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Google to shut down non-profit platform One Today
34 points by n-exploit 7y ago|9 comments
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by n-exploit 7y ago
I noticed this as well. I wonder how much of his assertive and dominant character also influenced empire-building politics. Management is responsible for setting the general tone and language for the corporate culture.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
"Will emerging technologies make the state system obsolete? It’s hard to see why not." Honest question - could the U.S. Government be considered an Abstract State Machine?
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by n-exploit 7y ago
This is the first time I have heard of a "tech crisis" - and I think it's appropriate. I think we, as industry leaders, need to accept and address our faults and shadows. The first step to progress is to admit that you need h
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by n-exploit 7y ago
"On 17 April 2018, the final day for U.S. citizens to file 2017 tax returns, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) suffered a major system failure related to the hardware supporting its 58-year old, 20-million-line Cobol-based Indivi
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Decentralized currencies.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
The supposed valuation of WeWork gives us some incredible insight into the nature of "brand value" - it looks like their trying to capture the brand of the commons. I think the government is slightly complacent, given they let the
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Global wealth inequality and social insecurity. I'm a firm believer in real-time payment systems and its ability to quickly address issues vital issues like the above, and related issues like climate change. Markets operate in real-tim
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by n-exploit 7y ago
The difference between zero and non-zero cost, no matter how low, is extreme.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
If corporations want to make a real change and provide value to all stakeholders, they will need to develop a practice to systematically eliminate all negative externalities (risk) being transferred to society. Unfortunately, the current re
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by n-exploit 7y ago
The Tragedy of the Commons 2.0™
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Within the U.S. - we live in a profit-maximizing capitalist structure. Why would any economic entity give something away for free when a profit can be made?
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Thank you!
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Anyone have a mirror?
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by n-exploit 7y ago
What can we do as computer scientists to best militate this risk and protect human life?
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Now let's overlay this with heat maps that represent investment over time.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Days after the announcement of antitrust suit against Facebook, existing champions within the technology sector jump into the arena with a groundbreaking alliance. Unprecedented industry collaboration or an overlooked antitrust risk? What c
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by n-exploit 7y ago
Maybe not exactly what you're looking for, but there are some resources here. https://chooose.today/
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by n-exploit 7y ago
15.52, according to Yahoo.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
I found the last sentence here most astonishing. Zucman and Saez’s latest estimates show that the top 0.1% of taxpayers—about 170,000 families in a country of 330 million people—control 20% of American wealth, the highest share since 1929.
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by n-exploit 7y ago
As the Director of Technology at a non-profit organization, how am I supposed to staff software engineering resources when these pricing practices like these are commonplace in the for-profit world? How am I supposed to make an argument to
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by n-exploit 7y ago
The global economy is denominated in currencies without any resource backing. Sooner or later the world will wake up and realize that the global economy, driven by fiat currency, doesnt actually reward anything other than growth. The closer
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by n-exploit 8y ago
America likes to hyper-focus on individual, not collective wealth. The American dream is centered around this idea that every individual has the right to their own castle.
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by n-exploit 8y ago
Because it's a company with at-will employment. Businesses are operational functions that maximize value for a pool of shareholders. Unless you're in the pool, you're a cost and a liability.
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by n-exploit 8y ago
This is already starting to happen in China. The upper class are able to utilize air cleaning technologies to eliminate any external pollution within their living spaces, while the lower and middle classes can't afford such luxuries.
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by n-exploit 8y ago
How is there not a government institution established to investigate fraud such as this?
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by n-exploit 8y ago
Anyone have a mirror?
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by n-exploit 8y ago
Or course, some of the most important economic data sets won't be shared. It's almost like they want to cover up the systemic disempowerment of the American electorate.
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by n-exploit 8y ago
Maybe it's time to create anew.
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by n-exploit 8y ago
And the blockchain is a real time distributed ledger.

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