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To add another reason why his analogy was irrelevant and misleading, no one got thrown in jail. Lumosity got fined 0.01% of what some bank fines have been over
by kolbe 11y ago
To add another reason why his analogy was irrelevant and misleading, no one got thrown in jail. Lumosity got fined 0.01% of what some bank fines have been over the past few years.
- kazinator 11y agoRelax, I was just posting a deliberate piece of hyperbole to test whether someone might want to fine me.
- kolbe 11y agoThen why the downvote? If I was just falling into your deliberate trap, you shouldn't be taking it out on my karma.
- kazinator 11y agoI never simultaneously downvote and reply to something. That shouldn't even be allowed. The downvote can be regarded as a form of reply to something that doesn't deserve the normal reply. Under that view, it is contradictory to apply both.
- DiabloD3 11y agoWhy shouldn't that be allowed? I downvote and reply to comments I've downvoted if the comment is worth responding to, ie, I say why I downvoted. I don't downvote to disagree, I downvote because the content of the comment is not constructive or useful to the thread. In short, I just downvoted you and then replied to you.
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- pkofod 11y agoWhy do you assume you know who downvoted you?
- nkrisc 11y agoThat is also a good point, though I don't see how the comparison to what banks were fined is relevant or enlightening.
- kolbe 11y agoI like to contextualize the real magnitude of 'illions. There are many people who hear "$2M" and think it's a large fine. It's actually relatively modest, and I wanted to provide a point of reference for people to know how modest.
- nkrisc 11y agoI think a better yardstick would be comparison of fines for similar offenses.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> The order also imposes a $50 million judgment against Lumos Labs, which will be suspended due to its financial condition after the company pays $2 million to the Commission. The whole piece is pretty unclear about whether they're shutting down Lumosity, or shutting down Lumos Labs while somehow not shutting down Lumosity.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoOh, I guess I misparsed this originally. I understood it as "The order imposes a $50 million judgment against Lumos Labs, and Lumos Labs will be suspended due to its financial condition after paying $2 million". But, the article as a whole is more intelligible with the meaning "The order imposes a $50 million judgment against Lumos Labs, and the judgment will be suspended due to Lumos Labs' financial condition after it pays $2 million".