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In this context, diversity refers to characteristics , not to differences of opinion. That said, diverse thinking can be valuable when used for prosocial purposes.

This has happened to us twice in the past week and a half. All of our passwords are randomly generated with entropy greater than 150 bits. Have seen several others reporting this a…

Could not access the article but it appears to reference this CDC MMWR from June 18, 2021: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/pdfs/mm7024e1-H.pdf [I've included the link to the…

It's doubtful that any of us are in a position to know if they are or not. Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that 100% of major email providers have stated they do not sell a…

Yes -- thanks for pointing this out. Unfortunately I have seen recently some arbitration clauses now include language saying, for example, that arbitration costs will be shared equ…

- "Smart" alarm clock requires micropayment to use snooze. And they say: "Why not? We indicated in the TOS (on page 4) our ability to 'modify the program as needed to better suppor…

I am hopeful that now that the FTC has a pro-consumer Chair that some of these anti-consumer acts will be curtailed. I would also argue that some of these bad acts could be conside…

Although in the US damages for defamation can include compensatory damages (intended to "make the plaintiff whole" by compensating for monetary losses) they can also include genera…

Was responding to parent: "Unfortunately, the web is not a viable platform for games."

Yes -- our non-profit publishes nearly all of our games to the web because they run reliably on browsers in schools and public libraries without plug-ins. We've deliberately gone i…

The web is reliably the best platform for the games our nonprofit produces. And we've produced dozens of them played by young people around the world for the past 15 years. (Yes, w…

1) Although the satire seems obvious, it does help to know that the engine is named for the play 'Waiting for Godot'. 2) In the long run the bad actors who exploit users through IA…

I work with a nonprofit group that does this. We produce prosocial video games intentionally designed to encourage prosocial outcomes. The published studies (two so far) support th…

This is frustrating. Although I understand why this study is helpful, I believe it would have been much more helpful had we been asking a different question. Violence, per se, is n…

Agreed -- though likely to be a minority opinion on here unfortunately. Although I do feel for those who began at Google when they still ascribed to the Don't Be Evil mantra -- at …

But any money spent on apps for that device is lost. You cannot sell those apps. You cannot use those apps on competitor devices.

> Anybody who's even remotely healthy has nothing to worry about with this pandemic. Absolutely untrue: [1]Otherwise healthy people have died from COVID-19. And [2], healthy, asymp…

Logged in just to thank you for this excellent resource! We use it for all new websites and are gradually going back and retrofitting older sites using your project. Wish it was th…

Fire Depts are important but don't turn a profit either. Many services are difficult to quantify and/or cannot exist merely by charging only those who directly benefit from them.

This is their regular schedule. The Fall semester usually begins in early-to-mid August in GA depending on the school district. This year some districts are delaying opening; some …

"will likely owe a fine of up to $250 million" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/08/twitter-faces-ft...

There are several comments here about the lack of background info or citations. The authors have a site which includes their letters to the FTC, etc which provide greater detail an…

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