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by staplers 8y ago
Why are these the only types of diversity that are ever discussed. Because those "biases" (discriminations) are currently what the law deems illegal.
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by staplers 8y ago
Are you implying the hidden data sharing built into Windows is unethical? https://www.engadget.com/2017/04/05/microsoft-explains-windo...
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by staplers 8y ago
If I kill someone with a hammer, is that the hammer company's liability? If not, then creation of an object (once sold) does not warrant ownership of said product and accompanying data.
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by staplers 8y ago
Currency reminds me a lot of religion. It requires an absolute faith by devout believers in its value which is entirely based upon human interaction.
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by staplers 8y ago
similar to reprimanding someone on the spectrum for not saying hello Why hold anyone in the upper class accountable for their actions when we can just claim they all suffer from mental disorders and make excuses for them?
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by staplers 8y ago
This argument is a lot like saying "Let God decide" when in reality it is people doing the deciding.
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by staplers 8y ago
This is exactly why I believe a fractioning of current America into smaller countries (think Roman Empire -> Europe) is not only inevitable, but an overall net good.
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by staplers 8y ago
All these Google platforms have lost my decade-long patronage recently due to inability to find what is needed (google thinks it knows me better than myself) and personal-info-commodification.
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by staplers 8y ago
I said "secretly" for a reason. Because every company does everything by the book ;)
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by staplers 8y ago
Laws don't protect consumers or enforce moral obligation and you know it. They serve as a facade to the population to keep society from disintegrating. Direct boycotting of companies forces change very quickly.
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by staplers 8y ago
Now imagine companies out there secretly throwing away your resume or rejecting your loan request based on incorrect data like this. It's not something a web dev will generally need to worry about but for working class blue-collar citi
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by staplers 8y ago
All US cell networks sell your real-time location to anyone willing to pay for it. Including advertisers. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17094213
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by staplers 8y ago
Name any system that does not experience entropy.. all 'regulations' over time become corrupted/exploited. That's the nature of evolution and natural selection.
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by staplers 8y ago
Never get in the way of web devs inflated egos when they're ranting about things which are vastly outside their scope of expertise. Bitcoin is a trigger word for the HN community and unless you're using every big word to insinuat
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by staplers 8y ago
I wouldn't provide free support for free services either. I was trying to purchase a $600 phone..
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by staplers 8y ago
The "six foot turkey" kid was right all along..
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by staplers 8y ago
when it comes to customer support Do they have customer support? Last time I used my google account (a few years ago) to attempt to buy a Nexus, my transaction was flagged as fraud and I was locked out of my account.. I tried for a
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by staplers 8y ago
What products use this that expose me to this? Per the LocationSmart website: "95% of all wireless devices" so basically the entire population's location can be tracked in real-time by anyone willing to pay for this s
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by staplers 8y ago
Why would anyone care that I get up around 7AM on weekdays No one does. But let's assume you suddenly won the lottery. Now a lot of people care, and they're able to perfectly plan when exactly to rob your house as you ar
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by staplers 8y ago
Well.. a privacy law banning everyone except those who are grandfathered in to collect data..
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by staplers 9y ago
Design can create efficiency. There is far more nuance about 'design' than your clear bias towards it states.
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by staplers 9y ago
"some foods" - from the article itself FTFY.. it's a bad idea to make absolute statements like that
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by staplers 9y ago
Sims don’t need to travel long distances, because their workplace is just within walking distance. In fact they do not even need to leave their own block. Wherever they go it’s like going to the same place. Sounds like modern urban
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by staplers 9y ago
When did you last get 100Mbit+ speeds with 4G? In a real world scenario, I would max out my data cap in 5 minutes.. Telcos will never give up their guaranteed profits by throttling speeds even with unlimited speed/capacity.
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by staplers 9y ago
As you comment on a moderated, curated fucking news feed...
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by staplers 9y ago
People like to blame FB/Twitter I am not blaming anyone. Simply stating that those places are expressly made for sharing low-quality content. Just because there is a demand for something, doesn't mean we shouldn't fi
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by staplers 9y ago
The same could be said about the internet in general. Take a stroll away from Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, etc and you can find some really interesting places with extremely insightful and meaningful content. The problem is that a majorit
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by staplers 9y ago
Socially, we would likely change. However, I don't think that would drastically change behavior.
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by staplers 9y ago
if you are willing to do some manual work (putting every transaction by yourself) So it won't track your bank transactions automatically? If I have to enter transactions manually what's the point of the software? I could
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by staplers 9y ago
all you need are two people that agree it has value Wrong. All currencies need a network (physical or otherwise) or else it's just bartering between two objects. The entire idea of currency requires a network of people who proj

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