Can someone tell me when "pilot program" started to mean "will the people flip the fuck out because we're doing shady shit"? Seriously, it's like they'd invent screens small enough to be in the back of our eyelids mostly so we can be advertised to in our sleep...
"Facebook understands "that people want more information and control over the data Facebook receives from other websites and apps that use our services," the company said in a statement."
More like Facebook is trying to slow the inevitable process of people taking control of the user of their data back as much as possible, and it has billions to do so. Luckily they practically own the government at this point so they'll always have a place here in the UFSA.
It's as if nobody really gives a fuck these people can't drink their water or something. Weird since this is supposedly "teh bestest kuntry evar." Fucking Murika.
Excellent. Perhaps if we cut off an ear when we catch them they'll stop for sure! Larger and more severe penalties have really done a number on the drug problem! Lowest numbers in years, bigly progress....
Look citizen, if you didn't have anything to hide why would you be worried?
"Suddenly popular".... I've been playing since the early 90's and have seen a steady increase in players at gaming stores and cons for this whole time. Maybe that's what happens when does realize it's a choose your own adventure game and not the conduit to Satan's demonic asshole that those "well meaning" and "very concerned" hyper religious idiots that called themselves parents made it out to be. I'm still alive after all these years and still not possessed. How very strange...
Oh, right. Go somewhere that accepts money. You don't HAVE to eat at said establishment, and I'd be willing to bet that if enough people simply did that companies might just get the picture.
But this is America, where we just whine and then accept whatever people give us and hope they don't make it worse. Don't think so? How's that whole 'net neutrality' thing going? As slowly as possible while they rake in millions....because people just can't seem to stand up for themselves. Weird that.
Regardless, all we needed to know is right here: "As part of an effort to reassure doubters, Xu promised that Huawei would release a code of AI principles in April. This will amount to a promise that the company will seek to protect user data and ensure security. " A promise. That should keep things on the up and up, no?
It's worked for Facecrook for years now, even as they blatantly shred that promise to ribbons.
Yeah profitable. All hail the glory of profit. I'm sure a great profit was made on the chemical weapons used in WW1. I'm sure awesome profit is being made by companies like Hallie Burton as we declare was across the planet. AT&T? Still pretty profitable. So is Facecrook. Then again... Murder is really profitable. So is theft and fraud. Those are VERY profitable.
Funny how those seem to have laws against them because they DAMAGE SOCIETY'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION ON A LARGE SCALE huh? Kill one, you're a murderer. Kill thousands it was just a little accident. No, pretty sure this shit is going to change soon. Growth for the sake of growth is the mantra of the cancer cell, and with the same end result.
Why oh why is this so terribly difficult to understand? A corporation exists for a singular purpose: make money. That's it. There's no thought to ramifications (unless it directly interferes with me making money) or social costs (again, unless it prevents me from making money).
Or have you missed the century plus history of children in coal mines, slave labor, Union busting, and shit like Union Carbide? To me, corporations are like fire. Great when they're performing something useful like cooking your food or keeping you warm...but fucking terrifying when it burns a city to the ground with zero consequence.
Yep. You just have to worry about that $400 custom made socket to get that "simple bolt on part" off in one piece. Someone hasn't been paying attention in the last few years it looks like.
Ah yes, the old "vote with yer wallet!" mantra. Seems to be working with Comcast, AT&T, et. cet. Yeah? They've collectively been in the fucking dustbin for satisfaction surveys almost my whole life. And yet, there they are, benefiting from concepts apparently unknown to you. Ever hear of "regulatory capture"? How about "buying the laws you want"? No?
Then do some research and stop spewing happy thought bullshit. Regulation is sorely needed, ACTUAL regulation. Not this ball fondling lip service we have now.
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Honestly I saw a whole bunch of giant corporations. Not many actual human beings though, and you damn well know there isn't anyone who would be working there speaking up.
Big G, Hasbro, Chuck E Cheese, et Al would like to have stern words with you for attempting to interfere with their cash cow programming. These cheap toys (cheap to MAKE, they're still expensive as hell, trust me.) won't just sell themselves, we need an army of tiny, stubborn, whiny salespeople to hock our shit for us until the parents give in. Seriously, as the father of two young children I can barely have them watch TV. It's a vapid wasteland of 4m of program and 26m of REALLYALLY FUCKING LOUD, REPETITIVE ADS. Luckily there's at least Netflix. Not a perfect solution but a damn sight better than TV.
I really wish we would stop selling to children. Get kid sized and walk down the cereal isle, it's like being in a haunted house... All the boxes are looking at you... Creepy as fuck if you ask me.
I've always found it fascinating that the RICH (to borrow your emphasis) think that anyone taking their money for any reason is anathema, but uh...hey if I can take YOUR money that's my right. Hey, you have "equal access and opportunity" to be rich here in the United Capitalist States. You just have to win the lottery or be born into money...or as some have suggested just "stop being poor".
I think we still have A LONG way to go before most folks realize they're protecting the people who hold them in chains. Weather those are iron or financial the effects can be felt just as keenly.
Absolutely. "Free Speech". Should apply equally to calls for Jihad, calls for [marginalized/minority group] to be killed, and pumpkin pie recipes. I mean it's all just appreciate, it's not like any of those things often lead to talk world actions, right? I mean who cares if a bake a pie?
(If this needs a sarcasm tag you clearly don't understand my intent...and you sick at sarcasm.)
Won't be in business longer than it takes some Romney-level piece of vulturous filth to figure out how to extract $0.02 More per widget. Business is by it's nature predatory. They exist solely to generate revenue and anyone expressing otherwise is just attempting to sell you something. In this case, your continued existence. Strange that in Amerikkka, that's not only acceptable it's LAUDED as excellent behavior. Until that changes nothing else will./Opinionated rant
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Pretty sure precious little of what that monster does is unintentional.
That's the excuse my 6 year old tries when they're caught doing something they shouldn't be.
You don't own shit anymore. Service goes down? Ooh well!
Yeah, not something I'm happy about.
Can someone tell me when "pilot program" started to mean "will the people flip the fuck out because we're doing shady shit"?
Seriously, it's like they'd invent screens small enough to be in the back of our eyelids mostly so we can be advertised to in our sleep...
Mother fucker *I* have ADHD too. I've never tried to use it as a goddamn excuse in court though. Wtf people. Grow the hell up.
"Facebook understands "that people want more information and control over the data Facebook receives from other websites and apps that use our services," the company said in a statement."
More like Facebook is trying to slow the inevitable process of people taking control of the user of their data back as much as possible, and it has billions to do so. Luckily they practically own the government at this point so they'll always have a place here in the UFSA.
Fuck religion. /End
Maybe some new filter tech? No? Huh.
It's as if nobody really gives a fuck these people can't drink their water or something. Weird since this is supposedly "teh bestest kuntry evar."
Fucking Murika.
Excellent. Perhaps if we cut off an ear when we catch them they'll stop for sure! Larger and more severe penalties have really done a number on the drug problem! Lowest numbers in years, bigly progress....
Look citizen, if you didn't have anything to hide why would you be worried?
"when you realize".
Proofreading Asmo. It's a thing...
"Suddenly popular"....
I've been playing since the early 90's and have seen a steady increase in players at gaming stores and cons for this whole time. Maybe that's what happens when does realize it's a choose your own adventure game and not the conduit to Satan's demonic asshole that those "well meaning" and "very concerned" hyper religious idiots that called themselves parents made it out to be.
I'm still alive after all these years and still not possessed. How very strange...
Oh, right. Go somewhere that accepts money. You don't HAVE to eat at said establishment, and I'd be willing to bet that if enough people simply did that companies might just get the picture.
But this is America, where we just whine and then accept whatever people give us and hope they don't make it worse. Don't think so? How's that whole 'net neutrality' thing going? As slowly as possible while they rake in millions....because people just can't seem to stand up for themselves. Weird that.
Regardless, all we needed to know is right here:
"As part of an effort to reassure doubters, Xu promised that Huawei would release a code of AI principles in April. This will amount to a promise that the company will seek to protect user data and ensure security. " A promise. That should keep things on the up and up, no?
It's worked for Facecrook for years now, even as they blatantly shred that promise to ribbons.
The Clinton-Russia Coverup continues..
As does Russia's efforts to ensure we pay attention to the dancing bear. Nothing else to see here folks just a circus, oh and a bit of bread.
Yeah profitable. All hail the glory of profit.
I'm sure a great profit was made on the chemical weapons used in WW1. I'm sure awesome profit is being made by companies like Hallie Burton as we declare was across the planet. AT&T? Still pretty profitable. So is Facecrook. Then again...
Murder is really profitable. So is theft and fraud. Those are VERY profitable.
Funny how those seem to have laws against them because they DAMAGE SOCIETY'S ABILITY TO FUNCTION ON A LARGE SCALE huh?
Kill one, you're a murderer. Kill thousands it was just a little accident.
No, pretty sure this shit is going to change soon. Growth for the sake of growth is the mantra of the cancer cell, and with the same end result.
Free. Markets. Are. A. Myth.
Why oh why is this so terribly difficult to understand? A corporation exists for a singular purpose: make money. That's it. There's no thought to ramifications (unless it directly interferes with me making money) or social costs (again, unless it prevents me from making money).
Or have you missed the century plus history of children in coal mines, slave labor, Union busting, and shit like Union Carbide?
To me, corporations are like fire. Great when they're performing something useful like cooking your food or keeping you warm...but fucking terrifying when it burns a city to the ground with zero consequence.
Yep.
You just have to worry about that $400 custom made socket to get that "simple bolt on part" off in one piece. Someone hasn't been paying attention in the last few years it looks like.
Ah yes, the old "vote with yer wallet!" mantra. Seems to be working with Comcast, AT&T, et. cet. Yeah? They've collectively been in the fucking dustbin for satisfaction surveys almost my whole life.
And yet, there they are, benefiting from concepts apparently unknown to you. Ever hear of "regulatory capture"? How about "buying the laws you want"?
No?
Then do some research and stop spewing happy thought bullshit.
Regulation is sorely needed, ACTUAL regulation. Not this ball fondling lip service we have now.
This is what can happen when a friend's cry for help goes unanswered. Every year, thousands of developmentally challenged anonymous cowards post comments such as this one on our message boards. Each one of these a tiny plea for someone to drag them out of their vanishingly small world of Faux News and The Daily Stormer and into a world full of possibilities.
Please, when you see one of these, try and get them connected with someone who can help.
Together, we can help these people live full, happy, productive lives free of the need to dehumanize and mock others simply to defend their warped world view.
Please, won't you think of the cowards? They're counting on you because obviously they can't count on themselves.
This message brought to you by the StopTheShithead Foundation and your local freethinker. Remember, a waste is a terrible thing to mind.
Thank you.
Honestly I saw a whole bunch of giant corporations. Not many actual human beings though, and you damn well know there isn't anyone who would be working there speaking up.
I should really stop posting from my phone. Spellcheck and auto complete are killing me.
Big G, Hasbro, Chuck E Cheese, et Al would like to have stern words with you for attempting to interfere with their cash cow programming. These cheap toys (cheap to MAKE, they're still expensive as hell, trust me.) won't just sell themselves, we need an army of tiny, stubborn, whiny salespeople to hock our shit for us until the parents give in.
Seriously, as the father of two young children I can barely have them watch TV. It's a vapid wasteland of 4m of program and 26m of REALLYALLY FUCKING LOUD, REPETITIVE ADS.
Luckily there's at least Netflix. Not a perfect solution but a damn sight better than TV.
I really wish we would stop selling to children. Get kid sized and walk down the cereal isle, it's like being in a haunted house... All the boxes are looking at you...
Creepy as fuck if you ask me.
I've always found it fascinating that the RICH (to borrow your emphasis) think that anyone taking their money for any reason is anathema, but uh...hey if I can take YOUR money that's my right.
Hey, you have "equal access and opportunity" to be rich here in the United Capitalist States. You just have to win the lottery or be born into money...or as some have suggested just "stop being poor".
I think we still have A LONG way to go before most folks realize they're protecting the people who hold them in chains. Weather those are iron or financial the effects can be felt just as keenly.
It's all just speech. Thanks auto correct. -_-
Absolutely. "Free Speech". Should apply equally to calls for Jihad, calls for [marginalized/minority group] to be killed, and pumpkin pie recipes. I mean it's all just appreciate, it's not like any of those things often lead to talk world actions, right? I mean who cares if a bake a pie?
(If this needs a sarcasm tag you clearly don't understand my intent...and you sick at sarcasm.)
A truly righteous non-greedy company...
Won't be in business longer than it takes some Romney-level piece of vulturous filth to figure out how to extract $0.02 More per widget. Business is by it's nature predatory. They exist solely to generate revenue and anyone expressing otherwise is just attempting to sell you something. /Opinionated rant
In this case, your continued existence. Strange that in Amerikkka, that's not only acceptable it's LAUDED as excellent behavior. Until that changes nothing else will.