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foob4r··on Amazon locks down internal employee communications amid organizing efforts
Seems like Amazon's getting desperate now. Too bad the US government is the weakest in decades it's been to do something for the workers.
foob4r··on Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Kept the Party Going
Laws can be changed.
foob4r··on Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?
On Android, you can use orbot.
foob4r··on Judge Orders FCC To Hand Over IP Addresses Linked To Net Neutrality Comments
Data corruption in 3, 2...
foob4r··on Ask HN: Had you used any dVPN?
Yes, tor.
foob4r··on CO2 emissions set to fall nearly 8% this year, the largest drop in history
This is unfortunately not permanent. Of course the emissions are down - transportation and industries are shut down. The sad return is when economies grow they pollute more and faster.
foob4r··on Ask HN: Best Open-Source Monitoring?
Grafana
foob4r··on Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, but Kept the Party Going
Nothing at these corporations changes until both executives and low level minions get charged with felonies, and taken to trial. They must be deposed, brought to stand. Simply settling by paying the equivalent of x days of profits is not justifiable anymore.
foob4r··on Vox Media is cutting pay and furloughing 9% of employees
> criminally misreported it

What law dictates that?

foob4r··on Vox Media is cutting pay and furloughing 9% of employees
Almost makes you wonder if balajis has a personal gripe with vox or recode or Ezra or Kara.

Balaji is a crypto bro and epitome of technocrats who thinks just because they are (rich|famous|networked), they are experts on everything. Fact of the matter is, Balaji doesn't know any more about Covid than what is reported. He's using hindsight bias to claim that media reported was false.

foob4r··on Senate Stock Watcher
You wouldn't know if it's long term.

Day 1 - stock purchase Day 45 - reported Day 46 - you buy or not? Day 45 - stock sold Day 90 - reported Day 91 - you've already lost

foob4r··on Moving from reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha
How good or bad is the new system on tor? ReCAPTCHA straight up was a 0/10 over tor for me.
foob4r··on Ask HN: What are you learning?
Can you take a bit more about the environmental program and what you're doing with ML?
foob4r··on Marriott says 5.2M guests exposed in new data breach
Complain about it online. /s
foob4r··on French companies benefiting from state aid can't buy back shares
The specific businesses in scope of this post are these that use free cash flow to enrich shareholders and not plan for rainy days. So yes, they are at fault here for not using their cash wisely and being myopic.
foob4r··on Covid-19’s stop-gap solution until vaccines and antivirals are ready
+1

I've become more pessimistic about the human race to work together to solve problems now. So much jingoism around me, and around in the news. I understand that's not everyone, but to be it seems like it's every country for themselves.

foob4r··on U.S. Government official: Coronavirus vaccine trial starts Monday
And what expertise is your speculation based on?
foob4r··on Ask HN: Meeting overload – how many do you have daily/weekly?
What do you do on the 3 days
foob4r··on Registrars raise alarm over proposal for big .com fee hikes
I am starting to think that maybe monopolies are bad.
foob4r··on Ocean cleaning device succeeds in removing plastic for the first time
The problem is plastic lasts for decades or even centuries, ends up in the oceans, becoming food for fish that then choke on it.

More energy in production for paper while true, also means that with solar and other renewable getting cheaper, that argument will be a distraction.

foob4r··on Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of actor’s data
degoogle as much as you can
foob4r··on Cutting Google out of your life (2019)
In response to your linked (unsourced) post:

> This is not correct as far as Proton is concerned and easily verifiable. ProtonVPN is 100% owned by Proton Technologies AG (Switzerland) which also develops ProtonMail and is not affiliated or owned by any other company.

foob4r··on Ask HN: What are your news sources other than HN?
I used to spend majority of my time on Twitter, and reading NYT. But it's too much to pay attention to; I couldn't care about anything happening in the world.

Now most of my time is spent reading local newspapers, newsletters from local publications, and issue-specific publications (climate change).

I'm choosing to care about fewer things and deferring to rest of the world to care about others.

foob4r··on State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise
60 of America's biggest companies paid no federal income tax in 2018 - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/2018-taxes-some-of-americas-big...

"Just the 20 companies in our study reported in excess of $175 billion in total deferred tax liabilities at the end of 2013. They do not pay any interest to the government on this amount, even if it takes 20 years to pay it." - https://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2014/08...

foob4r··on Google bans niche browsers from Gmail?
Don't use Instagram?
foob4r··on Google bans niche browsers from Gmail?
ProtonMail with Brave works really well.
foob4r··on ‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year
Why the down votes? Y'all can't handle the truth?
foob4r··on My .in domain has been transferred to another registrant without notification
Seems like the most likely case is that law enforcement clawed the domain for suspicious activity.

Which brings up the question, is this problem limited to ccTLDs or TLDs like com, net as well?

foob4r··on Losing the News: The Decimation of Local News and the Search for Solutions
I'll probably get down voted into Oblivion, but the least we, the well paid tech workers, could do is pay some of that to support journalism we like.

I'm sub'd to nyt, 3 local paper/publications, wired, natgeo, motherjones.

foob4r··on Brave launches 1.0
I understand "fuck trackers". Why "fuck ads"?
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