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s2g
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Comment #17517959
Would my life be that much worse if I paid 10 bucks a month for google search?
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Comment #17517950
Seriously, what an odd comment. OH I'LL SHOW THOSE DUMB JOCKS AT THE NEW YORK TIMES. Nonsense.
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Comment #17517941
Yes, far more dangerous. Control information and you control the populace. You don't need to use guns because the people don't know whats going on, you can prevent people from orga…
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Comment #17517881
A lot more regulation could be done without actually resorting to censoring media.
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Comment #17516697
3600 with 32GB ram and 1TB ssd. I'd probably get one, but I don't use it for work and my 2013 is still trucking along just fine. Actually I could probably get a decent chunk of mon…
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Comment #17515975
Frankly I think your response is more driven by ideology than mine.
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Comment #17512974
Yes, far too powerful. Both in society and within the tech sector. Break 'em up!
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Comment #17511907
I thought they made people re-interview?
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Comment #17510608
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Comment #17510549
The answer is that google doesn't give a shit about false negatives. They know they will get enough people applying several times that they can just toss out qualified people all d…
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Comment #17499755
> and didn't take too much of their time or resources when visiting No, why would he. He got what he wanted already.
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Comment #17499606
> People criticizing Musk probably haven't lifted a finger themselves to help the kids. True, but I recognize that I don't have any relevant skills or any way to help from the othe…
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Comment #17499593
> Elon Musk was asked to help wasn't he asked to help by one of his twitter fans who eat up the "ELON IS LITERALLY TONY STARK" kool-aid?
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Comment #17499570
It's also possible to just use a dangerous and potentially tragic situation for PR, as a distraction from your business issues and increasing criticism for unhinged behaviour on tw…
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Comment #17499553
> Where was say, the US Navy? Well, 1 former SEAL was dying trying to get the kids oxygen. Musk didn't do anything but tweet about this. He deserves no credit, no praise.
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Comment #17494257
They raise prices. They start selling the data (oh wait it's google, just terrifying services based on their data). The abandon large amounts of costly hard to maintain infrastruct…
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Comment #17494230
If you can't see that this sort of thing is headed towards the surveillance state of 1984 then you need to wake up. There is a constant push towards more and more government and co…
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Comment #17494198
> “It’s not going to be a smart city of surveillance. It’s going to be a smart city of privacy, and that will be a first.” I don't believe this. I think this person should be perso…
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Comment #17494121
> What does a tech company know about running a real live city? Nothing, but they won't let that stop them. They will pack it with enough sensors to go full on dystopian nightmare …
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Comment #17494101
> You wouldn’t buy Nintendo and order them to make a console more powerful than the XBox One X. That’s not what they do. Except Nintendo could do that and be fine. Probably not, bu…
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Comment #17480712
mostly cause the laws get abused to target mostly democrat voters.
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Comment #17475090
because they can negotiate a better deal despite the illegal no poaching agreements.
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Comment #17475074
> Variation in wealth can be a sign of variation in productivity Yes, Jeff Bezos is 2 million times more productive than the average person. Maybe we shouldn't listen to the guy wo…
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Comment #17467315
> Robotaxis stand to challenge the economics of personal vehicle ownership I have yet to hear a compelling reason why I would give up my car, and if I did why public transit isn't …
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Comment #17467256
> argues the problem is less about building a perfect driving system than training bystanders to anticipate self-driving behavior Can we stop listening to him now? I'm joking, he's…