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This month in serious ridesharing allegations
by Razer 20 Nov '16

20 Nov '16

AKA The "Sharing Economy" Is A Racist Sexist Feudal Economy - Uber/Lyft edition Pando... Locked, provides the blurb: > This month in serious ridesharing allegations > > Nathaniel Mott > > October was defined by a study published by the National Bureau of > Economic Research which revealed that many Uber and Lyft drivers are > sexist. The landmark study found that drivers in Seattle made African > American passengers wait longer to be picked up, that Boston drivers > often took female passengers along more expensive routes, and that > drivers in both cities cancelled trips much more often if the > prospective passenger had an African American-sounding name. > > These findings are particularly damning because ride-hailing services > are supposed to help people avoid these types of problems. Can’t hail > a cab? Book an Uber. Don’t trust a taxi driver to get you home safe? > Use Lyft. That’s the idea, anyway, but anyone who’s read these monthly > wrap-ups knows that neither of these services are as safe as they seem... Here's the dox: > > Nber Working Paper Series > Racial And Gender Discrimination In Transportation Network Companies > > Yanbo Ge > Christopher R. Knittel > Don MacKenzie > Stephen Zoepf > > Working Paper 22776 > > Abstract: Passengers have faced a history of discrimination in > transportation systems. Peer transportation companies such as Uber and > Lyft present the opportunity to rectify long-standing discrimination > or worsen it. We sent passengers in Seattle, WA and Boston, MA to hail > nearly 1,500 rides on controlled routes and recorded key performance > metrics. Results indicated a pattern of discrimination, which we > observed in Seattle through longer waiting times for African American > passengers—as much as a 35 percent increase. In Boston, we observed > discrimination by Uber drivers via more frequent cancellations against > passengers when they used African American-sounding names. Across all > trips, the cancellation rate for African American sounding names was > more than twice as frequent compared to white sounding names. Male > passengers requesting a ride in low-density areas were more than three > times as likely to have their trip canceled when they used a African > American-sounding name than when they used a white-sounding name. We > also find evidence that drivers took female passengers for longer, > more expensive, rides in Boston. We observe that removing names from > trip booking may alleviate the immediate problem but could introduce > other pathways for unequal treatment of passengers. Ps. I wrote up Lyft a few years ago. Nasty Nasty. > All one has to do is read the whiny headlines and listen to people > discuss the BART strike, even so-called anarchists, to know the only > people the Bay Area’s hipster elite care about are themselves… Do note > that Uber rideshare’s financial backers include Goldman Sachs. The > article includes more information about the kind of financial scum > “Hip Startups” are willing to collaborate with. Sharing Rides, Hoarding Profits: How the SF Bay area's technology elite are destroying poor & people of color's incomes by 'Disruptive Innovation' (link) http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/64490895571 Bonus Track: TaskRabbit... > In summer 2012, Thiel’s (Peter Thiel, PayPal founder) venture-capital > group Founders Fund became a key investor in the new ideological > startup Taskrabbit. While it nominally exists to turn a profit, > Taskrabbit is an ingenious vehicle for social engineering which aims > to lessen the control of government not over money, but work. By > exploiting high unemployment as an opportunity to diminish workers’ > rights, Taskrabbit aims to create an alternate, privatized set of > norms based on the labor paradigm of the 1920s: “liberty of contract.” > > The Ten Ninety Nihilists By Empire-Logistics, Libcom. Click through my tumblr: http://auntieimperial.tumblr.com/post/66582151603 Rr Ps Suck my nutz Techie Hipster Libertards

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guide to uncover and report the Nazis near you
by Zenaan Harkness 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

The Liberal Guide to spotting a Nazi Vladimir Golstein The Nazi virus is spreading like a wildfire, and it's extremely contagious. Follow this guide to uncover and report the Nazis near you. We live in a highly volatile, even dangerous times, when those inflicted with a Nazi-bacteria move freely among us, subjecting themselves and those around them to tremendous dangers. It is the duty of all concerned citizens to detect these infiltrators and report them immediately to the proper authorities at the Clinton Foundation. The future of the republic is at stake, so to help you remain vigilant, here is a simple ten-point test of detecting a Nazi. This guide will prove to be particularly beneficial when used along with The Malleus Maleficarum also known as Hammer of Witches. 1. Try to find out how this person voted in recent election. If the vote was not for HRC, this specimen is a Nazi. 2. Have you seen this person breaking up in tears at least once since the last presidential election? If the answer is “no” – a Nazi. 3. Has this deplorable cracked up a politically incorrect joke at least once? – A Nazi. 4. Does this person burst into cursing after hearing the name, Steve Bannon? If not – a Nazi for sure. 5. Has this person ever expressed his doubts about the political wisdom of President Obama, or such luminaries as Ashton Carter or John Kerry? – a Nazi. 6. Has this person paused for more than ten seconds before spewing “dictator” after hearing the word “Putin” pronounced? – A certified Nazi. 7. Has this individual ever expressed doubts about unhealthy intellectual, moral, and political dependence of European leaders, such as Merkel, Cameron, or Hollande on their Washington handlers? Has this person smiled when you mention the names of Karl Bildt, Radek Sikorski, or Anders Fogh Rassmussen? – Smiles and doubts at the expense of your sacred cows are sure signs of a Nazi. 8. Have you ever observed this lady reading any alternative news sights? Has she ever referred to any fact without referring to the authority of New York Times? You surely have a Nazi on your hands. 9. Has this person ever expressed his irritation with Hollywood stars and their ridiculous interference in the political process? Has this guy ever said, “I don’t need a BJ from Madonna, I am still voting for Trump.” That’s a seriously committed Nazi, a person who is beyond repair for sure. If Madonna can’t help him, nobody will. 10. Has this individual ever mention to you that endless military adventures abroad have very little to do with human rights, but a lot with the propping up of the collapsing Empire? – That’s an ultimate Nazi, who obviously recognizes only one Empire: The Third Reich. http://theduran.com/liberal-guide-spotting-nazi/

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'journalism - defending the many from the powerful few'
by Zenaan Harkness 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

Milo Yiannopoulos is enjoyably adept with his concepts and wording: http://fusion.net/story/220646/the-terrifying-allure-of-gamergate-icon-milo…

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Confront time: David Duke interview
by Zenaan Harkness 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

May be a bit confronting for some - too many facts, so brain overload for those programmed by the Lame Stream Media : http://www.dailystormer.com/the-david-duke-show-why-our-survival-depends-on… It's about a GiB, so the following might be your friend: youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0y29F2AYjM --list-formats youtube-dl http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0y29F2AYjM -f X+Y (where X is the video format you choose, and Y is the audio format, or just use the number for a combined format)

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Dave? Dave? What are you doing Dave? - 'Robot Smashes Booth, Injures Man at Tech Fair'
by Razer 19 Nov '16

19 Nov '16

I gotta 'little chubby' for YOU too. (the clueless can check the Urban Dictionary ) "For the first time in China, a robot has ‘attacked’ and injured a person. The incident occurred at the 18th China Hi-Tech Fair, that kicked off in Shenzhen on November 16th. A robot called ‘Little Chubby’ (小胖) was temporarily left without supervision at the hi-tech fair, after which it suddenly smashed through a glass booth and injured a visitor. A robot called ‘Little Chubby’ (小胖) was temporarily left without supervision at the hi-tech fair, after which it suddenly smashed through a glass booth and injured a visitor. According to Chinese media, the visitor has been taken to the hospital for his injuries shortly after the unsupervised robot smashed the booth. Little Chubby is designed for children in the 4-12 age category and is used as an educational robot. The Chinese robot, produced by a Beijing-based tech company, can be purchased for approximately 1460 US$ (9988元) on Chinese e-commerce websites. More with links: This is original content by What's on Weibo that requires investment. You are free to link to this article. Please identify this website or author when you base content on this source or quote from it. Do not reproduce our content without permission – you can contact us at info(a)whatsonweibo.com to buy additional rights. Copyright (C) http://www.whatsonweibo.com. Read more at: http://www.whatsonweibo.com/chinese-robot-smashes-booth-injures-man-shenzhe…

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GeoCaching CloudFlare PokeMon...
by grarpamp 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

Partial list, catch your server today... akl ams arn ath atl bom bos bru cph del den dfw dme dub ewr fra gru ham hel hkg iad jnb kbp kul lax lhr lis maa man mia mrs msp mxp nrt ord osl otp prg sea sin sjc sof syd tpe txl vie waw yul yyz zrh

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Re: [Cryptography] October 28th is now National Cryptography Day
by grarpamp 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Taking J Edgar Hoover's name off the FBI HQ isn't going to change anything. Yes, it probably will. You've no idea the amount of blind and stupid legacy [blue line or otherwise] person and policy worship that names on buildings engender. > Putting that issue on the agenda will cripple attempts to extend FBI power. Good. Stay the fuck out of our crypted thoughts.

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Software Discovered in Some US Phones Secretly Sends Data to China
by jim bell 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/b2583c7d-0219-3bf7-b914-8d3fed812de2/ss_softwa… (AP Images)By Brian Freeman | Wednesday, 16 Nov 2016 10:40 AMSecurity contractors recently discovered pre-installed software in some Android phones that secretly sends all the user's text messages to China every 72 hours, The New York Times reported.Kryptowire, the security firm that discovered the clandestine feature, said the software was written by the China's Shanghai Adups Technology Company. The software monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in text messages, as well as transmitting the full contents of contact lists and other data.It is unclear if this was done as an attempt to gain information for advertising purposes or a Chinese government effort to collect intelligence. However, it was apparently carried out by design and was not a bug, and offers a frightening example of how companies can manipulate technology to compromise privacy and monitor cellphone behavior, The Times reported.It is not clear how users can determine whether their phones are vulnerable, as Adups has not published a list of affected phones.Kryptowire, which says it discovered the problem through a combination of chance and curiosity, informed the U.S. government of its findings.The Department of Homeland Security said it was recently made aware of the matter and "is working with our public and private sector partners to identify appropriate mitigation strategies."During the election campaign, President-elect Donald Trump cited cyberattacks from foreign governments such as China as one of the U.S.'s most critical national security concerns, saying the Chinese are clandestinely learning everything about America.China has long said it has the right to control and censor online content, the Daily Mail reported, noting that earlier this month, Beijing passed a controversial cybersecurity bill, tightening restrictions on online freedom of speech.The legislation also imposes new rules on online service providers, raising concerns that China is further insulating its heavily controlled internet. [end of quote] Jim Bell

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What is the alt-right ?
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

One person's definition at least: http://www.dailystormer.com/a-normies-guide-to-the-alt-right/ " in an age of nihilism, absolute idealism must be couched in irony in order to be taken seriously "

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Ding Dong the Wicked Witch is DEAD!!!
by Griffin Boyce 17 Nov '16

17 Nov '16

> Shawn K. Quinn: > Let me explain to you how presidential voting works (in every state but Maine and Nebraska, anyway) Don't care about rules. YOU could've written in anybody yins wanted, stupid. > voting for Gary Johnson was the same as voting for Trump A vote for one is not a vote for another. > it is what it is They call this quitter.

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