clobber

You don't think this stuff is actually happening? That's cute.

Uh, article? How about a direct link to the interview with known NSA whistlerblower? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuET0kpHoyM

Here ya go: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/google-nsa-secrecy-...

That's cute.

> I think I may just have to stop by my local Wal-Mart and take advantage of some of those deals

Yeah, that's the spirit. Head on over and contribute to the problem [1][2][3]

1. http://robertreich.org/post/36219730368

2. http://www.thenation.com/blog/171389/worker-group-alleges-wa...

3. http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane-sweet/support-...

We should question the idea of "growth" especially if its leaving a net negative on other aspects of humanity.

Often times there are too many Jobs types and not enough Woz types. When people ask "why should we listen to this guy?" they ought to look at the history and make the connections between what Woz accomplished and where we are today with personal computers. This is a guy that wanted to give the computer designs away for free. Woz is a true hacker.

He perfected the personal computer which lead to what we all use today. Woz is an engineer and not a manager-type. He left HP on the condition that he could remain an engineer when starting Apple.

> FB parasite

> go Chrome exclusively

Wat? Google wants to slurp your data just as much as Facebook

What's confusing about Facebook's complete disregard for their users? In case you haven't been paying attention: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

I certainly can't blame a company for taking advantage of existing loopholes and we should challenge our lawmakers to close said loopholes. However, I can question their ethics, stock market be damned.

This whole "it was my duty" mentality and shifting the blame... hmm, now where have I heard that before?

NY Times infographic here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/28/business/Doubl...

Sadly, this is the 'norm' for many, many corporations - including Google.

This whole Facebook (lack of) privacy thing just keeps getting better and better, doesn't it?

Let's start calling these "smartphones" and "tablets" what they are: computers.

It's not okay to tell someone what they can or cannot do with the 1's and 0's on their machines. DRM sucks and so do companies that would seek to restrict rights on how you can use your computer.

Post from Gruber today about Color: http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/10/17/color-shut-down

> Like I Said, $41 Million Down the Toilet

It's all fun and games until people get hurt: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/109ipi/no_faceboo... & http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/12/facebook_is_making_us_misera...

Ah I'm reminded of the Blippy credit card leak http://venturebeat.com/2010/04/23/blippy-credit-card-citiban...

What strange times we live in.

Damn straight. They'll have to pry your right to emote, see baby pictures and gain acceptance from peers out of your cold, dead hands!

Disagree. I feel e-mail can serve the same purpose but then some would argue the usefulness or value in 'passive' communication.

> there are countless people who rely on Facebook to communicate

They can try e-mail, IM, SMS, picking up the telephone, smoke signals. Let's stop pretending Facebook is so ingrained in people's lives that they cannot live without it. We're talking about a website that's merely a time waster.

> a billion people log into Facebook every month

I'd bet that number is way off once you account for spam profiles and how Facebook defines 'active' [1]

Edit: to satisfy ghost downvoters (HN, go figure) here is previous discussion on the billion users

1. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4611734

Interesting write up. LLVM defines it as "a collection of algorithms and techniques used to analyze source code in order to automatically find bugs." http://clang-analyzer.llvm.org/

You need to respect privacy harder.

Your presumption is pretty much all I can think to rationalize it and that's just sad. This breach of privacy stuff is a slippery slope and Facebook will continue to chip away at it until it's gone. To help people remember I've started: http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

How is Rap Genius different from songmeanings.net?

Ooo, ouch! Facebookers get mad?

Too bad they don't give a damn about privacy either.

"...pay more attention to privacy issues..."

I doubt it as Zuckerberg has never cared about privacy.[1]

1. http://pleasedeletefacebook.com

Haha I love it. This stuff really is disturbing though - society is getting worse as a result.

The problem is that it has turned into more than a website now where people get denied jobs for not being a member (see my previous comment in this thread). This is wrong.

We're setting a really bad precedent for the future here and these sorts of things need to stop now. Unfortunately, people don't seem to want to fight this.

Now we have people getting turned down for jobs because they DON'T have a facebook account[1]. What's next?

1. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/109ipi/no_faceboo...