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by save_ferris 6y ago
The problem is that many wouldn't believe it if they were told (i.e. "this is what big tech wants me to think"). This is essentially what happened when Facebook and Twitter informed users that had interacted with suspected pr
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> But how much of social media is real? One of the biggest problems with social media is the fact that social media companies are financially incentivized to keep the public at large from knowing. Twitter has long refused to answer exact
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by save_ferris 6y ago
The vast majority of tech workers that receive equity stakes in pre-IPO/acquisition companies don't ever see any financial windfall from their stakes. These guys will be just fine.
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by save_ferris 6y ago
This is so true, and it doesn't get discussed enough. Folks like Medhi Hassan and Jonathan Swan are a completely different kind of journalist than most of the folks that occupy the airwaves, and it's really frustrating to watch th
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> Doesn't the popularity of his content suggest that Americans are very interested in higher level discourse, but have long been denied it? This is probably true to degree, although Rogan specifically is a pretty polarizing example
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Nonprofit news organizations are a thing and I've been incredibly positive about their future (full disclosure: I used to work for a nonprofit publication). The nonprofit model encourages much more direct community engagement through c
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Not at all! Nothing to apologize for, I remember when that whole situation blew up very well. And I completely agree with you.
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Yeah, I meant to add the caveat that it was one of the most publicly notable government energy investments for the simple fact that it ended up in scandal, since many aren't even aware that the government invests in companies like this
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Solar didn't magically just appear on the market at a lower price point than carbon-based resources though, it had to go through several iterations which required significant investment capital. This is usually where government agencie
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Freedom of speech as laid out in the 1st amendment protects individuals from being arrested or censored by the government for speech. It does not protect individuals who violate the TOS of a private company, nor does it provide blanket prot
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by save_ferris 6y ago
It's really interesting to see other folks' digital minimalism setups. > It’s all well and good removing all social apps from your phone, but if the strong desire is still there to check these types of services, you will find a
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We Worked Together on the Internet. Last Week, He Stormed the Capitol(nytimes.com)
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Speech in the US has always had limits, the idea that America has pushed for completely unlimited free speech is not true, and incitement and false statements of fact are some of the cornerstone cases in which speech loses its protection un
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> He entered into a contract with Twitter, broke it, and Twitter ended things on their side. I agree, and I'm not saying that Twitter acted in the wrong here. Imagine a hypothetical scenario where Dorsey threatens a president to sa
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Most of the discussion seems to be centered around freedom of speech and enabling dissenting voices, no matter how violent, but I think we're missing the bigger picture here. This represents a vast check on presidential power that exis
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Culturally, we aren't taught to think critically enough about how businesses operate. In an environment that espouses entrepreneurship to the max, we don't spend enough time talking about if companies lie to us or not, how do they
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> I know I want to spend as little time as possible thinking about sales and marketing, and just focus on improving my product and making my customers happy. That's fine and understandable, but you also have to weigh the risks of de
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> But on the flip side, I've observed a lot of restaurant owners not having the time, energy, or know-how to set up even basic online things that could really boost their business. Isn't part of being a successful business know
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> This is a major flaw in how many bitcoiners imagine post-apocalyptic scenarios. They assume that when the USD and society collapses they'll be able to do and buy anything because bitcoin survived hyperinflation. It might resist in
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by save_ferris 6y ago
The frustrating thing about this is that they’re not necessarily off the mark in terms of the existence of political corruption. When you look at how lobbying works in the US, it’s pretty much legalized corruption. They have a tendency to f
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Attitudes like this contributed to the last crash. I sincerely hope that this is a joke, because it’s an incredibly stupid thing to do.
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Not OP, but I have a Hey account and I really enjoy it. The screener feature is worth the price alone IMO. The biggest challenge for me was having to re-conceptualize email after switching over since Hey doesn't use traditional email t
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by save_ferris 6y ago
I got into the Hey beta, wound up purchasing it and I haven't had any performance issues to speak of. I'm curious to know what their setup is.
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Same, I tried it and was disappointed in the results. Nobody is better-positioned to wirelessly integrate the iPhone camera and a Mac better than Apple is, and it would encourage folks to stay in the Apple ecosystem.
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by save_ferris 6y ago
Tangent: I really wish that Apple would make it easier to use the iPhone camera as a webcam when using a Mac. It would be a killer feature since so many people are in the ecosystem and iPhone cameras completely outperform webcams these days
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by save_ferris 6y ago
The problem is that even if a company illegally triggers a clawback, it's a civil matter and requires the employee to pony up for legal action against the company. That might be worth it if you're already certain that your equity
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by save_ferris 6y ago
One of the biggest gripes I have with the current state of equity for employees is that it's treated like compensation while not being legally protected like compensation. A concrete example. I was courted by a company a couple of year
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> There are cars in the 1-2k range that work perfectly fine and will reliably work with minimal maintenance > At the low end cars really don't deprecate much I tried the whole Tropical MBA buy-an-old-car thing. Went with a 10-yea
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> Having said that there might be some marginal benefit for FDA to have some data for which the FDA should incentivize users by asking them to give consent, offer discounts and promise anonymisation. If the executive branch (which the FD
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by save_ferris 6y ago
> I want to know, not because I want the world to know. I understand this attitude, but just to be clear, the FDA != "the world". Their job is to protect the health of the pubic and work to mitigate the spread of a highly-cont

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