rabbyte

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by rabbyte 11y ago
A species is less likely to build resistance to a threat in environments where the threat is not present. I don't disagree with you except that we do need the damage in order to grow. It's precisely because of that damage that you
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by rabbyte 11y ago
> Reddit is the Internet. That's an insane thing to say. I know she's the former CEO but anybody saying this is losing perspective. There are countless communities not on Reddit and they can't be represented by Reddit. I k
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by rabbyte 11y ago
You don't have to be racist to be complicit with racism. The OP would probably suggest that by going defensive and getting hung up on whether this applies to you personally, you're helping maintain a racist system the same way the
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by rabbyte 11y ago
It's not that the oppressed are unwilling to view themselves as individuals, it's that they are safer and better supported when they think as a collective. So saying they should just view themselves as individuals isn't so mu
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Everything you're saying is great but I'm not sure I understand how a for-profit would be that different from a non-profit owning the Internet. Isn't the contentious bit on "owning" and not on "profit"?
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Nobody cares about calling dibs. People will move to the product that provides the best value; a subjective assessment that is constantly being re-evaluated as conditions are ever-changing. Also, execution never looks the same even if the i
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by rabbyte 11y ago
I've been working in technology for almost 30 years. I've seen racists, misogynists, homophobes, transphobes; bigots of every shape, size, and color. To think of any community as wholly privileged and safe from ignorance is arroga
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by rabbyte 11y ago
So fun!
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by rabbyte 11y ago
OpenID isn't dead but here's the pre-mortem. 1. The NASCAR problem. Listing out every popular service does not guide the user through the login process. 2. The lost NASCAR problem. I know I signed up with one of these services but
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by rabbyte 11y ago
I'm glad there are a lot of people who aren't on board with smart watches. I'm not one of them (I love my pebble and I would love an apple watch too) but to me it's a sign the computing revolution is maturing beyond devi
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Should we not discuss our concerns for how people around the world connect to the same network? There are a number of people working on this problem, people who can handle the funding and work involved, but that still leaves room for us to
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Saying that the choice is between partial access or nothing at all implies there can be no other option. Also something is not necessarily better than nothing; especially when that "something" influences societal norms or establis
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Software dies when the last developer stops looking and even then software is reborn with every new observer. The visibility of the source code affects the potential developer pool size but private institutions can be as effective as public
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by rabbyte 11y ago
"Glance encryption" is better referred to as obfuscation. People naturally understand how to use emoji in context to other statements they're making. This is an emoji argot, an obscure language used to throw off casual spying
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by rabbyte 11y ago
I want a bracelet to replace my phone and pebble.
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Just because it's a narrative doesn't mean it's not also a reality. Story telling is how we make sense of collective societal changes. The presence of a narrative simply means society is trying to work out the problem. Confla
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by rabbyte 11y ago
You're misunderstanding me if you think I'm asking women to play nice.
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by rabbyte 11y ago
And to the extent that such a statement is used to empower people to take action, I support it. Still, imho, it's not helpful to further entrench the gender binary with a narrative about men keeping women from their potential and women
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Quite explicit? Let me see if I can recount those steps then: follow brave women, talk, organize, share stories about creeps and cowards, incorporate, fundraise, invest, and stop giving fucks. Great plan maybe if we have time we can include
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Lots of anger, name calling, blaming, and posturing directed at nobody in particular with no discernible next steps toward resolution. Nothing good will come from this. There's no need to wage war, pick out enemies, and blast people to
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by rabbyte 11y ago
My pebble has been very easy to ignore. Just like anything else in the background, I know it's there but it doesn't break my attention unless I allow it. It's also been the quickest way for me to stop an incoming call from di
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by rabbyte 11y ago
That's not been my experience. It helps maintain a separation between my attention and digital noise. It is a real watch. You're oddly bitter about a technology existing, almost sorry I asked.
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by rabbyte 11y ago
Why so cynical? Is there no value in notifications on your wrist? Is there no value in keeping your phone in your pocket at the dinner table? Every major selling point of the Apple Watch is true of my Pebble and we're inseparable but m
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by rabbyte 12y ago
The human body exists through several distinct systems which do not represent a human when isolated on their own. The same can apply to cyberspace. Despite the tangible aspects it seems to me the actual manifestation of cyberspace is an own
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by rabbyte 12y ago
Seems like having people like Recordon join the ranks can only help that situation. Let's hope it does.
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by rabbyte 12y ago
I don't consider myself a film buff so maybe that's why it doesn't bother me but I love finding the Wilhelm scream. I hope it never goes away.
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by rabbyte 12y ago
You misunderstood me. I specifically said all genders have to face that behavior and that "default deny" likely has no unique impact on women. So I don't understand why you think I'm arguing for the opposite case. Still,
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by rabbyte 12y ago
I was there before Facebook changed the expectation. Obviously companies retrieved this information in other ways before federated identity but the idea that you can't get an app or a service without handing over your real name and fri
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by rabbyte 12y ago
I'm curious. If the "default deny" theory pans out and we discover it does indeed result in less women, why would you conclude that sexism is not a factor? Seems to me it would be evidence of systemic sexism, reinforced by an
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by rabbyte 12y ago
Facebook created that problem.

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