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What Happens Next Will Amaze You
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#62When websites become regulated web developers will be like the general contractors of today. Only licensed web developers will be able to legally build websites, keeping everything up to the regulatory code. There will be inspectors and red tape. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.
It's interesting you say this. My father-in-law has worked in a number of quite heavily regulated industries (heating and building, for the most part), and often refers to what I do as being "the wild west". I think he mostly views it as a positive and regularly talks about making hay whilst the sun is shining...
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#63The company I work for is going to pivot towards re-targeting (we're making recommendation engines, now). So, I've come to explore a bit this new industry, and I am under the impression that it's completely rotten to the core. The reason? I have been in meetings where no one would blinked an eye (even, sometimes, applaud the idea) when people would ask if we could turn on a laptop's webcam, and read if a visitor have seen ads or not. If internet needs tighter regulatory control, please, let's begin with advertisers.
I don't think I can withstand working with that kind of people in the long term, this is really soul-destroying.
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#64Earlier quoted context omitted.
To quote: >But we expect that people will trust us to reinvent their world with software even though we can't make our own city livable. Where does it propose "socialism as the one true government"? >I would urge you to get back in touch with this side of yourselves, climb in the longboats, and impose modern, egalitarian, Scandinavian-style social democracy on the rest of us at the point of a sword.
I think you answered your own question there.
It is only in the United States that "modern Scandinavian-style social democracy" is apparently indistinguishable from socialism.
Socialism means large-scale state ownership -- or some other kind of collective ownership by The People -- of "the means of production", in the hope of controlling production to match need. Scandinavian-style social democracy means high taxes, a generous welfare state, and quite a lot of government regulation, in the hope of keeping people safe, healthy, and adequately fed and housed. You might worry that there might be a slippery slope from the latter to the former, but they aren't at all the same.
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#65The company I work for is going to pivot towards re-targeting (we're making recommendation engines, now). So, I've come to explore a bit this new industry, and I am under the impression that it's completely rotten to the core. The reason? I have been in meetings where no one would blinked an eye (even, sometimes, applaud the idea) when people would ask if we could turn on a laptop's webcam, and read if a visitor have…
Ugh—sounds miserable. Sorry to hear that you're going through that. Of course it's easy for me to say from here, but I'd suggest getting out as quickly as you can.
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#66The company I work for is going to pivot towards re-targeting (we're making recommendation engines, now). So, I've come to explore a bit this new industry, and I am under the impression that it's completely rotten to the core. The reason? I have been in meetings where no one would blinked an eye (even, sometimes, applaud the idea) when people would ask if we could turn on a laptop's webcam, and read if a visitor have…
Just out of curiosity, how would turning on a web cam determine if a visitor saw an ad or not? I'm missing the logic.
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#67Oh really? Damn those crazy fools wasting their millions making electric cars into a reality and trying to get to Mars. We should just spend that money on like... I dunno. Better park benches or something. That'll solve everything. I'm so tired of this shit. Aren't you tired of this shit? Yes I am. There are systemic problems causing the issues in San Francisco; what's your solution to that problem? The only thing I…
> We should just spend that money on like... I dunno. Better park benches or something. That'll solve everything. How about ending hunger worldwide? It's mostly a distribution problem nowadays. Or what about providing things like sanitation, electricity or some form of education for each and everyone on this planet? I guess what I want to say is that there are much, much more elemental things to spend your money on t…
how?
That's the issue here. Don't just complain. Actually suggest, tangibly, how to achieve that goal.
Installing ad blocks isn't it. A free internet; also not the solution.
Redistributing wealth? Ok; that's an idea, but how?
The Gates Foundation has spent billions, and achieved a great deal, but it's not visible for most people.
If someone tells me they're sick of people like Elon Musk, who is out there, actually changing the world, they can categorically Get Lost.
Armchair social commentary doesn't cut it for me.
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#68This seemed a bit uncalled for: "Here's Elon Musk. In a television interview this week, Musk said: "I'm trying to do useful things." Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars . These people are the face of our industry." Italics mine.
Yes, I thought that both this line, and the Peter Thiel reference about giving women the vote, were intellectually dishonest.
"Then he outlined his plan to detonate nuclear weapons on Mars."
This deliberately takes the quote out of context to make it seem silly.
Thiel wasn't "complaining" about the extension of the franchise. He was simply making the historical observation that women are a hard constituency for libertarians to convince.
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#69Just laught a bit on Red Flag. I'm from Russia (: Kind of "been there, done that"... Jolly Roger FTW
And the guy says he's Polish.
I guess we're at a point now where todays 25 year-olds have never seen what socialism can deteriorate into.
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#70I love the bare-bones layout of this page. Very easy to read. All bloggers should learn something.
Shorter lines are easier to read. Not like this -- https://aws.amazon.com/message/5467D2/ -- which is impossible to read without narrowing your browser.