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by thulecitizen 7y ago
““There is not a single key technology behind the iPhone that has not been state funded,” says economist Mazzucato. This includes the wireless networks, “the Internet, GPS, a touch-screen display, and … the voice-activated personal assistan
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If you want to share: what were some insights you gained from the book? I considered reading it, but then I read a review that says that although it’s useful, it presents a few quite manipulative tactics: “A lot of what affects how much you
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What current trends are you talking about here?
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For me this claim that the world is only getting better has largely been debunked as junk science: “ What Roser’s numbers actually reveal is that the world went from a situation where most of humanity had no need of money at all to one wher
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I don’t think I 100% understand what you mean by population decline? Do you mean planned parenthood/contraception? In other words: what are some of the strategies you are in favor of to make this decline happen?
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Yes, no deletes. Since there is no company in the middle, the GDPR rules don't apply to this P2P network, so it isn't an issue legally (in Europe). This is something that will probably take some puzzling to get to a sustainable me
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+1 Also, so much of the clothing industry is so unsustainable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaGp5_Sfbss Not like tech is any different: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeMlkGrYxJw
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Dear dang, please could you unflag my comment? I am up for a debate, and I am happy to be shown other perspectives. Yet flagging my comment seems to be the easiest way to scrub something you don't like, while avoiding constructive deba
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What is there to explain? I am not challenging the intelligence of one ethnicity over another, that seems to be your argument here. My argument is that we tell countries in the Global South to use strategy B (free competition) to try to bec
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> Must there always be an issue when the data doesn't suit a worldview? Why compromise a survey 's integrity with your own bias? Hello. Might I remind you of the Global North's historic and continued plundering of the Glob
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> We don’t have a Web of Documents anymore. These days, the WWW is mostly a Web of Applications. Yes! It's 'SaaSS' - as defined by Stallman, not 'SaaS'. "On the Internet, proprietary software isn't the
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> you are clicking around for information Kind of like when I go for a walk in a forest that I haven't been to. A forest with many possible paths. Whenever I hit a fork or a junction, I go to the places that seem most interesting. I
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The documentary Push shows this scary reality beautifully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iLWpuZrd-I
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> anybody trying to thwart them is either against security or a criminal Please could you tell me what you read in this article? https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/britain-stole-45-t...
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Am I the only one who thinks that in the future we might have with us at all times some sort of complex infrared video-camera-blocking tech, together with a sound jammer?
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Yes, you caught her. Well done! Will you send your address so I can send you your trophy?
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Bullllshit. "Greta Thunberg - January 11 at 7:36 PM: Some people have been asking who manages this page. First of all, since last spring I only use Facebook to repost what I write on my Twitter and Instagram accounts. Since I have chos
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by thulecitizen 7y ago
Your keyboard is an input device. That is what I am talking about. I am saying that with a Remote Access Trojan, they can do much more than access your mic or webcam. "What is a RAT (remote access Trojan)? A remote access Trojan (RAT)
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To me this is an answer. I think somehow you're not understanding what I am implying. These guides I linked to are there because when the software is being installed, it asks for these guides to be applied, to make the apps work. The m
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I hear you. At the same time, I see this story of “if your life isn't exciting, it's your fault” too often, and I call bullshit. I believe this story is incredibly harmful because it doesn't help 'non-participants’ or &#
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To me this is such a toxic post. Using sentences like: "He's less than a man" and "Haters are generally losers" - to me shows an unhealthy level of grandiosity, and an inability to fully understand another person&#x
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> these people are way too interested in what other people are doing oh yes, blame them! the lazy buggers! [1][2] [1] https://medium.com/@dr_eprice/laziness-does-not-exist-3af27e... [2] https://www.youtub
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by thulecitizen 7y ago
Both 'appked' and 'macbed' websites have guides for disabling both Gatekeepr and SIP (now they are derivative websites because the domains keep getting banned/confiscated): macappdownload dot com slash fix-damaged-a
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Dangerous for Windows maybe? Most cracked OS X apps make you disable Gatekeeper or System Integry Protection. Game over. So yes, to me that is an invititation.
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It's not just about webcams or recording your microphone. That's just the tip of the iceberg.
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Yep. So if you're in the Netherlands, click here: https://www.vpro.nl/programmas/3lab/rats-en-slaves For some reason they blocked it in the Netherlands. But if you're trying to watch it from outside of t
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"...there are two ways of making money. The first is what most of us do: work. That means tapping into our knowledge and know-how (our “human capital” in economic terms) to create something new, whether that’s a takeout app, a wedding
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Thanks a lot!
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> Here's a neat idea: maybe regulating software engineering like other engineering disciplines is actually overdue? Yet at the same time, failure rate will never be zero. Please could you describe this more? I’m intrigued. I don’t k
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Thanks for the link to Darknet Diaries! It was new to me

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