Twitter is not that relevant to be honest. I assume many customers are not active on Twitter either. I do not see why it is so important to have activity on the account when there is a dedicated page for informing customers of what is going on.
Also, if you look at the medium post, the tweets are mostly sorry/thank you/everything should be fine soon. No actual information on what is going on. How could you put relevant technical details in a tweet? How does a short, uninformative tweet help you more?
edit: also, there is up-to-date technical discussions taking place on the irc channel #linode on oftc
If you look at their Twitter mentions (especially earlier in the day), you will see a ton of angry people. I'm sure lots of people aren't on Twitter, but why not engage with those that are and are feeling angry?
> How does a short uninformative tweet help you more?
The point I've been trying to get across is that a lot of people just want to have their frustrations acknowledged. An honest, real reply from a human (not a bot like lots of airlines use) can make people feel heard and do a lot to restore goodwill.
They can also link to the status page in replies for more technical details.
well, it depends on what terminal emulator you use but both guake and terminator support ctrl+shift+c / ctrl+shift+v.
i agree though that using the middle mouse-button is much easier
No. Many countries there are doing quite OK or even good (Poland, for instance). The stuff going down in Hungary threatens the entire European Project.
Showing this article on a board filled with hackers who value free speech and free will more than anything else is a bad idea. Doesn't matter if it is a cockroach, a rat, a rabbit or a human being.
I do not agree with giving 10 year-olds this "toy". That cockroach (no matter how disgusting it may be for some) is a living thing! The ethical aspects of this project should me taken more seriously and not just "OMG cool gadget buy it".
I don't have any ethical concerns about this toy, but I have killed and eaten animals, used their hides for clothing, and even kept them trapped in bowls and cages purely for my own amusement.
It would seem pretty ridiculous to be upset over this if you do any of those things.
Ethically, what is the difference between controlling a cockroach through direct stimulation and controlling a dog through the usual combination of behavioral manipulation and physical restraints?
I don't think there is that much of a difference, just as I think it's not very ethical of us to say that we can't eat dogs because it's unethical, but chickens are a-okay. They are just another species living on this planet. They may not be as smart, they also have no play in deciding what's the intelligence level they need to be at before humans can stop considering them food.
We, humans, decide what we can and cannot eat. And some of us still hunt animals just for sport or for their horns and fur, even if they are in that "higher intelligence" bracket.
But hopefully as our societies evolve, and technologies also evolve to at least give us a choice between having to eat a chicken, and having to eat manufactured/replicated meat, we'll learn to give up on these, too.
There really isn't a difference but we're all hypocrites the vast majority of the time, probably without even knowing it. Food is just too much of a part of us, we don't want to give it up!
I see it as inevitable that artificial meat replaces wholesale slaughter with actual animal rights. Let's just admit that most of the world (myself included) won't stop eating meat until that artificial stuff is here and focus on the easier topics first.
Because I believe you aren't completely in control of the dog. Just like you aren't completely control of another human when using conversational techniques to make them do something.
You wouldn't be able to manipulate a dog into taking its own life, but with this cockroach you would against its will.
I was answering the question whether or not it is possible to manipulate a dog to take it's own life. I think it is possible. I do not think it's ethical, though. However, it might be, if the dog was Cujo.
Great point. But there's a huge difference between throwing a ball that an animal chases and sending electrical impulses into its brain to physically make it run into the traffic.
I'm mildly biased (or more precisely, I was more close to the subject), since I was in research until 2 years ago, when my grant ran out. I did have a grant, but in my case it was basically my salary while I was researching and giving occasional teaching. The research group I was in was also given money "for me" to cover my travel expenses and such, but after all, the money for the grant is used in exchange for someone researching (be it as salary, equipment, workshops,) not just flushed down the toilet. But I'm sure you know, also ;)
Twitter is not that relevant to be honest. I assume many customers are not active on Twitter either. I do not see why it is so important to have activity on the account when there is a dedicated page for informing customers of what is going on.
Also, if you look at the medium post, the tweets are mostly sorry/thank you/everything should be fine soon. No actual information on what is going on. How could you put relevant technical details in a tweet? How does a short, uninformative tweet help you more?
edit: also, there is up-to-date technical discussions taking place on the irc channel #linode on oftc