it is wrong in every way to manipulate the system but how can you get noticed if others are doing it. If anything they shined a light on the problem and the better information should win in google which is fair. I really don&#x2
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by md224 13y ago
Another interesting political debate killed off by the flamewar detector. Alas.
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> But most people will adamantly defend the goodness and necessity of government in the face of any undesirable action or aspect of a particular government. You make that sound like a bad thing, but it really depends what the discussion
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by md224 13y ago
At the risk of playing messenger and getting shot, I'll say this: I think what rayiner's trying to do is clarify the narrative. Right now the dominant narrative on HN seems to be "the government has expanded their powers to i
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by md224 13y ago
Another commenter here notes that "People have been hating yuppies since as long as the concept has existed" but as a yuppie myself, this misses something more crucial to me: the disconnect between the techno-utopian ideology of t
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by md224 13y ago
> "Even if you are not a citizen of the Five Eyes, you shouldn't be worried about your data being viewed unless you're involved with a group of interest, such as a foreign government or violent organization." This rea
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by md224 13y ago
You may have already read this, but if not, this is an incredibly chilling reconstruction of the events leading up to that crash: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/crashes/... Key excerpt fr
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by md224 13y ago
> This isn't even close to blackmail. This is a security consultant publishing a vulnerability that he discovered on his own time, that apparently Twitter's internal security team missed. That might be embarrassing for Twitter,
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by md224 13y ago
> Neither do corporations, but whenever you hear anyone say "corporations shouldn't base their moral systems around money", then it's all about "free market", "profit" and "shareholder values&
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by md224 13y ago
Of course you understand it, but do you agree with it? If you seek out bugs in a company's code with the expectation that you'll be rewarded for it, and then the company fails to reward you, I can see that it might be perceived as
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by md224 13y ago
"As late as 1975, nursing textbooks did not include herpes as it was considered no worse than a common cold. After the development of acyclovir in the 1970s, the drug company Burroughs Wellcome launched an extensive marketing campaign
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by md224 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_code_studies
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by md224 13y ago
Yeah, you can argue these as points in the sense that they may lead to a decreased life span, which means less time enjoying your state of bliss. There's a possible utilitarian angle here.
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by md224 13y ago
> Philosophically, man is happy only when exercising his facilities > But in either case the notion of perfecting some craft-work. In particular, this should further some functional inter-relationship with the outside world > These
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by md224 13y ago
Right, but what is the value of "progress" beyond the satisfaction it gives us?
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by md224 13y ago
> After all, if sitting in your own filth doesn't make you unhappy, because you have a wire in your brain which ensures sublime delight no matter your circumstances, why bother to do anything about it? -- and, as we see from one of
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by md224 13y ago
Seems like some of the other commenters missed the "thought experiment" disclaimer... obviously there are practical aspects that make this technically impossible. I think what chimeracoder is trying to point out is our underlying
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by md224 13y ago
Thanks for the tip, I'll check it out.
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by md224 13y ago
Speaking of control, I think an interesting way to conceptualize what's happening here is a cybernetic/organicist model (a tradition that goes at least as far back as Hobbes). The nation-state can be thought of as a superorganism,
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by md224 13y ago
Just curious, why the "lol" for income inequality?
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by md224 13y ago
This is one of those times that I can't decide whether or not pg's flamewar detector is doing the right thing. On the one hand, this story is generating vitriol and finger-pointing... but on the other hand, growing inequality in t
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by md224 13y ago
Even worse is when motivational anhedonia develops into a full-blown existential crisis, where you fall into a Bartleby-esque† state of having no desire to do anything whatsoever. You know that you desire happiness in the abstract, but find
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by md224 13y ago
But also work to improve your situation in life if you're not happy with it, right? Not directed at you, I've just been a bit confused by the tension between contentment and complacency. I think the resolution is some sort of prag
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by md224 13y ago
As the author of FuckItJS, I approve of this effort. And thanks for the attribution!

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