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by mnm1 10y ago
If you want a dumb and secure TV just don't connect the TV to the Internet.
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by mnm1 10y ago
There's a human backup in the car itself. I don't see why you'd need remote control until we're ready to let cars drive without passengers which is a lot further away than cars driving with people in the car. What kind o
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by mnm1 10y ago
Do you understand every single line of code in Windows 10? No. Then you can't make the claim it's not doing anything grave. I'm not saying it is. I'm just saying your argument is illogical and inconsistent.
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by mnm1 10y ago
Bringing our main app into various states (and also regular Selenium tests based on the same code, ideally in Clojure). It currently takes dozens of clicks and dozens of pages, all super repetitive to get to most places in the app (super lo
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by mnm1 10y ago
Ad blocking will never go away. The time for that has passed; the trust has been lost. Regardless of what the industry does, you will never convince anyone who has discovered ad blocking--which can now be properly known as a part of malware
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by mnm1 10y ago
Sure, but we can control who we choose to spend time with and who we choose to ignore. The thread is actually about the author who cannot control himself and doesn't know how to even begin to talk to others about his problems with inst
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by mnm1 10y ago
Technology influences expectations but we can choose not to be a slave to it. Also, if an instant response is desired, the other party is using the wrong technology. For instant response, people can call using a telephone (or app) like peop
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by mnm1 10y ago
As far as I know, "instant" refers to the delivery of messages, not actual processing by humans.
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by mnm1 10y ago
According to this logic, civil rights legislation is also an authoritarian infringement on employers' right to discriminate based on their racism, sexism, etc.
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by mnm1 10y ago
I find this is only a problem for people who don't understand what asynchronous communication is. Explaining this ahead of time should clear up any anxieties on both ends.
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by mnm1 10y ago
I think what's more ridiculous is unpaid overtime and letting employers, who naturally have the upper hand in any employment negotiation, set the rules for all employees in the exploitive manner the US does.
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by mnm1 10y ago
The results are extremely shitty indeed, especially for tech and programming related topics. I tried DDG for months and I found myself running every search twice, normally and once with !g appended. That's beyond shitty.
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Governments Shut Down the Internet More Than 50 Times in 2016(thewire.in)
2 points by mnm1 10y ago|0 comments
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by mnm1 10y ago
Whether the device constantly streams data or sends it every once in awhile is irrelevant. In the agreement with Amazon you agree to give them them the data, including the voice data. Amazon even lets you manage/delete the data after t
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by mnm1 10y ago
When we actually have proof that AI is even possible, issues around AI will become real and pertinent to real life. Until then, it seems like a distraction from the very real problems these proponents of AI are actively trying to ignore, li
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by mnm1 10y ago
Actually, according to the third party doctrine, you have. The difference between this and a cellphone is that you voluntarily give up this information whereas a cellphone does not transmit such data voluntarily. There are surveillance laws