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The post says they'd block ads from their own network that violate the standard as well

Maybe I'm reading it incorrectly (IANAL) but that article left me thinking the mistake was signing the original deal with Sony. Does fair use actually cover what the platform did a…

> The approach we take is to track a lot, and figure out what works the best over time. That's really, really bad statistics.

Except that time he intentionally sabotaged the 1968 peace talks to end the Vietnam War because he thought it might help him win an election. For reference, the war continued until…

Divesting would actually be the more direct form of profiting from the status quo. Lock in the gains that the status quo created for you before the culture becomes so toxic the com…

What kinds of situations do you think are more appropriate for web or web-like apps?

Would you mind sharing an example or pointing me to a good guide that explains this concept? How does functional programming make a problem less complex than OO or imperative? I've…

The correct version of the argument is that Facebook can afford to pay for extra bandwidth and reduced latency, but new market entrants cannot. Snapchat has plenty of funding. It a…

Why yes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tct38KwROdw

I have a really hard time putting much stock in metaphors that have so many components and work backwards from the metaphor to the real world. Too easy for the truth and usefulness…

90% of our Tor traffic was script kiddies

It covers the costs of ensuring the applicant meets the agreed-upon regulatory requirements. Next question.

You didn't even read the article. The predatory pricing they're talking about is running competition out of business by selling below cost until they have a monopoly.

From what I understand there's a clause in the deal that allows Verizon to walk away if Yahoo was hiding something "material" from them. http://www.wsj.com/articles/material-advers…

Thanks for all that info. It's really nice to have both source material and a reasonable summary.

That's all well and good, but I'm turning off Uber's access to my GPS entirely.

You're not doing yourself any favors here. People say they don't trust your company because of past behavior of the company itself and history of even ethical companies being bough…

Stop pretending people can't decide for themselves how much privacy they want and from whom

> I can't blame the visitors, because they were here for a cheap holiday and knew no better. And the people who rented out their flat are really nice (I'm otherwise on good terms w…

Ultimately the responsibility to pick reliable tools lies with the carpenter

This is a great question. Bull markets (in retrospect) select for aggressive risk-takers without much regard for their sophistication, and bear markets the reverse. You'd basically…

> without reduction in American worker's wages. Those jobs would need to be replaced with something paying a similar wage for this to be true. Otherwise you'd move along the demand…

Personal anecdote incoming: I don't buy as many games as I used to as a teenager/college student, but the ones that I do spend money on now are the ones I see on Twitch.

Fun fact: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Clara_County_v._Southern...

Does it need to be the main cause (or even a cause at all) of the initial jump in incarceration rates for private prisons and their lobbying (and incentives in general) to be objec…