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by s2g 8y ago
Would my life be that much worse if I paid 10 bucks a month for google search?
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by s2g 8y ago
Yes, far more dangerous. Control information and you control the populace. You don't need to use guns because the people don't know whats going on, you can prevent people from organizing, you can use misinformation and propaganda
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by s2g 8y ago
A lot more regulation could be done without actually resorting to censoring media.
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by s2g 8y ago
3600 with 32GB ram and 1TB ssd. I'd probably get one, but I don't use it for work and my 2013 is still trucking along just fine. Actually I could probably get a decent chunk of money for it and then use that to help finance a new
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by s2g 8y ago
Frankly I think your response is more driven by ideology than mine.
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by s2g 8y ago
Yes, far too powerful. Both in society and within the tech sector. Break 'em up!
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by s2g 8y ago
I thought they made people re-interview?
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by s2g 8y ago
No, it's just capitalism in action.
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by s2g 8y ago
The answer is that google doesn't give a shit about false negatives. They know they will get enough people applying several times that they can just toss out qualified people all day. Eventually enough get in.
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by s2g 8y ago
> and didn't take too much of their time or resources when visiting No, why would he. He got what he wanted already.
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by s2g 8y ago
> People criticizing Musk probably haven't lifted a finger themselves to help the kids. True, but I recognize that I don't have any relevant skills or any way to help from the other side of hte pacific. The main difference is I
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by s2g 8y ago
> Elon Musk was asked to help wasn't he asked to help by one of his twitter fans who eat up the "ELON IS LITERALLY TONY STARK" kool-aid?
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by s2g 8y ago
It's also possible to just use a dangerous and potentially tragic situation for PR, as a distraction from your business issues and increasing criticism for unhinged behaviour on twitter.
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by s2g 8y ago
> Where was say, the US Navy? Well, 1 former SEAL was dying trying to get the kids oxygen. Musk didn't do anything but tweet about this. He deserves no credit, no praise.
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by s2g 8y ago
They raise prices. They start selling the data (oh wait it's google, just terrifying services based on their data). The abandon large amounts of costly hard to maintain infrastructure and the city crashes.
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by s2g 8y ago
If you can't see that this sort of thing is headed towards the surveillance state of 1984 then you need to wake up. There is a constant push towards more and more government and corporate surveillance.
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by s2g 8y ago
> “It’s not going to be a smart city of surveillance. It’s going to be a smart city of privacy, and that will be a first.” I don't believe this. I think this person should be personally tossed in jail when they inevitably are reveal
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by s2g 8y ago
> What does a tech company know about running a real live city? Nothing, but they won't let that stop them. They will pack it with enough sensors to go full on dystopian nightmare and provide as little actual human support as possib
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by s2g 8y ago
> You wouldn’t buy Nintendo and order them to make a console more powerful than the XBox One X. That’s not what they do. Except Nintendo could do that and be fine. Probably not, but if the third party is strong. This is more like telling
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by s2g 8y ago
mostly cause the laws get abused to target mostly democrat voters.
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by s2g 8y ago
because they can negotiate a better deal despite the illegal no poaching agreements.
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by s2g 8y ago
> Variation in wealth can be a sign of variation in productivity Yes, Jeff Bezos is 2 million times more productive than the average person. Maybe we shouldn't listen to the guy worth, at least, hundreds of millions when it comes to
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by s2g 8y ago
> Robotaxis stand to challenge the economics of personal vehicle ownership I have yet to hear a compelling reason why I would give up my car, and if I did why public transit isn't a better option.
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by s2g 8y ago
> argues the problem is less about building a perfect driving system than training bystanders to anticipate self-driving behavior Can we stop listening to him now? I'm joking, he's an expert of course, but seriously that's
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by s2g 8y ago
> not just to think everything related to big-tech is solved by machine learning. In fairness, I think most people realize that a significant number of problems are actually solved by blockchain instead.
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by s2g 8y ago
Facebook correctly labels hateful sections of the declaration of independence as hateful. not as catchy a title I guess.
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by s2g 8y ago
Or humans have a natural affinity for smooth surfaces and curves. Objects that happen to be aerodynamically efficient.
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by s2g 8y ago
> It would be pretty difficult to restrict lobbying without running into problems with the First Amendment. Then fuck the first amendment. Change it.
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by s2g 8y ago
This is very cool. Makes me sad I'll never do anything like this.
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by s2g 8y ago
Why? There aren't 2 sides to every issue. What possible justification are you imagining for charging a 13 year old with a felony for recording a conversation with his school principals?

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