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Re:Linux 5.10 on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:11PM (#25413114)
Could the title be more descriptive than “Linux 5.10”?
Re:The fraying of the U.S. global currency reserve system on Sunday December 13, 2020 @10:10PM (#25413108)
> To me, this is the money shot.

In which sense?

> Google sells user data, but that isn't true; user data is only used for ad personalization.

And other companies getting referrals can’t connect the dots when they know the user clicking on the AdWords Ad and what the Ad was for?

Companies that work with big data companies run AdWords campaigns in Google for other companies, right?

Even if Google isn’t evil and does everything in the interest of privacy, if their ads, based on your preferences from your emails and browsing history, are used to direct you to some product, there is a way that other companies will learn of those preferences, store them, sell them, and use them.

You didn’t happen upon someone on an island playing with a remote controlled Pterosaur did you?

They might be able to get you a helicopter ride to NORAD, so you can stop it.

I got Mother Goose.
Re:If-then-else had to be invented on Sunday December 13, 2020 @11:34AM (#25407732)
Not having an API is short-sighted.

Those who will use your info legitimately will probably use an API, but those who only want your data can hide their IP across a number of cloud agents to extract all of the data from your site regardless of whether you offer an API or not unless you use CAPTCHA.

Re:Show HN: Write-Only Interface for Twitter on Wednesday December 09, 2020 @09:11AM (#25358605)
If everyone used it, no one would read it, so I’m all for it, in that context.