uncletammy

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Wyden Reveals Phone Data Used to Target Abortion Misinformation(wyden.senate.gov)
2 points by uncletammy 3y ago|0 comments
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by uncletammy 3y ago
I came across your project right around the time that I was considering building something similar. Instead, I decided to let you do the work for me. I love these updates. Keep up the great work!
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by uncletammy 3y ago
You've just described the value proposition for bitcoin, a peer to peer electronic cash system. Sadly, bitcoin has been captured by banks and is now only useful for gambling and parasitic investment scams.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
I cannot imagine not being furious about both, simultaneously. That being said, one of these is the culmination of tens of thousands of tiny consent violations made by hundreds or thousands of immoral, largely anonymous villians. The other
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by uncletammy 3y ago
I sat next to this guy at a security conference once and it took everything in me not to fanboy out and annoy the hell out of him with questions abput his work. This guy should be the standard for journalists.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
Implying that someone has access to Satoshi's coins should tank the price, if anything. If those were to be dumped on the open market, it would eat a lot of USD.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
I would quit my job tomorrow and move to Oregon to work on his campaign. No joke.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
I'm one of these people. The problem I have is trust. Ads or nit, I no longer trust Facebook to not continue violating my privacy WHILE I'm a paying customer. The trust has been broken and without data transparency and regulations
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> The crypto dynamics have shifted the expectations so far to cheap, quick moment they most VCs, especially the a16z kind are more about “Can I juice this business and it’s metrics enough to sell it to someone to hold the bag”. This stra
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by uncletammy 3y ago
TikTok trackers aren't built into my phone's operating system.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> * "Companies are using your reading history to build a profile of you, including political stance, age, gender, location, religion, group affiliations, network of people you know" ... to then sell that profile to your governm
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by uncletammy 3y ago
As someone who has been deeply interested in this type of manufacturing technology for ages, my jaw is on the floor. Kudos to the person that made this. I'm so impressed.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> We are a crazy but exciting bunch of organisms. I read this as "crazy but extinct bunch of organisms"
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> The other option is that people would pay to use Reddit or Twitter. But they would lose 90% of their users if they took that route, because what they do does not provide enough value that a typical user would pay for it. I see this rep
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> This energy would've been better at the time of peak-ICO, directed at the worst offenders. Peak-ICO means peak resources to spend on legal defense. The best time is after at the end of a bear run.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> Nobody wants a federated, slow, difficult to use version of reddit. Nobody wants to choose a server. I want this. I want this because it's a sustainable way to have Reddit without the ads. The bad UX is an acceptable tradeoff fo
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by uncletammy 3y ago
Can you elaborate on this or cite some examples of how consumers could be disadvantaged?
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by uncletammy 3y ago
Any recommendations on a genetic test to check for susceptibility?
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by uncletammy 3y ago
As someone of a similar age, about to pull the figurative trigger, I really appreciate your anecdote. I'd welcome more if you're up for it. Especially as it relates to family/personal life balance and the compromises you&#x27
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by uncletammy 3y ago
Sorry, no. I don't trust a government API/website with my personal information. They collect and abuse the private data that I DON'T willingly give them access to. Imagine what they'd do with the data I do.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> They are in the unique position to enable local AI tools, such as assistance or text generation, without the difficulties and privacy concerns with the cloud. I don't see why client-side processing mitigates the privacy concerns.
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by uncletammy 3y ago
No, friend. Your anger is misdirected. Advertising. It's advertising that has ruined the internet. It's advertising that created this surveillance dystopia, enabling businesses and governments, large and small, to exploit you and
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> I don't like that either and some years ago I stopped providing my ID on request. How does this work with picking up prescription medication?
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by uncletammy 3y ago
Why would micropayments require users to make "a hundred purchasing decisions per day"? One of many counter examples is the streaming media use case. The user agrees once to a certain price per minute/second streaming rate t
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by uncletammy 3y ago
If you don't think Meta makes money from the WhatsApp user contact network and linking that data to their other data sets, you are most certainly mistaken. There's tons of money in it, even now, before they start adding new priva
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by uncletammy 3y ago
> These actions don't strike me as "censorship" because my enforcement of IP doesn't stop you from expressing yourself in any way. This is a super slippery slope and we're sliding fast https://arstechn
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by uncletammy 3y ago
It's hard to keep morale up after spending multiple hours composing a few thoughtful, "good fit" applications, just to be auto-rejected immediately upon submission without them even being seen by a human. I don't even b
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by uncletammy 4y ago
I expect youre being downvoted for the same reasons I felt the need to reply. I'm skeptical that any "local" news station is able to give you useful content without also pushing strong partisian agendas. What station is it? A
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by uncletammy 4y ago
I think they are suggesting that the exchange would use bot accounts, exempt from trading fees.
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by uncletammy 4y ago
" Anyone else in the world " cant build a criminal case against you using parallel construction tactics while bypassing American's constitutional right to due process.

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