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_r_o_y_··on France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
Tell that to all the people in jail for smoking weed.
_r_o_y_··on Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
I agree partly with you but I don't think most users know the extend of information collected from those services, if people saw their profiles as really used by google I believe almost all of them would freak out.
_r_o_y_··on Maine passes bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
My problem at least is the fog behind it all, let me make the choice of whether I let you sell my information or pay you directly, don't make me assume that everything free comes with strings attached.
_r_o_y_··on Google’s Chrome Becomes Web ‘Gatekeeper’ and Rivals Complain
Open Google or Youtube in Edge an you'll see a huge banner advertising Chrome. That use to happen for practically every other browser.
_r_o_y_··on Snapchat Source Code GitHub Leak Caused by Bad iOS Update
Yeah definitely the SW licenses as SnapChat is mainly US so there probably won't be any real repercussions related to privacy.
_r_o_y_··on Snapchat Source Code GitHub Leak Caused by Bad iOS Update
Just by reading the title my first though was somehow a iOS update caused a bug in GitHub that led to the source code leaking.
_r_o_y_··on Spotify GDPR data export: user receives 250MB containing every interaction
I had a Xperia Z5 and every time water touched the headphone jack the phone would go crazy thinking that I was plugging and unplugging something repeatedly.
_r_o_y_··on Spotify GDPR data export: user receives 250MB containing every interaction
With that logic you could argue that almost nothing should be regulated, as the "work" nowadays is always done by someone else, what is the different between this and a credit score?
_r_o_y_··on ‘Lopping,’ ‘Tips’ and the ‘Z-List’: Bias Lawsuit Explores Harvard’s Admissions
Random would just favor the biggest demographic
_r_o_y_··on Not all bugs are worth fixing and that's okay
It's not exactly related to your post but remember that Agile != Sprints
_r_o_y_··on Mozilla Overhauls Speech-To-Text Contribution Interface
Even though is Mozilla I don't like the fact that they force you to receive emails if you one to add another language.

Edit: My bad, is only for the unavailable languages.

_r_o_y_··on Chris, Nat and Satya's Calldeck Regarding Microsoft and GitHub
Azure is not bad at all, but in my opinion AWS still has more and better offerings.
_r_o_y_··on Tesla is hit by $2B patent troll case from Nikola Motors
I'm with you I don't understand why people are so quick to call a company a "patent troll" diluting the meaning.
_r_o_y_··on How generics were added to .NET
For me DataTables where magic objects with no type safety at compile time.
_r_o_y_··on In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3B of Snap's Market Value
I don't think she can be blamed for what other people do reacting to what she says.
_r_o_y_··on In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3B of Snap's Market Value
You do if it affects the way the beef sells.
_r_o_y_··on Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan to Create Healthcare Company
Hopefully it can materialize into something that can have an impact on the healthcare industry, but it's disheartening seeing no doctors or anyone with medical expertise in the mix.
_r_o_y_··on Catalan parliament declares independence from Spain
Then you should use the process laid by the constitution to change it, not unilaterally decide the law doesn't apply to you.
_r_o_y_··on Tesla's mass firings spread to SolarCity
I believe there are a host of other companies striving for the same goal, being SpaceX the loudest one.
_r_o_y_··on Outraged about the Google diversity memo?
There can be no discussion when you start with a bad premise. What can you argue with someone that says the other sex is inferior?
_r_o_y_··on Dev Bootcamp Shutting Down
I don't think they're saying that money buys your way in a Ivy school, but in that it gives you a legs up with stuff like better and earlier education for example
_r_o_y_··on Goldman Buys $2.8B Worth of Venezuelan Bonds, and an Uproar Begins
The first one would be just like a transfer between accounts while what op suggest is that now they're receiving the money from Goldman.
_r_o_y_··on Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (May 2017)
Location: Dominican Republic

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: C#, ASP.NET MVC, .NET, .NET Core, Javascript, Angular 2-4, Typescript, ORACLE, SQL-SERVER, POSTGRES

Résumé/CV: http://www.roysanchez.net/aboutme/

Email: roysanchez at outlook.com

I'm a Web developer with extensive knowledge in the .NET C# ecosystem, JavaScript/Typescript, Angular 2-4, VueJS and Database query building.

_r_o_y_··on Prenda Saga Update: John Steele Pleads Guilty, Admits Entire Scheme
I'm not American either, but if i recall correctly, it's different when dealing with copyright because when you share your work (they publish themselves on torrents) there's an expectation that the work comes with a license
_r_o_y_··on Tesla aims to start pilot production of Model 3 cars on February 20
Not for the first year!
_r_o_y_··on The .NET Language Strategy
Yes, it's in VS User Voice page [0] and surprisingly there's people commenting even tho it was decline.

[0] https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-stud...

_r_o_y_··on Google has reportedly stopped developing its own self-driving car
Yes, but as OP pointed out, it's not in googles DNA to do such a thing.
_r_o_y_··on [dead]
it's working intermittently
_r_o_y_··on To Learn Programming, Do Projects You Care About
and yellow!