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NoblePublius

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NoblePublius··on Facebook reveals its cryptocurrency Libra
It’s Disney dollars for Facebook ads. Yawn.
NoblePublius··on Let's make them pay for using our personal data
And let’s make them charge us for sending emails with attachments.
NoblePublius··on "DigitalOcean Killed Our Company"
Sounds like you killed your company by not keeping a local physical backup.
NoblePublius··on Incognito no more: Publishers close loopholes as paywall blockers emerge
If I can’t use incognito mode to read to NYT, NYT shouldn’t use incognito mode sources.
NoblePublius··on Ask HN: Is freelance web development still a viable path in 2019?
Seed stage startups with non technical founders, Series B/C startups with big backlogs and deadlines, or Fortune 1000s with idiotic legacy product teams that couldn’t innovate themselves out of a paper bag.
NoblePublius··on Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition
If you commit crimes like Assange, claim you did so in the public interest, and then hide from the consequences, you are merely a criminal. If you commit crimes like Martin Luther King Jr, claim you did so in the public interest, and then sit in jail and let the public see your suffering in the face of injustice, you are a civili dissident. Assange is a whiny criminal, not a hero.
NoblePublius··on Ask HN: Is freelance web development still a viable path in 2019?
I run a digital development agency specializing in mobile apps. For the last three years, the web app portion of my business has doubled each year. There remains extreme demand for front end web developers though the basic projects for restaurants and doctors’ offices are now owned by Squarespacr and Wix
NoblePublius··on Sweden reopens Assange rape investigation, to seek extradition
Civil disobedience means accepting the consequences of your actions.
NoblePublius··on New York Times is taking down its paywall for World Press Freedom Day
Please explain how profit motive makes better journalism and holding the powerful to account.
NoblePublius··on Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach
It literally requires that. It’s what the “civil” part of the term means. Otherwise it’s just disobedience. Go read Letter From An Alabama Jail.
NoblePublius··on Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder jailed over bail breach
It’s not civil disobedience without accepting the consequences of one’s actions.
NoblePublius··on Apple has removed or restricted several screen-time and parental-control apps
Here are the instructions for OurPact . Each of these 8 instructions contain many sub-steps.

Launch the Safari browser on your child's device. Navigate to pair.ourpact.com. Enter your OurPact account credentials. Tap New Child to create a fresh child profile, or assign the device to an existing management profile. If creating a NEW child profile, enter your child's name. Tap PAIR. If asked to open settings, tap ALLOW. Accept the installation prompts to add management to your child's device: Install Enter your child's iOS device entry pin (the code used to unlock the device) Install Install Trust Done Manage your child's device from the parent OurPact app on your Android device, or our Web App (app.ourpact.com) in a mobile or desktop browser.

NoblePublius··on Calling a real estate robocaller back
Can someone explain why it’s so easy to spoof caller ID? And can someone else explain why spoofing caller ID isn’t a felony worthy of life imprisonment?
NoblePublius··on Apple has removed or restricted several screen-time and parental-control apps
I’ve built such an app, and it’s not seamless. It’s literally 20 steps.
NoblePublius··on Apple has removed or restricted several screen-time and parental-control apps
Setting up MDM is a long and complicated process, the parents are told about 10000 times the implications of doing so, and “privacy” is a total canard created by Apple for marketing purposes to make you fear Google.
NoblePublius··on Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer without larger batteries
That’s called a Model Y :)
NoblePublius··on Changes to Models S and X allow them to travel longer without larger batteries
Former Model S, now Model 3 owner here. I can confirm this change won’t mean much for Model S or X sales as the interiors of the S and X remain stuck in 2011.
NoblePublius··on US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973
The $249 TV brought a billion Asians and Latinos out of extreme poverty. If you can afford the TV, you are the 1%.
NoblePublius··on US Wages Finally Get Back to Where They Were in 1973
How much did a 55” LCD TV cost in 1973? Cuz they’re $249 now.
NoblePublius··on Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake
Writing this from a two month old MacBook Air with broken H key (at my desk with external keyboard!)
NoblePublius··on Why Are Women Under-Represented in Physics?
Why did this get flagged?
NoblePublius··on Why Are Women Under-Represented in Physics?
PREACH
NoblePublius··on Coinbase Debit Card
It’s like a checking account except your balance is subject to the whims of the Chinese mafia. I’ll take two!
NoblePublius··on Bank of America is raising its minimum wage for employees to $20
Pols increase the minimum wage after business signals it has to pay that wage anyway. That way the pols can pretend they do something
NoblePublius··on Julian Assange arrested in London
Civil disobedience means accepting the consequences of one’s actions. Mr Assange is a narcissist, probably a pasty, and deserves to be prosecuted for his crimes. For it is in the state’s treatment of him can the public find the truth, if any, in his claims. Stop being such a pussy, Jules, and own up to your actions.
NoblePublius··on Bank of America is raising its minimum wage for employees to $20
Because unemployment is low and skilled labor is expensive. No other reason.
NoblePublius··on Cosmologist claims Universe may not be expanding (2013)
Alvie would be pleased to know that Brooklyn is not expanding.
NoblePublius··on Open-plan office is the worst. Why can't we kill it?
Because real estate is expensive and your boss is cheap.
NoblePublius··on Life on the wrong side of China’s social credit system
If you’re a deadbeat dad and your wages are garnished, you’re blocked from travel because you don’t have any money. And if you spend the money on travel instead of your kids, the Court would know instantly in states where the Court systems plug into your bank accounts. We already do this. The Chinese system just seems more efficient. Obviously this is a horror show in a country without due process, but I have no problem with debtors being denied niceties.
NoblePublius··on Life on the wrong side of China’s social credit system
I don’t see how this is functionally different than having your wages garnished by a court order. Deadbeat dads are subject to the same financial scrutiny in the US. I get the feeling now that much of the criticism of this system is just Western media clickbait.
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