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salvar··on Why [Insert Thing Here] Is Not a Password Killer
The claim was that nothing else will take off to the point of becoming a password killer.

2FA doesn't try to replace passwords.

salvar··on The End Is Near for Mobile Apps?
Thanks. I wouldn't characterize this as "users aren't willing to install any more apps" though; that's quite the leap from the conclusion of the report.
salvar··on Apple's New Map
That's not a UX study. That's a UX anecdote.
salvar··on The End Is Near for Mobile Apps?
> The core issue is that people aren't willing to install any more apps.

Is there any source for this? Are app installations declining?

salvar··on Apple's New Map
What UX study did you do? All I saw was a mockup. Maybe I misunderstood.
salvar··on Kids’ Apps Are Crammed With Ads
Well I was hoping for something stronger than your personal anecdotes to back this assertion up.

In any case, crayons and tablets are not mutually exclusive choices. You can in fact use both, and other things as well.

salvar··on Kids’ Apps Are Crammed With Ads
When one of the ads in your ad gets clicked, what do you think is the most likely reason? That a child was interested in the product and wanted to get more information before making a decision?
salvar··on Kids’ Apps Are Crammed With Ads
Why do you say "stare blankly"? My young organism stares anything but blankly at the iPad screen when he's allowed to use it.

I think you're painting phone/tablet usage in a very negative light here, as if parents are only using them as a pacifier to occupy their kids so they can have some quiet time of their own. Sure some people do that, but that's the least charitable interpretation I think.

salvar··on Kids’ Apps Are Crammed With Ads
Of course it isn't that black and white, and I don't think that was the point. I'd interpret it as: Your company is participating in something that, when looked at as a whole, has become something that you could call a legitimized form of abuse on a societal scale.
salvar··on Facebook exodus: Nearly half of young users have deleted the app
> Why use Twitter for such things, given its limitations?

It has limitations, but it also has a lot of reach. A blog might not reach the people you are trying to share things with.

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Have you considered the cost of the profilee in these cases? What if they don't want to be the subject of a teachable moment for some prejudiced person? Would you tell them that they are wrong?
salvar··on Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything for Free
In that case, I apologize. I mistook your comments on pooping in cereal and calling people turds as anger. My bad.
salvar··on Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything for Free
Even if you see no reason to bring it up, and it frustrates you to see other people mention it, it shouldn't stop other people from discussing that angle. Allow yourself to read something without getting angry because you don't like the topic.
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Thanks for explaining.

My point about exaggeration was about describing racial profiling and corporate data collection as comparable injustices.

I think if you'd tell a victim of lifelong racial profiling that they're really just trading one injustice for another because now Amazon has a database of what you buy, they'd laugh. I'd say the two injustices are not even in the same league.

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Yeah I get what you mean. I was just making a bad argument delivered in an unnecessarily snarky way. All good.
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
I'm legitimately confused. What should I not do?
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
I agree with the benefits of what you describe in the last paragraph. But for these opportunities for people to learn by realizing that their unfair profiling of customers based on the color of their skin is wrong... at what point do you consider the cost of the profilee in enduring these teachable moments again and again and again through their life?
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
This looks like a strawman. I didn't see anyone claim that all shopping experiences everywhere should be replaced with this. Amazon Go definitely requires you to have a bunch of things many people don't have access to, and can amount to a "you must be rich to use this store" sign.

But that doesn't change any of what the article described.

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
> How can they understand if they never have the chance to talk to the other side

Are you saying that profiling people in stores is literally the only chance people have to talk to "the other side"?

How about they use any other available opportunity for human interaction in any other situation in their lives to address their prejudices?

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Yeah that's fair. It was a weak argument.
salvar··on Turns Out Wearing a Hi-Vis Vest Gets You into Everything for Free
What exactly is the "poop in the cereal" here? Mentioning race? Do you think race has absolutely nothing to do with anything here?
salvar··on Morocco abruptly drops clock change
Works great unless you need to live in a society with other people and other schedules.
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Sure, but my point is that interpreting the narrative of the article to only apply to black people, and not other types of profiling in shops, is pretty unfair.
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
> People should stop talking for others

Other people should do that you say?

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
I think it's better in the short term, and the long term. Those removed humans have plenty of other opportunities to address their prejudices, and profiling innocent shoppers based on their skin color isn't actually necessary.
salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Why do you assume that the experience is ephemeral? It sounds like you're trying to downplay the experience of black people being profiled in stores.

I think that for people that have to deal with this kind of discrimination day in day out for most of their lives, regardless of how much you believe they're exaggerating, trading that for Amazon's database of their purchases is a sweet deal.

salvar··on In Amazon Go, no one thinks I'm stealing
Maybe not the specific narrative of the article, but surely whatever the profiling looks like the narrative of "In Amazon Go, you're not profiled based on your looks" fits.
salvar··on Morocco abruptly drops clock change
> The point is saying summer time is better than winter time regardless you where you live is meaningless

True, but who said this? The grandparent only said that they were happy about the decision in their location. No one stated that summer time is better than winter time regardless of where you live.

salvar··on Morocco abruptly drops clock change
The timezone does dictate what part of the day we generally call "evening" though.
salvar··on Show HN: Websites in 2018
And if you don't understand what the box is trying to communicate, and aren't sure what will happen when you click [OK], [Cancel] or [x]?
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