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Post by shagie »

elzbardico wrote: post #118

Plot Twist: When google's algorithms decided those two individuals should pair, it started showing them ads for the same events in order to increase the probability of them meeting. The goal was achieved by the system in 3 months, exactly as predicted with a 99% probability with a 95% CI. The system's next goal is to subtly nudge the couple to reproduce within the next year in order to help google meet their user acc…

How about an old DUST short?

A Date in 2025 https://youtu.be/NZ8G3e3Cgl4

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Post by Tozen »

test6554 wrote: post #33
seba_dos1 wrote: post #10

Fun fact: whatever you can do with this data, Google can do as well!

While she likely got permission, having your girlfriend request all your location data is a bit like Zuckerberg requeating all your location data. On some level alarm bells are going off.

A girlfriend may not be as trustworthy, as some people seem to think or at least no more than what is selfishly beneficial and to her advantage. Lots of guys find this out, way too late.

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Post by nevi-me »

SamBam wrote: post #113
texasbigdata wrote: post #62

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You just invented the next great dating app. Because I can “game” saying I like or do something, but having to both physically be there and review it is a cool angle. The catch (outside the crazy permissions) would be it would greatly hurt smaller cities: “oh you really like the only Starbucks in town? Me too!”

Bring back the old Four Square: oh, you like that Starbucks? Well, are you The Mayor of it?

FourSquare was great, their gamified app made it fun for us to check in to locations. My friend works for his city's local council, not too high a position. We all call him the mayor of the city, because he used to be the mayor of a lot of places there on FourSquare.

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Post by nebulousthree »

asdfdelta wrote: post #109
nebulousthree wrote: post #105

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That's because you haven't been the victim of fabricated narratives supported by your tracked locations as data in order to imprison or blackmail you. This is just a rehashed "if you're not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about". Thank you to the other commenter for pointing out the banality of the "crime".

That's really making the assumption that this didn't happen before data tracking..... And that argument is much, much older than the digital age. If anything, extra tracking helps exonerate more than without it (false imprisonment, etc) https://time.com/wrongly-convicted/

I don't see how historicity weakens the argument.

The reality is that data can be used to your benefit or against you. Having more of it doesn't shift the balance one way or another. It just means there's more opportunities to take it one way or the other.

Your times article also makes no mention of location tracking raising exoneration rates. It talks most prominently about how cheap faulty field drug tests contributed significantly to the improper convictions.

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Post by bradlys »

andrewinardeer wrote: post #51
thatguy0900 wrote: post #44

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Church is really the classical place. It's a shame there's not a similar place for large groups of secular people to gather once a week for social events.

Sporting events fit that bill. As long as the other is going for the same team I would think.

Are we talking about paying for seats to spectate? Cause if so - I highly disagree. You might get lucky every so often but I found people generally keep to themselves/their friend group.

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Post by totetsu »

n0tth3dro1ds wrote: post #139
skapadia wrote: post #135

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That's some Black Mirror level dystopia there, and totally within the realm of possibility, if it isn't already happening. Sync that up with Apple Watch 8's ability to estimate ovulation, and poof, declining birth rate problem solved! I'm scared.

>declining birth rate problem solved Or maybe it declines more rapidly? Women could just use the cycle prediction to avoid fun time on “risky” days.

Or conversely it increases unprotected fun on “non risky” days according to the apps.

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Post by Tozen »

n0tth3dro1ds wrote: post #139
skapadia wrote: post #135

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That's some Black Mirror level dystopia there, and totally within the realm of possibility, if it isn't already happening. Sync that up with Apple Watch 8's ability to estimate ovulation, and poof, declining birth rate problem solved! I'm scared.

>declining birth rate problem solved Or maybe it declines more rapidly? Women could just use the cycle prediction to avoid fun time on “risky” days.

Natural birth control methods, have been a thing, for a long time already.

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Post by bradlys »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #134
wzdd wrote: post #63

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The story leads with the fact that the author met her boyfriend on Bumble, despite attending the same university and living in the same city for five years. So that's a surprising takeaway.

I thought the same, but I am generation older. It made me think: Does anyone still ask people out for dates in real life? I am sure some, but the ratio must be incredibly low now after online dating became so common. To be clear: I do not think this is worse. For example, with the rise of different types of dating apps, it does seem that women (seeking men) have more agency in their dating life. In my generation (and…

Online dating is common but it doesn’t usually work for the average man. It will work for most women but most women don’t use it.

Most men still need to find a partner through other means like cold approach (terrible - it’s highly dependent on looks just like Tinder) or through warm approach (friends of friends, hobbies, social groups, etc. - this is where most average men meet their partners).

The issue now is the growing number of single men. This number keeps going up every year and it doesn’t look to be improving. It’s definitely leading to some not-so-great side effects. (The number of single women is growing more slowly)

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Post by the_af »

NoGravitas wrote: post #126
thatguy0900 wrote: post #44

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Church is really the classical place. It's a shame there's not a similar place for large groups of secular people to gather once a week for social events.

Unitarian Universalist Church. Ethical Culture Society. There are quite a few non-credal churches or "not-a-church" organizations built along churchy lines.

Many people bond over political activism and political groups. I know many such couples. 100% secular, no gods involved, no "church" even in the name.

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Post by archi42 »

bitL wrote: post #75
lettergram wrote: post #49

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They know when your sleeping, they know when your awake. They know when you’ve been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake! Seriously, they know every time you pick up your phone. Where you shop, how much you spend, if you miss a stop in the highway, if you text your parents happy birthday, if your heart rate increases when you’re around a particular phone. They quite literally may know your gay before you do.

What is their current definition of "be good" so that I can comply? Is there any changelog? Perhaps some future plan introducing new parts of "good" and deprecating some as well?

If Google built such a product, you'd probably find it on their graveyard. So it's best to be careful and not antagonize them; because always remember: You only have one digital life, so keep your head down and don't blow it.

I wish that was pure /s, but the amount of "Ask HN: Google banned me or my business for no obvious reason" is really staggering. (n.b.: Of course I'm talking about the old Google of 2022, not about the glorious overlords that Google since has become; all praises the holy trinity of Android, Google Search and Google Glurp for Glorps! Please don't ban me.)

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