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acct1771··on Zero Rupee Note
Or scrape/API, at most.
acct1771··on Zero Rupee Note
Interesting choice of adjective, haha
acct1771··on TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces
Could it be that people there are simply more responsible/comfortable in life in many ways that US etc citizens are not?
acct1771··on TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces
The people who have toddlers and don't use high shelves with no crawl-up access, or something to shove toward the shelf to crawl up to it, should be shot and killed by toddlers.

Say hello to Darwin for me.

acct1771··on TSA-style body scanners are coming to public spaces
I agree with this, and will add:

Not everyone will see every thread on a topic. Some may only see a TSA thread on HN once a month or quarter, if they're a light user.

The repetition is indicative of the community's feeling a topic is important. And that's what people come here for. To see what this community thinks is important.

acct1771··on Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness
Nope.

But they'd disappear the dwindling people that still have the courage (in the face of almost certain death) who shared the story on WeChat etc shortly afterward.

acct1771··on Household radar can sense a person’s breathing and heart rate, even emotions
https://atap.google.com/soli/
acct1771··on UN expert says "collective persecution" of Julian Assange must end
I think if you post a reminder such as you did here, to be civil and in pursuit of understanding (instead of flames) on this topic, and perhaps of the intricacies that I mentioned, you'll end up trending the comments towards your desired range.

Thanks for caring, and discussing, sir.

acct1771··on Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
We need to care about governance beforehand.

Tax laws are what you're looking to change.

acct1771··on Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
See USA's FTC etc - we take our fair share of drive by fines, and change nothing afterwards.

Doubt it'll happen in this case...people want blood from Google or FB, and they're going to get it.

Other commenters had it right, though - ISPs, and lobbyists should be hanging next to them.

acct1771··on U.S. DoD bought phony military gear made in China
I don't.

We don't, from what I've seen.

We've (the "community"?) have been trying to build/have built phones without baseband backdoors/hardware killswitches, chips without Intel Management Engine, etc.

Feel free to check out those threads if you've missed them.

This isn't about a specific case, by the way. This is the reality of the state of chip production.

acct1771··on U.S. DoD bought phony military gear made in China
98%+ of us have no authority to speak on what microcode is doing on 98%+ of chips out there.

Please do not speak generally and authoritively.

acct1771··on U.S. DoD bought phony military gear made in China
Happy to see this discussed on HN.

Please, please read this to get a better understanding for yourself: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/eisenhower001.asp

acct1771··on Facebook reportedly argues there's no 'expectation of privacy' on social media
Yeah, you are/were missing a lot, then.

See: Utah.

acct1771··on Facebook reportedly argues there's no 'expectation of privacy' on social media
...just not by you.
acct1771··on Google's PageRank patent has expired
They'd only care if money gained - PR lost == profit.
acct1771··on Google's PageRank patent has expired
And Google had connections to which large organizations from their start that gave them competitive advantage in multiple areas?
acct1771··on Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
Can you be more clear about the specifics?

I don't like the general tone, but agree with the sentiment, and it seems tough to share without addressing the user personally, but was that it?

acct1771··on Justice Department Is Preparing Antitrust Investigation of Google
Source is probably controversial, but I'm interested in refutations: https://wikileaks.org/google-is-not-what-it-seems/
acct1771··on UN expert says "collective persecution" of Julian Assange must end
This is a direct result of the disinformation regarding this story by both supporters and detractors of Assange.

Details are repeatedly argued because low-info headlines kept being released by media conglomerates, and, even the readers here have relied on those.

acct1771··on House spending panel drops U.S. ban on gene-edited babies
> reroute the birth canal so that it does not pass through the pelvic opening.

Go on.

acct1771··on Chinese activists detained ahead of 30th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown
You're appreciated.
acct1771··on CIA’s Latest Layer: An Onion Site
"The State Department."
acct1771··on Healthy fat hidden in dirt may fend off anxiety disorders
Say why.

Not only is it throwing off hormone/endocrine production, the toxins that have been stored in the fat cells are all being filtered through the body at the time of breakdown.

acct1771··on Amazon defeated Rekognition shareholder revolt by a large margin
Quite the opposite - I know how easily those administrating a system can bias it.
acct1771··on Amazon defeated Rekognition shareholder revolt by a large margin
Until we can enforce use of/non-deletion of footage from body cams, I think policing and governing with AI is a tick out of our depth, as a society.
acct1771··on Google bans apps that facilitate sale of marijuana
But it's just as hypocritical.
acct1771··on Google bans apps that facilitate sale of marijuana
Is this a good thing?
acct1771··on Amazon defeated Rekognition shareholder revolt by a large margin
Public transportation is a good answer, for this specific example, although little you personally can do about that today.
acct1771··on Amazon defeated Rekognition shareholder revolt by a large margin
Wait until you start reading multiple sources for each and every story, and start to see the (lack of) consistency of larger media fact-checking.
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