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by puranjay 6y ago
I'm already dreading all the SEO spam it will lead to.
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Might be a good political argument but not a legal one.
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People who don't make their living off their art shouldn't get to decide how long copyrights last.
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People will always listen to the music of their youth. The 90s pop hits are still popular among my 30+ year old friends because that was the music they grew up listening to
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Everything has opened back up in my city but it's been four months since the first lockdown and now my behavior has changed. I no longer want those old experiences again, at least not as frequently. I think everyone is underestimating
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by puranjay 6y ago
Not sure how long Germany, or Europe for that matter, remains in bed with US. The current administration is isolationist and if the future ones adopt the same policies, we might see a decoupling of Europe and USA. Won't happen overnigh
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What's stopping Volkswagen from lobbying Germany to ban Teslas because all the cameras in it pose a "national security risk"? This is, by all account, a shortsighted move
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Lots of rumors that Facebook's investment was mostly to spur the government to ban TikTok. I'd also wager that Facebook has been lobbying the US government to ban TikTok. This is the first big threat they've had that they hav
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by puranjay 6y ago
Except Jio's parent company is an extremely profitable entity in a sector with certain demand and deep rooted relationships with the government
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That video is really creepy. One guy is dancing in front of the camera with a huge bruise on his face - possibly the victim of some "reeducation"
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They're "duds" by Apple's own standards. Their margins and sheer volume means that virtually every Apple product in the Steve Jobs era has been financially successful - excluding maybe the things like the G4 Cube
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by puranjay 6y ago
Apple is easily the single most successful exercise in branding in modern corporate history, right up there with Nike and Coca-Cola.
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But there are countless small and large websites and app that collect private information, perhaps even more egregiously than Facebook because they're not in the limelight. Why is that not a security risk? If it isn't, what's
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I'm no fan of that either, but where does the national security risk come in?
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> We know private data is being weaponised How? What security risks does the DM inbox of a 16 year old possess?
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This entire thing saddens me a great deal. It seems that you can just whip people up into a frenzy - even th HN crowd - simply by shouting "national security" and providing no proof to back it up. Has everyone really forgotten Sad
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What if you were as competent as your better paid colleague but were just in a situation that limited your bargaining power at the time of hiring? Say you just had a baby or you're suffering from a disease and depend on your employer&#
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It's still like that. But at least we've come to some consistency across versions. iOS 5 and 6 had different icons. Android's icon would change with every new version in the early years. There's no Windows Phone anymore.
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I remember those dark days when everyone was using a different icon for "share" and you never really knew what icon did what. The icons even changed across Android/iOS versions, and there was Microsoft in the corner tooting i
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You can very well make the argument that all the cameras in Tesla's cars can be used for surveillance and hence, pose a threat to national security. No evidence needed - the precedence has been set.
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I mean they have the money and a stock that's nearly doubled in a year, quadrupled in 5 years. A stock and cash deal for a chance at making the next $100B social network doesn't seem all that bad
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So much of the strife we're seeing in the world right now stems from information now, maybe for the first time ever, being truly free. All the gatekeepers of information are no longer relevant. This means that the truly delusional can
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by puranjay 6y ago
And the incredible power owning the world's largest microphone buys.
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Does China even pretend to be? What comes to your mind when you think of China - Adam Smith or Karl Marx?
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Free Market for me, not for thee
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This is essentially admitting that the free market lost and doesn't work anymore. Because the free market has clearly decided that it likes TikTok, even enough to share its data with the company. I don't think people realize how s
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But unlike China, America fashions itself as a bastion of capitalism. Borrowing Chinese practices seems a little antithetical to everything I see America as
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Again, it all depends on what kind of music you're trying to make. If you're copying an existing style, it's not particularly hard. I can make a Drake-like beat in an afternoon - a quick search on Splice will even show me the
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by puranjay 6y ago
Unless you're really, really into music, your taste in music essentially stops developing by the time you hit your 30s. If you're listening to Metallica today, it's because you were listening to Metallica when you were 15 (I
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As a part-time musician, even a single track can take tens of hours of effort - depending on the genre and the track. Sure, you could strum a guitar and sing and have a decent song wrapped up in an afternoon. But if you're creating any

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