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by piggybox 5y ago
Could you expand your time frame a little bit then look Snap again?
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by piggybox 5y ago
I can bet if Apple banned WeChat, most people in China would switch to Android. Apple doesn't apply the same privacy rule in all countries as well. It's all about business, never about consistency.
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by piggybox 5y ago
I'm not sure if this reporting is correct. If you check meta.com and on the top menu "what we build" you can still see Oculus in the list.
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by piggybox 5y ago
The idea is once a company has some power over its users, that power will be used by some government somewhere as well. The latest example: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/europe/russia-nav
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by piggybox 5y ago
Exactly
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by piggybox 5y ago
Nobody says it's not a conflict of interest. The same conflict can be said to all massive media reporting FB bad news, as they compete in the big pool of ads money, right?
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by piggybox 5y ago
It's just a choice of life. I once heard a friend saying playing game saved tons of money for her because of money not wasted on endless night club and parties. Being productive making more money or getting better grades is fine. Other
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by piggybox 5y ago
The very first time I went to visit Hearst Castle, I wondered how come someone selling newspaper could be that rich half a century ago? Then I realized they were the "Google" and "Facebook" then.
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by piggybox 5y ago
While you guys are talking about censorship, I just realize how many comments in the thread have been in effect partially "censored" on HN with lighter and lighter font color...
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by piggybox 5y ago
Yup, you see the problem
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by piggybox 5y ago
While some movies may make viewers more "intelligent", most people watch movies just for entertainment.
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by piggybox 5y ago
Microsoft is still No.2 company in terms of market cap. Its handling things more softly doesn't mean it has sharply less power.
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by piggybox 5y ago
Let's turn Google search into a utility first. I think most people use it more often than FB.
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by piggybox 5y ago
Ah, I got it. Thanks!
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by piggybox 5y ago
By definition, bitcoin transactions are not traceable, right?
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by piggybox 5y ago
What part of Gmail is open?
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by piggybox 5y ago
Thanks! I, for one, have never heard of this person.
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by piggybox 5y ago
Since you mention choice, then this is just an option rather than a replacement. If it's a replacement then it takes away the option to interact with content (such as commenting).
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by piggybox 5y ago
"Data scientists wants salaries like software engineers" This is a bit weird. In general, DS is still one of highest paid jobs in recent years, if you check any job market report.
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by piggybox 5y ago
as well as Google
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by piggybox 6y ago
Open source as a marketing tool
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by piggybox 6y ago
RIP, can't believe 2020 is this hard
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by piggybox 6y ago
indeed hard to remember...
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by piggybox 6y ago
I'm using it on daily basis but it's not a smooth experience. I'm not sure if it's just me that very time I switch to a new database in dbeaver and start running a different query ... more often than not it's just s
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by piggybox 7y ago
From what I learn, Japan is acting like UK. Nothing like China and Korea at all. They don't want to cancel 2020 Olympics after all...
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by piggybox 7y ago
Thank you for such an inspiring piece
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by piggybox 7y ago
Every time I came across a new book on HN, I feel more needs to be done in my rest of life :)
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by piggybox 7y ago
Tig user +1, an amazing little tool. Yes, a few times I wish it could do more, but it's good as it is, as a git viewer.
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by piggybox 7y ago
VB6 was my first programming language and it was indeed awesome to open my eyes.
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by piggybox 7y ago
I used to work for SF and managed one of the biggest table in the DW. I won't say what's used for but to give you a clue how big that is; we added a few billion more rows each day to that table. I don't think a single Postgre

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