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by rhizome 6y ago
Only governments censor, what you're talking about is editorial policy. However, Zuck doesn't want to risk Facebook's §230 protection which is the door that the hammerers are behind. It's not a Pandora's box, though
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by rhizome 6y ago
Time for a Star Wars supercut with The Jedi Theme and Imperial March flipped to the other sides.
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by rhizome 6y ago
> But it's hard to move out of the equilibrium. I don't think it's so much an equilibrium so much as a battle, denoted by "friction," but I'm sure it would come down to each saying the other one defected fi
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by rhizome 6y ago
That depends on who is doing the supposing.
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by rhizome 6y ago
Rap & Hip Hop are different because historically there's much less of a touring component than there is in Rock, Country, Soul/R&B, etc. I'm not saying there's no overlap or that nobody can learn from anybody els
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by rhizome 6y ago
> what they created is simply the best digital distribution channel besides Google. Many business are built and scaled on Facebook Ads. Facebook cheated. They stole the advertising industry from print and broadcast with lies. Google hel
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by rhizome 6y ago
Not to mention that most companies don't need great engineers. Average engineers for average companies is perfectly fine. Of course, then the company leadership has to be realistic about their place in the universe, but that's a s
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by rhizome 6y ago
How are yours doing?
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by rhizome 6y ago
It's not a circle! https://media0.giphy.com/media/F5rQlfTXqCJ8c/giphy.gif
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by rhizome 6y ago
Even Cook underplayed the mentality these guys are working with. Yesterday, Zuckerberg essentially said that his definition of Facebook's competition includes running into a friend at the grocery store. The wider they can cast the net,
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by rhizome 6y ago
Once private equity is in charge, people are going to lose their jobs anyway.
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by rhizome 6y ago
CASE tools have been evolving for 50+ years old and they're still not conquering the software development world. You'll be fine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_software_engine...
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by rhizome 6y ago
That is absolutely not "magic!"
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by rhizome 6y ago
Not that I'm expecting it or anything like it, but running my own mail server means I'm the one who gets the subpoena for anything that might be on it. Google/Microsoft giving Third-Party Doctrine-driven open or nearly-open a
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by rhizome 6y ago
Support among the American electorate for Confederate flags and statues and government facility names referencing Confederate historical figures is much less than 50%.
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by rhizome 6y ago
Not on your life...ideally my next job will be full remote, and in that event my plan is to get a real, simple office, 150-200sqft or so.
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by rhizome 6y ago
Google Play Services (GPS, what a 'we can talk about it at Starbucks' coincidence) is the name given to the collection of core service s , plural. Gboard phoning home, core service. Offline Maps limitations, core service. Digita
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by rhizome 6y ago
Sure, but (and?) given the way things have been going here in the US, I can't think of a reason not to wait for other people to find out!
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by rhizome 6y ago
"Likely" based on what? And does an unsafe vaccine (whatever that could be) really qualify as a vaccine? What would make it something a person who travels a lot for business would want to risk?
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by rhizome 6y ago
Following the list of Softbank "successes" seems like a decent proxy.
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by rhizome 6y ago
> I remember seeing you guys using a lava lamp wall to generate entropy and just thought "that's awesome". To be sure (and for the sake of internet rando completenessism), it does look like CF waited until the original S
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by rhizome 6y ago
There's something to be said for greatly simplifying moderation.
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by rhizome 6y ago
What makes technical reasons so special? Why are they the only valid reasons to restrict the character set?
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by rhizome 6y ago
Absolutely, and "can I see the billing" is one of the first questions I ask in my head whenever some new platform technology is announced.
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by rhizome 6y ago
Capital is amoral, though. Which, I appreciate your point, but it's literally not a term in any capitalist transaction. Ethics? There's a reason why people make jokes about "Business Ethics" being the shortest class in a
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by rhizome 6y ago
> 10,000€ mark per month holy chowder!
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by rhizome 6y ago
> If the value of the site were enough that they could make any money after transaction and transition costs, they would likely have taken that step. ...if it occurs to them. They have to do the calculations in order to make that decis
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by rhizome 6y ago
> If they were not vetted and turn out anot good stewards of the data (e.g. end up hacked with all the databases leaked, even if not actively malicious), some of the moral culpability lies with original owners. I appreciate your point,
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by rhizome 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Norquist#Taxpayer_Prote... Humility is a virtue.
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by rhizome 6y ago
All of Google's Android apps, by far.

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