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I don't think that's what this article is about.

I for one would be OK with a machine learning model that's been trained using my data. I wouldn't demand that it be "re-trained" just because I asked for my history to be deleted. I think most people, given an explanation of what a machine learning model is, would be fine with this.

The clear history thing is about personally identifiable information though. It's not having your information dangling around after you leave Facebook. It's having the option to delete your shadow profile.

Throughout all the hearings, FB execs have been very wishy-washy about how they handle your browsing history, particularly what they collect outside of FB properties.

People should continue to call them out on this until they get their act together.

What I've always loved about Make and related tools is how directly they expose their fundamental concept in building artefacts: the DAG. I don't do that much JS, but I've not found this kind of clarity in any of the JS frontend build tools I've used.

Honest question for the webpack power-users here.

What are some important webpack features that you lose by using a Makefile like this? Because it seems like pretty much every part of a regular webpack buildchain has a command-line equivalent that you could potentially use in a Makefile.

First, I would suggest being more open. Take some of the concerns you've raised here — feeling useless, not knowing what's expected of you — and go to the CEO with them. Don't be critical or overemphatic. Just tell them the situation you're in and how you're feeling. If they're worth their salt they'll listen and be understanding and try to make things better. If not, at least you’ll know who you're dealing with.

Communicate more frequently. If you’re not sure what to do, ask someone. If they don’t know, ask someone else. You certainly don’t want to bother people every 5 minutes, but if you’re stuck for hours each day that’s not good for anyone.

If possible, get them to tell you the most basic subset of functionality you can build at first. Build that. Take it to them and see what they think. That will probably give them a far better idea of what they want.