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by stopads 7y ago
There are many 10+ year old linux kernels in embedded devices all over the place, and much less secure systems and services on top of that. It's often called the internet of shitty things.
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by stopads 7y ago
The first time I bought wireless headphones was in 1998. It's great that they got smaller and sleeker and more reliable since then, but removing ports and then forcing people to buy another accessory that you then boast about how good
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by stopads 7y ago
Oh please, they sold us on a fake problem and then the cure by removing ports. That's not innovation. That's not a platform. iPhones could all have usb ports and audio jacks and removable storage. Nothing is preventing any of that
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Homeless population rises for third year in a row(cbsnews.com)
5 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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New Star Wars on Course for Worst Reviews Since ‘Phantom Menace’(bloomberg.com)
1 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
There are many things that are "standard industry practice" that will be illegal some day, and using some other company as a defense for anything is supremely lazy.
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by stopads 7y ago
I made a joke years ago about how Google would shut down GCP on a whim, ending the last shred of goodwill they had in tech. Too absurd for reality.
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Age to purchase all tobacco products, including e-cigs, to be raised to 21(twitter.com)
1 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
I thought Bloomberg banned their journalists from discussing the democratic side of the field? Regardless, any political commentary about any topic coming out of this organization is highly suspect and shouldn't really be linked to whi
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Foxconn is refusing to renegotiate deal with Wisconsin officials(theverge.com)
6 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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How McKinsey infiltrated the world of global public health(vox.com)
88 points by stopads 7y ago|41 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
Much, much worse. We passed the legendary inequality of the gilded age about 15 years ago, and the rate at which the divide has been growing has been increasing ever since. We created the richest people who have ever lived by a wide margin,
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by stopads 7y ago
Absolutely. What we are witnessing is people extracting as much money as possible from healthy and unhealthy companies just because they can. This has been going on in the private equity/hedge fund world for decades, buybacks are the m
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by stopads 7y ago
The divide in this society is becoming so deep stories like this almost seem like a parody. If you're at a high enough level you get paid in equity-based compensation or benefit from a close relationship where someone gets paid in equi
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by stopads 7y ago
It is drowning out real investment, this conclusion is correct because the companies themselves are saying so in their statements. Some companies are taking on huge debt to keep up in the buyback races despite having bad products that are l
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by stopads 7y ago
If you're interested in privacy or protecting your email address and you're still using Chrome or GMail you need to start by eliminating those and de-googleifying your life as much as possible. Although it seems like a lot of peop
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Life Expectancy Is Decreasing Across All Racial Groups(jamanetwork.com)
1 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
Open pit copper mines are one of the most horrible environmental extractions imaginable. I grew up next to one, it was pretty unpleasant. Not quite as nasty as uranium mining, but it's getting up there.
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Tesla Pushes Back Cheapest Cybertruck Production Date(thedrive.com)
10 points by stopads 7y ago|8 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
As far as I can tell nobody has reported on the "neighborhood portal" offered to police yet, looking at how this works along with the bizarre, giddy culture around how empowering this is for law enforcement is just disturbing.
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by stopads 7y ago
In the past major corporations used to launch speculative research projects and risky ventures, but that rarely happens any more. All the resources are being shifted to stock buybacks, everything else is a secondary priority. Some companies
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‘Fuck Crime:’ Inside Ring’s Quest to Become Law Enforcement’s Best Friend(vice.com)
5 points by stopads 7y ago|3 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
Are you Mark Zuckerberg?
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by stopads 7y ago
Mark Zuckerberg takes it for granted that the most important things in the universe are productivity growth and the number of people citing your publication and talks about ways we can make these numbers go up more in this podcast. Are thos
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Declining Life Expectancy in America 'May Be the New Norm'(livescience.com)
3 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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Stadia owners accuse Google of broken promises over performance(eurogamer.net)
2 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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WTO protests in Seattle 2 decades ago have lasting impact(apnews.com)
11 points by stopads 7y ago|4 comments
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Florida Keys Neighborhood Has Been Flooded for Nearly 3 Months(npr.org)
1 points by stopads 7y ago|0 comments
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by stopads 7y ago
>Sorry, this site requires JavaScript to be enabled. For a flat blog post? Like, seriously?
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by stopads 7y ago
Poor people are literally dying younger, and you're trying to argue that they are somehow better off? This is some Monty Burns level of delusion.

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