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Could you expand your time frame a little bit then look Snap again?

I can bet if Apple banned WeChat, most people in China would switch to Android. Apple doesn't apply the same privacy rule in all countries as well. It's all about business, never about consistency.

I'm not sure if this reporting is correct. If you check meta.com and on the top menu "what we build" you can still see Oculus in the list.

The idea is once a company has some power over its users, that power will be used by some government somewhere as well. The latest example: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/world/europe/russia-naval...

Exactly

Nobody says it's not a conflict of interest. The same conflict can be said to all massive media reporting FB bad news, as they compete in the big pool of ads money, right?

It's just a choice of life. I once heard a friend saying playing game saved tons of money for her because of money not wasted on endless night club and parties. Being productive making more money or getting better grades is fine. Other options to enjoy a life are also fine.

The very first time I went to visit Hearst Castle, I wondered how come someone selling newspaper could be that rich half a century ago? Then I realized they were the "Google" and "Facebook" then.

While you guys are talking about censorship, I just realize how many comments in the thread have been in effect partially "censored" on HN with lighter and lighter font color...

Yup, you see the problem

While some movies may make viewers more "intelligent", most people watch movies just for entertainment.

Microsoft is still No.2 company in terms of market cap. Its handling things more softly doesn't mean it has sharply less power.

Let's turn Google search into a utility first. I think most people use it more often than FB.

Ah, I got it. Thanks!

By definition, bitcoin transactions are not traceable, right?

What part of Gmail is open?

Thanks! I, for one, have never heard of this person.

Since you mention choice, then this is just an option rather than a replacement. If it's a replacement then it takes away the option to interact with content (such as commenting).

"Data scientists wants salaries like software engineers" This is a bit weird. In general, DS is still one of highest paid jobs in recent years, if you check any job market report.

as well as Google

Open source as a marketing tool

RIP, can't believe 2020 is this hard

indeed hard to remember...

I'm using it on daily basis but it's not a smooth experience. I'm not sure if it's just me that very time I switch to a new database in dbeaver and start running a different query ... more often than not it's just stuck there for more than half min and eventually told me it's not connected to the new database yet so I had to refresh the connection. For all the SQL tools I've used, dbeaver takes the the longest to realize it's actually not connected to a db. It's not fun.

From what I learn, Japan is acting like UK. Nothing like China and Korea at all. They don't want to cancel 2020 Olympics after all...

Thank you for such an inspiring piece

Every time I came across a new book on HN, I feel more needs to be done in my rest of life :)

Tig user +1, an amazing little tool. Yes, a few times I wish it could do more, but it's good as it is, as a git viewer.

VB6 was my first programming language and it was indeed awesome to open my eyes.

I used to work for SF and managed one of the biggest table in the DW. I won't say what's used for but to give you a clue how big that is; we added a few billion more rows each day to that table. I don't think a single PostgreSQL instance had any chance to survice that.