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stefek99

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stefek99··on Estimates that mineral levels in vegetables have dropped by up to 90% since 1914
Very interesting.
stefek99··on Amazon Changed Search Algorithm in Ways That Boost Its Own Products
Excuse me, what's the news here?

A company wants to maximize its profit.

If it is wasn't that way, they would be acting illegaly.

(publicly trading company must seek shareholders profit)

So what is the news once again?

stefek99··on California bans private prisons
I find it fascinating how incentives shape human behaviour: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison–industrial_complex
stefek99··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
No internet, no Signal.

No internet being key here.

stefek99··on Hong Kong protestors using Bridgefy's Bluetooth-based mesh network messaging app
https://genesis.re/comms - help me grow this guide!
stefek99··on Project Vesta – Mitigating climate change with green sand beaches
I'm recently in the camp of "Deep Adaptation"
stefek99··on Money laundering in the UK
Disappointed. I was hoping to learn something useful, instead "you can open a company without an ID" - anyone can do it. But what about making money?
stefek99··on I just had over a thousand Euros stolen and Revolut is siding with the thief
Publicity driven support.

Twitter is too big to care: https://steemit.com/twitter/@genesisre/decentralizeeverythin...

9 years, had to totally rethink my online identity.

Massive blow.

stefek99··on IPFS, Again
Recently I was playing with IPFS: https://genesis.re/kleros-metaevidence-metahash/

Using another part of crypto ecosystem (Infura)

It's still not straightforward.

BTW... A few weeks ago I saw on HN an automated tool to publish static website on IPFS. It was pretty sleek...

stefek99··on Maker Faire halts operations and lays off all staff
Make cool shit (great) profitable again.
stefek99··on Show HN: This page is a truly naked, brutalist HTML quine
Brutally beautiful.
stefek99··on Block Fingerprinting with Firefox
Wait. Patent? It's just a simple technique, quirk, workaround, something to win the arms race... Just like shadowbanning on Twitter.
stefek99··on Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978
This is a potential strategy to tackle it: https://genesis.re/wiki#Plan_B

(decentralized innovation as politics is too slow)

stefek99··on Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978
It is a well-known fact, just wondering since when it is news?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil_climate_change_cont...

stefek99··on I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page
The trouble with bank that I had - most of the websites were firewalled.

I was gardening various projects on GitHub and increasing my StackOverflow reputation.

I wasn't enjoying it.

At some level there is a need for accomplishment.

Poor work ethics become a virus, difficult to concentrate at home later.

stefek99··on Hacker Sailing with Mitch Altman – A New Kind of Hacker Adventure in Snowdonia
> an astral ship in nature on the edge of London has been designed and planned for some time as well

WOW

Related: https://genesis.re/wiki#Plan_B - I was thinking about designing a competition to incentivize decentralized innovation.

I'm a corporate wageslave c̶u̶b̶i̶c̶l̶e̶ openspace commuter, workign as "Innovation Engineer" in Fortune 500 company, cannot complain though

EDIT: Formatting. Also: happiness comes from within.

stefek99··on Hacker Sailing with Mitch Altman – A New Kind of Hacker Adventure in Snowdonia
I'm based in London and I know how much time, energy, money, effort I spend on rent and communiting - it may make economical sense to create innovation hubs in rural areas.

Neat idea, keen to know what did you create.

stefek99··on Amazon ‘flooded by fake five-star reviews’ – report
Have you been living under the rock?

Since when "no news" is a news?

stefek99··on EU Agencies Falsely Report More Than 550 Archive.org URLs as Terrorist Content
Reminds me of: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/09/man-charged-...

> The charges allege that Golaszewski was found with copies of 21 Silent Techniques of Killing by Master Hei Long, The Anarchist Cookbook and The Big Book of Mischief on 23 February in Leeds. It is also alleged that he had in his possession the Improvised Munitions Handbook, Murder Inc, The Book by Jack the Rippa, and Minimanual Of The Urban Guerilla, by Carlos Marighella.

The guy is charged with possession of six books, some of these books are likely to be present at archive.org

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/pawel-golaszewsk...

> Pawel Golaszewski faces six counts under the Terrorism Act and has been charged with possession of a document or record "containing information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism".

Six books, six counts.

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Unsure where is this heading. Does anyone think the law can stop technology?

stefek99··on FTC Brings First Case Challenging Fake Paid Reviews on an Indie Retail Website
Same here. I look for 2 stars as 1 star is emotional.
stefek99··on Google Ends Forced Arbitration for Employees
Hahahahaha :) Imbalance when signing an employment agreement.

Of course, you want to have a job so you agree to things that are not in your favor LOL.

stefek99··on Amazon Pulls Out of Planned New York City Campus
About Google and Berlin: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/world/europe/google-berli...
stefek99··on Google terminated our business via our Google Play Developer Account
Why not create another account and publish the app again?

They may have a decompiler somethign thingy and block the new account too, as associated with another account that terminated LOL :)

stefek99··on Cancelling Dropbox Pro is hard
Dropbox is a publicly traded company: https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DBX/?guccounter=1

What do you expect?

It's legal obligation to make as much money for the shareholders.

stefek99··on Companies Manipulate Glassdoor by Inflating Rankings and Pressuring Employees
Why would be otherwise?

https://twitter.com/marsxrobertson/status/108837592864696729...

Good rankings help them hire, why wouldn't they optimise the ranking?

stefek99··on I interviewed at six top companies in Silicon Valley in six days
What was your portfolio, I'm talking the existing examples of work?

> I was interviewing for my second job out of college with about two and a half years of experience without any particularly notable internships or employers on my resume; I went to a very small school that had zero known software companies at their “career fair”;

stefek99··on CenturyLink is blocking customer internet, saying Utah legislators told them to
Clickbait.

"displaying popup and clicking OK to dismiss" is not as harmful as blocking the internet.

They control all the traffic anyway...

stefek99··on The Best Programming Advice I Ever Got (2012)
Some people just scan the content, I actually read the full article!
stefek99··on The CumEx-Files – How Europe's taxpayers have been swindled of €55B
TLDR

(saved for later reading)

In my understanding of reality, it's "business as usual".

stefek99··on Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know
Marijuana can be ingested in many ways, smoking being probably the most harmful due to combustion.

> smoking marijuana is harmless

The opposite. Consuming (know your dosage, know your substance) can have a variety of health benefits.

It is worth noting there a known side-effects too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis#Impact_on_psy...

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