happythebob

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by happythebob 3y ago
Upvote for King Gizzard
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Researchers for Avast have developed a decryptor for the Akira ransomware(decoded.avast.io)
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by happythebob 3y ago
I can't believe this is the top comment on hacker news. Some of the replies are already covered but as much as I use my Android phone and Microsoft at work, I have never had anything other than Outlook 365 on Android. How is Google goi
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by happythebob 3y ago
Elon Musk has been gaslighting as an "enlightened centrist" who happens to have rightwing views for years, I knew from the day he bought Twitter that his goal was to control digital media for the right.
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by happythebob 3y ago
This topic is a joke, since when does Hacker News consist of posters who don't understand the concept of a Grand Jury?
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by happythebob 3y ago
Thanks for your curious conversation. This is what Hacker News is all about.
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by happythebob 3y ago
Weak consequences doesn't mean legal. One state investigation has no impact on the others.
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by happythebob 3y ago
They're separate investigations. I am sad that I'm on Hacker News right now. This is not more "curious" conversation than anything you find on Fox or MSN.
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by happythebob 3y ago
Their market cap increased like 10-20X due to covid and zero interest rates, now they have just contracted. I wouldn't read too much into this. I agree that Google of all big tech has the most to lose in the future regarding their inte
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by happythebob 4y ago
Right now everything is in such a grey area that we could take this discussion in so many ways. Writing it off because it doesn't mean what it says misses the point, in my opinion, the point is that anyone who knows how to write the co
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by happythebob 4y ago
I'm not happy to say this, but to these kinds of posts I say the truth: An old version of ChatGPT could have written a better version of your post than you in 2-5 seconds.
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by happythebob 4y ago
>I fail to see the nuance. Then Reddit is that way. ---->
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by happythebob 4y ago
>I, being the greatest armchair expert in human behavior I know, say it will destroy democracy as we know it. What's left of it after social media?
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by happythebob 4y ago
Thank you for sharing your personal anecdotes and opinions. However true they may be, I'm kinda concerned that this sort of post is at the top of a highly commented Hacker News thread.
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by happythebob 4y ago
Did you read the article? I find your jaded sense of cynicism to be different than critical thought. I don't see any proof in the article posted about its claims. It's just very easy to get jaded, cynical people to support the rig
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by happythebob 4y ago
It's full of dishonest phrasing, or at least it was until I could no longer continue reading the article.
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by happythebob 4y ago
"I hope future generations of Earth have fewer troubles dealing with deadly pandemics." Their post wasn't only about covid.
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by happythebob 4y ago
We need a good examination on when and how so many people got tricked into thinking cynicism is the same thing as critical thinking. The conservatives dismantled your public education, not the liberals and progressives and social democrats.
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by happythebob 4y ago
I'm incredibly disappointed a Both Side's fallacy would appear at the top of a Hacker News post after all of the evidence we have all over the globe about both side's fallacies. This week the far left got arrested for protest
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by happythebob 4y ago
You seem to think this is a both side's issue. Putin has a few bridges to sell you.
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by happythebob 4y ago
Social media is a much bigger problem than any Google mining because social media naturally promotes the already dangerous both sides fallacies. Among other reasons.
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by happythebob 4y ago
I don't believe they ever prioritized their tech ahead of their marketing campaigns.
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by happythebob 4y ago
Agreed, but the problem is that this mindset is the same mindset that allows people to disagree with news, expert, science so that they can believe what they want.
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by happythebob 4y ago
I spend enough time on Reddit that I think the bots excuse is overblown. I think there's just that many stupid people now who are too busy to think or read at a meaningful level. Social media by default encourages reaction (upvotes and
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by happythebob 4y ago
Unfortunately I think it's a combination of popularity and exposing what happens in upvoted systems as opposed to discussion forums; the lowest common denominator rules. "Both sides" fallacies, typically having a political me
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by happythebob 4y ago
Narciasism has to be a spectrum, no?
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by happythebob 4y ago
That's stupid that a r/conspiracy post would end up here.
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by happythebob 4y ago
Right but this is MSFT and AAPL. They're not going anywhere. Inflation is.
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by happythebob 4y ago
My concerns are on the macro level, that it will be used by the powerful to control the opposition parties. Both sides are not the same nor are both sides treated the same by lady justice. Long term, I believe this will be a dangerous polit
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by happythebob 4y ago
I workout through tendinitis after a short break, but the priority is about form and lower weight.

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