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tsherr··on Judge approves Facebook's settlement with FTC over ‘stunning’ privacy violations
If you want corporations like Facebook to care about breaking the law, you need start handing out jail time for the CEOs. Fining a significant percentage of revenue might work, but they'd probably cook the books.
tsherr··on How Apple And Google Are Going To Enable Contact Tracing
I keep Bluetooth disabled when I'm not using it. What happens then?

I knew crap like this was going to happen. Hello Big Brother.

tsherr··on Show HN: Time Cop – A simple, private, open-source time tracking app
Looks cool. I bought it to try it out.
tsherr··on Show HN: I built an app that ensures that I track my home office working hours
"Never loose any of your entries"

Lose.

tsherr··on Upside-Down World of Negative Rates Is Coming for U.S. Savers
I'm guessing invest in stocks that pay dividends.
tsherr··on WHO: Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) Situation Dashboard
Yes, it's been lagging for days. Worldometers is up to date.
tsherr··on More accurate climate change model reveals bleaker outlook on electricity, water
Should we seriously ignore the most serious issue facing humanity?
tsherr··on Stanford cancels in-person classes for rest of the quarter
Please define real vs parasitic.
tsherr··on Torture prevalent, effective in popular movies, study finds
Agreed. I wasn't sure what caused the lines to be truncated.
tsherr··on Cancer medicine generates enormous revenues but marginal benefits for patients?
Is this based on fact it opinion?
tsherr··on Electric or Not, Big SUVs Are Inherently Selfish
Once again, still don't need it. I grew up eight miles from the nearest paved road. I drove a Suzuki forsa in the winter.

If the roads are too dangerous for a car, stay home.

tsherr··on Electric or Not, Big SUVs Are Inherently Selfish
You don't need four wheel drive for snowstorms. Trust me, I've lived in Canada for 45 years and we've never had a four wheel drive. And I've driven (safely) in a lot of snowstorms.
tsherr··on Fireflies facing extinction due to habitat loss, pesticides and artificial light
And this is another reason why we need half (and possibly less than half) the number of humans we have on earth.

Yes, we can carry more humans, but the cost is way too high.

tsherr··on Show HN: VRWorkout – A VR calisthenics rhythm game made with Godot
Is there an option for non-oculus vr gear?
tsherr··on Is a supermarket discount coupon worth giving away your privacy?
Depends. I got $360 in free groceries last year at one place so I think that was a fair trade.

At the other store in town I got about $150.

Better pay than I get for my privacy on the web.

tsherr··on U-Haul to Implement Nicotine-Free Hiring Policy
Actually, if I move to a new country, part of why I'm doing that is because it's better than my country, so their ideas/values are better than mine. So the adoption of these ideas/values will make me better.
tsherr··on Show HN: Nodetube – Open-source YouTube alternative with image and audio uploads
Would ads that don't track users sell?
tsherr··on Disney Is Placing Classic Fox Movies into Its Vault
Disney has always been a corrosive force on our culture. They've taken our cultural myths in the form of fairy tales and damaged them beyond repair. Profit over everything is Disney's approach. The more they own the worse it will get.
tsherr··on The Ontario government lost $42M selling cannabis in the last year
Alberta is always happy to take help from the rest of Canada when they need it, but when they are asked to contribute, they fall back on "let them freeze to death in the dark".

Alberta lucked out by having oil and even with it, managed to spend everything with very little to show for it.

Wait until renewables take off (especially in the auto sector). Then they'll be singing the praises of equalization.

tsherr··on The Strange Blissfulness of Storms
I'm interested in this as well. I bought an ion air cleaner 20 years ago and it welded the dust particles to the walls wherever anything was touching the wall. Had to repaint. Not sure if there are models that work.
tsherr··on I started an online subscription business from Malaysia
I'm all for marketing, but there must be some honesty.

This is a lesson on how to lie your way to success. Which is an option, but any idiot with no morals can do that. Of course, large companies do this all the time with no repercussions, so I get why he went this route.

tsherr··on Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet
It's not without it's problems, but ultimately the issue is too many humans. We can deal with that now or wait for nature to deal with us later.
tsherr··on Eat less meat: UN climate change report calls for change to human diet
The UN doesn't have the guts to target the task issue: too many humans. And recommend the only solution: one child per couple until we get down to about half the current population.
tsherr··on More evidence that autism is linked to gut bacteria
Is there a way to get good guy bacteria? I've read probiotics are useless.
tsherr··on Ask HN: Faking your resume to acquire projects
Well, in a the same field (IT) it is common for companies to sell computers with pirated Windows, used parts as new, etc. In the small town I live in, know of five companies (two out of business) where this is common practice. I t think it's IT people taking advantage of non-IT people.
tsherr··on Photos of the Eiffel Tower at night are restricted due to copyright (2017)
Copyright law is completely bugged. Copyright should last 10 years or the life of the creator. And putting lights on a tower shouldn't be copywritten.
tsherr··on How Did the FAA Allow the Boeing 737 Max to Fly?
Clearly, Boeing didn't have enough interest. The idea that self preservation should be enough to make companies "do the right thing" ignores the fact that if they cut corners, people die. If the CEO could be held criminally liable, that might work, but in this case the only downside for Boeing will likely be share price drops.
tsherr··on White Words
"If in this I have been tedious, it may be some excuse, I had not time to make it shorter."

This writer could spend some time with Strunk and White.

tsherr··on A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test
We're still in the "earth is the centre of the universe" stage when it comes to other life forms.
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