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by w-j-w 6y ago
I wonder if this will go to the Supreme Court? Given that different appeals courts disagree on the issue, it seems likely to me.
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by w-j-w 6y ago
They handled the fallout very well. Completely rolled it back and gave a heartfelt apology that actually just said sorry. I think we should forgive them, as long as the good behavior continues.
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by w-j-w 6y ago
I think part of the issue may be in how we measure the success of our society. Developed nations may be wealthy, but it should be clear by now that "more wealth" isn't the most pressing issue faced by people in developed nati
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by w-j-w 6y ago
I find this article interesting because I've heard others worry that the demise of unstructured time for children might be doing other types of damage.
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by w-j-w 6y ago
Bloomington filters have probabilistic false positives, making it perfect for blacklisting. A negative means that the program can be run immediately, because it is guaranteed to not be on the list. A positive needs to be double checked, tho
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by w-j-w 6y ago
Tech companies need to be held accountable for their actions by someone. That's always been journalism's job. As long as they don't print lies, I don't see the issue.
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by w-j-w 6y ago
Why on Earth is it the advertiser's perspective that decides what is spyware. This is a consumer rights issue. As a user, I don't care what the intentions of the spying are.
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by w-j-w 7y ago
But this just means that small companies are more permanently priced out of SSO. Small companies should be using it to be more secure, but that list gives you a pretty good idea why they can't.
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by w-j-w 7y ago
The MPAA is full of it on this one. Most investments happen with a payoff expected within a few years. In general,.investors don't care about what money they can make in 30 years.
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by w-j-w 7y ago
As someone who likes watching public events go horribly wrong, I have never been so excited for a videogame convention.
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by w-j-w 7y ago
This is what makes Facebook's behavior really inexcusable. Facebook has granted these people a special power on the platform, but are unwilling to police it.
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by w-j-w 7y ago
The amount of people making weak "both sides" arguments (nobody runs political ads without lies in them) in this thread is alarming. Facebook is easily capable of fact checking every ad on their platform, and if they can't, t
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by w-j-w 7y ago
You honestly can't think of anyone else who is responsible? How is WeWork not fraud? How was it legal for Neumann to take all of that money?
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by w-j-w 7y ago
The principal here is that businesses with bad practices should be named and shamed. Companies that act like this are banking on their consumers not caring enough to do anything about it. Even a negative press reaction may be enough to diss