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Comment · 8 years ago
Would my life be that much worse if I paid 10 bucks a month for google search?
Comment · 8 years ago
Yes, far more dangerous.

Control information and you control the populace. You don't need to use guns because the people don't know whats going on, you can prevent people from organizing, you can use misinformation and propaganda to control people. Control of information and control of speech is a massive amount of power. I'd rather google had access to a few nukes, honestly.

Comment · 8 years ago
A lot more regulation could be done without actually resorting to censoring media.
Comment · 8 years ago
3600 with 32GB ram and 1TB ssd.

I'd probably get one, but I don't use it for work and my 2013 is still trucking along just fine.

Actually I could probably get a decent chunk of money for it and then use that to help finance a new one. hmmm

I'll wait and see if the keyboards are still crap.

Comment · 8 years ago
Frankly I think your response is more driven by ideology than mine.
Comment · 8 years ago
Yes, far too powerful. Both in society and within the tech sector.

Break 'em up!

Comment · 8 years ago
I thought they made people re-interview?
Comment · 8 years ago
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Comment · 8 years ago
The answer is that google doesn't give a shit about false negatives.

They know they will get enough people applying several times that they can just toss out qualified people all day. Eventually enough get in.

Comment · 8 years ago
> and didn't take too much of their time or resources when visiting

No, why would he. He got what he wanted already.

Comment · 8 years ago
> People criticizing Musk probably haven't lifted a finger themselves to help the kids.

True, but I recognize that I don't have any relevant skills or any way to help from the other side of hte pacific.

The main difference is I'm not tweeting about how I'm totally going to solve this, and then getting credit doing pretty much just that.

Comment · 8 years ago
> Elon Musk was asked to help

wasn't he asked to help by one of his twitter fans who eat up the "ELON IS LITERALLY TONY STARK" kool-aid?

Comment · 8 years ago
It's also possible to just use a dangerous and potentially tragic situation for PR, as a distraction from your business issues and increasing criticism for unhinged behaviour on twitter.
Comment · 8 years ago
> Where was say, the US Navy?

Well, 1 former SEAL was dying trying to get the kids oxygen.

Musk didn't do anything but tweet about this. He deserves no credit, no praise.

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