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spidermango··on Coq is a Lean Typechecker
How do you pronounce Coq?
spidermango··on Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
Great now google can track my biometrics
spidermango··on Design patterns for hacking together prototypes: object dictionaries
This is where good docstrings come in handy. Personally, I think a dict with parameters is better than an endlessly growing method parameters. You can control it a bit further by using tuples instead of dicts for the same idea.
spidermango··on Why Fossils Are Mostly Male
not everyone has a sense of humor
spidermango··on Absolute Scale Corrupts Absolutely
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8GXw6IQJgY
spidermango··on Bernie Sanders unveils $16T 'Green new deal' plan
why
spidermango··on The Browser Monopoly
whats your alternative?
spidermango··on The Browser Monopoly
but chromium influence on the web isn't bad by default. it's googles implementation in chrome. brave is built to counter everything the article argues
spidermango··on Google – My Activity
but why. Everyone just says they don't want personalized ads but why? Also its not the same thing as someone coming into your house and photographing everything at all, false equivalence.
spidermango··on Google – My Location History
yes the government is tracking you, youre very important
spidermango··on Google – My Location History
Again, deflecting the question at hand. Please give an example of when in your everyday life will it hurt you or anyone that law enforcement knows where you are
spidermango··on Google – My Location History
Tell me how someone going into your home and searching or self-incrimination is the same as law enforcement knowing where you are
spidermango··on Google – My Location History
It's another "I'm scared of google tracking this thing but can't give a reason why" episode. It's bad if law enforcement has your location data because...? Are you a criminal?
spidermango··on Google – My Activity
tell me why you feel physically sick that you now have a log of your own activity. which you could look through to find something you had done and forgot about. do you think someone at google is gonna sit there and sift through `your` very personal information and do...what?
spidermango··on Google – My Activity
Why do you guys care so much that google is tracking your purchases? They will just that use your own habits to give you more personalized ads or recommendations which is better than random ads not related to your own habits. How does it hurt you as a consumer?