Best decision of 2017 was deleting my Facebook account. I encourage everyone to do the same. Next step is getting off of Gmail / Google Services, which I also started last year by using duckduckgo full-time.
What are you replacing gmail with?
Readit Newsvijayr commented on “This Is Serious”: Facebook Begins Its Downward Spiral vanityfair.com/news/2018/... · Posted by u/tekacs
vijayr commented on California Police Chiefs Misrepresent License Plate Privacy Bill eff.org/deeplinks/2018/01... · Posted by u/DiabloD3
Why? License plates are meant to be public, that's why they're on the outside of cars, where anyone can see them. It's no more sinister than knowing your name and address.
Why?
Your phone number is public, but you wouldn't be happy if the lat/long of your phone during various times of the day is public, right?
vijayr commented on Ask HN: What are the better countries to immigrate for software developers? · Posted by u/cipherdc
From my limited research Germany and Australia seem good, though it doesn't seem easy in Germany if you want to become a citizen. With more and more job losses and automation, I think this hysteria against (legal) immigration is only going to grow, justified or not. There would always be a place for people with highly valued skills though.
I wonder if there are smaller countries (like Estonia etc) which might be worth exploring.
On this topic, does anyone know of any resource that can ask a series of questions (age, qualifications etc) and suggest countries they are qualified for?
vijayr commented on Dropbox Developer Terms and Conditions dropbox.com/developers/re... · Posted by u/Paul-ish
Seems absurd to me. Companies could claim they put whatever they want in that text and the burden of proof would lie with the end user.
It is beyond absurd. It is a lose-lose situation for end users - if we read each line of every EULA, thats all we would be doing all day. If we don't, then we accept very unfriendly terms.
Here is a funny example:
https://www.geek.com/games/gamestation-eula-collects-7500-so...
vijayr commented on How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873... · Posted by u/JackFr
vijayr commented on How Automakers Invented the Crime of “Jaywalking” vox.com/2015/1/15/7551873... · Posted by u/JackFr
Reporters could send in the basic details of a traffic accident and would get in return a complete article to print the next day. These articles, printed widely, shifted the blame for accidents to pedestrians
To me, that is the craziest sentence in the article. Reporters were outsourcing writing to the auto industry? Of course they blamed the pedestrians! In what world is this ethical?
What is next? Sending overdose details to pharma companies for them to blame the drug users?
There is a theory I have heard that, British cannot have held rule over India, without the implicit consent of Indian populace.British rule was not a military occupation. British military presence was miniscule compared to the vastness of the geography and population of the country. So the British were able to do rule India, because Indians implicitly allowed them to. Sections of of the Indian population, were complicit in the establishment and continuation of British rule.
India was a collection of many many smaller kingdoms when the British came to the scene. There was a whole bunch of infighting and backstabbing going on which the British happily encouraged and exploited.
It is definitely amazing that they could do what they did, considering the sheer size of the country.
vijayr commented on U.S. Bicycle Industry: Statistics and Facts statista.com/topics/1448/... · Posted by u/jseliger
I've never heard of statista. I'm interested in hearing experiences and opinions from anyone that uses it! Why is it useful for you? How does it compare to other sources for you?
I was thinking the same. Many links on the page are behind a paywall (ex: https://www.statista.com/statistics/225342/export-value-of-b...)
Curious on kind of people who use this, journalists maybe?
Does anyone know where CMC gets the circulation numbers?