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frebord··on Facebook Hits 2 Billion Users
Coca-cola doesn't petabytes of data on your intimate thoughts and conversations.
frebord··on Trump Wants Tax Plan to Cut Corporate Rate to 15%
Shareholder's are investors, investors invest.
frebord··on VPNs are not the solution to a policy problem
This whole damn thing spawns from the lack of competition with ISPs. If consumers had more than 1 or 2 options, we could choose with our money. I don't think the solution is to regulate the industry, but our privacy should certainly be protected by our fucking useless government.
frebord··on Rents in Megacities Can't Go Up Forever
I like how you managed to throw in a blow on Trump there, nice!
frebord··on The Immigration Debate We Need
This wasn't an article trying to prove that immigration is horrible. He was simply pointing out that there is a lot in question that needs to be discussed, and that it is unproductive to call the other side racist and xenophobic which seems to be the mode of discussion right now.
frebord··on The Immigration Debate We Need
You've felt a chilling effect over the idea that we need to discuss the pros and cons of immigration??? I'm not surprised you are confused.
frebord··on [dead]
I guess you could stop calling it abuse at that point, but h1b participants are coming here for better opportunities which I think will often mean they are willing to work for much less than an American. Not saying whether this is good or bad, but I think this is the real target of the current administration, to make sure Americans are getting these jobs before immigrants.
frebord··on Five arrests in 'fully loaded' Kodi streaming box raids
We are in the middle of such an uncomfortable transition.

Every company has their own stupid fucking platform, which you may or may not be able to get on your device, or which may or may not support streaming to your streaming device. I am someone who wants an elegant simple solution to something like this in my house, why the fuck can't I just have one god damn app that can load ALL of my shows/movies/livetv and takes care of payment to whichever company is providing the content or gives them a way to insert ads for free content.

It is no wonder that people use Kodi.

frebord··on What should you think about when using Facebook?
Permanently Delete it here: https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

If you are considering getting off of it for any of these reasons then why haven't you already done it? You feel you might somehow need it, just like a heroin addict has trouble imagining a life without drugs.

It is horrible for your privacy. They collect EVERYTHING about you!

It is in their best interest to manipulate your attention, which to me is terrifying.

It is horrible for your relationships, cut the acquaintance you met 5 years ago that YOU WILL NEVER SPEAK WITH and force yourself to make more intimate connections with the people that actually matter.

It is horrible for your mind, you have a constant bombardment of instant gratification and self reinforcing ideas.

frebord··on Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
I mean Facebook for example, at its core for an end user it really just mirrors what the Internet was built to do. I can easily host my own profile and allow people to log in to it and talk to me. How did it become so dangerously centralized?
frebord··on Cambridge Analytica: The Data That Turned the World Upside Down
We royally fucked up with the internet. I literally have to question my own motives for things, and often wonder if I have been manipulated into my beliefs, opinions, and desires. It is kind of scary to think about!

How do we move to a less centralized internet and is it too late?

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