No, I don't think it's that simple. Religion, by definition, is deliberate ignorance: believe something that has no basis in reality because it has no basis in reality. I don't know a whole heck of a lot of truly smart people who are also religious. I honestly don't know if I know any.
But, religion is becoming passe. It's dying off quickly in more educated, modern societies (ie: Europe). Without religion, some people still have some sort of innate need to believe in something irrational, because the idea of "this is all there is" is just too much (or not enough?) for them. I think that these people who need something else, but who can't buy into the magical sky wizard thing are grasping at all sorts of things, and some of those things are online Internet conspiracies.
Personally, I think that life as we know it is plenty interesting enough for me, so I don't understand why so many people need to look past that and believe in some sort of silly mumbo jumbo.
I agree. That's the first thing I thought upon seeing the headline. "Who thinks they haven't been doing this since they day they bought these companies"? And, "How can I find these people, because I have a bridge to sell them."
Facebook doesn't monopolize anything. There's nothing to break up. They're just one of many advertising platforms online. There's Google's ad network, Microsoft's ad network, and countless others. When we advertise, we never use just Facebook.
"Nerds" like all sorts of things other than "tech". I'm a biology nerd, and I find "tech" about as interesting as watching paint dry. This is news for me, thanks.
I don't use anything Facebook for obvious reasons, hence my question: What's the point of these various messaging services? Since all of the Facebook and Google ones seem to require a cell phone number now, why not just use the cell phone to communicate? Why run everything through Facebook?
They have a harder time tracking everything you do (and everywhere you go and everything you say) without a cell phone number. They're not ever going to drop that requirement.
But is there a balance to be struck between the snails pace of government approved medical research Ana what he did?
Government approvals have little to do with it. The science isn't there yet. Every scientist I know thought that what he did was wildly inappropriate. He is a bad scientist.
I'm perpetually astounded by the number of TV shows, movies, series, games, etc. out there. I can't even keep up with what's out there, but I know that some people do. Entertainment used to be something people did when they had a few minutes between working and regular household activities. For many people, consuming entertainment seems to be their primary activity, and everything else they do, revolves around that. Holy shit, that's boring as fuck.
I do not hate Google. My anger is born of disappointment, very deep disappointment.
It sounds like you're, for some bizarre reason, willing to throw your love behind Google yet again, even though, after spending many years giving them countless hours of your work ("content") for free, they dump it out with the yesterday's trash. You sound like an abused spouse, "... but I still love him". You might want to consider why you're doing this. Or, barring that, perhaps see a psychologist to help you. I'm not a psychologist, but I doubt that it's healthy to be perpetually abused by a person and go back again and again and again. And in this case, it's not even a person that's doing the abusing. It's a giant, faceless international conglomerate.
If a person in real life threatens to kill you, you call the police. If a person threatened to kill me on the Internet, I'd also call the police. I don't understand how this can happen and people are not being arrested and put into jail. Threatening somebody's life is illegal.
I'm still using a Windows Phone, and I've bought a few backups for when the batteries wear out. I simply won't use a Google or Apple phone because i don't want all of my personal data harvested and sold to anybody with money. Once all of my Windows Phones are dead, i will probably use a flip phone. I already carry around a laptop most of the time, so i can just that for email. This really sucks. Windows Phone was the best mobile OS by a mile. The UI on Apple and Google phones are dogshit. Also, I doubt that Microsoft was harvesting all of my personal data to sell to the highest bidder.
I trust Google and Apple as much as I trust Facebook and Amazon: Not at all.
You don't care that they sell all of your data to everybody else, too? Just because you don't see ads on Facebook, doesn't mean that your data isn't still sold to anybody else who's willing to pay, as well.
As somebody who owns and rents commercial buildings myself, I can tell you that in most cases, when you see a business like this, it's because they own their own building.
I just got an Android phone because I had to due (main phone is a Windows phone). Holy shit, what a mess it is. It has tons of processes that are indecipherable. How does anybody manage all of that?
They're all over my campus. When I encounter one either blocking a sidewalk, or anywhere near a ramp, I toss the fuckers into the bushes/landscaping. They're not mine. They're not the universities. They're not supposed to be there. If anybody else, individual or company, puts anything in the middle of the sidewalk, it's abandoned trash, and as far as I know, anybody can take it. I once saw a blind person walking on a sidewalk and running into one of those things, and I lost my mind.
See anything abandoned in a sidewalk? It's your moral obligation to get it the fuck out of there for people who can't navigate around them. I've actually gotten good at getting some distance with the fuckers with a single foot under the center of them.
Yeah, how terrible is it that we have a few liberal states? We need ALL of the country to be 100% in lockstep with whatever Rush Limbaugh says. Anything other than that would be terrible. Imagine... People with different ideas and different ways of life living in the same country? Madness! We really should just have one political party, and kick out anybody who doesn't agree. Great idea.
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Yeah, I'm guessing you are either that ignorant, or you simply don't know a whole heck of a lot of smart people of any kind.
You're right. I'm only a science student/researcher at a top tier research university. I don't know many smart people.
Looking back, wasn't that always the case?
No, I don't think it's that simple. Religion, by definition, is deliberate ignorance: believe something that has no basis in reality because it has no basis in reality. I don't know a whole heck of a lot of truly smart people who are also religious. I honestly don't know if I know any.
But, religion is becoming passe. It's dying off quickly in more educated, modern societies (ie: Europe). Without religion, some people still have some sort of innate need to believe in something irrational, because the idea of "this is all there is" is just too much (or not enough?) for them. I think that these people who need something else, but who can't buy into the magical sky wizard thing are grasping at all sorts of things, and some of those things are online Internet conspiracies.
Personally, I think that life as we know it is plenty interesting enough for me, so I don't understand why so many people need to look past that and believe in some sort of silly mumbo jumbo.
There's plenty of issues people have with vaccines that are based in science
Like what, exactly?
The problem is the stupid walled garden of "smart" phones. Either you're being fucked by Apple or Google. Take your pick. There's no way around it.
Cryptocurrency is still a thing? I had no idea. I thought the fad was over! Do people still "invest" in Beanie Babies, too?
I'd guess that 90% of things connected to the Internet today shouldn't be. But, people are lazy. So, nothing will change.
I agree. That's the first thing I thought upon seeing the headline. "Who thinks they haven't been doing this since they day they bought these companies"? And, "How can I find these people, because I have a bridge to sell them."
Facebook doesn't monopolize anything. There's nothing to break up. They're just one of many advertising platforms online. There's Google's ad network, Microsoft's ad network, and countless others. When we advertise, we never use just Facebook.
"Nerds" like all sorts of things other than "tech". I'm a biology nerd, and I find "tech" about as interesting as watching paint dry. This is news for me, thanks.
I don't use anything Facebook for obvious reasons, hence my question: What's the point of these various messaging services? Since all of the Facebook and Google ones seem to require a cell phone number now, why not just use the cell phone to communicate? Why run everything through Facebook?
They have a harder time tracking everything you do (and everywhere you go and everything you say) without a cell phone number. They're not ever going to drop that requirement.
But is there a balance to be struck between the snails pace of government approved medical research Ana what he did?
Government approvals have little to do with it. The science isn't there yet. Every scientist I know thought that what he did was wildly inappropriate. He is a bad scientist.
I'm perpetually astounded by the number of TV shows, movies, series, games, etc. out there. I can't even keep up with what's out there, but I know that some people do. Entertainment used to be something people did when they had a few minutes between working and regular household activities. For many people, consuming entertainment seems to be their primary activity, and everything else they do, revolves around that. Holy shit, that's boring as fuck.
I do not hate Google. My anger is born of disappointment, very deep disappointment.
It sounds like you're, for some bizarre reason, willing to throw your love behind Google yet again, even though, after spending many years giving them countless hours of your work ("content") for free, they dump it out with the yesterday's trash. You sound like an abused spouse, "... but I still love him". You might want to consider why you're doing this. Or, barring that, perhaps see a psychologist to help you. I'm not a psychologist, but I doubt that it's healthy to be perpetually abused by a person and go back again and again and again. And in this case, it's not even a person that's doing the abusing. It's a giant, faceless international conglomerate.
You trusted Ethereum? You also trust Amway and Herbalife?
If a person in real life threatens to kill you, you call the police. If a person threatened to kill me on the Internet, I'd also call the police. I don't understand how this can happen and people are not being arrested and put into jail. Threatening somebody's life is illegal.
I'm still using a Windows Phone, and I've bought a few backups for when the batteries wear out. I simply won't use a Google or Apple phone because i don't want all of my personal data harvested and sold to anybody with money. Once all of my Windows Phones are dead, i will probably use a flip phone. I already carry around a laptop most of the time, so i can just that for email. This really sucks. Windows Phone was the best mobile OS by a mile. The UI on Apple and Google phones are dogshit. Also, I doubt that Microsoft was harvesting all of my personal data to sell to the highest bidder.
I trust Google and Apple as much as I trust Facebook and Amazon: Not at all.
Posted with a Windows Phone.
If you need a phone with two screens, isn't it easier and cheaper and more functional and more private to just use a laptop/notebook?
You don't care that they sell all of your data to everybody else, too? Just because you don't see ads on Facebook, doesn't mean that your data isn't still sold to anybody else who's willing to pay, as well.
Americans don't care. They have their fast food delivered, and they buy everything else off Amazon.
As somebody who owns and rents commercial buildings myself, I can tell you that in most cases, when you see a business like this, it's because they own their own building.
I just got an Android phone because I had to due (main phone is a Windows phone). Holy shit, what a mess it is. It has tons of processes that are indecipherable. How does anybody manage all of that?
That would be a real shame if something happened to them after they were moved. A real shame.
They're all over my campus. When I encounter one either blocking a sidewalk, or anywhere near a ramp, I toss the fuckers into the bushes/landscaping. They're not mine. They're not the universities. They're not supposed to be there. If anybody else, individual or company, puts anything in the middle of the sidewalk, it's abandoned trash, and as far as I know, anybody can take it. I once saw a blind person walking on a sidewalk and running into one of those things, and I lost my mind.
See anything abandoned in a sidewalk? It's your moral obligation to get it the fuck out of there for people who can't navigate around them. I've actually gotten good at getting some distance with the fuckers with a single foot under the center of them.
Yeah, how terrible is it that we have a few liberal states? We need ALL of the country to be 100% in lockstep with whatever Rush Limbaugh says. Anything other than that would be terrible. Imagine... People with different ideas and different ways of life living in the same country? Madness! We really should just have one political party, and kick out anybody who doesn't agree. Great idea.