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by tomComb 5y ago
Given that audio and video are much less likely than written works to include references and are harder to reference themselves, I think they are poor evidence of anything contentions such as a conspiracy theory.
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by tomComb 5y ago
One way to approach is that a microdose for you is any dose that has no notable psychoactive effect. Practically, microdosing is often in the 20 - 100 mg range, and the lower threshold of a 'normal' psychoactive dose would be 600
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by tomComb 6y ago
We all went through a year of quarantine, and it made many of us more anxious or depressed, but not what you just described - and not like going to your doctor and getting diagnosed for an psych disorder that then shows up in the stats of a
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by tomComb 6y ago
I don't get it. The company he hates the most is Google - the one major tech company to stand up to China and pull out on principle. Gotta wonder if his hate is motivated by his association/investment in Facebook and his alignmen
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by tomComb 6y ago
I'm not going to support something just because it is YC funded and I have no interest at all in joining any master race. I gotta hope you are trolling.
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by tomComb 6y ago
I want all those things too, but not clear on how you think notion should be implemented. I use it exclusively in the browser on a laptop. I find it slow but I do not think that is the fault of browser tech or SPA architecture, and I assum
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by tomComb 6y ago
There are infinite things we can't know - opening the discussion up to that really makes anything possible, but the discussion wasn't even about what they might do with the data beyond leaking or selling it.
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by tomComb 6y ago
Google has a huge number of activist (and surely some corruptible) employees, and yet the incidents of users data getting out are very close to zero. I think this demonstrates that user data can be managed safely and effectively. Usually th
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by tomComb 6y ago
As a fan of Ethereum I'm glad to see this since Cardano has many of the characteristics that got me enthusiastic about Ethereum, eg. smart contracts and PoS (planned). I've been surprised to discover that, according to social medi
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by tomComb 6y ago
Unfortunately I think there is a degree of consensus that that is how it works, and this is used as evidence for the lack of free will.
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by tomComb 6y ago
There is no perfect solution here, but at least they had to publicly acknowledge their error. This is much better than with the sources most people use. I often see people say 'hey look at this terrible thing WaPo or NYT did' as
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by tomComb 6y ago
Not sure I follow you. Tons of companies make money from digital advertising - most from ad networks (it's pretty hard for a startup to run their own). Much as most consumer startups would like to abandon advertising and just charge
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by tomComb 6y ago
But again you are conflating the irresponsible handling of my personal data - eg. my ISP collects and sells my personal data without my authorization - with personalized ads. There are lots of companies that have a history of never selling,
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by tomComb 6y ago
> User data will not be used to target ads. I actually prefer personalized (targeted) ads, as long as it is a company I trust with my data. And they generate more revenue so they would need fewer ads. I realize people will argue that th
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by tomComb 6y ago
But that is true of crypto and Bitcoin in general: it is going through another of its peaks, and with that comes a new wave of coverage - both good and bad.
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by tomComb 6y ago
"Kuo is looking forward to the Apple Glasses integrating with the long-rumored Apple Car, which is likely several years away." Oh, gotta think about that.
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by tomComb 6y ago
I assume their medium term plan is to make the new wasm backend the default rather than continuing to rely on transpiling.
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by tomComb 6y ago
Is 'shroommarkets.com' really a good source for this information?
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by tomComb 6y ago
Yes, sometimes it seems that way but I think we should be careful about excusing this sort of thing that way. For years before Trump I heard many say "all politicians lie" which is clearly not literally true, but became an excuse
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by tomComb 6y ago
Your suggesting that Apple standing up to China would have no positive impact?
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by tomComb 6y ago
The 'lore' that I've always heard is that Google pulled out due to both censorship and privacy, in that the attack succeeded against some user accounts. At the time they were the #2 search engine in China, and when they pulle
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by tomComb 6y ago
Well, yeah, but that puts all their talk about privacy in a different light. They sell it like it's a moral principle or a human right, not just what works best for them in certain Western markets.
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by tomComb 6y ago
Very sensible initiative, but nothing about whether it has any chance of becoming law.
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by tomComb 6y ago
How can something that is invite only and exclusive to one proprietary platform be held up as a beacon of freedom?
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by tomComb 6y ago
So the law is horrifying, but you really hate these companies so it's OK. Even if I agree with you about these companies isn't this an excess of 'ends justify the means'?
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by tomComb 6y ago
Agreed, but that became a lot less likely when Microsoft supported the new law (while claiming they were taking the moral high ground). Reminds me of when Google pulled out of China over censorship and Microsoft took the opportunity to try
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by tomComb 6y ago
If FB thought that would happen they wouldn't have done. And have you seen the types of 'information' people share on Facebook when they are not sharing links to news? I think users will stay in Facebook but share lower qual
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by tomComb 6y ago
I'd already backed up my accusations, in the other reply, when I wrote the above. Not that it's really needed when you know exactly what I"m talking about and are just feigning ignorance. Brave has been called out since thei
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by tomComb 6y ago
Also,the fact that you, CEO of an aggressive US corporation, would try to intimidate me like that (with your talk of "libelous" etc.), to stop me from simply repeating the widely held impression that Brave is scammy, is well, real
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by tomComb 6y ago
Please don't pretend you don't know what I'm talking about or that the idea that Brave is 'scammy' is anything new - Brave is very controversial and its ethical lapses have been discussed extensively including here

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