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by ub 5y ago
Good thread here that provides a counter-balance. https://twitter.com/nireyal/status/1443882540868063241?s=21
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by ub 6y ago
https://twitter.com/NiamhSweeneyNYC/status/13471854630571171...
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Taking care of mental health when working from home(twitter.com)
1 points by ub 7y ago|0 comments
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by ub 7y ago
Slack took over the world ? They only have 12M DAU. Sure, they’re successful in the enterprise market in the US, but by no means they have taken over the world.
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by ub 7y ago
Isn't this what Sacha Baron Cohen asked for in his speech? That there be state mandated rules on what's fake vs not. I don't think this issue has any good solutions - damned if you do, damned if you don't. The only &#x27
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by ub 7y ago
Apple makes a big deal about on-device security but they heavily promote backing up data to iCloud. They hold the keys to iCloud encrypted backups, and your backed up messages are happily handed over to LE when asked. That's why "
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by ub 7y ago
This. Apple cooperates a lot with law enforcement than they let out. While they make a big deal about on-device security, iCLoud which most users turn on is the loophole. Apple turns in backup content when asked much more willingly.
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by ub 7y ago
You are making a bunch of assertions with no basis. WhatsApp's encryption hasn't been weakened. FB can't look at encrypted message content, neither can WhatsApp. A lot of people use WhatsApp because of the encryption guarante
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by ub 7y ago
Yup, it just seems like some random unsubstantiated theory being touted by VCs who want to show they're smart.
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Ask HN: UI dark patterns related to privacy
1 points by ub 7y ago|1 comments
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by ub 8y ago
+1 It seems like someone just created a spreadsheet with no description of what methodology was used to test the assertions.
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Five Takeaways from Walmart’s Acquisition of Jet.com(blog.semilshah.com)
3 points by ub 10y ago|0 comments
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Robert Reich predicting the rise of Trump in 2012(youtube.com)
2 points by ub 10y ago|0 comments
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Facebook bets big on Live with new video tab(techcrunch.com)
4 points by ub 10y ago|0 comments
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Open Letter to Uber, Travis, Josh Mohrer, Uber’s Investors and Employees(medium.com)
3 points by ub 11y ago|0 comments
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ZenPayroll takes on Zenefits with name change (to Gusto)(techcrunch.com)
8 points by ub 11y ago|3 comments
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by ub 11y ago
I find all these articles that try to compare and measure sympathy and emotion as pointless. People are comparing the outpouring of grief for Cecil to apathy towards human killings and inhuman treatment of animals in the meat industry. A pe
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by ub 11y ago
I hope not. I think it's like the nuclear arms race. Everyone wants one so that it can deter it's enemies but using a nuclear weapon can be disastrous. Similarly, the US strategy here could be to show China that it's capable
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by ub 11y ago
I think cyber warfare is inevitable. Because systems are so complex, defensive techniques will always fall short. The only effective deterrent is an offensive attack or at least the fear of an attack. The US has to create a catch-22 situati
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by ub 11y ago
I guess this is a way for YC to participate in the upside of the most successful companies without creating signaling risk. But from a pure investment perspective, there's a possibility it might not end up being that prudent. It will a
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George Clooney to expose those who fund and profit from wars(theguardian.com)
13 points by ub 11y ago|0 comments
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by ub 11y ago
Yeah, I think they could be trolling. And, yes, if so the whole thing does seem flippant, given that real people have lost jobs and had their names splashed all across media. But I guess that's part of what it means to be a redditor.
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by ub 11y ago
Sam Altman's response https://np.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/3cs78i/whats_the_...
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by ub 11y ago
Not a crime per se but he could have been sued for maligning the company/board I think.
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Yishan Wong hypothesizing(?) on the Reddit saga(np.reddit.com)
29 points by ub 11y ago|7 comments
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Can We Just, Like, Get Over the Way Women Talk?(nymag.com)
3 points by ub 11y ago|0 comments
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by ub 11y ago
I disagree that it's all because she's a woman. Just read her statement here. http://www.thesocialmemo.org/2015/07/reddit-ceo-ellen-pao-va... She has no clue that the "vocal minority" is the on
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by ub 11y ago
Link to the published paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adhm.201400808/ab...
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Smart Pens Can Draw Biosensors on Your Skin(wtvox.com)
2 points by ub 11y ago|1 comments
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Police: ‘Don’t ask Siri about 9/11’(cultofmac.com)
4 points by ub 11y ago|1 comments

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