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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   I was just making an observation, certainly didn't intend it as criticism.
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   I don't know much about deep learning. Just noticed that there are 40+ upvotes and 0 comments. I propose the HN Bikeshedding effect theory. Take the number of comments and divide it by the number of upvotes. <0.1 = Too technical for
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   Can you clarify who you are referring to as the do-gooders here? Everyone who is asking for net neutrality? And is the common people the group who is the victim of the poisoned chalice?
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   I once heard an interview with the Economist digital editor Tom Standage where he claims (at 5:45 into the interview) that net neutrality is the wrong thing to focus on, and the important thing is just making sure there is more competition
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   Off tangent, but the biggest improvement in my software development productivity happened when I read Edmond Lau's book "The Effective Engineer" and started asking myself before I started every task: is this task the one whic
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   Its also not in my interest to reduce my net worth by paying taxes. But it happens promptly each year. Maybe its time we demanded this from the companies. Also, I would argue it is indirectly in the interest of said companies and their empl
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   Your suggestion might actually lead to something very interesting. Once a day when someone logs into FB, they should be presented with a word problem asking if the data they have thus far submitted to Facebook can be used to mine such-and-s
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   Classic.
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   by thr0waway1239 10y ago

   The main issue, which you and I both see, is the sheer asymmetry of the whole thing. We are in this weird situation where the individual, the typical cognitive miser who even on his/her best day cannot possibly take all the preventive
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    You would be surprised just how few people know Facebook owns WhatsApp. When I mention it to my non-tech friends, they are first surprised, and then nod their heads like its no big deal, and then a few weeks later exclaim utter surprise at
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    TLDR#1: The investigation still didn't reveal exactly how this happened. TLDR#2: The recommendation to "prevent" these issues on the individuals side is, "Lisa’s medical community has started recommending that patients c
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    If you combine this with studies about the tipping point of ideas starting at about 10% of the population [1], it means SV already has enough of the programmer population to create self-sustaining trends in software. I don't know wheth
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    When talking only about software and CS, I think there is one more way to look at this issue (and has been mentioned multiple times in this comment thread). Let us say the typical software engineer's day is filled up with the following
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    The way you framed the question, it seems so obvious that they "had to find a way to monetize". But there were probably some inflection points. This is where the issue of the customer trusting the website/app comes in. Initia
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    If the URL is exactly the same, I wish HN would just surface the old comment thread automatically at the top of the page.
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    Wouldn't it be better to refund, say $80 of the $100 deposit if there is no violation?
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    Not sure if your comment was just sarcasm. With all due respect to the multinational manager who may be extremely good at what they do, everyone knows that there is still some pretty drastic exploitation of the process going on if they are
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    It will be interesting to see what happens to these people if Trump were to get elected, given his promise to investigate H1 visas. Will he ask whistleblowers to step forward? Perhaps deport these "extraordinary individuals" and h
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    If you watch the following video from Google (for about 5 minutes from the marked location), it looks like these algorithms have a pretty big blind spot: the unknown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sphFCJE1HkI#t=7m50s So y
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    Here is an idea. Get a bunch of cute pictures of cats or babies from the internet. Add text with anti-FB messages and a link to these HN threads. Then write a script to upload the photos to your account, preferably on an endless loop. If FB
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    Reminds me of a great joke. Man to woman: "Will you sleep with me for a million dollars?" Woman:"Yes" Man:"I don't have a million. How about one dollar?" Woman:"Of course not. What kind of a woman do
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    I am yet to see even a single FB employee openly admit he/she is not happy with "so and so" policy but wants to stay at FB to continue working on the things which make an impact. And please give me a reference if this is inco
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    by thr0waway1239 10y ago

    Does anyone actually believe a word which these companies say? I think if at all there was a company which deserved some serious scrutiny under anti-trust, it was Facebook. Much more than Google or MSFT. They have done exactly the things wh