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maedla··on It's Time to Investigate the AI Labs
Yes, the ones and zeroes that make up that sort of content
maedla··on Feeling Sad about AI
Large swaths of the population have more free time than ever before and they spend most of it scrolling. I am pessimistic
maedla··on Rebuilding Netflix's video processing pipeline with microservices
just throw it in the TOS >:^)
maedla··on Uber, DoorDash and similar firms can’t defy the laws of capitalism after all
Exactly. People want to go back to the thing that got us here
maedla··on Uber, DoorDash and similar firms can’t defy the laws of capitalism after all
One could always just call
maedla··on Ask HN: What's the Point of Life?
Even if there was a point it wouldn't matter
maedla··on Facebook keeps recommending political groups
Society has benefitted a net zero from social media. Arguably a net negative.
maedla··on U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, new Gallup report finds
I always wonder how much the explosion of "true crime" media has contributed to American paranoia and fear
maedla··on Ask HN: “Tank man” image search blocked on Bing and DuckDuckGo
dumb algorithm can't figure out the context of "Tank man"
maedla··on Bitcoin’s plunge intensifies, tanks 30% to $30k in single day
That is too optimistic of an opinion for me. It has done very well so far
maedla··on Bitcoin’s plunge intensifies, tanks 30% to $30k in single day
It gets harder every day to take seriously the people that say this is a viable currency alternative
maedla··on [dead]
I have no problem dismissing information from a source called "libertyunyielding" out of pocket
maedla··on Perfect Motherfucking Website
Totally agree. I think most people stop thinking this vulgarity for the sake of itself type of humor is funny by the time they get to high school
maedla··on You can't censor away extremism or any other problem
Imagine you are at a dinner party and haven't eaten for a couple days. The guests don't realize this and are delaying dinner to chat, play games, what have you. Then finally someone says "hey morpehos137 is starving" and a large group of the guests dismiss this and say "We are all hungry" and continue to go about their business.
maedla··on Piracy is not theft, Lost sales don't exist, says Minecraft creator (2011)
Isn't this just plagiarism? No one is downloading Photoshop and saying they created it (probably lol).
maedla··on Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
They are too worried about the toaster licenses
maedla··on Berkeley may get rid of single-family zoning
Eating meals was also practiced in the Soviet Communist Party
maedla··on Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
We do base our society on individualism...
maedla··on Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative
How did we get to the point where the government not being able to punish you for what you say is conflated with posting to a privately owned website? How? It's embarrassing
maedla··on EU privacy agency urges more safeguards to curb U.S. tech giants
Oh heaven help us if a trillion dollar enterprise gets a fine !!!!
maedla··on EU privacy agency urges more safeguards to curb U.S. tech giants
yes
maedla··on Statement of SEC Regarding Recent Market Volatility
Yep exactly. For every one outsider that gets it right, how many are wrong? I'd wager, quite a bit
maedla··on Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
OP is saying the regulations would be at the international level. So, I am going to have to buy a UN license to use the internet? How is that enforced? If not, then it's up to individual countries to make their citizens buy a pass to get online? That doesn't seem enforceable either.
maedla··on Facebook shuts down the Socialist Workers Party in Britain
I don't think that is the case!
maedla··on How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler
Is it good that unelected people have this much power? No. Did they do the right thing here? Yes
maedla··on Ticketmaster admits it hacked Songkick before it went out of business
They should be nationalized to become an even better revenue stream
maedla··on The universe is expanding faster than expected
It seems like in that case there isn't much to worry about then :)
maedla··on Facebook's Hypocrisy on Apple's New iOS 14 Privacy Feature
Agreed. I am so tired of this company acting with impunity.
maedla··on Lonely people's brains are different due to excess of imaginary social contact
A picture is worth a thousand words :)
maedla··on Silicon Valley exodus: Bay Area tech companies leaving for Texas
I think that the work culture in Europe is also a factor. Europeans are much less willing to work the way a lot of the startups expect.
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