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> So I deleted all my photos and stopped taking new ones.

When you're "deleting" things from services like Google Drive, it's better to think of what you're doing as "hiding things from yourself". It's unlikely that Google actually deleted that data in a way that prevents them from accessing it.

Out of curiosity, who did I personally insult this time?

Or was I banned because I insulted a "business" model that ycombinator is watering at the mouth to cash in on?

..or is it because I said truthful/unflattering things about Coinbase?

Robinsons in general have this problem (among others, such as their tendency to disassemble their own rotor systems in flight, and their incredibly awkward t-bar cyclic controls), but I'd still rather take my chances with a Robinson autorotation than rely on a ballistic parachute system.

That said, I would never willingly fly this thing or a Robinson, so I guess I'll never have to deal with either situation.

As both a rotorcraft and fixed wing pilot, I really don't want this to succeed. Most people have no business on the road, let alone in the sky.

That's without even getting into the safety issues with this thing that are being conveniently glossed over in the marketing material, which would lead anyone who didn't know better to think a BRS is some kind of foolproof sure thing.

Had you wired that money from Coinbase, you'd still be waiting for it months later.

Maybe they're just trying to avoid being faster than Bitcoin.

> And ICOs? Just ridiculous. Solutions in search of a problem.

They're the solution to the problem of "How do I redirect millions or billions of dollars of other peoples' money into my bank account while doing very little actual work?".

Ahh yes, the "anyone who doesn't think Bitcoin is going to be worth more than all of the wealth currently held on Earth, is just jealous that they missed out" argument.

I find this particularly amusing when it's directed at people who have been involved with Bitcoin from the very beginning.

It definitely isn't going 20mph in that video.

It looks more like it can hobble 4mph, based on that video.

I'd vote:

>>>> Apple >>>>> Microsoft >^∞ Amazon > Google >>>>>>>> Facebook

None of these companies are trustworthy, but Apple's business model doesn't require them to be quite as untrustworthy as the others to get your money. Microsoft is quickly headed down the ladder with their difficult to avoid or disable telemetry and an OS that spits ads in your face. Amazon is close to becoming Google's equal on this list with their "Alexa in all of the things" push. Facebook is run by Mark Zuckerberg, who acts as an anchor to keep it firmly planted at the bottom of the list.

Mt. Finex and Mt. Coinbase are in a race to see who can claim the title from Mt. Gox. Unfortunately for cryptocurrency markets, the end result will be disaster regardless of who wins that race.

Having met some early (and I'm assuming still current) Coinbase employees several times in social situations, I can say without a doubt that "I would trust these guys with my money" wasn't among my thoughts about them.

They were the types of people who could make any social interaction feel like an MLM pitch.

Detection of suspicious individuals by clothing color. Sounds like Fujitsu is using the TSA training manual to train this system.

I'm sure "by skin color" will be an option as well.

Also note "strengthened marketing" and "customer counting" being listed as selling points on the airport scenario of a "citywide surveillance" system.

The giant iPad in Teslas is stupid as well, but at least it isn't directly in front of the driver's face - begging to become a distraction.

On another note, I find it's useful to mentally replace the term "smart" with "surveillance" to figure out the true purpose of these things.

Why not remove crazy ex girlfriend from your contacts?

Ahh yes, a massive touch screen right in front of someone operating a multi-ton vehicle at high speeds. What could possibly go wrong?

So smart.

What's the end game here? A future ruled by 400 year old Zuckerbergs and other multi-trillionaires?

Much of the progress in society is possible only because previous generations eventually die off. What happens when that's no longer the case?

That privacy policy tells me absolutely nothing about the data your service collects from the people who use it, and very little about anything else either for that matter.

It's also incomplete. No offense, but it honestly looks like someone tried to copy and paste a privacy policy from somewhere else, but didn't get the whole thing. It ends at "Security", with nothing beneath - not that any of what was above provided much information to begin with.

Your company doesn't appear to have a privacy policy or anything similar on the website, assuming that site is at dnslearning.org. How are you monetizing this? What kind of data are you collecting, and what are you doing with it?

Depends on what kind of innovation you're talking about. If we're talking about blatant internet-based scams and cash grabs, for example, ICOs have fueled lots of innovation in that sector.

> I am concerned with any action that takes a child's privacy or liberty from them.

Such as signing them up for a Facebook account, or having their schools force them to use Google hardware and services that track everything they do?

I'd rather see this implemented in a way that didn't involve a third party collecting data about children.

It's a cash grab, just like 99% of the rest of the ICOs out there. They know there are lots of poorly informed, greedy greater fools trampling each other to give their money away right now, and plan to take full advantage of it.

> WhatsApp

> Instagram

You're still using and supporting Facebook services, then.

It's not hard to gain support when you're selling dollars bills for half price.

Satire? Feels like something that would be a great fit for The Onion if it had a "job search" section. The fact that this account has only made a total of 2 posts makes me wonder if they're just trolling.

> I want to work at google because I want to work with the people there who are just the smartest people around

Be careful with that kool-aid, it's toxic in high doses.

> I've heard DIs / SOI instructors say things like that on several occasions, but it was all pretty clearly within the context of trying to be "motivating"....they didn't come across as actually psychotic.

If that's their idea of "motivational speaking", there's a whole new set of problems.

I've always seen those companies as the commercial wing of the NSA/CIA. I view them as one and the same.

> My parents wouldn't let me go _anywhere_ by myself until I was at least 17

The sad thing is, your story seems to be the rule and not the exception these days. I fear for a future run by people who grew up being constantly sheltered and hidden away from the world around them, while being "raised" by Facebook/Google/etc.

I hope these parents are prepared to keep taking care of their "kids" well into their 30s, because no kid who was kept locked up until age 18 is going to be anywhere near prepared to venture out on their own before then.