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jayess··on Radio host Art Bell has died
Sad news. I remember listening to Art late nights in the mid 90s. Some.of my favorite topics: exorcist Malachi Martin, Mel's hole, and the guy who called in while "flying" over area 51 and was "shot down" on the air by a rail gun...

Rest in peace.

jayess··on Proposed NYC legislation would give employees right to ignore after-work email
Busybodies gonna busybody.
jayess··on What Did Ancient Romans Do Without Toilet Paper?
I suppose the same could be said about the occasional "hole in the floor" I've encountered in europe, with footprints on either side so you know where to squat. WTF.
jayess··on Sunsetting Tor Messenger
What ever happened to mixminion and mixmaster?
jayess··on Confirmed: The U.S. Census Bureau Gave Up Names of Japanese-Americans in WW II
[2007]
jayess··on What the FOSTA/SESTA anti-sex trafficking bill means for sex workers
Bring back newsgroups!
jayess··on How warehouses for personal junk became a $38B industry
After dealing with the aftermath of my grandparents dying at close to the same time, I realized that I had waaaay too much junk. I felt terrible basically throwing their entire lives away, but came to the conclusion that if I die, no one will give a crap about 95% of the things I own.

I've tossed all non-essential things to the point where I have two plastic bins of things that are important to my life and that I like to sort through and think about past moments in my life. Everything else is surplussage and disposable. I tell family not to buy me trinkets or souvenirs when they travel. No Christmas gifts either.

jayess··on U.S. To Seek Social Media Details from All Visa Applicants
I travel internationally frequently and have never had trouble with US Customs. I think Argentina was the one I've had the most trouble with, and that was minor.
jayess··on Elon Musk Deletes Own, SpaceX and Tesla Facebook Pages After #deletefacebook
Does anyone know if it works if you change your location to Europe and then delete your account to take advantage of the better privacy protections?
jayess··on Craigslist takes personals sections offline in response to FOSTA
Grindr next?
jayess··on The Tale of Theranos and the Mysterious Fire Alarm
As a side note, I've started seeing the term "Overton window" more often. It's a bit shocking because I knew Joe Overton (his untimely death was a gigantic loss). It's kinda cool to see it used in general discourse now.
jayess··on Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident
No, this is an urban area just north of downtown Tempe:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/N+Mill+Ave+%26+E+Curry+Rd,...

jayess··on Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident
Having high beams on in the middle of Tempe would be reckless to other drivers.
jayess··on Tempe Police Release Video of Uber Accident
I feel sorry for the driver. Now his face is plastered all over the internet forever simply for doing his job.
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
So the exploitation of massive amounts of personal data from unwilling participants is ok as long as you agree with the person doing it?
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
That's the entire political discourse these days, isn't it? X had dealing with, or "has connections" to Y, therefore everything Y does can be imputed to X.

There's a Russian behind every curtain! They're perhaps the most powerful country on earth! Literally everything (from Bernie to Jill Stein to Trump to the NRA) is Russina backed! ZOMG!

I'm guessing you haven't ever read anything about McCarthyism. https://theintercept.com/2017/02/23/the-increasingly-unhinge...

jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
For some reason my prior comment with sources was deleted, so here goes again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1129&v=LGiiQUMaS....

"We were able to ingest the entire social network of the US."

https://twitter.com/cld276/status/975568130117459975

"Facebook was surprised we were able to suck out the whole social graph, but they didn’t stop us once they realized that was what we were doing."

"They came to office in the days following election recruiting & were very candid that they allowed us to do things they wouldn’t have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side."

jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
It's not new, now literally everything to do with anyone or anything that's not left-wing SJW is now RUSSIAN!
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
...by using the latest, greatest new term to shut down debate and avoid addressing the concept of being intellectually honest.
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
Sorta like making everything you disagree with Russian?
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
Nice goal post moving!
jayess··on Zuckerberg Has No Way Out of Facebook's Quagmire
Your response only talks about 2008. The 2012 campaign admitted that it sucked data out of facebook. 'The entire social network' in the united states.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1129&v=LGiiQUMaS...

"They came to office in the days following election recruiting & were very candid that they allowed us to do things they wouldn’t have allowed someone else to do because they were on our side."

https://twitter.com/cld276/status/975568208886484997

jayess··on YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans
Who wants to open a free-speech based forum site?
jayess··on YouTube and Reddit roll out new restrictions including channel and sub bans
So no links to licensed gun dealers either, then?
jayess··on Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
That's BS. The Obama campaign bragged about using Facebook data and was praised for it.
jayess··on Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
50? Try thousands? Just see the comments above from folks who created developer accounts just so they could spy on friends...
jayess··on Facebook Sued by Investors Over Voter-Profile Harvesting
...and here come the lawyer vultures (full disclosure, I'm a lawyer).
jayess··on Facebook CEO Zuckerberg conspicuously absent as data scandal grows
Did it ever have a real chance?
jayess··on Wind Telephone: A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones
I've occasionally sent emails to a friend of mine who passed... despite getting bounce backs.
jayess··on In Switzerland, it's now illegal to boil a live lobster
Is a lobster conscious?
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