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I work remote at a startup. I don't think that's a repeatable strategy but it does allow me to work very little hours throughout the week and spend most of my time relaxing with my family. It also helps being decent enough at my job that I can finish a week's worth of work in a couple hours at home. I imagine as the company becomes more mature I'll be working even less than I am now.

Thanks for the clarification!

That's an ideal. At the end of the day these are human-run industries, relationships are a big part of that.

Especially ridiculous considering they have a site, a very professional one, at that

You're perfectly free to decide how you view someone based on what they've said. My issue is do not then assume that everyone who isn't as offended is somehow being unreasonable or that the world has descended into nonsense. I don't condone what he says, but I understand that people do say those things, and I separate what he says in confidence from how he acts in situations where it matters - I see a 0% chance that the president will talk about groping when having a discussion with Vladimir Putin.

>a role which we expect not only the highest levels of decorum but also humility and respect for the citizens

That has never been the case. Nixon was known to vilify journalists, Clinton had already been known for his womanizing and sexual unforwardness, and LBJ pissed in the street casually. Never have we had a highly curated robot as a president, they all have quirks that would turn off segments of the population if it were common knowledge.

>I don’t think it’s hyperbole to say that we are at the beginning of a war

We are not at the beginning of a war. I recommend you go outside for a breath of fresh air.

The difference between a generalized, customizable solution like Salesforce, and something like Palantir, is that customers go to Palantir because they don't know what to do with their data - they're stuck and need advice on how to proceed in extracting information. Wheras with Salesforce, customers know what they want generally right when walk through the door. At the end of the day, as much as Palantir may not want to give the impression that they are a consulting company, that is what the majority of work will be comprised of.

Ok, if the government says, "Hey Palantir, we have this data and we need you to group everyone by religion and political affiliation", is it then also Palantir's fault if the government uses that resulting analysis for discrimination?

Yet it is, but for the sake of fast-forwarding the disagreement, let's assume for now that Drake, or any other male rapper celebrity, or any other celebrity period, or any semi-famous man has never in private conversation talked about how easy it is for them to take advantage of their celebrity status to get what they want from women.

When you assume that, then the president looks quite like the rare unique case, wouldn't you say?

It still doesn't make any sense.

Tell me: is the bus driver culpable if the murderer took the bus to get away from the scene of the crime?

I can't reply to your other post, presumably because the thread is too deep. For one, you continue to make assumptions about me. By all means feel free, if this year has been any indication I can only expect the vilification of anyone not immediately damning the president will continue.

>Holy bejesus. And how is his ability to lead a country? Do you think it is as good/poor as how he seemingly treat random women?

I don't know how to get across to you the point that people talk about dirty things in private. If you want to believe that that kind of conversation is the domain of devils, be my guest, you don't seem like the type to be swayed by reason.

>On the topic of ethics, how about the ethics of having sex with (and then paying off) a porn star

I still don't care, unsurprisingly. It really isn't that hard.

>How shallow does your judgement go

Because I choose not to base your abilities on how you talk to your friends in private? Then release all of your text messages for the public to see, since you seem to be living in a reality where people all hold hands and sing kumbaya, and talk about science and hand-holding every waking moment of the day. You have a job, don't you? Would you also be so deaf to posit to me you don't have any skeletons in your closet? I'm able to make the reasonable judgement that the president doesn't go around for his scheduled 2 PM rape session every Thursday, but apparently that's too much, and I should dial back my comparisons to the guy's humanity.

>OK Genghis Khan was a good leader, he also did a lot of raping, sadly for Trump and his defenders the kind of leadership needed nowadays isn't the 11th century kind and I doubt he could ride a horse fast

Truly ironic that you're simultaneously able to make the distinction there is not a 1:1 correlation with leadership capability and personal action for a literal rapist but not for the president. If anything this discussion has shown me how disgustingly vapid people can become when they are unable to refrain from having their emotion leak through every single post when the word "Trump" is brought up.

I honestly cannot see why you'd think I would listen to what he said and use that to form a general opinion of his leadership capabilities. How one talks about fondling random women is not something I'd use as a measure of their ability to lead a country

>Trump talking about random women, who are not his wives nor in a relationship with him as to how he just kisses them and they let him since he has the power is for one, rape, and two, cheating on his wife.

I'd rather not have a discussion on the ethics of gossip, as it would achieve absolutely nothing

Yes of course, because anyone who would dare to not fill their post with detriment of the president, must in fact also support the president, contrary to any information otherwise.

Assume what you want, I don't support Trump and apparently I don't need to attract hate from others like you, not that I am in any way suprised.

>If Barack Obama was recorded saying something like that while talking to friends, would you defend him?

I wouldn't care. Not a single bone in my body would resonate emotionally with what he said, because seemingly I have the rare, esoteric knowledge of understanding that humans will talk about particularly dirty topics when they're with friends.

We could always go with the assumption the president is a bumbling idiot who can't tie his shoes properly. I'm sure that characterization will help understand the deeper picture here. /s

You fail to see the point. I don't care either way how you wish to view the president, but your projections serve no purpose in understanding the reason why these events are taking place and what their ramifications are. As I stated in another comment, you seem to have a very shallow view of politics that doesn't extend past media hyperbole.

You do realize Barack Obama fucked his wife right? Multiple times as they have 2 children. They probably talk dirty to each other when they're alone, like almost every other couple that exists.

Should I now think less of Obama on the off chance he secretly spanks his wife in bed?

My point is you have to be very far removed from society to believe that no one has ever talked in a vulgar fashion, especially in a country as sexualized as ours. And to then equate vulgar chat in private conversation somehow with the idea that nonsense is suddenly an acceptable state for Americans. You can think what you want.

I don't see the point of any of those examples. You don't blame the bank when fraud happens through it's accounts unless the bank knowingly let it happen, your second example is a false equivalence as selling ammo to another country is definitely grounds for treason if we are at war with that country, not to mention the regulation surrounding the sale, and the third example is silly - if the government needed to discriminate against you, they don't need Palantir to do that, so why would you blame Palantir if they choose to get paid for something that will inevitably get done?

My point is you should be directing your criticism to government data collection practices that enable them to have data to process, once that 1st step is achieved, it doesn't matter who achieves step 2, 3, 4 or beyond, so your focus on Palantir is fleeting at best.

Vitriol aside, I suggest you adopt a more objective view of politics, instead of allowing your personal emotions to guide your view of governmental affairs. For one, TikTok is not the target, it is just the first domino of many, intended to lay the groundwork of how the government will deal with similar cases in the future. Secondly, you should at least make an attempt to not project your personal bias onto others - unless you somehow have firsthand knowledge of what goes on in the mind of the president, I'd hesitate to take you seriously, especially considering your implication that the half of the country that voted for him relates to dumb, lazy, and corrupt people. Finally, I have no idea what keeps Trump awake at night, but it is clear to not only to him, but also Xi Jinping, the military establishment, and intelligence agencies, the subversive capability of Chinese intellectual labor and services. Whether or not they'll pull the trigger on utilizing those capabilities is yet to be seen, but I imagine it must be stressful knowing that at any time, a foreign government can capture insane amounts of data on every US citizen who has the app, and their intentions will likely not align with ours.

I would hope the majority of people who are aware of international affairs do not think so lowly of the American people, so dimly of American government, and so shallowly of international politics, that they'd believe our president would (or be allowed to, for that matter) coordinate a government-wide subversion campaign with far-reaching consequences over a prank

Yeah, I understand that platforms like Steam also take huge chunks, even Amazon, for hosting, providing visibility and other such features. Still, 1/3 of my revenue is ALOT of money

Tensorflow. Also the MSDN, specifically for .NET. I think having relevant examples explaining the impact of the arguments is more important than a dry explanation of the function itself.

Huh? They build a tool. If it's not Palantir then it'll be someone else, likely the NSA. I'd be surprised if they aren't already investigating ways to analyze without Palantir's help. Your scorn is misguided

There's no reason that with chip technology as ubiquitous as it is that card readers shouldn't be more widespread. The fact that they aren't right now shows that the market isn't there

The point is to have a way for the user to use their card without a device, and a way to keep the encryption. If you have a USB you've lost point #1

Seems ridiculous to have to buy a device just to use my card. I would have to carry it around as well otherwise I wouldn't be able to use my card online

Credit card fraud, as in transaction fraud, usually online. It's a lot less common for your physical card to be the issue in a fraud situation, so improving security there is moot

At that point why even show the number? It would be useless without the encryption. And if you have some way to enter the numbers so online transactions still work, then what is the point of the encryption?

I don't believe the majority of fraud is stolen physical credit cards

How would encryption improve the security of a physical credit card?

That's an ideal. You have to be reasonable with the expectation that people are going to want to use their card in places where it isn't securely convenient to do so. Otherwise, you will end up creating a niche with no mass market appeal, and there's really no point in developing out infrastructure unless you're replacing the old one completely. Again, credit cards exist for convenience. If it's security you're aiming for, you're targeting the wrong market.

The problem with that is the purpose of a credit card system is convenience, especially the convenience involved in being able to represent the identifier in an easily compact manner. When it's a few groups of digits, I can print it onto a card or piece of paper, and just plug the digits in whenever I need to validate the number and run a transaction. You can't do that with a token. What happens when I want to use my friend's computer to pay for something on Amazon but I haven't saved my card number? Or when I get a new card? I get that the current credit card system is monolithic and outdated, but it's purpose isn't to be modern, it's to be reliable, convenient, and adaptable, and it does a swell job at those things. There's absolutely no need to spend astronomical amounts of money to replace this system with something more modern.

I don't see how token based transactions would improve the situation. You still require a unique identifier per issuer per client per account.