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27 karma · joined October 29, 2016

[ my public key: https://keybase.io/jtmb; my proof: https://keybase.io/jtmb/sigs/dfskfHVWUjpueS_lJlMQBSYqVmytiHQ39nXtvE-Rth4 ]
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jtmb··on FTC bans hidden junk fees in hotel, event ticket prices
Some people in a general sense just defend companies fleecing us for money because if it was the government who stopped it that makes it bad, which is, imo, very silly.
jtmb··on AI Generated Seinfeld runs 24/7 on Twitch
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jtmb··on Promotion of alternative social platforms policy
I don't see how you even pretend to rationalize this thinking as anything other than "I'm banning specific things I don't like and cutting some rule that sorta fits that" afterwards
jtmb··on Soli
It almost seems like cheating to draw on Douglas Adams, of course he'd be the one to draw out futuristic truths in his droll way.
jtmb··on If 'Big Tech' Is an Antitrust Problem, Why Are We Ignoring Telecom?
If I were more cynical, I would say that the antitrust concerns are being focused on in big tech in part due to the perception of anti-conservative bias or de-platforming, and the telecoms, other than in the case of owning CNN, have no such perception associated with them.
jtmb··on I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page
Eventually you become a Veblen good. Or you finally get to work less hours.
jtmb··on Microsimulation of Traffic Flow
We have variable speed signs in the US, but where I live, they aren't followed, to the point that it seems unsafe to obey them and go 30mph when the flow of traffic is 60mph
jtmb··on Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, Killed in Christchurch
There are those who give a lot of a shit, and who are deeply disturbed and troubled, knowing families and innocents and children being maimed and killed are on our collective hands, and who do not know how the US can and should escalate, finish or withdraw from these conflicts without empowering butchers and terrorists to replace them, as well as killing or leaving even more friends and allies to die.
jtmb··on Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, Killed in Christchurch
As I understand it, white supremacists and fellow travelers organize in looser groups than ISIS as an entity.

The term Scripted Violence, or Stochastic Terrorism are the terms I've heard, for messaging and ideology that repeatedly creates "lone wolves" with similar views and goals.

jtmb··on Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, Killed in Christchurch
Agreed, but I think they're saying they start with more innocuous symbols and messaging at the beginning of their ideological radicalization.
jtmb··on Atta Elayyan, Developer of MetroTube and LazyWorm Apps, Killed in Christchurch
Alt right is a political term coined by a white supremacist, and encapsulates reactionary ideologies and intolerant, hateful and violent attitudes towards certain races, faiths and nationalities. Those who identify with the term or act accordingly can be accurately grouped with their ethos of violence, and have their ethics and politics more accurately summed than entire nationalities and/or world religions can.
jtmb··on Graying Out
Fairly, but the OSCAR protocol was reverse engineered pretty well, and so you could get on AIM through Pidgin, or Adium, or Meebo, etc etc etc
jtmb··on Habits of Highly Miserable People
How would you recommend expressing support, not minimizing these experiences while also not assuming victimization?
jtmb··on Uber Is Ripping Off Frequent Riders and Here’s How to Avoid It
Uber seems very actively hostile to its employees, drivers, and riders.

It's kind of impressive in a bad way.

jtmb··on Pricing low-touch SaaS
Was the outlier Amazon?
jtmb··on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully launches
Such are the better-safe-than-sorry business policies of a litigious society.
jtmb··on LineageOS for microG – Access Google services without closed software
LineageOS provides the root flashable zip for any of their ROMs.

I will read more into the security claims and concerns, and may be persuaded, but at first blush I support not spoofing application signatures, as this is the same sort of chain of trust that package managers and app stores are built on.

As a consumer, I appreciate that LineageOS with Google services passes most to all of the CTS/Safetynet checks, and doesn't make me choose between having an updated, streamlined version of Android, and using my bank app, or playing Pokemon Go.

I think merging these changes could easily jeopardize that and maintaining it as a fork makes sense to me.

jtmb··on Freelancer.com has ruined my life
Thanks for this domain, very helpful.
jtmb··on How to hack a turned-off computer, or running unsigned code in Intel ME
Thank you for providing sources with your statements.

I agree with your premise but still want to recognize you backing it up with data.

jtmb··on Net Neutrality Day of Action: Help Preserve the Open Internet
It makes for good drama. Like House of Cards. Or Fallout. We enjoy thinking our way through doomsday scenarios.
jtmb··on iPhone App will not stay open - just flashes when trying to launch
Not only providing support, but unilaterally disabling the product they purchased after the fact. That should be incredibly explicit. And even then.

Just look at Ham Radio Deluxe.