> all Hacker News posts and comments are available on BigQuery and can be queried for free
Good thing there aren’t any laws that regulate copyright or privacy, so datasets like this can be published without asking users for consent.
Good thing there aren’t any laws that regulate copyright or privacy, so datasets like this can be published without asking users for consent.
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yeah, you may wanna check your maps - youre a little too far from home.
The HN is pseudonymized, more anonymous than the kernel git.
So what's next? Prohibiting git clone on the kernel git? Because someone could do summary statistics there?
is Google ( or Alphabet ) an affiliated company?
A common sense approach would be to say that if someone in Europe chooses to submit their details to an entity based outside of Europe then that's just their choice to waive their rights to their data.
Lawyers and legislators might make arguments and talk about analogous laws and situations but that simple doesn't convince a lot of people. Hence you will get downvotes for saying something so common is illegal.
(As a side-note it's interesting that you personally choose to submit your copyrighted comments to HN given your knowledge of how you're losing effective control of your information.)