onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Reddit’s most popular subreddits go private in protest against ‘censorship’
Now this post is on page 2 as well.
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onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Reddit is banning any Aimee Challenor mention. UK public figure and Reddit admin
Now at #93.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Repl.it Teams for Education
I also thought this was about Microsoft Teams TBH.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: YouTube Shadow Banned Us WTF Happened?
I believe that they already had MFA turned on.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: U.S. Senators propose limiting liability shield for social media platforms
The liability should reside solely with the person making the death threats, not with the communication tool they use to make the threats IMHO.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new conduct policy
Free speech as it is enshrined in the Constitution only applies to censorship by the government.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Public Apology to Jeremy Howard
We do not know each other, but I just wanted you to know that I support you!
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Public Apology to Jeremy Howard
I find the timing of this 'apology' to be somewhat analogous to that of 'Friday news dumps'.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Notes on My Colon Cancer
I'm very glad that you are doing well!
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Epic, Spotify, and Tinder form advocacy group to push for app store changes
I think that if you own a store, you should be able to make the decision regarding which products you want to stock on your shelves.
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the implications of increased mask use on surveilence systems?
Yes, that is exactly what I meant. Thank you for this very thorough response!
onewhonknocks | 5 years ago | on: Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust lawsuits against Google
IMHO they're not a monopoly, at least not in the traditional sense of the word.
Traditional monopolies "control supply of a good or service, and where the entry of new producers is prevented or highly restricted."
In this case, the supply of a good or service (social networking, webpage indexing and searching) are not controlled by Facebook and Google because they aren't finite resources. Anyone can index the web and anyone can build a social network and Google/Facebook aren't going to crush you with lawsuits or some other nefarious tactic to maintain their position (AFAIK).
Entry of new producers of these services is not prevented or highly restricted. New social networks and search engines pop up all the time.
What Facebook and Google have is massive, large scale user loyalty. Despite alternatives existing (Bing, Mastadon, DuckDuckGo, Myspace, etc.), users are voluntarily choosing to use Google and Facebook. This is not a monopoly.
I think we need a new term for this situation.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: Playstation 5 Controller Revealed
Yeah tbh it kinda has Xbox aesthetics IMHO.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: Democratic Party symbol has been changed to a rat within the Google search
Interesting! It still hasn't been fixed.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Tolkien Elves
This makes me wonder, are Vulcans basically Space Elves?
HiroProtagonist | 6 years ago | on: Honeybees can surf to safety
non-paywall source: https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/honeybees-can-surf-to-saf...
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: U.S. tech companies are building a Chinese-style social credit system
It's used as a metric for the probably that someone will repay their debts; a metric used by those who are making financial decisions based on whether or not someone will do that.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: Saag as a Service – macronutrient-portioned Indian spinach curry
That person doesn't look fat at all to me.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: Launch HN: SannTek (YC S19) – Breathalyzer for Cannabis
I concur.
onewhonknocks | 6 years ago | on: “This is “how I tricked my co-workers” into using Racket.”
I'm getting a 404 when I visit that link.
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