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datakid··on Ask HN: Who's not sucky to work for?
RStudio. I've been shocked at how healthy, happy, and friendly their culture has been.
datakid··on Are You a Robot? Introducing “No CAPTCHA ReCAPTCHA”
Am I Robot by Goodnight Electric is awesome http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=78nGkD3-0kU
datakid··on Umati: using R and python to study inflammatory speech online
From the same mob that has bought us the rugged modem BRCK and the crowd mapping Ushahidi software, this project is the result of some great work from the Kenyan iHub hackspace/incubator. Refined over many months with a focus on Kenyan political situation, it's application in other places would be welcome. I believe the group have been asked to set up for the coming Ethiopian and Nigerian elections in 2015.
datakid··on Facebook emotion manipulation study: an explanation
There's not really any excuse you can give at all, FB. I'm astounded that you didn't apologise without reservation and implement an end use agreement change that specified you wouldn't do it again.

Messing with people's mental health is outrageous.

datakid··on Why was this secret?
So samstave put it better, but essentially my argument isn't ad hominem, it's attacking the notion that YOUR secrets mean nothing to ME, which can be generalised to ANYONE's secrets mean nothing to ANYONE. Which is obviously untrue.

Yet that is the conclusion he comes to.

The other possible conclusion, as I noted, is that he has previously been unaware of Free/Open Source and Creative Commons based licenses. In which case he needs not talk on secrets but rather on licensing.

datakid··on Why was this secret?
This is such bullshit - poorly formulated hippy dribble.

If he was really interested in such ideas, he would know and use GPL/AGPL/MIT/Apache licences already for his code, and CC for his writings.

Instead he makes everyone hippy dippy stupid about secrecy and privacy. It might all be fine when you are rich, cis-straight and white, but a single non friendly idea and you are a threat to the state.

People that cheapen our privacy and secrecy rights shouldn't be allowed this much airtime.

Ridiculous. -1

datakid··on A public TrueCrypt Audit
For those wondering - the site is back up and working.