> someone suffering with depression had killed himself, and it was only a long time afterwards that any friends friends knew because Facebook hadn't been showing his posts. > IIRC they looked through his feed and there…
>> which are then captured and reported to HR for violating Google’s mores around civility or for offending white men. > Rules requiring civility don't only apply towards white men Welcome to the cutting edge of…
> It's very hard, probably impossible, to come up with a specific list. The list will either be incomplete (the trolls are cunning) or overly broad and spark anti-authoritarian feelings. They should put up a big banner…
> the goal is to ensure they always keep product in stock, and the "holes" are a forcing function This empty shelves thing is enough of a thing that it seems like it's not really working. And empty shelves sends such a…
I'd prefer they just put up a sign saying "sorry, we're out of bananas" and putting something else there in the interim. The employees are right: empty shelves look sloppy. Too many and the place even looks like it's…
That just looks like a website made by a hateful obsessive.
> This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of the Internet Archive. Yes. Everyone…
> Everybody uses FB differently. Some people use it to share and read news. Others as an "aggregator" for different services (Insta, Twitter...). Others for groups. Or chats. Or to connect with businesses. I use it…
> I think it is bullshit, because black and white slot machine still is a slot machine. > Turned on grayscale in macOS(System Prefs - Accessibility - Display) before googling this articles, can confirm that still…
Can confirm. I visited just after Trump left, and the air was pretty good. Also, I've heard from locals that they're starting to relocate dirty industries to nearby cities that foreigners tend not to visit. I visited…
> These numbers aren't substantially different. Both have subpar returns. After 2004, Oprah--just like Trump--could have earned more money in an index fund. You're just picking and choosing to get the comparison you…
> I haven't seen anything supporting her running I have. More specifically, I've seen a bunch of posts criticizing the criticism of her potential candidacy, basically for ruining the good vibes from after her speech.…
> Recent example: while I was logged out, they put my picture on their “quick login” page with a little red number “2” on my photo. Well gee, turns out there wasn’t “2” of anything in my profile to see: no unread…
> The trick of course is convincing anyone who isn't me to pay :) Honestly, maybe invites/sponsorships? One person who care's enough to pay $10 can bring his "social graph" (or a subset) with him.
> I don't want my friends texting me everything. That's far more disruptive than a passive feed I can glance at. And I don't want to text my friends everything either. Real friendships aren't passive.
> My main complaint is, people explicitly chose to follow my content and got used to seeing it... and now it's all gone. They still follow, but they don't see. They're the product, so it doesn't matter if they get what…
> I personally really like the way the internet is. Giant monopolies that control most of it for most users?
> The Vanity Fair 'Brotopia' party was way worse than it sounds And by "worse," the author must mean more boring and less scandalous. tl;dr: The author went to a VC party; saw a celebrity, but no sex or drugs; and went…
> If it were so obvious I characterized your snark as obnoxious not obvious.
> Is Chinese public sentiment in favor of this ever increasing surveillance? How would you know? They have an internet that's openly censors and filled with pro-government propaganda. Many of those articles are…
> Wait, am I stealing paper when I use a public restroom? In China most public restrooms don't have any toilet paper and you have to bring your own. If this one is stocked with free paper, they may be trying to prevent…
Addiction
It's a mistake to focus too much on one problem to the exclusion of all others. There are problems caused by government intervention but also problems caused by the lack of it.
> capital flowing to those who are best able to convert it into the most happiness for the most people Capital flows to those most able to make money, which isn't necessarily by "converting it into the most happiness."…
IIRC, by being a ubiquitous mobile payments platform.
> someone suffering with depression had killed himself, and it was only a long time afterwards that any friends friends knew because Facebook hadn't been showing his posts. > IIRC they looked through his feed and there…
>> which are then captured and reported to HR for violating Google’s mores around civility or for offending white men. > Rules requiring civility don't only apply towards white men Welcome to the cutting edge of…
> It's very hard, probably impossible, to come up with a specific list. The list will either be incomplete (the trolls are cunning) or overly broad and spark anti-authoritarian feelings. They should put up a big banner…
> the goal is to ensure they always keep product in stock, and the "holes" are a forcing function This empty shelves thing is enough of a thing that it seems like it's not really working. And empty shelves sends such a…
I'd prefer they just put up a sign saying "sorry, we're out of bananas" and putting something else there in the interim. The employees are right: empty shelves look sloppy. Too many and the place even looks like it's…
That just looks like a website made by a hateful obsessive.
> This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of the Internet Archive. Yes. Everyone…
> Everybody uses FB differently. Some people use it to share and read news. Others as an "aggregator" for different services (Insta, Twitter...). Others for groups. Or chats. Or to connect with businesses. I use it…
> I think it is bullshit, because black and white slot machine still is a slot machine. > Turned on grayscale in macOS(System Prefs - Accessibility - Display) before googling this articles, can confirm that still…
Can confirm. I visited just after Trump left, and the air was pretty good. Also, I've heard from locals that they're starting to relocate dirty industries to nearby cities that foreigners tend not to visit. I visited…
> These numbers aren't substantially different. Both have subpar returns. After 2004, Oprah--just like Trump--could have earned more money in an index fund. You're just picking and choosing to get the comparison you…
> I haven't seen anything supporting her running I have. More specifically, I've seen a bunch of posts criticizing the criticism of her potential candidacy, basically for ruining the good vibes from after her speech.…
> Recent example: while I was logged out, they put my picture on their “quick login” page with a little red number “2” on my photo. Well gee, turns out there wasn’t “2” of anything in my profile to see: no unread…
> The trick of course is convincing anyone who isn't me to pay :) Honestly, maybe invites/sponsorships? One person who care's enough to pay $10 can bring his "social graph" (or a subset) with him.
> I don't want my friends texting me everything. That's far more disruptive than a passive feed I can glance at. And I don't want to text my friends everything either. Real friendships aren't passive.
> My main complaint is, people explicitly chose to follow my content and got used to seeing it... and now it's all gone. They still follow, but they don't see. They're the product, so it doesn't matter if they get what…
> I personally really like the way the internet is. Giant monopolies that control most of it for most users?
> The Vanity Fair 'Brotopia' party was way worse than it sounds And by "worse," the author must mean more boring and less scandalous. tl;dr: The author went to a VC party; saw a celebrity, but no sex or drugs; and went…
> If it were so obvious I characterized your snark as obnoxious not obvious.
> Is Chinese public sentiment in favor of this ever increasing surveillance? How would you know? They have an internet that's openly censors and filled with pro-government propaganda. Many of those articles are…
> Wait, am I stealing paper when I use a public restroom? In China most public restrooms don't have any toilet paper and you have to bring your own. If this one is stocked with free paper, they may be trying to prevent…
Addiction
It's a mistake to focus too much on one problem to the exclusion of all others. There are problems caused by government intervention but also problems caused by the lack of it.
> capital flowing to those who are best able to convert it into the most happiness for the most people Capital flows to those most able to make money, which isn't necessarily by "converting it into the most happiness."…
IIRC, by being a ubiquitous mobile payments platform.