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Re:Facebook announces Clear History feature on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @02:05PM (#16969613)
Even if they did keep some part of the data, would they be able to use it for anything without inevitably getting caught and facing another scandal?
Re:Drawing better-looking Bézier curves on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @11:59AM (#16368659)
It's a new project from Mike Bostock and others that was on the front page a couple weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16274686
Re:Facebook’s Virtual Assistant M Is Dead on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:02AM (#16115903)
M is dead because it failed to be automated, but the headline extends that to all chatbots. some of the hype around chatbots was their potential for a uniform user interface and less need to download new apps. has there been any evidence that chat as an interface has failed?
Re:Survivorship Bias on Friday April 21, 2017 @01:41PM (#14167597)
Are you referring to the US? Since we don't have a federal cash welfare program[0], what welfare program are you talking about that gives recipients an additional $24/hr ($50,000 a year if working full time)?

[0]: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/most-welfare-dollars-do...

Re:Browser auto-fill phishing on Thursday January 05, 2017 @02:01PM (#13330241)
I'd rather have only the field I selected autofilled and be given a secondary option to have every field (or maybe choose which fields) in a form autofilled. This bothers me in innocent, non-phishing forms too—especially when the designers don't put labels on the fields and only use placeholders, which I can no longer see after autofill.
Re:How to find your Uber passenger rating on Monday July 28, 2014 @03:41AM (#8095602)
I would think some people who got low scores would become disillusioned with the service, blaming the service rather than seeing any fault with themselves. Then being offended, they would be less likely to use the service or harbor negative feelings towards it.