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by nabnob 7y ago
I think you're overestimating how much people think critically about the news or discussions online. A couple upvoted comments here and there, paid for by a massive corporation, can absolutely influence opinion. I don't want to s
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Uber does not pay for any car expenses right now - drivers pay for their car, insurance, gas, etc. Right now, Uber offers a rate based on time spent per trip, and mileage per trip. Drivers do not get paid outside of trips.
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Sure, if you're looking only for foods labelled "superfoods". But there's also the popularity of low-carb diets like paleo and keto that treat animal fat as healthy.
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But uber isn't paying for the car, the insurance, or the fuel.
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Muslims aren't really anti-abortion the way evangelical Christians are - it is believed that the "soul" joins the fetus four months after conception. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_abortion#cite_
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Thanks. Those reviews are pretty fucking scary.
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Do you know which flea treatment this was?
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This paper by the creators of AdNauseum explains their approach and philosophy - http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-1873/IWPE17_paper_23.pdf Individual people opting out of tracking doesn't meaningfully attack the ad tracking
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And so is your question? I was responding to someone else asking for a source on deportations being higher than Obama. Nowhere did I say I support holding undocumented immigrants in concentration camps.
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>Its two main products are Palantir Gotham and Palantir Metropolis, more geeky winks from a company whose Tolkien namesake is a type of magical sphere used by the evil lord Sauron to surveil, trick, and threaten his enemies across Middle
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by nabnob 7y ago
Sorry, I don't support Trump or ICE. But it's dishonest to act like Obama was a leftist, this has been an ongoing problem for a while.
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It actually was higher under Obama - https://www.axios.com/immigration-ice-deportation-trump-obam... >By the numbers: Under the Obama administration, total ICE deportations were above 385,000 each year in fiscal years 20
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Since the United States has one of the highest energy usage rates per capita, do you mean tackling overpopulation in the United States?
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I think this is why tech companies and venture capitalists are investing in bootcamps. Take the Lambda school for example - it got funding from Peter Thiel, Geoff Lewis of Bedrock Capital, Google Ventures, GGV Capital, Vy Capital, and Y Co
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Pretty much every animal that we consider intelligent is social - orcas, elephants, primates, dogs, cats, etc. Human language developed as a way for humans to communicate with one another. I think you're severely underestimating the i
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by nabnob 7y ago
Could you link the study you're talking about? I found this - https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/dec/28/vaping-is-95... But the only "study" referenced comparing smoking and nicotin
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Not just any rando, but a lowly-paid gig worker.
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They're planning on tracking workers within their buildings. >WeWork's latest acquisition is a small software company with 24 employees. Euclid is a spatial analytics platform...Euclid's website says the company is "f
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It's a property company that's planning tracking everything people do in their buildings. >WeWork's latest acquisition is a small software company with 24 employees. Euclid is a spatial analytics platform...Euclid's w
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In many of these poor areas being gentrified, people don't own their homes and they rent because they're poor and don't have the credit to buy a home. That's why gentrification is a problem - landlords increase rent b
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by nabnob 7y ago
Yeah, I don't think tracking this type of data would improve worker productivity, and I think it could actually have the opposite effect of demoralizing employees. However, I can definitely see some unethical companies being interested
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by nabnob 7y ago
Yeah, I don't think this is an effective way to improve worker productivity, and I think it would also be pretty demoralizing. With that said, there's already companies that track workers like this, so I definitely think there&#x2
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by nabnob 7y ago
It's a property company that's planning tracking everything people do in their buildings. >WeWork's latest acquisition is a small software company with 24 employees. Euclid is a spatial analytics platform...Euclid's w
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by nabnob 7y ago
I'll see if I can dig up the article, but I think they're planning on tracking everything that workers do in their buildings and giving that data to employers. Edit - found this - https://www.inc.com/betsy-mikel&#x
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by nabnob 7y ago
Not sure I follow your reasoning. Even if YC only does seed and series B, investments in other stages have an impact their investment. YC has incentive to give advice that aligns with their interests.
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It seems like Google is de-ranking independent websites, rather than actually analyzing whether a website provides good information or not. I'm not sure that this is happening intentionally - it's probably way more difficult to fi
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Do you mean they held shares in the company, or that they made a high salary?
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But the people actually doing the research aren't the ones making a profit.
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Personally, I've found that the tastiest way to go vegetarian is by completely restructuring how I plan my meals. American food tends to revolve around meat, whereas food in other cultures treats meat as more of a side dish (if it is e
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by nabnob 7y ago
I use Riot - matrix-based chat client, has group video calls, and also offers end-to-end encryption.

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