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Have you ever heard of school bus?

Same as in the US.

Could you expand more on your view about the current situation in Ukraine?

> That because in the US businesses have functional constitutionally granted protections from government overreach

That worked great in the case of PRISM et al

They are obviously talking about public urls.

How requiring a Facebook account to use Oculus was their worst mistake? I get it that a few people might be bothered by that, but most people don't care.

You could have just read the article, it explains very clearly what it is about. Or checked the github page linked in the article that provides more information and screenshots.

While the card is not used they can invest the money and the interest earned is a financial revenue.

Humans playing with fire is exacly how we evolved from a primitive society to who we are nowadays.

Well most of his money is in Facebook stocks so he has plenty to lose.

They can keep a stake in the companies after the IPOs, even higher than 50%.

No, you cannot keep using an exposed key. You must replace it. There is no cost/benefit analysis needed in this situation.

How could that be done?

Not to mention someone has to code the no code tool, alongside all the plugins, scripts and glue code that at some point will be required.

Once I had an issue with a Google App Store (I paid for some app expensive subscription but did not get access) payment and got a pretty quick and efficient customer support. They were very polite, checked the issue, explained what happened, and offered some solution. Perharps they provide better support in my country due to customer protection laws or I just got lucky.

> While both situations are both disappointing and disturbing, they are very different scenarios.

I am always amazed about how much mental gymnastics people are willing to do so they can defend their favorite side. Both situations are very similar, they are both "disappointing and disturbing". Viewing as someone who doesn't care about defending any side, these so-called nuances don't change anything.

What do think are the shortcomings of Git?

That would probably have either a negligible effect on sales or have a small upside overall. People who would buy a Mac to use with Linux are people who are not using macOS already. I would love to use the Mac hardware but I ain't giving up on Linux. The question is whether there are enough of us for them to make it worth providing support to Linux. Unfortunately, probably not.

It is great they require 2FA, it increases everyone security in case a developer account is compromised.

I think there is a difference between bad and good places. I have worked in bad places where things worked exactly as you described. Fortunately times have changed, and places I work now care about quality. Most of the time managers used to be engineers and they either know and care about it, or they care and rely on input from other engineers to understand what is going on under the hood.

I am not a big fan of copyright myself, but calling being unable to use someone else's story for yourself "taking away your freedom" is a bit too much.

Sure but then we can replace nearly all non-manual professions.

Amazon may have many flaws, but it is pretty much known for being a champion of its customers.

How do you know if it is a net benefit without knowing the costs?

that's how it works in the bussiness world. you first make an offer, and then it enters the due diligence phase when information is shared and these matters are investigated.

This makes me distressed and angry. The last time I felt like this was when I read an article telling about several cases when cops raped women through "body cavity search". Unfortunately, there are several other cases of extreme injustice and evil acts committed by people who are not and will not be punished.

An idea that has been on my mind is to create some sort of virtual wall of shame. It would put the name and picture of those people who have done such terrible things and have not paid for their crimes. It would spam their emails and social media accounts with messages. It would send emails and messages to their relatives and friends. It would create ads targeted to where those people live telling their story. The goal is to do everything in order to not let such crimes be forgotten and to not let those people live normal lives again, at least in the virtual world.

I don't know if I will ever put this plan in practice and I know it is a dangerous idea, but each time I read something like this it makes me more willing to start this idea.