xyrnoble

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by xyrnoble 9y ago
You can learn lots of interesting things by invading people's privacy. I responded to the argument you linked. You're avoiding a more interesting discussion on the topic. Push the [-] button and move on. Your comment is blatantly
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
If my workplace announced that policy I'd just assume they wanted to know how productive I actually was. I would leave on time to signal that I had an appropriate workload.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
I can solve the privacy problem by not using their products? I disagree: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI–King_suicide_letter Also, my own personal privacy is less secure if it's a relative inconvenience for em
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Facebook beat them to it... that's the whole reason for tagged images imo. Then they can relate identities with each other and with exif gps data to track their movements over time.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
As if the U.S. wouldn't do the same thing if they were in the position of Russia . And yet we complain...
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Maybe they envy us; Maybe they merely envy themselves in a world without us antagonizing them. Dismissing the latter as if it were the former is disingenuous douchebaggery. "I'm not an asshole; They're just jealous" As l
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
It usually means asocial. This same problem shows up with atheist and antitheist. Also, even used correctly antisocial doesn't necessarily imply violent. It can but ultimately "antisocial behavior" and "violent behavio
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
What even is a Nazi at this point except for an instance of #2? If #1 justifies any means of opposition then we're already Nazi's. It's just radical egoism on a national scale.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
It's too late to edit. If I could I'd change it to "the previous generation seems to assume..."
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
I didn't intend for my statements to be absolute. I could have thrown in some seem to s and generally s but I felt like the "at least in my case" covered it. I've spoken to older people who are very aware of what&#x2
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
I realize you were joking but "get of my lawn" is normally something that the rich say to the poor. In this situation it's the opposite. Also, I'm young enough to be in the "next generation" and, at least in my
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Some dreams are nightmares.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Non-technical managers often fail to account for the Inventor's Paradox [1]. They assume more general solutions will necessarily require more resources. This is often not the case even if you ignore the resources which would be alloca
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
The premise of the matrix violates the first law of thermodynamics; It's just a plot device.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
All it takes is one incident to indicate the possibility that something can occur. It can profoundly change your outlook on the world. Depending on the event this can be irreversibly negative.
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Is there a public link for that?
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by xyrnoble 9y ago
Have you seen the Live Free or Die Hard [1] fire sale? Also, the original Deus Ex has the New Dark Age [2] ending. Both are similar to what you've described. 1: http://diehard.wikia.com/wiki/Fire_Sale 2: http:&#x