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Bugger the light bulbs, I want to comment on the web page itself.
Primitive-as Hell page : Interesting, original content
THIS IS WHAT THE INTERNET IS FOR!
How the Hell do we get rid of google, fb, etc?
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Mark_Wallace wrote: How the Hell do we get rid of google, fb, etc?
1. A page may not be more than <N> KB in size.
2. It may not contain more than <M> links
3. The use of Javascript, server-side code, etc. in any web page shall be made a capital crime
I think that should do it. 
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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How about:
0: Advertising must not be considered as the be-all and end-all of the Internet.
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In order to eliminate advertising, the Internet will have to transition to a "pay per view" model. This may have worked for cable TV vs broadcast TV, but has not worked so well on the net.
(Applications such as Hulu, Netflix, etc. excepted)
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There's no need to eliminate advertising, but it's been turned into the main focus of the Internet.
Even people who would have just opened a geocities site in the past immediately fire up accounts with the google advertising mob, before they've even written any original content.
Advertising isn't what the Internet was invented for, so it shouldn't be the Internet's main focus.
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The shutdown comes in response to news that Facebook has been using Apple’s program for internal app distribution to track teenage customers with a “research” app. One of those battles where I can't decide who I want to lose (more)
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I was waiting for the zinger: Apple discovered this when they called Facebook and before Facebook answered, Apple heard them say, "don't tell them about our certificate use."
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Kent Sharkey wrote: One of those battles where I can't decide who I want to lose (more)
I'm taking apple's side on this one.
Apple is just apple, but fb is once again abusing the Internet in ways that would cause national uproar if a government did it.
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The Google Chrome browser is set to add a feature that will warn users when accessing sites with domain names that look like authentic websites. So I stop going to cdoeproject.com
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You mistakenly typed yahoo.com. Redirecting to google.com
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I'll admit, I tried the link. Was sorely disappointed.
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Zuckerberg is asked when he knew about kids inadvertently spending parents' money. Profit?
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I expected a "it wasn't out intention" remark and instead got this:
Quote: internally referred to as 'friendly fraud'
Is Facebook in a pissing contest with Google to see who can be the most evil? Seems that Twitter wants in as well.
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I don't know about in-game charges, but I'd like to see serious charges brought against fb.
The "greed uber alles" style US corporations need to receive several sharp shocks, over the next few years.
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Agreed.
I’m in the middle of “Bad Blood” tight now (about Theranos), and I can’t help but wonder just how much of the deceit and greed also applies to FB, Twitter, etc. Certainly the hubris does.
TTFN - Kent
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I am reading Bad Blood too and it's a fascinating story, it does look like Holmes is probably going to go to jail for what she did given her recent depositions that can be found somewhere on youtube(apparently some 600 or so "I don't know" answers to simple questions about what was going on in Theranos at the time).
Certainly Apple have not been too honest with its customers when they previously explained that customers were holding their devices incorrectly, in order to explain reception issues.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It would be a total miscarriage of justice if Lizzie Borden Holmes didn't do serious jail time.
I'll have to pick up a copy of that book.
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It is very well written, John Carreyrou is not only a great investigative journalist but a good writer too.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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It should arrive tomorrow morning. I'm actually looking forward to it.
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... And, a couple of chapters in, I'm very glad I bought it.
Cheers to you and Kent for the recommendation.
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In other news, Facebook asks senators why the tricked adults into being taxed to death at the expense of their kids inheritance.
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Research analysis finds that a moderate level of piracy can have a positive impact on the bottom line for both the manufacturer and the retailer -- and not at the expense of consumers. "It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the navy."
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Woo-Hoo!
Where can I buy a torrent machine?
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