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But that assumes a lot fluency with pinyin and the prediction system. A lot of people are missing one or both.

That's won't happen. The mistake you're making is assuming that Facebook wants to "please everyone." It doesn't. It only cares about pleasing itself, and it does that through manip…

> I'd rather see Ads about things I'm interested in than things I'm not interested in. You're not going to see more ads about the things you're interested in, you're going to see a…

> someone suffering with depression had killed himself, and it was only a long time afterwards that any friends friends knew because Facebook hadn't been showing his posts. > IIRC …

>> which are then captured and reported to HR for violating Google’s mores around civility or for offending white men. > Rules requiring civility don't only apply towards white men…

> It's very hard, probably impossible, to come up with a specific list. The list will either be incomplete (the trolls are cunning) or overly broad and spark anti-authoritarian fee…

> the goal is to ensure they always keep product in stock, and the "holes" are a forcing function This empty shelves thing is enough of a thing that it seems like it's not really w…

I have recently, in Sears. Retail protip: don't be like Sears.

I'd prefer they just put up a sign saying "sorry, we're out of bananas" and putting something else there in the interim. The employees are right: empty shelves look sloppy. Too man…

> it's up to individuals to decide what their own identity is. When an individual identifies as one thing... That's actually not true and not workable. A very obvious example is a …

> The money that never exists in any form other than on some computers managed by systems built and maintained as cost centers that need to have every single possible corner cut? T…

That just looks like a website made by a hateful obsessive.

> This shows the value of actually grabbing content that you plan to use or hope to refer to in the future, rather than merely bookmarking it. And it also underscores the value of …

It definitely seems to be loosing popularity in the US with the most profitable demographics. Facebook became dominant because it had an aura of exclusivity and successfully captur…

> Everybody uses FB differently. Some people use it to share and read news. Others as an "aggregator" for different services (Insta, Twitter...). Others for groups. Or chats. Or to…

> I think it is bullshit, because black and white slot machine still is a slot machine. > Turned on grayscale in macOS(System Prefs - Accessibility - Display) before googling this …

> I wonder who's outraged by someone else saying something about their own life and feelings? It's kinda violating a social contract. Everyone's the product of thousands of people …

Can confirm. I visited just after Trump left, and the air was pretty good. Also, I've heard from locals that they're starting to relocate dirty industries to nearby cities that for…

> These numbers aren't substantially different. Both have subpar returns. After 2004, Oprah--just like Trump--could have earned more money in an index fund. You're just picking and…

> I haven't seen anything supporting her running I have. More specifically, I've seen a bunch of posts criticizing the criticism of her potential candidacy, basically for ruining t…

Trump started out by inheriting his money, and he would have made much more by investing it in an index fund than he has by playing businessman.

> Recent example: while I was logged out, they put my picture on their “quick login” page with a little red number “2” on my photo. Well gee, turns out there wasn’t “2” of anything…

> You can excuse their exploitative business model all you want, but it only works until there's a viable alternative. I'm not excusing it, I just want to put it in stark relief be…

The idea of touch screens for everything was the devil's work. The only thing they bring is an easily re-configurable UI in a small space. But if you're in a context where you're p…

> The trick of course is convincing anyone who isn't me to pay :) Honestly, maybe invites/sponsorships? One person who care's enough to pay $10 can bring his "social graph" (or a s…