Yep. For a decade it was always "It's just a private company, bro!" or "You agreed to it in the ToS, if you don't like it just don't use facebook!" until it helped Trump. Then it instantly became the scandal of the century.
Normally this would annoy me, but facebook's getting fucked so I'll overlook it this time. Only worry is this will now leave Google alone in sole, incontestable control of the Big Brother-ing industry.
Did Obama's campaign scrape profiles of 50 million completely unrelated individuals who happened to be friends of people who took an online personality test?
I'll answer for you. No.
The reason you think it's the same is: you're a stupid cunt.
You sound smart. Facebook claim Cambridge Analytica violated their TOS.
Now that the propaganda houses are claiming that Trump is terrible because he used this same data channels as Obama, suddenly everyone is upset because MSM tells them to be upset.
'everything that differs from my view is propaganda'
It's actually quite different. You either choose not to see the difference because you're biased, or you're a stupid cunt. Almost certainly both.
Two factors here are that people are really fucking stupid.
Say your arm became detached in some kind of accident. Doctors re-attached it, good as new. Is it still your arm? Are you still you?
I am my brain. So yes. As long as I have arms where my brain thinks they should be, and the correct neural circuitry to make it feel as if I 'own' it, no problem.
So how about if somehow medical science could repair a bisected brain? Is the person that wakes up still you?
I think the length of time the brain was bisected for would matter. I feel as though gradual change combats this disrupted continuity issue.
Similar questions arise if you consider uploading your consciousness or replacing your organic brain with an electronic one. I feel as if there's a way to make it feel as if it's 'you' in the end configuration, perhaps through gradual change seeing as the change that occurs in us already is gradual too (new synapses, neurons dying off, molecules in the cells turning over etc).
But if 'you' are the information and it is divorce-able from the substrate, you're essentially already just a software program ready to be copied ad-infinitum.
You are your substrate. You may be happy to get into a star trek style matter teleporter, but I certainly wouldn't. What comes out the other end thinks it's you, but it isn't you. There is nothing to stop the other end making as many copies of you as it feels like, all of which would feel subjectively just like you.
For teleportation, I'm happy to get into space-bending or wormhole based ones, but not the kind that rip you apart into component particles to be reassembled from different particles elsewhere. For me, in the first instance, you are dead. RIP.
And he'd get a planet-sized illustration of what a dumb ass he is.
But seriously. You could fly this dickhead around the planet for the rest of his life and he'd still tell you it's flat. That's the thing about flat earthers. They're stupid cunts.
This wager was a joke. The bet was about who was right or not. Nobody gave two fucks if the bet was paid out on or not. You'd think people who run a tech mag/web site would get that.
Where was your outrage when Obama did the exact same thing?
That was before the invasion and annexing of Crimea, as well as other aggressive acts from Putin. That's not going to matter to you of course, because you're a dickhead incapable of nuanced thought.
It genuinely frightens me that we're so quick to support dictatorships....
Yes #metoo. You guys voted in Trump. And you seem to have given your president the power to kick out everyone in his government that disagrees with him or his views, and replace them with others more to his liking.
In most western countries, if the prime minister/president/supreme overlord would kick out ministers and other people in the government because he does not like their opinions, or they disagree with him, or whatever, and nominate his pals instead, iterate until happy, well people might say that looks a lot like dictatorship.
Trump can be voted out. Putin can't be voted out. You don't get the difference?
Of course, they're ALL like that - which is convenient, because if they weren't you'd have to think about things in a nuanced way, and you clearly don't have the brain cells to achieve that.
It's nice when the world is simple enough to fit in your limited brainium isn't it? Phew!
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lol. Gotta love the mental gymnastics of the Apple devotees. Truly a sight to behold.
Just so you know, I don't give a fuck either way, because I've more important things to think about.
But FYI, the 'holding it wrong' thing was Steve Jobs, not Samsung.
So they said "Sorry, we removed this by accident."
And your response to them was... "Why?"?
Must be really frustrating not having your cpu cycles taken to make money for a stranger.
If someone's argument is rambling, vague, and composed entirely of questions, it's not ad-hominem to dismiss it. Standards.
Interesting to see your thought process there. You're stupid, but it's interesting to see it. Nice JACQing off there, pard.
the idiot's accept
Oh dear.
Yep. For a decade it was always "It's just a private company, bro!" or "You agreed to it in the ToS, if you don't like it just don't use facebook!" until it helped Trump. Then it instantly became the scandal of the century.
Normally this would annoy me, but facebook's getting fucked so I'll overlook it this time. Only worry is this will now leave Google alone in sole, incontestable control of the Big Brother-ing industry.
Did Obama's campaign scrape profiles of 50 million completely unrelated individuals who happened to be friends of people who took an online personality test?
I'll answer for you. No.
The reason you think it's the same is: you're a stupid cunt.
No one is accusing them of violating them TOS.
You sound smart. Facebook claim Cambridge Analytica violated their TOS.
Now that the propaganda houses are claiming that Trump is terrible because he used this same data channels as Obama, suddenly everyone is upset because MSM tells them to be upset.
'everything that differs from my view is propaganda'
It's actually quite different. You either choose not to see the difference because you're biased, or you're a stupid cunt. Almost certainly both.
Two factors here are that people are really fucking stupid.
It's painfully, painfully true.
Say your arm became detached in some kind of accident. Doctors re-attached it, good as new. Is it still your arm? Are you still you?
I am my brain. So yes. As long as I have arms where my brain thinks they should be, and the correct neural circuitry to make it feel as if I 'own' it, no problem.
So how about if somehow medical science could repair a bisected brain? Is the person that wakes up still you?
I think the length of time the brain was bisected for would matter. I feel as though gradual change combats this disrupted continuity issue.
Similar questions arise if you consider uploading your consciousness or replacing your organic brain with an electronic one. I feel as if there's a way to make it feel as if it's 'you' in the end configuration, perhaps through gradual change seeing as the change that occurs in us already is gradual too (new synapses, neurons dying off, molecules in the cells turning over etc).
But if 'you' are the information and it is divorce-able from the substrate, you're essentially already just a software program ready to be copied ad-infinitum.
You are your substrate. You may be happy to get into a star trek style matter teleporter, but I certainly wouldn't. What comes out the other end thinks it's you, but it isn't you. There is nothing to stop the other end making as many copies of you as it feels like, all of which would feel subjectively just like you.
For teleportation, I'm happy to get into space-bending or wormhole based ones, but not the kind that rip you apart into component particles to be reassembled from different particles elsewhere. For me, in the first instance, you are dead. RIP.
And he'd get a planet-sized illustration of what a dumb ass he is.
But seriously. You could fly this dickhead around the planet for the rest of his life and he'd still tell you it's flat. That's the thing about flat earthers. They're stupid cunts.
Assange is just a russian asset now, as you can see from his behaviour around the hacked emails in 2016.
Wikileaks could have been a positive force in the world, but that smarmy cunt pissed all over it.
When you come from a dictatorship with no rule of law, like Kaspersky does.
lol we're talking about the US here. You can buy laws, you can buy public office, so you can sure as fuck buy a college.
Somehow interesting that those two species are practically indistinguishable.
At which point it makes sense to ask - why differentiate? Better to ignore in either case.
It would be acceptable to teach the works of dead white men once more.
And to think I share a demographic with this worm. Man the fuck up and stop being such a whiny little bitch.
This wager was a joke. The bet was about who was right or not. Nobody gave two fucks if the bet was paid out on or not. You'd think people who run a tech mag/web site would get that.
I was going to say you should try arguing against real points of view and not pathetic strawmen, but that'd be a complete waste of time, wouldn't it?
Where was your outrage when Obama did the exact same thing?
That was before the invasion and annexing of Crimea, as well as other aggressive acts from Putin. That's not going to matter to you of course, because you're a dickhead incapable of nuanced thought.
It genuinely frightens me that we're so quick to support dictatorships....
Yes #metoo. You guys voted in Trump. And you seem to have given your president the power to kick out everyone in his government that disagrees with him or his views, and replace them with others more to his liking.
In most western countries, if the prime minister/president/supreme overlord would kick out ministers and other people in the government because he does not like their opinions, or they disagree with him, or whatever, and nominate his pals instead, iterate until happy, well people might say that looks a lot like dictatorship.
Trump can be voted out. Putin can't be voted out. You don't get the difference?
Meanwhile, in your lazy world where you sit behind a keyboard all day...
I read on down. Wow, you look a right dickhead now, lol. Oops.
Congratulations on your Dear Leader winning the... "election". :) You must be very pleased.
It's funny... My wife pointed out just yesterday
Stop talking to your hand, neckbeard. It creeps people out.
I love your sig. Definite "I'm 14 and this is deep" material.
Of course, they're ALL like that - which is convenient, because if they weren't you'd have to think about things in a nuanced way, and you clearly don't have the brain cells to achieve that.
It's nice when the world is simple enough to fit in your limited brainium isn't it? Phew!