gaucheries

> There's a lot more information on this stuff in the Chinese and Vietnamese part of the internet, the part that Apple's lawyers can't easily reach

Where? Will you post some links?

I take solace, maybe ignorantly, that everything made by humans is inherently imperfect, and that nothing burns down and nobody dies if my code or whatever sucks more than my peers' code. Also, if someone thinks my stuff sucks, they can snicker at it, or they can help with a better idea. It seems to me that software is all about ideas that build upon or replace each other.

downvoters of this comment, be sure to leave a link to your blog, too

> This website is seriously infested with reflexive contrarians

hey, at least all of them are highly educated and extremely correct about things. read about it on their blogs. (sarcasm enabled for this reply)

you're falsely characterizing my observation as a vague snipe.

> the value these cloud/AI assistants give me is worth the loss of privacy

they've got you right where they want you.

hope you have a good day, OK? you are loved.

i was just wondering why the US is a preferable superpower like you said.

edit: the > a

US operates secret prisons, overthrows governments they don't agree with, and murders innocent people.

do you think the USA hasn't done the things you've cited?

this just isn't an argument.

> the US is a far preferable superpower than the other probable options.

do you have an argument for this claim?

my mother was scammed by a fake call center because she clicked a sponsored search result for "paypal customer service phone number".

i never clicked the ads before, but i definitely don't click them now... especially if they're free to be used as an attack vector.