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by okmokmz 7y ago
If you want to continue to be disingenuous and try to play off Palantir as a run of the mill big data company that is fine, but their business model is implementing and assissting with mass surveillance and I don't know a single indivi
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by okmokmz 7y ago
I started doing Muay Thai recently, and I quite like gardening
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Solution: a means of solving a problem or dealing with a difficult situation Mass surveillance: the distributive close observation of an entire population, or a substantial fraction of the entire population i.e. a means of observation of a
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Really? Like specifically marketing and providing mass surveillance solutions to governments? That's a pretty major thing that Palantir does that other data analysis tools do not. Sure, if you want to keep being pedantic and trying to
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by okmokmz 7y ago
You are being surveilled and tracked by governments and corporations regardless of what information or actions you willingly make/provide. People should be aware of how this is happening and methods of protecting themselves. Simply not
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Are you implying that no one in an LGBTQ group could be facing societal oppression because they have major sponsors? That's absurd
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>I, and I think a lot of HN readers, are strongly of the impression that Palantir sells a platform and toolkit for mass data analysis specifically meant for human tracking across large government datasets They do https://south
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Yes, Palantir does do a good job of supporting authoritarian regimes. I guess the yc hive mind disagrees https://theintercept.com/2017/02/22/how-peter-thiels-palanti... https://southfront.org/
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>Nobody likes the idea of arresting undocumented immigrants and kicking them out of the country Tell that to my grandma
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by okmokmz 7y ago
A plant based substitute...? They aren't growing meat, have never claimed to be meat, and are marketing specifically to those who don't eat meat
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Not arguing about the quality of meat, but how these organizations source their meats are also an important differentiation. Sure, maybe it is 100% chicken meat, but I don't particularly want to eat meat from animals that were essentia
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>As a Facebook user, anything that damages the social media marketing industry has my full support. Thanks Facebook! Oh the irony...
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Perhaps you were shopping with an unscrupulous jeweler then, because, all else the same, a Moissanite stone is significantly less expensive than a comparable diamond
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by okmokmz 7y ago
There are 26 countries with suicide rates higher than the US
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by okmokmz 7y ago
What does that have to do with my comment? I'm not a software engineer
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by okmokmz 7y ago
This doesn't make any sense. Government is a servant of big business because we allow free speech? How exactly would you go about regulating speech "so that everyone gets an equal size megaphone"? Censorship would absolutely
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by okmokmz 7y ago
This is a pretty huge generalization. As an engineer in Seattle, I find most of my coworkers are very liberal. I imagine it varies wildly depending on discipline and location
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Amazon used to regularly be one of the least expensive retailers I can find. Now I rarely find anything that is cheaper on amazon than elsewhere
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by okmokmz 7y ago
The feedback and reviews on eBay are far more useful and trustworthy than those on Amazon. I find that the bundling of unlike products together, and other tactics Amazon uses, makes their reviews essentially useless and definitely not an ac
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by okmokmz 7y ago
I never thought I'd say this, but I trust Walmart more than Amazon at this point
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>Many times it's my last choice now when shopping online. Same here. It's pretty incredible that Amazon was once one of my favorite, and relatively well trusted, retailers. I now feel it's one of the worst major online ret
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>So you look up everybody who you meet irl? No, but if I'm trying to get someone to give me money for a project, invite them to my lab, and visit "several of their residences" I would definitely look them up
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Works for me in Firefox on Windows
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>talar: Huge potential here. Cars are on their way out, and scheduled grocery delivery can replace it. A ton of these already exist. Blue apron, Home Chef, Hello Fresh, Amazon (although I believe amazon is currently pickup only). Does ta
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by okmokmz 7y ago
It's definitely better than pop tarts and chocolate milk but I still wouldn't consider that healthy. Switch the juice for water and cheerios for a source of protein and it would be much better > bowl of Cheerios carbs and added
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by okmokmz 7y ago
>Citing a bunch of studies about obesity changes nothing about the fact that _exercise_ is more important to health outcomes than _weight_. This is pretty funny. They directly address and contradict the point your trying to make. Even th
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by okmokmz 7y ago
They commute into a major city on a bike
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Maybe I'm just lucky in that I very rarely have to talk to non-technical staff. I can see how that would be a pain
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Those were obviously just examples demonstrating that his comparison was absurd. Do you really agree with him that remote work is as bad as prisons that only allow virtual visitation?
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by okmokmz 7y ago
Here are a few >Objectively measured physical activity may not be the key determinant of unhealthy weight gain in children. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044163/ >Prospective studies, ho

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