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yahna··on Facebook Faces a New World as Officials Rein in a Wild Web
Not just censorship, manipulation.

I don't trust any government to censor, but we know the russians engaged in shady tactics already.

yahna··on W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns
Google wants DRM.
yahna··on W3C abandons consensus, standardizes DRM, EFF resigns
Will it matter? Any organization created to manage web standards is going to be dependent on browser vendors. Google/Microsoft/Apple want DRM so we get DRM.
yahna··on Hunting for a Canadian Legend: The Avro Arrow Jet Fighter
Matches pretty well actually.
yahna··on Hunting for a Canadian Legend: The Avro Arrow Jet Fighter
Canada isn't innocent on the racism part, we just do it to First Nations instead.
yahna··on Hillary Clinton almost ran for president on a universal basic income
> You also realize the top 50% of income earners in the US pay 100% of the taxes. You also realize the top 10% earners pay 37% of the income taxes.

Yes, this is the entire point of tax brackets.

> So at what point is enough enough When they pay more.

yahna··on Tech bosses are globalists, not libertarians
> The stereotypical left-wing position is, "This government program should be left alone, even if it's poorly-run"

Think it's more like "Lets spend more money to fix it".

yahna··on Tech bosses are globalists, not libertarians
Why the higher support for socially liberal policies and wealth redistribution then?
yahna··on NTSB: Tesla’s Autopilot UX a “major role” in fatal Model S crash
No, these are inexcusable deaths. This is literally a fatal flaw in the system.
yahna··on NTSB: Tesla’s Autopilot UX a “major role” in fatal Model S crash
Neither of those people should be using autopilot. It wouldn't save them.

I can also avoid being in either of those situations.

If autopilot is comparable ot an exhausted or drunk driver why do I want to use it?

yahna··on NTSB: Tesla’s Autopilot UX a “major role” in fatal Model S crash
uh, because if the effectiveness drops dramatically then you are literally going to be killing people.
yahna··on iPhone 8
I just vaguely hold it near the pay machine every day when buying lunch.

Touchid is a killer feature for me.

yahna··on iPhone 8
Seriously, what a stupid move. TouchID is fantastic.
yahna··on Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
If Equifax gets sued into bankruptcy and the government passes a law for next time this happens I'd be okay with that outcome.
yahna··on Equifax Faces Multibillion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Hack
I just want to complain about the credit freeze option for a second.

Like many other people I decided to use this because of the breach, I went to the government identity theft site and found some links.

Equifax - Fill out the form. "Additional information required" please mail stuff to us.

Experian - In your state (washington) there is an 11 dollar fee for this service.

Transunion - Fill out a signup form, complete with god damn security questions. Do the quiz about stuff on my credit report. 10 dollar fee.

Go fuck yourselves you fucking bastards. I hope experian goes out of business because of this, I really do.

yahna··on Attacked by Rotten Tomatoes
What about after I buy 12 dollars worth of popcorn and water?
yahna··on Attacked by Rotten Tomatoes
I was really hoping it would turn out as good as 21 jump street.

Didn't bother to see it after the reviews. Will maybe watch it on streaming someday.

yahna··on Al Gore’s New Movie Exposes the Big Flaw in Online Movie Ratings
"binders full of women" used to be unacceptable.
yahna··on Al Gore’s New Movie Exposes the Big Flaw in Online Movie Ratings
I'd wager a trivial percentage of the people who refuse to accept climate change would actually (credibly) use any of those reasons. They might parrot them because it's a talking point now, but ask them to explain the problem of p-value misuse.
yahna··on Al Gore’s New Movie Exposes the Big Flaw in Online Movie Ratings
It actually has an okay rotten tomatoes score.

You see this kind of voting on anything where people get angry at it. Look at games that have their audience scores drop massively because they make something some portion of their audience decides is just absolutely awful despite the fact that they still play it (e.g. Playerunknown Battlegrounds is massively popular but has a mediocre score because they pissed off some people with some DLC thing).

I do agree though, all the complaining about rotten tomatoes is misplaced.

yahna··on Playing with Kernel TLS in Linux 4.13 and Go
Still pretty structured usage.
yahna··on Playing with Kernel TLS in Linux 4.13 and Go
Other than jump to exit stuff?
yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
> Boston

Since when is Boston in a 'red state'?

Austin is in a red state, but it's not a conservative place.

yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
If you are willing to support those who push those opinions then you deserve to be treated as a supporter of those opinions.
yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
Why would I listen to a Ted talk buy a guy who is calling me disrespectful, disloyal, and impure?
yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
> I'm a pretty simple guy but I'm tired of hearing how bad I am just because I have a Y chromosome. The war on masculinity is very real.

Really, cause never once have I felt that way.

yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
Pretty much. Economic wise I think the republicans are wrong, but it's not a moral issue (well, it is because of corporate influence but that's a different argument).

It's when you start doing things like making it illegal to 2 adults to have sex in the privacy of their home that I start to think "these are just bad people".

yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
Republicans also have their extremely regressive social policies.
yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
Well I'd say those people in Michigan/Wisconsin/Pennsylvania who voted for stein, because Hillary just wasn't good enough, deserve a "feel good about that?"
yahna··on At liberal tech companies, those who disagree on politics say they’re isolated
But they were willing to vote for trump despite all the other stuff.
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