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accountface··on Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
Sorry, if I go into details it'll be pretty obvious who I am. My entire point is that internet trolls aren't just some sort of harmless fun for a lot of people.
accountface··on Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
My city publicly lists assessing information if you own property. Many do.

Why are you so set on blaming me for this? Do you want copies of restraining orders I had to file on the two people who came to my house?

When do you think someone should start being responsible for behaving dangerously?

accountface··on Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
Someone literally came to my house, where I live.
accountface··on Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
I had to take down the website for my business and can only accept brick & mortar transactions because of trolls... but sure I guess you can win at your commenting game by claiming everything is shit.

I've been running a business with multiple locations for 10 years and I've never had a problem more serious than trolls on the internet doxxing me.

accountface··on Trolls are winning the internet, technologists say
On the contrary... these trolls have SWATted, stalked, ddos'd, called, doxxed, and harassed normal people.

They've spammed business, social media accounts, email...

For some people the impact on their life is very real.

I can't use my name publicly on the internet because of trolls. This impacts my life in a huge way.

accountface··on Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
Bandwidth has a physical cost
accountface··on Harvard Thinks It's Found the Next Einstein – And She's 23
It's a headline on the internet, not a thesis statement
accountface··on Harvard Thinks It's Found the Next Einstein – And She's 23
Builds plane at 14.

Graduates MIT in 3 years with the best possible GPA.

Internet commenter: "yeah but so what"

accountface··on Wages for college graduates across many majors have fallen since the recession
It's not worth a whole lot because I imagine tech is one of the few industries that don't follow the trend (especially in the bay area). I know this is a tech site, but MOST careers are not in software.
accountface··on Noiszy – A Chrome plugin that creates meaningless web tracking data
Doesn't seem like the best idea when it comes to environmental sustainability.
accountface··on Gender Bias: It Is Worse Than You Think
I believe gender bias is a huge issue, but I wonder if the riddle was worded differently if the responses would be different:

>Here’s an old riddle. If you haven’t heard it, give yourself time to answer before reading past this paragraph: a father and daughter are in a horrible car crash that kills the dad. The daughter is rushed to the hospital; just as she’s about to go under the knife, the surgeon says, “I can’t operate—that girl is my daughter!” Explain…

I'd also be curious to see what the results would be if it was a mother/daughter crash — I suspect that most people would say the father is the surgeon (rather than saying the girl has two moms), but I'd like to see at what rate.

My answer in the original question was two dads, but I'm not entirely sure if I misinterpreted "he's about to go under the knife" originally, or if I'm biased (I also might want to think I misinterpreted it because I don't want to be biased).

The article provides a lot of additional evidence of bias. I just found the first riddle interesting.

accountface··on Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax Filing Process
Jesus fucking christ fuck Intuit and Grover Norquist.
accountface··on What to do with mentally ill homeless people who refuse help?
> the patient is not a danger to others

or themselves

>I would find some middle road where it is not a crime, but a civil order.

In the past this road has lead to people being committed because someone just didn't like them. Broadening committal to people deemed not acceptable by society is a dangerous path.

accountface··on Disapproval of FCC regulations a significant blow against privacy protection
More like your landlord selling the keys to your apartment, but you still have the key to a series of safes inside. Everyone can get a lot of your stuff and probably watch you poop, but hopefully those safes are built well enough to keep everyone out of your valuables.
accountface··on We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impostors (2016)
or is it because we instinctually have some compulsion to murder?
accountface··on We like impostor stories because we’re afraid we’re impostors (2016)
IMO part of figuring it out for yourself is a little research (which can be as basic as simple observation). Then you decide what to keep or trash as part of "yourselfing" it.
accountface··on No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter
It's not only for full-screen — slide-outs that block X amount of content will also be punished.

A lot of these popups specifically target based on various segments of Google keyword traffic. It's a good start.

accountface··on Google Talk Is Being Discontinued
Good. They should kill every chat app except for Hangouts and merge functionality.

They're losing a lot of points with customers with the "have 10 teams make 10 apps that do the same thing and slowly kill off support before discontinuing" model.

accountface··on Google Talk Is Being Discontinued
>owes me

>solely for free google integration

Dude, you get what you pay for

accountface··on Twitter explores subscription-based option
319M
accountface··on Update on HTML5 Video for Netflix
Do you lock the front door to your house when you leave?
accountface··on USPS Informed Delivery – Digital Images of Front of Mailpieces
Can we just get a solid "do not call" list for mail. Like 90% of my physical mail is junk and it's bullshit. I'm kind of on the edge of wanting to be rid of all letter delivery in its entirety.
accountface··on Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
Wood framing, especially for a small single-level structure, is the de-facto in the US for a reason.
accountface··on Launch HN: Boxouse (YC W17) – Shipping-container homes
I know you're trying to keep costs down, but unfinished trim work and/or exposed plywood (especially on the $9k model) makes everything look incredibly cheap. Take a look at how similarly-priced RVs handle their interiors for comparison.

For $29k you can get something that you can drive and is generally furnished better (in a lot of municipalities these tiny houses need to be on wheels to skirt code violations anyway).

accountface··on H&R Block and Intuit Are Lobbying Against Making Tax Filling Free and Easy
I tried to use their product but fell into a fringe case where I could claim my spouse as an exemption. It's literally one box and a calculation on a tax form, but their support told me I was basically SOL.

It's a nice product from a UX/UI standpoint (so usability issues to solve still), and I look forward to trying it again next year.

accountface··on The $20 Starbucks Test
If you're launching a startup and you can't approach and talk to someone you're going to have a hard time running a business.
accountface··on Practical Color Theory for People Who Code
>You're more than welcome to begin with complementary colors, but they should not be the foundation of your final system.

...that's what this demo does

accountface··on Scrolling on the web: A primer
I agree with you — BUT, I have conducted a fair amount of user tests where someone will not scroll. It's often an older demographic, but I've seen 30 year olds fall into it as well.

So it's not always a designer saying "I know better than you."

I do think that they're going about solving the problem the wrong way though. Your design should on its own encourage scrolling by making it obvious that additional content exists (avoiding so-called "false floors") — it can be harder to do this than unchanging your design and suggesting scrolljacking, which is why I think we see it so often.

accountface··on Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee
>I find that the best media is created by people who have a job

Dude, where do you think their salaries come from?

>If advertising disappeared, there'd be a lot less crap on the internet.

Also Google wouldn't exist...

accountface··on Adblock Plus announces members of independent Acceptable Ads Committee
Honest question: Do you pay for your media?
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