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by zajd 8y ago
Ahh yes, multinational corporations worth hundreds of billions, also known as the left. Insightful.
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by zajd 8y ago
> Every two party accident has at least two parties that could have done something different that would have prevented the accident. Be sure to tell this to the family of someone who died when a drunk driver crossed the lanes and hits th
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by zajd 8y ago
> do you think mozilla should continue including un-used features in their browser just because you like the technology that underpins them? It's not unused, but sure, keep repeating that to yourself. And yes, they should continue i
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by zajd 8y ago
He doesn't really address the most difficult Google service to give up, YouTube. There's literally no replacement, especially from a content perspective. There are alternative search/email/map providers, there just isn&#
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by zajd 8y ago
It's because they use systems that identify the client via js to deliver the most "expensive" ad possible. It's complete garbage of course, Google/Facebook should be held liable for what they advertise, not run mass
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by zajd 8y ago
Sure, this is by profession group/sector, do they have statistics that are by income? ie what share of the increase went to each quintile, for example.
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by zajd 8y ago
You can do all of those analytics server side, there's no reason to deliver it via JS and have the client do the computation. You're already sending all the required info to track that sort of thing via the request itself.
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by zajd 8y ago
I'm guessing a vast majority of that 2.9% wage growth is in the upper brackets anyways. https://fortunedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/income_cha... for reference from a few years ago, it would be shocking
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by zajd 8y ago
> They need data to produce the product [citation needed] There's no reason they need to use Javascript to track user behavior down to "how long have they read this article".
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by zajd 8y ago
> Somehow I doubt anyone is going to agree to pay more in taxes to cover pensions in their state or city. After all, why should the government keep its promises (especially if it means we have to pay for it)? I agree with it but then aga
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by zajd 8y ago
A few home users? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwQpPqPKbAw
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by zajd 8y ago
Man, some really questionable use of animations and things in here. Hopefully the website isn't the message, because lord knows any sort of advanced lifeform isn't going to put up with that crap.
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by zajd 8y ago
Or they would be forced to charge for their services and actually compete in the market. Fastmail/protonmail exist, there's no reason Gmail couldn't charge $10/mo and provide the same services
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by zajd 8y ago
It's a symptom of a greater problem, which is that Google (the search engine) owns Chrome, Youtube, Android, Maps, Gmail, and a whole host of other services that are tenuously linked at best (outside of the fact that all the data gets
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by zajd 8y ago
> someone sworn to protect Americans now cowers behind semantics and loopholes to exploit their trust This is pretty American if you ask me
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by zajd 8y ago
What makes you think Somalia doesn't suffer from rampant inequality?
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by zajd 8y ago
Distributed =/= decentralized. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_root_zone
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by zajd 8y ago
> Notably, lots of people who make median-ish income save every penny for retirement and accumulate a lot of wealth Not even in the same ballpark. You're not getting to $100mm in wealth on a $50k salary. But you can be born in to it
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by zajd 8y ago
> We tried not to make it sound too lawyerly Who's we? Did you have a part in writing this? What does "not make it sound too lawyerly" even mean? This press release screams "we made a mistake but we're going to u
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by zajd 8y ago
https://github.com/liberapay/liberapay.org/issues/11
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by zajd 8y ago
It's not unrelated. If people want to wax poetic about how much social good an organization who's on record as breaking the law to fund neonazi groups they should probably provide a reason for the justification.
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by zajd 8y ago
Running the fundraising infrastructure for neonazis isn't really "social good" if you ask me.
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by zajd 8y ago
> I think the case could be made that sales tactics like this are common at nearly all major retailers That's why these sorts of tactics need to be made illegal. The US desperately needs better consumer protections, the amount of sc
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by zajd 8y ago
What about the things that China has that we don't? Like high speed rail networks? Or things we both don't have, like university that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to attend?
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by zajd 8y ago
> China is still a developing nation. > That means that China can invest in infrastructure (roads, trains, airports, education) which have high real return making the increase in debt much less of a problem. What does that have to do
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by zajd 8y ago
My safety and freedom aren't guaranteed, they are rewarded by me working in a lucrative job. If I wasn't fortunate to have the career I do there would be no safety or freedom. I'll agree it's easier to be critical of the
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by zajd 8y ago
I mean, you could make an argument that the UK or Germany might not participate as much as China, but the US is certainly one of the world leaders in stomping on human rights. Forget the homeless population and separating families, just loo
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by zajd 8y ago
So is working with the US, or Britain, or like 90% of the governments in the world (hell, probably closer to 100%)
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by zajd 8y ago
It's a dark pattern and what led me to unsubscribe. See also: getting rid of the five star rating system (I realize this wasn't ideal in terms of figuring out what people want but it was invaluable for cataloging your own preferen
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by zajd 8y ago
>Log into Facebook >You must log in to continue. Seriously?

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