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   by tsjq 6y ago

   Everything costs more in the USA than overseas. That's why stuff get outsourced to gain maximum profits. And that leads to job loss and fewer people left with money to buy the cheaply made products. Documentary : Walmart, the high cost
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   by tsjq 6y ago

   but . . . what about WhatsApp's End-to-End Encryption ? :(
3. 483.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   Me Too !
4. 484.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   false negatives much worse than false positives .
5. 485.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   Housing as a service
6. 486.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   Possibly in queue for reeducation camp ?
7. 487.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   If they face resistance, They might do like Google -> Alphabet , or might become a holding company like BRK.
8. 488.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   That sounds like "Shariah compliance"
9. 489.▲
   by tsjq 6y ago

   They won't. That's exactly why this kind of stuff are outsourced.
10. 490.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    I too wonder the same. I am guessing they want to keep these 'sensitive data' parts outsourced, so they don't face regulatory heat .
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    yikes! SO, JP had access to our SMS'es too?! reading OTP from SMS: to a layman, that's a rather small feature: and why doesn't Amazon do it by themselves ?
12. 492.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    curious. get card details, do transaction with bank, send ACK to ecomm site and user, and done. why do they need to store these info?
13. 493.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    https://archive.is/7ztuw
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Perfect estimates, deep insights, and anticipating challenges
15. 495.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    Nice. Maybe post in r/books , r/Frugal, r/PersonalFinance etc subreddits too
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Interesting points indeed. On the other hand, India had a hard lockdown for 6-8 weeks, and yet the numbers zoomed up weeks after that. And now, the numbers are magically going down despite absolute carelessness widespread. Inexplicable
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Financially rich. Economically not rich. Morally bankrupt. Some of the world's most advanced western countries that profess freedom and democracy across the globe.
18. 498.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    Is it like PaperBackSwap ?
19. 499.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    Euthanasia ?
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    https://archive.is/WQwsl
21. 501.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    So many large scale downtimes across multiple large companies in the past month or so. Is this for a bugfix deployment for the SolarWinds hack, or downtime caused by the hack itself ? Or some state-sponsored orgs installing upgraded eavesd
22. 502.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    This is very scary situation
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    30%
24. 504.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    Is this the beginning of the end of Google?
25. 505.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    If released , will he be safe?
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Pls pardon my ignorance. Is this not addressed by blocking all 3rd party cookies at the Browser ?
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Yes. Cost centre and profit centre.
28. 508.▲
    by tsjq 6y ago

    Yes. Sales and marketing : "profit centers" . Ever increasing budgets. Engineering , R&D, Manufacturing, Tech, Testing : "cost centers". Ever tightening budgets. MBA, Beancouting 101
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    Very well said. Totally agree with this point. I experience the same.
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    by tsjq 6y ago

    This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing. Pls post a separate thread (if not done already).