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Author:  lennytheweedwhacker [ Fri March 23, 2018 11:53 pm ]
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BurtReynolds wrote:
Stop trying to live through me. I'm really quite boring and sad.

i bet you have more social contact than me

Author:  BurtReynolds [ Fri March 23, 2018 11:54 pm ]
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Stop trying to live through me. I'm really quite boring and sad.

i bet you have more social contact than me

I talk to dogs more than humans.

Author:  lennytheweedwhacker [ Fri March 23, 2018 11:55 pm ]
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BurtReynolds wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:
Stop trying to live through me. I'm really quite boring and sad.

i bet you have more social contact than me

I talk to dogs more than humans.

at least we have dev

Author:  Orpheus [ Fri March 23, 2018 11:59 pm ]
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Kaius wrote:
Ourselves


+ cruelty, misery, chronic loneliness, you know, all the things holding us back as a society.

Author:  lennytheweedwhacker [ Sat March 24, 2018 12:13 am ]
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Orpheus wrote:
Kaius wrote:
Ourselves


+ cruelty, misery, chronic loneliness, you know, all the things holding us back as a society.

hi nathan

Author:  BurtReynolds [ Sat March 24, 2018 12:14 am ]
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Image

Author:  bart [ Sat March 24, 2018 12:51 am ]
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Kids these days!

Author:  Orpheus [ Sat March 24, 2018 12:56 am ]
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Orpheus wrote:
Kaius wrote:
Ourselves


+ cruelty, misery, chronic loneliness, you know, all the things holding us back as a society.

hi nathan

Sup Lenny

Author:  Simple Torture [ Sat March 24, 2018 2:11 am ]
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I can remember when the sole purpose of Facebook was to see which girls were in the same classes with you for each new semester. I think I may have even chosen a few courses based on that.

Author:  HeyGuys [ Sat March 24, 2018 2:42 am ]
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Simple Torture wrote:
I can remember when the sole purpose of Facebook was to see which girls were in the same classes with you for each new semester. I think I may have even chosen a few courses based on that.


That's how I ended up with a degree in women's studies.

Author:  BurtReynolds [ Sun March 25, 2018 7:33 am ]
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pretty interesting thread: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/976563870322999296


Author:  BurtReynolds [ Sun March 25, 2018 10:55 am ]
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Though he does try to argue that Google is beneficial and Facebook is evil. Insanity. Google is doing the exact same things, and often worse.

Author:  Bi_3 [ Mon March 26, 2018 11:27 pm ]
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--- wrote:
what are we being saved from again?


Trump's election being considered an actual thing that people just like us chose to do.

Author:  Sgt. Crackpot [ Mon March 26, 2018 11:33 pm ]
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This is nothing new. RM has been mining and selling personal data for years. How do you think we run this place without advertising or sign up costs?

Author:  Simple Torture [ Mon March 26, 2018 11:36 pm ]
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Sgt. Crackpot wrote:
This is nothing new. RM has been mining and selling personal data for years. How do you think we run this place without advertising or sign up costs?


Quote:
From: Google (customerservice@google.com)
To: RM (mynameisb@gmail.com)

Subject: Our Primary Concern

To Whom It May Concern:

Please, please stop letting your members post in the human bass thread. It's making the algorithms uncomfortable.

Best,

Your Google Advertising Rep

Author:  simple schoolboy [ Tue March 27, 2018 5:17 am ]
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BurtReynolds wrote:
pretty interesting thread: https://twitter.com/fchollet/status/976563870322999296



There was another tweet storm about how the real story here is how Facebook is controlling content producers, especially news outlets. Why should we care about the bottom line of these content producers more than the privacy implications for individuals? Seems like a weird conventional media take.

Author:  hlniv [ Tue March 27, 2018 6:09 pm ]
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Author:  bune [ Tue March 27, 2018 6:57 pm ]
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Since we're talking about it:

Bing [Bot], Google [Bot]

Who the hell are these guys? ("Hur, they're bots" gee, thanks.)

OK, how about what the hell are these guys?

Author:  Jammer XCI [ Wed March 28, 2018 7:49 pm ]
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:bammer:

Author:  HeyGuys [ Wed March 28, 2018 7:51 pm ]
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They called it

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