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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   And much less users too...because of less relevant ads and content in general!
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   This assume that they have such shadow profiles...I have yet to see any evidence of it though
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   To extend that argument: NPR listeners for example are also not the product just because they don't pay NPR (but instead its funded by taxes).
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   The argument that the user isn’t the customer needs to die please! It’s a overly simplified statement and misleads any serious conversation on the related topics! Thank you
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   California and Japan are the farthest people and ideas can travel...those who survive the journey will have been refined by it! When those people meet those ideas at the end of said journey is when then magic happens
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   As a German thank you...I feel just the same way about it! To infinity and beyond guys
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   You are conflating the imperfection of a service with malice of the people who build it. Good luck with that attitude
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   by rock_hard 8y ago

   Not using that data also makes the ads expierence for people significantly worse. And I prefer seeing good ads over bad ones
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   by rock_hard 9y ago

   That assumes that they collect such finger prints
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    “reserve” estimates refer to current economic viability. The lithium production market is still a fairly new market, so even though USGS and others have made some reserve and resource estimates already, it is premature to make any firm conc
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    Still, Tim Cook needs to stop being such a fucking hypocrite! Not wanting to comply with a FBI request but then storing the iMessage private keys in Beijing.
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    we certainly don't need to police everything...but there is a middle ground between that and no policing at all! And that will be hard to do in decentralized networks.
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    But how the tool they use to do so is designed matters! If there is too much friction then people simply won't adopt it
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    Facebook and Google increase well-being beyond GDP(drive.google.com)

    2 points by rock_hard 9y ago|0 comments
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    But if users don’t stay engaged then how would they retain? And if they don’t retain...how would it be useful to anyone when none of their friends are on it?
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    What if people get tricked into approving malicious accounts? Who is gonna police that? How are you gonna prevent anarchy?
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    Create a army of fake users to influence people that way maybe?
18. 348.▲
    by rock_hard 9y ago

    Bingo! You win Hackernews!
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    You should ask yourself the question whether it was Facebook or the media that made you distrust Facebook. Because I can’t recall a single instance of when Facebook or Zuck lied to the public... but I recall plenty of lies the media has spr
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    Via Wikipedia: Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.[8] Despite the involvement of a number of psychosocial factors, a biological process – one which is induc
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    What Data Does Facebook Collect When I’m Not Using Facebook, and Why?(newsroom.fb.com)

    461 points by rock_hard 9y ago|320 comments
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    I also think generalizing smartphone use as “addiction” is a misrepresentation! I have no doubt that some people are addicted to their phones...but just as some people are addicted to Siracha sauce The media needs to chill the fuck out and
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    that would be odd since the list includes Google Play and Apple Music, which are both preinstalled apps. Maybe you are overestimating how much people use the browser at scale?
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    I don't think sms, maps, browser, phone, camera, email are the apps most people use though. Wikpedia(1) says in the US its actually: Facebook, Facebook Messenger, YoutTube, Google Maps, Google Search, Google Play, Gmail, Instagram, App
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    even 10% is overly optimistic though...I bet its <1%
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    What do you think are the most relevant data points that you believe can be pulled from that API?
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    From one parent to another: Parents need to stop asking the world to accommodate for them! If you don't think your kids should use YouTube then don't let them...easy as that! It's like with cookies...if you really want to I&#
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    Spam filters work well because they are centralized! It requires a lot of data to train the ML models...its not just a static blacklist
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    You raise some good points...a ranked feed is certainly also not perfect...but at least you got the flexibility to do all the things you proposed.
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    by rock_hard 9y ago

    I am not really sure what you are talking about...a email account consists of either emails you received or emails you sent. So naturally for all your emails you have in your inbox the sender has them in their outbox...and every email you s