just_observing | 4 years ago | on: Facebook Loses Bid to Block Ruling on EU-U.S. Data Flows
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just_observing | 4 years ago | on: Verizon Sells AOL and Yahoo to Apollo for $5B
> I suspect the true total cost was a fair bit higher due to a hosting arrangement.
Untrue.
When the goal is to buy Blogger - a goal that is being progressed towards by Automattic - money saved on the Tumblr acquisition is useful.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: WeWork lays off 2,400 employees
Ah. I stand corrected. Thank you.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: WeWork lays off 2,400 employees
> This was not like Theranos where he was straight up lying about a product working
She.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: Firefox’s Fight for the Future of the Web
The Guardian has gone downhill in the last few years, just like the rest of UK mainstream news reporting. They have rolled over to do whatever the Government wants not reporting - take Assange for example.
Their coverage is practically non-existent.
I used to buy The Guardian every day, then I subscribed digitally. And then when their reporting slid downhill, I stopped subscribing. I still read it - but block their data scraping scripts and all ads. They are not worth supporting IMO.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: Questions raised about research by OpenAg Initiative at M.I.T. Media Lab
Rough copy/paste
Apologies for any ads that got in.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: People reluctant to use their Octopus cards for fear of leaving a paper trail
Do they have their mobile devices with them? Electronic trail.
Did they appear in any photos? There's a trail.
Did they buy anything in that locality?
Did they call someone in that locality?
Just not using a card would seem to offer little protection unless they take care of at least the above.
just_observing | 6 years ago | on: 5 Types of bias and how to eliminate them in your machine learning project
Related to bias - I recently installed the plugin from https://mycognitivebias.com/ which explains a cognitive bias each time I open a new tab.
I cannot proclaim that this has altered my work or personal life yet, but it has opened my eyes to the number of them and the wide circumstances in which they occur.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Blocking website ads with a hosts file
Take a look at https://blokada.org/
It blocks ads in news and other apps for me.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Google Launches Family Link App
Spyware for all the family!
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Maker Blogs: Discover and share best blogs written by makers across the web
This would be more useful to me if when I hovered the link it told me more about what they actually make and the language they post in.
It's too random otherwise.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is there a browser I can pay for?
There is - https://ghostbrowser.com/
Not open source though if that matters to you.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Introducing Ghost 2.0
"Also: Let me be the first to say that I can’t believe there’s still no Postgres support, which is absolutely outrageous."
Postgres is open source.
Why do they owe you?
If it matters, write the code.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Registered domain one day, got 23 calls from marketers the next
"didn't pay for privacy"
If you don't pay your info is public.
What did you expect?
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Google AMP – A 70% drop in our conversion rate
Q: Did Google create - and promote from their dominant position - AMP for anyone but their own interests?
A: No. Why would you be so naive to think otherwise?
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Show HN: My personal website
* occaisionally
occasionally
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: PIN number analysis (2012)
It's a PIN
It's not a PIN number
You can't have a Personal Identification Number Number
I get that it's what people say, but that doesn't make it right.
/rant
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Any Early Adopters Willing to Check Us Out?
I looked at your provided link.
I have no clue what you do.
Surely that information should be clear and umissable?
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Why Is Location Data No Longer Private?
Please use a responsive theme.
It matters.
just_observing | 7 years ago | on: Reddit's redesign increases power usage of user's devices
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FB will 'apologise' and promise a 'full investigation'.
This is a well-worn track pioneered by Google, a track that leads to a trove of data and no fines, no penalties.