binaryriviera
Re:Reddit holds the secret to fixing Facebook
on Wednesday March 14, 2018 @08:24AM (#16584233)
To be fair to reddit, they're doomed either way. A lot of the subreddits that have been banned haven't been banned because of their content but because they were involved in doxing people. Some examples include /r/incels and /r/altright. There are subreddits remaining that most people would consider distasteful and maybe even bannable like /r/watchpeopledie that stay because they follow the rules. I agree with your points though.
Re:China's Xinjiang surveillance is the dystopian future nobody wants
on Friday February 23, 2018 @04:26AM (#16445208)
Aren't most of the cameras in the UK private as well?
Obviously that doesn't mean much but it is different to places like china in that way.
Re:Face-verify.js: Monitoring who is physically looking at a website
on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:53AM (#16427976)
Damn, I'd never realised things had gotten that bad. I willingly share photos of myself online but that's my choice. It's sad that even privacy nuts can't hide themselves anymore.
Re:Face-verify.js: Monitoring who is physically looking at a website
on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @03:49AM (#16427964)
I agree. It seems to come from the silicon valley culture more than anything. After all Peter Thiel, one of the more extreme examples of this sort of thinking, got a philosophy bachelors degree iirc.
Re:‘Lede’ vs. ‘Lead’ (2011)
on Friday February 16, 2018 @09:43AM (#16392618)
Exactly. As someone who's only lived in commonwealth countries and consumes a lot of printed media, I've never come across this term before, it just looks odd to me.