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bobro··on Smishing
what are the consequences of what youre saying? is it better if these scams mostly affect stupid people? should we care less about whats happening to stupid people?
bobro··on One of Norway's biggest CS players tries playing under a female alias [video]
describing steam as a store in this situation is inaccurate. they are providing the game server, setting up the match making, and enabling the communication between players. it puts them in a more reasonable position to moderate.
bobro··on Apple employees criticize work-from-home policy in open letter
>Silicon Valley companies pay very well because cost of living is very high in the area

Isnt this backwards? Isnt the cost of living high because the companies pay so much?

bobro··on Grindr user data has been for sale for years
dont they? isnt the point that you share your true location and in return see others’ true locations?
bobro··on Pet Airways
Seems like the variety of outcomes for allowing pets would make this prohibitive. Imagine the first time a dog bites another passenger or shits on a seat mid flight or starts uncontrollably barking.
bobro··on For most Americans, owning a home is now a distant dream
More accurately, houses are expensive in places where many people want to live. The recommendation would be to buy a house where people dont want to live, which is kinda lame.
bobro··on Birth control pill for men could begin human trials later this year
what better options do you mean?
bobro··on Applebee’s exec urges using high gas prices to push lower wages, sparks walkout
why?
bobro··on Crows possess higher intelligence, thought a primarily human attribute (2020)
jesus ligotti. go look at a sunset. eat some ice cream. hug a loved one. good lord.
bobro··on Tell HN: There needs to be a “right to speak with a human”
Putting out some simple numbers:

Let’s say you have a million users and once a month, 1% of them need to speak with a human for 15 minutes. That’s 30k hours of support per year, so like 15 full time employees just to be on the phone.

bobro··on Pro chefs debate cooking tips and tricks
the gut feelings of working professional recipe creators seems pretty valid to me. id take that over a scientific approach that lacked professional experience to provide context.
bobro··on Higher-income people are worried about the economy
Even worse about the title, lower income people all had the same drop. They just did it earlier. Really bad analysis and narrative building by the author.
bobro··on Small subgroups of the population seem much larger to many Americans
if i were yougov, i’d take this result as an indication that my methodology for aggregating public opinion is bunk.
bobro··on Court affirms imported beef still allowed to be labeled "Product of USA"
The idea that doing something wrong in one arena means we are justified to do something else wrong in another arena is incredibly self-sabotaging.
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