tsherr's comments

tsherr | 2 years ago | on: Mozilla Monitor Plus: automatically remove your personal info from data brokers

I always enjoy the vague yet threatening online comment. I'm of the opinion that this is from one of the better bot farms who have learned if you make people nervous, you can control their choices.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Have you accepted the TOS that give FB access to your WhatsApp data?

That's because there's no monetary reason for the phone company to listen in but Facebook is all about listening and recording.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: XMPP, a comeback story

This is very cool. I moved our family to signal, but this looks better. I'll be trying it out for sure.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Making $5k/mo from my blog “dogfooding” my own SEO content software

So when you say "without any knowledge" you meant, you picked a topic you didn't understand, researched it thoroughly, then made the post?

So you didn't weeks/months becoming an expert before making the post?

Then it's not spam.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Making $5k/mo from my blog “dogfooding” my own SEO content software

I'd suggest that any article written "without any knowledge of the topic" is of zero value. I'd define spam as zero value posts/messages. Ergo, it's spam. Not sure how you can argue it isn't.

Not attacking you, I'm just interested in your defence of this sort of thing

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: 30 days ago I was an Apple employee

I find it interesting that everytime something like this comes up: a person (usually female) gets fired from a tech firm and alleges abuse and toxic work place, the response from the Hacker News crowd is is heavily negative (to the person) and tries to say the person is crazy/overly sensitive/hysterical.

I'm not saying this specific person is right, but if the argument in the comments of "if everyone you work with is a moron, then maybe the problem is you" is true (and I think it can be) then we must consider that some of these stories are true and some people (and it appears to be often women) are being treated abysmally at work.

If Apple can scan people's photos (just in case there's something nasty there) then they should welcome government investigation of their workplaces (just in case).

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Can ‘smart thinking’ books give you the edge?

Isn't the rule that the answer to any headline that asks a yes/no question is always no?

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Launching Steve.Ai – Fastest way to create Videos in seconds

I hate cool services that won't let me in because they are invite only and there's no way to get one

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Apple Has Opened the Backdoor to Increased Surveillance and Censorship

As I understand it, in Canada, having a picture of your child in a bathtub is child porn. So I can see this going horribly wrong.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Steve Wozniak backs right-to-repair movement

On my ancient and overloaded S8, the camera loads in under a second after double tapping power.

Battery lasts all day (and it's 4 years old). Doesn't turn on when it's in my pocket.

These anecdotal "I switched to x and its waaay better" things always reek of bias.

That a 2017 phone is slower than a 2018 phone is obvious - plus you'd need to reset the s7 to factory defaults for fair(er) comparison.

I do support on iPhones (not an Apple employee) and I've never experienced the the vaunted "this is so much better" moment.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Rival weightlifter speaks out on transgender Hubbard's Olympic place

Rather than splitting by gender it should be split by sex, or birth sex, if you prefer.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: The Swiss reject key climate change measures

The idea that some of "a"is bad means that some of "b" must be good is illogical.

tsherr | 4 years ago | on: Wildtype: Sushi-grade salmon grown from Pacific Salmon cells

Why don't plants fall into your "things that have an essence" category? They are alive. They communicate and work together.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Social media where you get paid for being helpful

How do you cover costs if 100% of the pool is paid out?

It seems like you need to take the costs out of the pool first.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: EU Commission: ‘No longer acceptable’ for platforms to take key decisions alone

The right says "all of us are together, and we have to keep those guys out."

The left says "we're all together, but we should convince everyone to come to our side."

FUD and tribalism are easier to win with.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: EU Commission: ‘No longer acceptable’ for platforms to take key decisions alone

FB and Twitter didn't deplatform Trump because he was a nasty bastard who was inciting revolt. They did it because the Democrats won and they want to suck up.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: Dogger Bank's giant turbines herald a wind of change in UK industry

Isn't it a bad idea to build these in a corrosive environment like the ocean? Is there a reason, other than NIMBY to put them in the ocean?

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: More than 73% of American adults are overweight or obese

We force people to wear seatbelts. We don't let them buy some drugs. We can make certain food illegal.

Post stomach cancer, I can't eat sugar without becoming ill. So I stopped. Regular fruits are now very sweet, and a chocolate bar is inedible.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: Show HN: Sqwok – A low-cruft, minimalist alternative to Reddit and Twitter

On mobile. I like the layout and font size. Looks like something I'd use daily.

tsherr | 5 years ago | on: Twitch bans Confederate flag, racist emote usage in new conduct policy

You pick. I'd say recent is 25 years, but whatever you feel is fair is fine with me.