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New comment by radomysisky in "iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes"

radomysisky — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:49:12 +0000

To the coffers of the CCP.

New comment by radomysisky in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

radomysisky — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:21:12 +0000

Far-left ideology has claimed more lives than far-right ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_communist_...

New comment by radomysisky in "The death of the private citizen?"

radomysisky — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:18:33 +0000

OP says:

> This is not a conscious act. It's more like gravity. Gallivanting glaciers. Or weather.

I'm saying it's naïve to believe this, along with the other incidents mentioned within the article, aren't intentional. As if the west is immune to concerted censorship efforts and the only explanation is unconscious bias.

New comment by radomysisky in "The death of the private citizen?"

radomysisky — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 00:12:09 +0000

It would be naïve to believe the west is immune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_Revolution

New comment by radomysisky in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

radomysisky — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 23:08:20 +0000

NYT subscribers: to cancel your subscription online, change your address to California and a button will appear allowing you to cancel immediately. Unsubscribing won’t change much, as they can afford it. What will is freezing them out.

By RTing #ghostnyt you commit to not talking to NYT reporters or giving them quotes. Go direct if you have something to say.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ghostnyt

New comment by radomysisky in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

radomysisky — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 09:39:52 +0000

NPR isn't explicitly biased, but it does lean left. A recent example:

> Even In A Pandemic, WHO Believes That Public Protests Are Important

> June 8, 2020 5:40 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/06/08/8724198...

14 minutes later

> Trump To Restart Political Rallies This Month Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

> June 8, 2020 5:54 PM ET

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...

New comment by radomysisky in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

radomysisky — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:28:57 +0000

The NYT should be seen as a tech company. The New York Times Company is a multibillion dollar multinational. One can argue that its monetisation has improved even as its audience has narrowed.

It’s not neutral. A direct competitor is not a neutral arbiter. $NYT is one of the hottest tech stocks this year.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2020-05-28/five-t...

> One that's doing phenomenally well is the New York Times itself. It's well known that many big tech companies (or at least their shares) are booming amid the Covid crisis. But so far this year, the NYT is doing better than names like Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. Of the tech megacaps, only Amazon is doing better. If it hasn't been clear before, it should be obvious to everyone now that the NYT is a tech company and a tech stock. It benefits from network effects and accelerating economies of scale like any other tech company. It's booming in the podcast space. It's got popular apps for cooking and games. It's even rolling out its own proprietary platform for online ad targeting next year, cutting off third-party players.

New comment by radomysisky in "I Am Deleting the Blog"

radomysisky — Tue, 23 Jun 2020 08:22:16 +0000

If you haven't read it, I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup (archive link required now):

https://web.archive.org/web/20200419232247/https://slatestar...

New comment by radomysisky in "The World in 2036: Nassim Taleb looks at what will break, and what won't (2010)"

radomysisky — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 23:09:01 +0000

Taleb isn't targeting well-educated laymen when he talks of IYIs. He's speaking of intellectuals who are divorced from reality. As he puts it, "No skin in the game", e.g. economists, journalists, forecasters, career academics, social "scientists", etc.

New comment by radomysisky in "Why some nations are rich and others poor (2016)"

radomysisky — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 22:43:10 +0000

GGS lays out well reasoned arguments for historical disparities, though in the 21st century geographical burdens all but disappear.

New comment by radomysisky in "Andrew Yang's Data Dividend Project is pushing Big Tech to pay users for data"

radomysisky — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 21:52:24 +0000

That's the point. It prevents oligopolies forming (as we have now), short of them producing enough value per user to cut them a sizeable payment.

All the problems of big tech disappear when they're held accountable for their actions. The easiest way to hold them accountable is to reduce their clout.

New comment by radomysisky in "Trump’s data-hungry, invasive app"

radomysisky — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:47:59 +0000

They wouldn't need to. Read ActBlue's own fine print: https://secure.actblue.com/content/fineprint

> In the event that a campaign or committee (a) fails for 60 days to cash a check from ActBlue which includes your contribution (after ActBlue makes repeated attempts to work with the campaign to ensure all checks are cashed), or (b) affirmatively refuses a contribution earmarked through ActBlue, your contribution will be re-designated as a contribution to ActBlue. Contributions to social welfare organizations which are similarly not cashed or affirmatively refused will be kept by ActBlue and used generally to support its social welfare activities. Contributions to charitable organizations which are not cashed or affirmatively refused will go to ActBlue Charities.

New comment by radomysisky in "Trump’s data-hungry, invasive app"

radomysisky — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 01:24:33 +0000

But BLM through ActBlue (DNC) aren't skirting those same regulations?

New comment by radomysisky in "Please turn this ship around, Phil Schiller"

radomysisky — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 21:43:21 +0000

The larger looming issue is we're seeing big tech selectively enforce their rules and guidelines. They've become arbiters of truth and virtue.

New comment by radomysisky in "Revenge of the Suburbs"

radomysisky — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:24:53 +0000

Private schooling in inherently exclusive. This is the prime motivator. It ensures their children will only have peers of a similar socioeconomic background.

New comment by radomysisky in "Revenge of the Suburbs"

radomysisky — Sun, 21 Jun 2020 02:10:53 +0000

> suburbia sucks wealth away because the infrastructure costs too much to sustain

While cost to sustain is relatively static, the price homeowners are willing to endure for the upsides of suburbia are dynamic.

In a world plagued by pandemics and social unrest, that price continues to rise. Remote work will only accelerate this trend.