rbecker

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by rbecker 6y ago
Thanks. I noticed that most of my comments were invisible, but with a few seemingly random ones getting through. I assumed it was a matter of time before restrictions were lifted on my account.
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by rbecker 6y ago
Monopoly is not necessary for antitrust enforcement - 'market power' is sufficient: https://www.justice.gov/atr/monopoly-power-and-market-power-...
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by rbecker 6y ago
So something like https://japanese-school-asahi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01... ? No clutter, simple, minimal. Time-tested and completely unlike contemporary architecture.
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by rbecker 6y ago
Comments can do more than just express support or opposition.
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by rbecker 6y ago
I got the impression the researchers already had a conclusion in mind, and structured their experiments around it. That's why they forced the "necessary" phrasing as the only way to express purchasing priorities, and then wer
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by rbecker 6y ago
> Their app store is on their devices. Their users devices.
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by rbecker 6y ago
> an obligation on social network platforms to remove hate speech within set deadlines as tight as 24 hours for easy cases — with fines of up to €50M should they fail to comply. Is only hate speech criminalized, or do false, misleading,
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by rbecker 6y ago
In this case 'open web' would have to stop short of allowing a comments section or forums (such as HN).
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by rbecker 6y ago
> data will leak It doesn't even have to leak. HR departments and shady government agencies could just buy it (or legally seize it). PR firms could dig through protester history and smear them so very easily.
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by rbecker 6y ago
> There’s no big conspiracy. Ad tech can be creepily accurate. > Tech giant Oracle is one of a few companies in Silicon Valley that has near-perfected the art of tracking people across the internet. The company has spent a decade and
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by rbecker 6y ago
> We refuse to hand over your private information unless the company requesting it has established a legal right to it. Why do you think a company should betray its users without so much as a warrant?
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by rbecker 6y ago
Time flies, and China has proven it's willing to stand behind investments for 'years'.
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by rbecker 6y ago
> We will prioritize based on election cycles (who is coming up for re-election), how much they've undermined these three measurements, and how close they are to the committees that are supposed to oversee these domains. If I may of
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by rbecker 6y ago
From your other replies, I get the sense it shouldn't be callied "prison abolition", but "prison minimization where it makes sense, lets see how far we can take it". The former sounds like the dumbest idea you could
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by rbecker 6y ago
> Life is full of obstacles but we should go around them and not through them. Excellent example of short-term thinking. If everyone followed your advice, Google and Apple would be able to extort any bank in the world, until in addition
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by rbecker 6y ago
> called them That's exactly right - there was no trial or conviction. Just the word of the administration was enough for Visa and other payment providers.
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by rbecker 6y ago
> I know there are countries where you have a democratically elected representatives and every part of the government and... At the moment . All those things can and do change, and then what will you do?