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Re:Ask HN: How was this ad targeted to me? on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:51AM (#14097629)
Logging out of Facebook doesn't mean they won't be able to track you. Your browser fingerprint is likely tracked. If you've logged into Facebook at home, and you've logged into a computer at work, Audience Network likely figures out that your residential IP is your home, and an aggregated commercial network is your work.

If you visited the manufacturer's site, you would have hit a re-targeting pixel for the network, that will track you around the internet to remind you. At work, on your phone, at school, and at home.

Re:YouTube Advertiser Meltdown: An Opportunity for Startups on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:34AM (#14097479)
> Censorship is the suppression of free speech, public communication or other information which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, politically incorrect or inconvenient as determined by governments, media outlets, authorities or other groups or institutions.

YouTube is acting as a media company while pretending to be a platform. They're engaging in censorship since they're removing things on political grounds. Now, if the rules were always "no vegan videos, no violence, only kittens," it would be a different story.

Pomodoro technique definitely transformed my work experience. A few wrist stretches and brief walk definitely improved focus, and relieved the wrist strain most coders are familiar with.