throwaway0220

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by throwaway0220 4y ago
> Imagine for a moment if FB and Google took all their developers and resources... It's a nice thought exercise, but of course not realistic. FAANGs wouldn't be able to attract or retain the talent if they were purely in scie
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by throwaway0220 4y ago
Isn't it a tautology? When you're doxxed, your personal identifiable information was revealed to threat or shame you, so yes, you were explicitly or implicitly threatened. The other part of the form allows you to require removal j
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by throwaway0220 4y ago
> " ...unless I have evidence of explicit or implicit threats. " It seems you're misreading the policy. See my comment above [1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31210455
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by throwaway0220 4y ago
> Why is this dependant on receiving threats? It is not. From the form [1]: " ...that has POTENTIAL to create significant risks of identity theft, financial fraud, harmful direct contact, or other specific harms... " (emphasi
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by throwaway0220 5y ago
$181M, not B.
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by throwaway0220 6y ago
> Google needs an entirely separate brand/entity to launch these things. From the very first paragraph: " Google’s Area 120 team, an internal incubator that creates experimental apps and services, has launched Keen... "
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by throwaway0220 7y ago
Yeah. Who would think that almost half would share their data with... Samsung.
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by throwaway0220 8y ago
> If google creates jobs in long island city, they would get the same handout though. Nops [1][2]. [1] http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/google-to-invest-usd1... [2] https://www.wsj.com&#
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by throwaway0220 8y ago
(Disclaimer: Googler here) +1. Google gives you a corp phone and computer (even multiple ones, if needed); why the heck you'd want to use your personal devices? Plus using a personal device is strongly discouraged. Also, all the c