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Got downvoted for this comment by a mob. How very on brand.

Dude, you forget it is 2021 and facts don't matter. Outrage is up to 11, and nothing else matters. Good for you. You got vaccinated, got a few people vaccinated, and the world is s…

You can't really ban "them," because you cannot objectively and factually verify they are bad actors. Check out how many startup pitch groups there are on Clubhouse. Some of those …

True, although it is not exclusive to Clubhouse. These actors are everywhere on the internet: newsletters, videos, tweets ... This just gives them an easy option to take money dire…

Could you help me understand two fundamental issues? (1) Why would I use Mojeek over Google and (2) how do you make money? Key constraint: you cannot answer "because privacy" for #…

"Most people who haven't experienced that kind of failure can't appreciate how much it hurts." - tld. Yeah, most people who are not in startups think you just got a bad quarter or …

Same. I just said I was no longer using WhatsApp. Sure, it puts the pressure on them to switch, and makes you the bad guy for a while, but it works. I mean, they are not going to s…

Prolog is a wonderful language to dabble into, if for nothing else but to learn how to think more logically.

The iPhone itself? I mean, I am more than happy to be proven wrong. But can we know, for 100% that while I am simply using my phone, Apple isn't actually collecting its location vi…

Right. I think what I am trying to say is that by focusing on illusion of privacy, Apple can take a long view on abusing the said privacy. They are all trying to murder the other g…

They tried it circa 2012/13. It was a partnership with Microsoft/Nokia, meant to get people in developing countries hooked on Facebook at a very low price. The phone was crap thoug…

I understand why people are upset with Facebook. I find it interesting that same people don't seem to be upset with Apple, while Apple is largely playing the same game. Forget all …

It is shocking to me that some people actually prefer to rely on "fact checkers," as if those people are somehow more intelligent, and less biased than the readers themselves. In f…

He's got a place to live, and food to eat, and he spends 200% of his time at work. At that point money is really just a thing that idles in the bank.

Sounds like a few engineers found out that Apple was looking into their company and knowing Apple was interested they took a new gig, meanwhile the CEO got upset and decided to fir…

Charge by the ability to pay, based on your value proposition. For example, if your service or product can help the customer save $10k/month for the next three years, that's 360k t…

Free speech is when anyone can say anything they want, but if you've followed the trends in Silicon Valley for the last couple of years, there is no more free speech. One cannot fo…

In my opinion the difference is whether you have the discussion from your free will or because it is being imposed on you. The stance of the loud is: "This is an important issue an…

p.s. It's very likely that this response will get instantly down-voted because it doesn't align with current socio-political stance prevalent on the forum. That in itself is howeve…