anon400232

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by anon400232 4y ago
Bowing to censorship? Bowing isn't necessarily done happily. Or maybe more ideas are also in play? Perhaps recognizing the existing power dynamics? Perhaps playing the game over a longer time frame? Not all ethicists recommend "dy
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by anon400232 4y ago
> I don’t ever want to hear again how Apple is some champion of privacy and ethics. It is easy to criticize an organizations' behavior. It is easy to criticize someone else's ethics. What are your ethics? What would you do if y
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by anon400232 4y ago
> Best not to conflate ethics and privacy. Indeed. I'd suggest everyone in our industry study ethics, particularly with an eye towards its (i) philosophical foundations and (ii) cultural differences. If one of those underpinnings do
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by anon400232 4y ago
Fair points. Stargate: wow! With that kind of return on investment on $20 M, psychic readings for $10 a pop sound like a bargain in comparison. At worst, the readers are good at reading some signals hiding in plain sight and prompting some
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by anon400232 4y ago
> To top it off, Mark’s vision of VR and how stubborn he is with the infamous Metaverse will really just push FB to bankruptcy. Unless an activist investor pushes them to fire him and change course. Let's make this testable. Bankrup
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by anon400232 4y ago
Tell me more about your claim that an org, person, or brand gets only one chance at trust. What exactly do you mean? What about the passage of time? Memories can be reshaped; public opinion even more so. Is your claim falsifiable?
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by anon400232 4y ago
Knowledge of this kind of disruption leads to more disruption? Why? What theories support this? Has this been shown empirically?
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by anon400232 4y ago
Where did you hear about it?
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by anon400232 4y ago
> You have the option already to hold on for 5 years+. The difference is having the option. :) Behavior tends to be different if you don't have the option to sell during a window of time. In this hypothetical case it might serve as
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by anon400232 4y ago
> I don't care about your feelings This is the mark of a troubled human being. Your behaviors are not beneficial for yourself or for this community. You seem to think you are standing up against a troll. But your words reveal a pers
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by anon400232 4y ago
> Since I left AWS in 2020, I’ve been super-careful not to share things from behind the scenes. I can’t actually remember the details of the nondisclosure agreement, but I have strong feelings about the ethics. This story, though, doesn’
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by anon400232 4y ago
Sarcasm? Forgive those of us who can't tell.
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by anon400232 4y ago
Share a link demonstrating the BBC's egregiousness please.
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by anon400232 4y ago
Merkle trees are an incredible technology too. My point? There are many incredible technologies, but not all are "secret weapons" that justify a seismic industry shift. Not all are suitable or able to upend existing technologies.
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by anon400232 4y ago
> This is false. People invest on many year horizons all of the time when they believe in the company. Granted, but they usually have the option to sell at many points along the way. Think about an alternative financial instrument. What
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by anon400232 4y ago
Saying everyone is replaceable is a first-degree approximation. The next level of detail would talk about, at least: (a) how much knowledge gets lost; (b) how many person hours -and- "wall clock time" it takes to rebuild that know
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by anon400232 4y ago
Hello tip, meet iceberg.
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by anon400232 4y ago
One problem with a humorous (yes, I am not all serious all the time) comment like this is while there could be some degree truth to it -- provide a source if so, please -- it smacks of exaggeration.
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by anon400232 4y ago
Privacy is not a one dimensional thing. Just like security, it exists in context, relative to a threat model. Think about the threat model for an "everyday" person. It is different than an American journalist contacting sources in
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by anon400232 4y ago
"I'll take anal bum cover for $7000." -fake Sean Connery on SNL Jeopardy, selecting from the "An Album Cover" category
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by anon400232 4y ago
I found some studies from OSHA (the United States gov't agency) about very high carbon dioxide levels in certain industry settings, such as where dry ice is used. Effects on cognition are significant at high levels. But understanding t
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by anon400232 4y ago
Let's talk about those four words: 1. Your comment is claiming that my comment is overgeneralized? It is not. 2. I will grant my reply may be uninteresting to you. Unfortunately it did seem to push one of your buttons, which may sugges
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by anon400232 4y ago
You are lashing out. I'm sorry you feel hurt or insulted. My first comment did not attack you personally. It criticized your writing and reasoning. Substantively, I disagree with about 80% of your sentences, but I don't have addit
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by anon400232 4y ago
My comment stated what I thought of your comment. It was blunt and short but not without meaning. The brevity might suggest to you that I didn't think your comment warranted additional time. I engage more substantively with good thinki
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by anon400232 4y ago
Overgeneralized, uninteresting, ranty, speculation
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by anon400232 4y ago
How many? (an estimate is ok)
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by anon400232 4y ago
If you grant some problems require policies at the state government level, which may have a wide range of geographic sizes and demographic compositions, how can you not grant there are problems that can only be addressed at a national level
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by anon400232 4y ago
Government spending has in many cases an excellent track record of shaping investment. If you look at some of the brightest innovations, they got their start from government money. Funding on long time scales rarely comes from companies rep
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by anon400232 4y ago
I think all clear eyed people will recognize that almost all legislation is both flawed and a compromise. Sure, some environmental programs and regulation do not have as much affect as we would like: recycling plastic, under current technol
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by anon400232 4y ago
> anti-business This is one of the most abused phrases in politics. Let's back up and talk about some fundamental values. I think most people can agree that we work to live, not the other way around. Businesses exist to serve an eco

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