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by xnull 12y ago
I've encountered a number of articles and podcasts that extend the thesis that the process of domestication produces neoteny - that dogs are what wolf puppies would be if they never attained adult wolfhood. Many left the reader/li
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Given that the tech sector celebrates having fireman poles instead of stairs, colored ball pits, giant bean bags for chairs and webcomics as regular features in slideshows and the revealing contents of 'intership swag' posted to r
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We had this exact same thing happen when we bought funeral services for my (late) older brother. They asked us for a bunch of pictures of him and some of his favorite music to use in a slideshow they were preparing as part of the funeral p
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by xnull 12y ago
The article doesn't mention it but the latest trends in advertising has moved beyond 'behavioral' targeted advertising, where a user is served specific content because they may have browsed something similar in the past (iron
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Here are ways to do it besides a co-op, although that's interesting too. * Word of mouth * Expert advice * Music discussion forums * Going to see shows/concerts. (Bands you like often have openers you might like.) * A locally run
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These middlemen are a kind of legal pimp that exist all over the United States. Salons are middlemen for hairstylists. Hollywood middlemen for movie directors. Labels are middlemen for musical artists. Google is a middleman for advertizers&
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by xnull 12y ago
I see your point, but my argument does not actually hinge on the existence of other programs. It's multifaceted and draws from sources outside of the leaks as well, including the mission statement of the NSA. If you look into the natur
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The interface doesn't. However for posterity it's clear that the NSA is not about terrorism: * The Inspector General Report on the Boston Bombings and the US's failure to discover them do not talk about the NSA (except to men
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Kaczynski's case was very complicated by the experiments he was a victim of and his retreat into the certainty of his own internal logic. Kaczynski with internet is an interesting thought - though I'm not sure whether I would expe
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It has not been claimed that it was a leaked memo. I must apologize for the imprecision of the word 'leaked'. 'Published' is a better word than 'leaked' and should have used it instead. To reiterate the point w
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Nobody actually communicates like that, in terms of company slogans like cloud-first mobile-first and describing each other as having boldness and innovation. Not even CEOs. This is a crafted communication targeting information to Microsoft