I pay for my mobile phone service. They still sell my location data. I pay for my TV. It still spies on me. And so on... You are always the product, paying customer or not.
> It's not much different to teaching creationism in biology class next to evolutionary theory. I have news for you. 2000 scientists and biologists from NZ support the introduction of teaching of Maori creation myths in…
Since I didn't pay for my previous Linux, it means that I didn't get much for it, right?
It's called the (Eric) Holder doctrine: > That sentiment was echoed as late as 2012 by Lanny Breuer, then the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, who said in a speech at the New York City Bar Association…
> The saying goes that if you don't paid for it then you are the product. So true. This is why I switched from free Linux to paid Mac, and why I've started replacing open-source apps with commercial ones.
Most western countries and especially the press have a "can't say anything negative about the vaccine even if true because it will undermine it" approach. Of course, they don't realize that it is exactly this attitude…
All drugs should be legal, and sold at the grocery store or pharmacy. If people want opiates, they should be able to easily have it. Also, we have the technology to make most drugs as cheap as soda. There is no reason…
> Holder’s memo asserted that “collateral consequences” from prosecutions—including corporate instability or collapse—should be taken into account when deciding whether to prosecute a big financial institution. > That…
US prosecutors literally said that they cannot criminally charge JPM (in another case) because that would destabilize the US financial system. They are literally "too big to jail".
According to HN it stands for Unusable.
> Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile and often plunge for mysterious reasons. There is nothing mysterious about Alameda making money from it triggering margin cascades.
I pay for my mobile phone service. They still sell my location data. I pay for my TV. It still spies on me. And so on... You are always the product, paying customer or not.
> It's not much different to teaching creationism in biology class next to evolutionary theory. I have news for you. 2000 scientists and biologists from NZ support the introduction of teaching of Maori creation myths in…
Since I didn't pay for my previous Linux, it means that I didn't get much for it, right?
It's called the (Eric) Holder doctrine: > That sentiment was echoed as late as 2012 by Lanny Breuer, then the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division, who said in a speech at the New York City Bar Association…
> The saying goes that if you don't paid for it then you are the product. So true. This is why I switched from free Linux to paid Mac, and why I've started replacing open-source apps with commercial ones.
Most western countries and especially the press have a "can't say anything negative about the vaccine even if true because it will undermine it" approach. Of course, they don't realize that it is exactly this attitude…
All drugs should be legal, and sold at the grocery store or pharmacy. If people want opiates, they should be able to easily have it. Also, we have the technology to make most drugs as cheap as soda. There is no reason…
> Holder’s memo asserted that “collateral consequences” from prosecutions—including corporate instability or collapse—should be taken into account when deciding whether to prosecute a big financial institution. > That…
US prosecutors literally said that they cannot criminally charge JPM (in another case) because that would destabilize the US financial system. They are literally "too big to jail".
According to HN it stands for Unusable.
> Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are notoriously volatile and often plunge for mysterious reasons. There is nothing mysterious about Alameda making money from it triggering margin cascades.