Google
– know everything you click and sell that data to anyone. Google do everything they can, including changing web standards, to track you.
Facebook
– know everything you click and sell that data to anyone. Zuckerberg is a fucking lizard and they try to embed their tracking pixels everywhere.
Apple
– know what you do on their devices and do NOT sell that data to anyone. Using Apple products is optional.
Amazon
– know what you buy on their site, know what you look at on their site and do NOT sell that data to anyone. Using Amazon is optional.
Compare the first two to the last two
Pichai and Zuckerberg make their money – LOTS of money – through exploitation and data selling
Bezos and Cook do not
Why can I figure this out this distinction yet American senators cannot?
I was familiar with the story – bombs, manifesto publication, “It’s my brother”, arrest – but it was interesting how the FBI worked in the pre-internet era.
“Do not talk to cops and never, ever believe them. Do not “try to be helpful” with cops.”
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – from personal experience here in the UK, being arrested, enduring questioning where I used a word the cop did and had it turned against me, followed by a night in a cell and months of investigation:
I forgot that I was hired to do a job for you and that it was just a temp job at that.
I forgot that I had two hundred and fifty million people who were paying me to make their lives a little better and I didn’t live up to my part of the bargain.
See, there are certain things you should expect from a President. I ought to care more about you than I do about me… I ought to care more about what’s right than I do about what’s popular…
President Trump said on Wednesday that he has told the Navy to shoot down and destroy any Iranian fast boats that harass American naval ships, in what would be a sharp escalation of the risky maneuvers performed by the two adversaries in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. NYTimes
A move to create a conflict solely to divert attention from the Covid crisis back home.
Last time I went through an airport (to/from Poland) I got complimented on my tattoos and waved through without stopping. That has never happened in the USA and I doubt it will happen this time – heading USA way tomorrow.
When I had my leg done Neil covered it in saniderm that was relatively thick. Good stuff though – it stuck for days, itching was reduced and the tattoo looks great.
The left arm though he used saniderm again but this stuff was super thin, like onion skin. I can’t even feel the edge where it stops. That was Thursday, it’s Sunday and it’s still stuck perfectly. I plan on removing it maybe this Thursday.
Switched the initial nostril hoop things for Ti rings. Why wait for it to heal then stretch when I can expand it now and let it heal for the one time?
The meetup.com group I started is ticking over nicely. We don’t just talk about how we got to pass the entry requirements but it’s good when talking and a memory is triggered that everyone else knows why you suddenly went silent, or turned to stare out of the window. Everyone who has come along has been really cool.
Wanting to make a fairly significant life change but – like all of us – a money thing gets in the way. Not sure if it’s solvable.
My HOSTS file remains good – a solid week of blocking all things facebook, instagram and twitter. Will be adding a chunk of google domains to it soon.
New US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo – who earlier this month travelled secretly to Pyongyang to meet Mr Kim – said his impression was that Mr Kim was serious about reaching a deal.
“The economic pressure put in place by this global effort that President Trump has led has led him to believe that it’s in his best interest to come to the table and talk about denuclearisation,” he said, speaking at a Nato meeting in Brussels.
The VERY last line of that Trump-sucking post?
“Chinese researchers have indicated that North Korea’s nuclear test site may be unusable after a rock collapse.”
which links to this information which says Kim has basically fucked himself.