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by xfz 6y ago
Google took over search when Alta Vista was a thing. Their search has improved gradually over the years to the point where it "understands" the web and the questions people are asking way better than any simple crawler/index
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by xfz 6y ago
First thing I saw on their webpage, a box saying "Enter an email". Yeah, it's just a pre-launch thing, but not a good look from a privacy point of view.
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by xfz 6y ago
Perhaps taking a leaf from Voldemort's book might make you more comfortable with using them. https://kaizoku.dev/double-blind-passwords-aka-horcruxing
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by xfz 6y ago
Ick. 30% Apple tax vs. you are the product. We need a happy medium. We need better regulation.
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by xfz 6y ago
One of the reviews: > They track you on their website without any form of confirmation which is required under GDPR law. Since it's been law for well over a year I dread to think how many times this firm has broken the law themselve
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by xfz 6y ago
The solicitors firm has probably trashed their own reputation for good by doing this. They could have just exploited Trustpilot to get the review suppressed. This video can be annoying and has some strong language, but contains some good po
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by xfz 6y ago
Title should probably have [Advert] prefix or something. That said, I deleted my Disqus account as part of a general cleanup and I'm glad I did. The web needs to shift more to a model where people pay openly for services; ideally with
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by xfz 6y ago
Good article. There are plenty of reasons to tax and regulate Google and Facebook and disrupt their respective monopolies, but the proposed legislation would have far reaching consequences for the Internet and set a poor precedent. What hap
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by xfz 6y ago
There are many angles to this, I'll just look at one in the hope that it helps. > I hope it's not "the company is declining because the company moved talent to countries where developers are cheaper" We probably agree
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by xfz 6y ago
I've been resisting the Facebook (including WhatsApp) monopoly but at personal cost so I'm starting to capitulate. The network effect has been discussed at length already, but imagine if the phone system was controlled by a single
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by xfz 6y ago
Freedoms are always a balance between the freedom of self and others.
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by xfz 6y ago
It sounds like the guy was being a jerk from the start. If so, his behaviour on the day and online should have consequences. However, I have written negative reviews before and been harassed by the company concerned or had them flagged as i
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by xfz 6y ago
Good, thought-provoking article, but use with caution. I've seen security through obscurity misused too often as the only line of defence, or as a "temporary" stop-gap that outlives its usefulness. It can lead to a false sens
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by xfz 8y ago
I'm inclined to think someone behind this was having a lot of fun, and it looks nice. If it turns out not to be a joke/hoax/psychology/social experiment, I will be sure to remember - I made a note to check back later, us
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by xfz 8y ago
I'm working on GDPR compliance at the moment, as are many of my friends here in the UK. Even people in non-IT jobs have been involved or had training, so awareness is high. The figures cited above are correct, but the consensus from pe
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by xfz 8y ago
Don't drop out; you'll spend your whole career trying to push open closed doors (it gets easier with many years' experience or during an acute skills drought, but the issue never goes away completely). Study whatever you enjo
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by xfz 8y ago
It's not new - I did my first assignment around 18 years ago - and it's not necessarily a bad thing if done right. One problem is that assignments take too long and have over-optimistic estimates, which apart from taking up time c