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[Worldmaster27]

Pfft, I just use a computer.

[~Neri]

Volunteered at animal shelter today, job was "Go in that room and play with those twenty seven cats." I think there were at least thirty cats.

Took a bunch of kitteh pictures.

Pm if you want the not blurry ones. They ish adorables.

[Orange Wizard]

B-but don't be evil.

Google's motto isn't "be good". Don't expect them to be good guys.

[Arcvasti]

Volunteered at animal shelter today, job was "Go in that room and play with those twenty seven cats." I think there were at least thirty cats.

That's a JOB? 0_0 I must consider doing this in the future.

[Worldmaster27]

Volunteered at animal shelter today, job was "Go in that room and play with those twenty seven cats." I think there were at least thirty cats.

That's a JOB? 0_0 I must consider doing this in the future.

Me too, mind if we switch places Kevak?

[WillowLuman]

You should probably just post some of the pictures to the thread.

[Yoink]

Who needs money when you get paid in cute?!

[kaenneth]

Who needs money when you get paid in cute?!

You haven't seen the nice Japanese currency yet, have you?

a different Yen-tan character for each denomination.

[Kadzar]

Who needs money when you get paid in cute?!

People who need to eat? You can't eat cute, unless maybe you're some sort of horrible monster being.

[Furtuka]

Who needs money when you get paid in cute?!

People who need to eat? You can't eat cute, unless maybe you're some sort of horrible monster being.

*pulls the Xantalos signal*

[~Neri]

You should probably just post some of the pictures to the thread.

I put them into a zip file cause easier to upload.

http://puu.sh/ag1Qe/310f8374fe.zip

There it ish if you want thems.

Volunteered at animal shelter today, job was "Go in that room and play with those twenty seven cats." I think there were at least thirty cats.

That's a JOB? 0_0 I must consider doing this in the future.

Me too, mind if we switch places Kevak?

You could always come down to LA, I could introduce you to the shelter peoples.

Volunteered at animal shelter today, job was "Go in that room and play with those twenty seven cats." I think there were at least thirty cats.

That's a JOB? 0_0 I must consider doing this in the future.

Yesh, it ish a job. Technically I could be getting payed for it, there are a bunch of rich peoples who hire catsitters.

[SalmonGod]

Yep. Gotta love 'em.
I like the world right now. We have companies that are forming almost complete monopolies in their areas (like Google and Valve), but no one complains because they're cool guys.

There are a lot of reasons to stop liking Google and their monopoly, starting with data storage and cooperation with authoritarian governments and big corps. to aid in mass surveillance and customer profiling.

I'm pretty sure Google put out a lot of statements in the beginning to the effect of "Hey, listen up.  Seriously, this thing is happening.  We keep fighting it, but aren't given a lot of choice in the matter.  Here's as much data about what we're being forced to do as we can get away with making public."  They were actually one of the first high profile activists on the issue, back when the whole notion was regarded as paranoid conspiracy theory.  I think they put less effort into raising awareness of the issue since it's become public knowledge, but they were very loud about it in the beginning.  The younger internet crowd probably never noticed back then, because it was already more than 5 years ago that they started blowing the whistle, long before the Snowden revelations.  They still maintain a Transparency Report on the subject, and have participated in or offered support to multiple protests against surveillance.

I'm as anti-corporate as anyone, and I know Google has some shady practices here and there, but their role in surveillance is mostly beyond their control.  Their only way out would be to shut down their business.  Smart advertising based on data collection is their whole business model.  They couldn't maintain their infrastructure as free to use without that.  As long as they exist in that form, the government will see their data stores as low-hanging fruit.  I still think Google is one of very few large businesses that still operates mostly in good faith.

There are most definitely better targets for criticism on this topic - like Facebook.  They're probably the worst.

[Loud Whispers]

I'm pretty sure Google put out a lot of statements in the beginning to the effect of "This is happening.  We keep protesting it, but aren't given a lot of choice in the matter.  Here's as much data about what we're being forced to do as we can get away with making public."  They were actually one of the first high profile activists on the issue, back when the whole notion was regarded as paranoid conspiracy theory.  I think they put less effort into raising awareness of the issue since it's become public knowledge, but they were very loud about it in the beginning.  The younger internet crowd probably never noticed back then, because it was already more than 5 years ago that they started blowing the whistle, long before the Snowden revelations.  They still maintain a Transparency Report on the subject, and have participated in or offered support to multiple protests against surveillance.

I'm as anti-corporate as anyone, and I know Google has some shady practices here and there, but their role in surveillance is mostly beyond their control.  Their only way out would be to shut down their business.  Smart advertising based on data collection is their whole business model.  They couldn't maintain their infrastructure as free to use without that.  As long as they exist in that form, the government will see their data stores as low-hanging fruit.  I still think Google is one of very few large businesses that still operates mostly in good faith.

There are most definitely better targets for criticism on this topic - like Facebook.  They're probably the worst.

I suppose you missed the finagle when they were deliberately censoring people on the internet in order to create a public outrage against an EU law that was enacted to enforce the right to be forgotten.

[SalmonGod]

I suppose you missed the finagle when they were deliberately censoring people on the internet in order to create a public outrage against an EU law that was enacted to enforce the right to be forgotten.

Yeah, I did miss that.

[Karkov]

I missed that as well, got an article or something so I can peruse it?