m0v_eax's comments

m0v_eax | 9 years ago | on: Facebook uses location to suggest new friends

Because people expect services as robust and useful as Facebook to be free? Based on how much time people spend using their service, the user's data is hardly a large price to pay. Have certain types of things you like, profession, education, gender, demographic and expect your profile able to be targeted (anonymously) with advertising. Share something public (including anything above), expect any corporation to be able to see or mine it.

m0v_eax | 10 years ago | on: Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot

What data or study do you have to backup your baseless generalizations?

It may be a generalisation, but it's pretty accurate generally. — [citation needed]

The rich won't envision a future with less (or more) poverty. — [citation needed]

White men are less likely to imagine a future with full gender equality and black liberation than black women are — [citation needed]

People living in the West will think less about the rise of the rest of the world. — [citation needed]

m0v_eax | 10 years ago | on: Steve Yegge Grades His Own Predictions

He is way off about XML.. It is bloated and tedious to work with. For most scenarios, there are immensely better alternatives.

For the record, I was heavily involved with XML years ago and helped create a popular light weight xml-based cms.

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