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Comment · 2 years ago
It took ten years to find Osama Bin Laden, which we can fairly assume had a lot more resources directed at it.

You seem to falling into this common trap of intel agency omnipotence when we have plenty of examples to the contrary.

Comment · 2 years ago
Who went to jail or faced sky sort of justice for the sub-prime mortgage crisis and subsequent harm it caused?
Comment · 2 years ago
Why would techies be less susceptible to bias compared to the general population?

That statement itself seems like it would be a cognitive bias.

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Funny because I've been hearing this almost fortnightly on reddit and freelance forums for a few months now.

And the big middleman platforms siding with the client.

Some people prefer their anonymity, especially when they are put into the public sphere over disputes which can cost them future work. Notice the client wasn't named either.

Comment · 3 years ago
> I can always tell — your app is being uninstalled.

I find this very hard to believe given how many big apps are written in flutter and life is made a lot harder without them.

Very weird hill to die on too.

Comment · 3 years ago
> desirable city

Sydney has topped net internal migration for years now. It's desirable for everyone who doesn't live there, actual locals are getting out at a ridiculously high rate.

Comment · 3 years ago
So Florida but without an actual Disneyland?
Comment · 3 years ago
There's also the part where it starts punching holes in your firewall without even a peep about it to the user.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
That is so ridiculously wrong it barely deserves a reply.

The US is ~3 per 1000 NOM, its not high at all whether we are talking advanced economies or global South

Comment · 3 years ago
Do you condone this attack too:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Samuel_Paty

What level of violence is too much in response to being offended by someone else's words or nonviolent actions?

Many in the Islamic world consider that response just.

Comment · 3 years ago
> or don't start a company to make money off of money laundering

Funny because real estate agencies across the western world rake it in without fear.

Comment · 3 years ago
> tens of thousands of dollars worth of GPUs that become obsolete quickly

I sold a 4yo gpu for more than I bought it for not long ago.

It's the only thing in a pc that doesn't depreciate much these days, besides maybe the case.

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