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by srswtf123 5y ago
I’ve wondered this too. So far, all I can discern is that smartphones behave like a tasp, from Larry Niven’s scifi writings. A tasp is a device that stimulates the pleasure centers of your brain. This rapidly leads to addiction and enslavem
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Where can I find some of this evidence? I haven't been following this closely
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Generally, I agree with you. I don't care about what you don't care about. I like the way Apple implements things, I've mostly liked their privacy-protecting moves until this latest fiasco. But I'm not sure this is bad.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Thanks for this; I always thought it seemed a bit too good to be true
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Passive heating and cooling is one of my favorite features of Earth Ships. I’m entirely enamored with the concept, but I don’t know how the climate impact of building these — better or worse than normal homes? You seem to make a lot of ceme
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Never heard of Cookie AutoDelete, many thanks from me as well. What I really want is for all cookies to be deleted when the browser exits, except for the sites assigned to the containers I've created. I'll have to see if this is p
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by srswtf123 5y ago
> Sorry, but what's the alternative exactly? How about not exploiting people? > Should you be given free shit simply because you exist? Seems to work for the very wealthy , celebrities , and so on. Why, precisely, isn't th
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I can’t imagine why people might be discontent… All that’s really being asked of us is to give up all our productive years in service to people with no ethics, to make them richer. People who are more than happy to use you up and toss your
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I do it, daily, for several years now. In fact, I’ve left the industry entirely as a result of what I personally view as a complete lack of ethics on the part of every tech company. You being defeated isn’t the same as being unable to live
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Aren’t they based in Canada, not the US?
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by srswtf123 5y ago
The thing that gets me is this: I don’t want to train AI for free. If you’re going to train models using our input, then you need to distribute the results as public good and make no profit from it .
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I once worked in an open office where testing and editing ringtones was the business. No sound studios, no headphones even! The straw that broke the camels back, for me, was Gilbert Gottfried’s ringtones. All day long for what seemed like e
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by srswtf123 5y ago
It isn't voluntary when its the only game in town. My personal experience tells me the nature of work in the US is exploitative. Of course, experiences will vary, but I've never felt alone in this; on the contrary, in the Midwes
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I agree with you 100% — the only solution I’ve found workable is limiting my use of the technology itself as much as possible.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Agreed, this is the struggle. Look at whats being asked here, its frankly absurd: How do we make our execs feel more comfortable ... How do we make it so easy that no exec has to worry ... Some of the corporations I've worked, the
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Seems like textbook objectification
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by srswtf123 5y ago
It’s about status and control. The pandemic revealed many useless employees in the management layer. They’re trying to make the case they aren’t useless by asserting the need to return to the office where they can “practice their craft”.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Agreed; it drives unnecessary consumption on a planet with dwindling resources
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I think its as simple as this: people are fed up with FAANG; it seems like Congress might actually get off their asses and do something, and a few people smell blood-in-the-water. You know, the sort of thing that could potentially kick off
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by srswtf123 5y ago
This is the most important task required to fix education. Its so obvious and it’s never on the table, which tells me everything I need to know about “reformers”. Until this is done, most everything else it shuffling deck chairs.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Well, this seems an entirely fair point. Starting a civil war is not the same as toppling a government. From my perspective, the difference is irrelevant. The broader plan seems to have been to throw the Middle East into chaos by upending e
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I believe this was always the plan, from the US perspective? https://www.salon.com/2007/10/12/wesley_clark/
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by srswtf123 5y ago
This tip is very much appreciated, thank you
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Seems more likely they’re lying.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
A Musk company doing something unethical? I am shocked , SHOCKED!! I tell you.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
No, the real problem is that for the most part, they can’t evaluate trustworthiness and use in-person interaction and a panopticon to cover up that fact.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Personally, I believe its to reclaim their former position in the social hierarchy. The pandemic revealed much of the management layer as useless. No one wants to cop to that, so now you see them twisting themselves in knots to justify the
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Ever used Lotus Notes? http://hallofshame.gp.co.at/lotus.htm
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by srswtf123 5y ago
I think Siemans has that under the Cerberus Pyrotronics brand.
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by srswtf123 5y ago
Have you tried stilltasty.com? I believe they have signs to look for to determine its bad. I’ve found their guidelines quite valuable!

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