> I guess because every code monkey in Silicon Valley has wet dreams about overthrowing the hidebound physics establishment for some reason Too much focus on the tech in Star Trek when you're a kid, I imagine. Shoulda…
Each of us has the capacity to be good and evil. I guess the thing I am lamenting is that no one is bothered to try and hide the evil anymore. Or maybe I see it clearly now for the first time. But regardless of what…
I guess ours has gotten pretty damned bad -- it's so incredibly obvious. I've been ashamed to be an American for a long time now. Perhaps it is finally time to cut ties & move on. Truly this feels like it must be the…
As an American I can tell you absolutely people around me are entirely delusional. It’s sad to see and I know I am not immune. Near as I can tell we are, in fact, the baddies.
The way we used to do it? Based on human reputation, so you know, if you're a dick you prob won't get a lot of customers.
Yes, and I recall at the time being exasperated by it -- "Twitter is NOT NEWS it is children yelling across the playground at each other!"
"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.…
“The media” are simply a mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy. Basically their propaganda arm.
So… does it follow that the very wealthy basically hold a massive IOU to the general public?
You've made a good case for "giving up the internet entirely", thanks!
And likewise, continuing to call it "Twitter" when that is long dead, which has amazingly positive brand association as near as I can tell entirely from the name doesn't do any of us a service. If you want people to…
Given the track record of corporate America, to take these folks at their word would be monumentally stupid. “Lying to get their way” is practically the M.O. for corporate America and now, on this topic, we’re expected…
Coupled with a system that tells them they’re worthless so they pour economic effort that might include some self care onto their wives and children?
Why is anyone expecting decency from people who have already proven to have none?
He doesn't even have a mustache to twirl for fucks sake!
I assume they're bots
> Is the satisfaction of seeing an executive dragged through the mud worth losing a chunk of your net worth to you, no matter how much the exec deserves it? Yes. There is far too little truth and justice in this world,…
Google treats its customers the way a cattle rancher treats his cattle.
If we’re already in that world, datacenters are a valid target for destruction.
> these people use their services and contribute nothing back Each and every single human on the planet has made a contribution to Google in the form of their data — whether they wanted to or not! What more must we give…
There's a never ending supply of douchebags in this world. Such a shame.
> so I called support and told them that I didn't have a phone Did they ask what device you were calling from? :)
Are you proposing this as a bridge to eliminating it entirely? Because to be quite frank, the “copyright holders” don’t deserve a damned thing. They’ve already robbed the commons and will continue to do so. Appeasement…
What smaller browser makers???
Sounds more like we should end copyright worldwide.
> I guess because every code monkey in Silicon Valley has wet dreams about overthrowing the hidebound physics establishment for some reason Too much focus on the tech in Star Trek when you're a kid, I imagine. Shoulda…
Each of us has the capacity to be good and evil. I guess the thing I am lamenting is that no one is bothered to try and hide the evil anymore. Or maybe I see it clearly now for the first time. But regardless of what…
I guess ours has gotten pretty damned bad -- it's so incredibly obvious. I've been ashamed to be an American for a long time now. Perhaps it is finally time to cut ties & move on. Truly this feels like it must be the…
As an American I can tell you absolutely people around me are entirely delusional. It’s sad to see and I know I am not immune. Near as I can tell we are, in fact, the baddies.
The way we used to do it? Based on human reputation, so you know, if you're a dick you prob won't get a lot of customers.
Yes, and I recall at the time being exasperated by it -- "Twitter is NOT NEWS it is children yelling across the playground at each other!"
"There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this. Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction.…
“The media” are simply a mouthpiece for the ultra-wealthy. Basically their propaganda arm.
So… does it follow that the very wealthy basically hold a massive IOU to the general public?
You've made a good case for "giving up the internet entirely", thanks!
And likewise, continuing to call it "Twitter" when that is long dead, which has amazingly positive brand association as near as I can tell entirely from the name doesn't do any of us a service. If you want people to…
Given the track record of corporate America, to take these folks at their word would be monumentally stupid. “Lying to get their way” is practically the M.O. for corporate America and now, on this topic, we’re expected…
Coupled with a system that tells them they’re worthless so they pour economic effort that might include some self care onto their wives and children?
Why is anyone expecting decency from people who have already proven to have none?
He doesn't even have a mustache to twirl for fucks sake!
I assume they're bots
> Is the satisfaction of seeing an executive dragged through the mud worth losing a chunk of your net worth to you, no matter how much the exec deserves it? Yes. There is far too little truth and justice in this world,…
Google treats its customers the way a cattle rancher treats his cattle.
If we’re already in that world, datacenters are a valid target for destruction.
> these people use their services and contribute nothing back Each and every single human on the planet has made a contribution to Google in the form of their data — whether they wanted to or not! What more must we give…
There's a never ending supply of douchebags in this world. Such a shame.
> so I called support and told them that I didn't have a phone Did they ask what device you were calling from? :)
Are you proposing this as a bridge to eliminating it entirely? Because to be quite frank, the “copyright holders” don’t deserve a damned thing. They’ve already robbed the commons and will continue to do so. Appeasement…
What smaller browser makers???
Sounds more like we should end copyright worldwide.