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Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban

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Post by xnx »

dandanua wrote: post #167
jrmg wrote: post #123

I’m surprised to see no comments on this yet: [The White House app] ships with 3 embedded trackers including Huawei Mobile Services Core (yes, the Chinese company the US government sanctioned, shipping tracking infrastructure inside the sitting president's official app) The executive branch has decided this company is so dangerous I can’t buy a monitor made by them - but it’s embedding its SDK in its official app?! I…

The current administration has created a narrative that everything they do is good, while anything their opponents do is bad. Facts or meaning do not matter any more. I honestly don't understand how the USA has become this. This won't end well.

> everything they do is good, while anything their opponents do is bad.

Even when it's the same thing! (e.g. "canceling" someone)

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ghurtado wrote: post #266
renewiltord wrote: post #210

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> It’s written by Democratic Party partisans In a marvelous twist of irony, the commenter unwittingly and perfectly exemplified how easily it is to get people talking as if they were good little disciples of Goebbels. But don't worry: he's here to make us all woke, or red pilled or whatever specific propaganda term the party has commanded during this election cycle

Guy who is a Democratic Party partisan: I’m a Democratic Party partisan

Other Guy: This is what Nazis would say

Great minds of Hacker News at work

Re: Fedware: Government apps that spy harder than the apps they ban

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ben_w wrote: post #220
renewiltord wrote: post #210

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1. a. Why do you think I'd believe something written by Democratic Party partisans? b. Partisans? https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/slow-boring-bias-and-credibil... 2. a. LendingClub: "According to a Reality Check: Paycheck to Paycheck survey conducted by LendingClub and PYMNTS, 60% of employed U.S. adults, including more than four in 10 high-income earners, are living one paycheck to the next with little to no financia…

Haha, I can’t believe I said “you’re just falling for startup content marketing” and you’re like “okay, so here are my sources from startup content marketing”. Truly an art form, my dear fellow, your performance.

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Post by taylorportman »

dotancohen wrote: post #229
zimpenfish wrote: post #191

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> Why not grow it, where the hungry people are? I bet no-one has ever thought of that before. You should present that idea at the UN.

It was a serious question.

Good question I think. Norman Borlaug was known for transforming places with food importers into food exporters. And to ask the question again occasionally makes sense. In recent history we are exploring the idea of vertical gardening etc. I was joking to someone once that we should grow watermelons vertically so that the large heavy melons could power a carousel style escalator or water pumping mechanism.

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Post by finebalance »

shrubby wrote: post #158
ghurtado wrote: post #150

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Imagine telling those North Koreans that there are millions of people in the US that do it all for free. Hell, some will even pay extra for access to the highest levels of ass kissing.

I remember the top tech bros sitting at white house dinner for some serious asskissing, followed by paying zillions for the new golden extension. Wow such integrity, much win.

"What's the point of having fuck you money if you never say fuck you."

They are all horrible. If there is ever a reckoning, I hope this entire class of spineless shits get destroyed.

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Post by shrubby »

finebalance wrote: post #285
shrubby wrote: post #158

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I remember the top tech bros sitting at white house dinner for some serious asskissing, followed by paying zillions for the new golden extension. Wow such integrity, much win.

"What's the point of having fuck you money if you never say fuck you." They are all horrible. If there is ever a reckoning, I hope this entire class of spineless shits get destroyed.

What if the whole world population would have F-Y money enough for subsistence and would not have to perform the act of asskissing or complying? Not luxury but basic needs met alright, something like the basic income the democrats blocked during Nixon era(twice actually).

How fast we'd fix this shit?

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Post by chromehearts »

MarchApril wrote: post #211
chromehearts wrote: post #178

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It's 2026 & we still have people saying this ..

Poe's Law is in effect when the thread is a hair away from getting political. I thought it was obvious that the commenter is joking based on the oblivious tone, and because this is HN.

I'm probably way too new here then.. whatever

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Post by dnautics »

zimpenfish wrote: post #190
Den_VR wrote: post #100

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It was a 6.6 billion dollar plan to alleviate famine in 43 countries for one year, so, no.

On the other hand, it would have alleviated famine in 43 countries for one year and if your response to that is "but that's not ending world hunger and I will not do it", you really need a long hard look at yourself. But then again, Musk is going to turn out to be one of the great mass killers of world history with his destruction of USAID. Why would he spoil that by helping some folks?

where do you draw the line? Suppose someone had a program that spent 6 trillion dollars that fed 10 people for one year. Would you then say "you need to take a long hard look at yourself". Not keeping people dependent on a program for just one year is exactly the point that Musk was trying to make. Solve the fucking problem, don't put a very expensive bandage on it.

> But then again, Musk is going to turn out to be one of the great mass killers of world history with his destruction of USAID. Why would he spoil that by helping some folks?

If you consider turning off an program that a group of people aren't particularly entitled to as equivalent to mass murderers who pulled the trigger on people like Stalin and Mao, maybe you need to take a long hard look at yourself. Suppose yanking USAID prompts the creation of a more efficient, more local solution that feeds more people. Will you give Musk the credit of saving people's lives?

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explodes wrote: post #7
fhdkweig wrote: post #4

Why is every part of this website animated, and part of the text is backwards? Am I the only one who sees it this way?

If the webmaster notices this, the squares aren't great on mobile.

Thank you for the feedback. I'll try working on them!
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