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jayesson We looked at how a thousand college students performed in technical interviews

Just goes to confirm my own experience with grads that the difference between schools is largely cohort, not quality of students.

jayesson Foxconn unit to cut over 10k jobs as robotics take over

Not 'rarely,' never. Every time "pure" communism has been tried, it has ended is misery, death, disease, and horror.

jayesson Foxconn unit to cut over 10k jobs as robotics take over

The world economy was once 100% subsistence and farming. Now it's, what, 1%? At least in industrialized countries.

What happened to those other 99%? OMG they must be living in slums paycheck to paycheck.

jayesson Ask HN: 5 months and counting waiting for Coinbase customer support. Advice?

I tried opening a business account more than six months ago and it's still not verified. I've uploaded files, my driver's license, everything they've asked for... still nothing.

jayesson The Follower Factory

It seems to me the simplest answer is that they're fully aware and not doing anything about it. It doesn't take the best and brightest to figure it out. I've purchased thousands of twitter and facebook followers before for $5 on fiverr just for fun. There's no reason twitter or facebook can't do the same and identify the fake accounts. The logical conclusion is that they don't want to.

jayesson OnePlus Is Again Sending User Data to a Chinese Company Without User Consent

https://abovethelaw.com/2016/03/suing-chinese-companies-in-u...

jayesson Acne Vulgaris: A Disease of Western Civilization (2002)

Totally anecdotal, but I started taking vitamin D supplements at the suggestion of my doctor because of my family history of colon cancer. I noticed that my acne declined significantly. I'm wondering if it has to do with the amount of time one spends outside in the sun.

jayesson Taking Equifax to Small Claims Court

There's usually a small claims upper limit, so that's the max you can ask for without going to a regular trial court, where the rules are much more complex.

jayesson Taking Equifax to Small Claims Court

In my state you can get a court order to a court officer to seize property. Do not do it yourself. I once had a judgment against someone and I hired the court officer to go to the defendant's house and start towing his cars. I immediately got a call and cash in my hand within an hour.

jayesson The Untreatable: The Spanish Flu of 1918

550,000 would have been about 0.5% of the US population in 1918.

jayesson Many major websites are taking silent anti-ad-blocking measures

Brave browser. I switched from Firefox a few months ago and I love it.

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

It's not me, it's the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that you have a quibble with, then.

Look up US Telecom Association v FCC (2016)

https://techliberation.com/2017/07/12/heres-why-the-obama-fc...

https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/06F8BFD0...

What? The break the internet movement didn't mention that part? That censorship by ISPs was ok under net neutrality?

https://www.attpublicpolicy.com/consumer-broadband/the-surpr...

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

If you're hearing this for the first time then you aren't getting your news from someone who is aware of the US Telecom Association v FCC case in which the court of appeals made it clear that because of first amendment problems, the FCC can't prohibit censorship by ISPs.

https://techliberation.com/2017/07/12/heres-why-the-obama-fc...

https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/06F8BFD0...

...and this: https://www.attpublicpolicy.com/consumer-broadband/the-surpr...

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

Under NN ISPs were free to censor content.

Edit: Downvoting a simple, verifiable fact? Nice. That about sums up this whole charade.

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

Then you might be shocked to learn that net neutrality actually permitted ISPs to engage in viewpoint-based censorship.

This whole debate has been so completely hijacked by utterly false premise arguments.

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

You're completely missing my point. Today everyone is screaming at the top of their lungs that because of the repeal of NN, ISPs will begin censoring speech, while these campaigns are being financed and propagated by the very entities that engage in wholesale censorship of speech.

I actually laughed out loud today when I saw a tweet from twitter saying that NN will allow for censorship. Twitter is a festering den of opaque censorship. No one sees the irony?

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

'Censorship by whom? A bunch of websites that are completely separate entities from ISPs that are monopolies for all intents and purposes?'

Yes, those same web sites that are breathlessly telling me today the repealing NN is a mortal threat to my very existence, who then turn around and engage in censorship themselves.

jayesson Now that the FCC has repealed net neutrality, let’s adopt it in California

So far today I've learned that a two year old policy being repealed is anti-gay, will stop women from getting abortions, will stop the black lives matter movement from speaking freely, and will prevent the #metoo movement from growing. Yes, all because the internet before 2015 was completely censored and prevented free speech.

If anything, I've seen a significant rise in censorship since NN was passed.

The hyperbole today is just off the charts sad.

jayesson Facebook Will Introduce Ads as Videos Start, a Move Long Resisted

Facebook is more and more just a cesspool.

jayesson F.C.C. Repeals Net Neutrality Rules

In 24 hours no one will be thinking about this and literally nothing will happen, despite the absolute mouth-foaming hysteria we're seeing today.

jayesson A list of ways to “Break the Internet” for the 48 hours before the FCC vote

Disagreement is no longer permitted. No matter which "side" you're on, the other side is relegated to a platitude.

jayesson Facebook deploys AI for early signs of suicide

How long before Facebook notifies my local police that I seem to be likely to commit a crime?

jayesson Laptops Are Great, But Not During a Lecture or a Meeting

In law school it was mandatory to review the material before class and be prepared to discuss it, because you likely would be called on to explain a case or concept for the class. It's a bit anxiety inducing but forced me to learn the material, which is I suppose the whole purpose of a class.

jayesson Facebook Can’t Cope with the World It’s Created

Lol, you realize that the government would have to pay current shareholders the value of their shares, right?

jayesson Drilling Reawakens Sleeping Faults in Texas, Leads to Earthquakes

What are the damages?

jayesson Bitcoin Isn’t Tulips, It’s Open Source Money

Separation of currency and state.

jayesson Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People

> Do you people actually like having government pick winners and losers

Yes, many many people do.

jayesson Fatbergs to fuel: London's blockage-busting battle in the sewers

> The company has been working with restaurants that cook with a lot of grease to remind them to collect it and throw it out, rather than dumping it down the drain. It has also instituted a campaign — "Bin it, don't block it" — asking Londoners to help prevent fatbergs.

Is there no requirement that restaurants have grease traps?