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by autoexec 3mo ago
This is why I don't even start shows on Netflix anymore until I know they've either concluded or at least end in a place where I won't mind if they never come back. I've been burned by netflix too many times.
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Netflix should just focus on having quality shows with satisfying conclusions in their library and stop worrying about when people watch them. There is so much content available competing for our time that not everybody is going to immediat
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Would showing exactly why posts were flagged make it easier for spammers to tune their submissions to avoid getting those flags? Would knowing that they were flagged for one thing but not another make it easier for for them to identify what
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Better yet, build a domestic product for government use and tightly regulate and oversee it so that you can be sure it's being used lawfully, only when needed for government use, and only when necessary. Democratic nations have power o
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> I believe we're at the point where living in modern society and dodging these abusive EULAs is nigh impossible. You're not wrong but I can't help but wonder if we'd be at this at the point in modern society now if w
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> Whatever their formula is, it's working. It's certainly working on you
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by autoexec 3mo ago
It's worth pointing out that there's no evidence that Colonel Sanders ever did that. It's not as if he was directly quoting someone. Even if he really wanted to bitch about how unfair it is that someone else was able to be
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by autoexec 3mo ago
He admitted that he said it ( https://www.businessinsider.com/papa-johns-founder-apologize... ) and years later he said that not saying it anymore was one the goals he'd been working on ( https://www.businessin
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Even though their founder and CEO was casually throwing out the slur on a call he had with his marketing agency about the PR fallout of his previous comments complaining about NFL players exercising their right to protest police brutality d
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by autoexec 3mo ago
This is absolutely an ad and you can bet Papa Johns signed off on it. Their Chief Marketing Officer provided quotes. Adexchanger is a site about ads owned by an ad company (Access Intelligence, LLC). If this ad campaign backfires on them it
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> Instacart users should be upset about their data being packaged up and sold. Instacart users should have been upset about that while reading Instacart's privacy policy prior to signing up and refused to use the service in the firs
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Companies have been targeting people with ads when they think they're the most vulnerable for ages. What's bold about this is how not at all subtle it is. "We know there's no food in your fridge. Order a pizza!" see
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> There are two things Papa Johns doesn’t like to see There are three things. Papa Johns also hates to see well compensated employees. They've been successfully sued several times for wage theft, they were forced to stop their “no-p
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> You're willingly disabling a part of web atandards. HN seems like the perfect place to talk about shitty web standards, shitty uses/implementations of them, and the negative impacts they're having on users in the wild. S
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by autoexec 3mo ago
none of them require JS, but that's how they're most commonly deployed. Getting rid of most of the worst things a website will typically force on you is a massive benefit when all it takes is a couple of clicks to whitelist the go
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by autoexec 3mo ago
We should probably just expect damages then because our track record for holding corporations meaningfully accountable is dismal.
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by autoexec 3mo ago
So far I've always been able to find alternatives at the store, although they are usually more expensive. If I'm willing to go on a bit of a drive there are farms that sell eggs directly. I've been meaning to look into them.
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> The examples I heard of are never straightforward like "person has a broken hip, insurance refuses to pay for a hip replacement". There's always some complication like "the doctor thinks they need some special proce
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> That's their job? Denying their customers claims for healthcare coverage they are entitled to under the plans they pay for is the opposite of their job. Healthcare companies just keep doing that anyway because it makes them more m
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> if demand is unchanged and overall supply goes down, prices go up. How much did supply go down considering that Cal-Maine Foods, Inc is (or at least was) the single largest supplier of eggs in the country? Ultimately their profits inc
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Do you have a source for that? I'm curious to learn more about how hard it was to convince Sanders that the merger was a bad idea.
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by autoexec 3mo ago
Companies bribe government and install their employees in regulatory agencies to avoid the prison sentences and other legal trouble, but I seriously wonder how any of these people are able to show their face in public without having an angr
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by autoexec 3mo ago
According to one lawsuit, Cal-Maine wasn't impacted at all by the avian flu, they just jacked prices up 270% anyway while using the avian flu as an excuse. > Meanwhile, in context and during the class period, egg producers like Cal-
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by autoexec 3mo ago
I've known about Cal-Maine's scammy practices for years. It's difficult to know which brands are associated with a group like Cal-Maine, but I did my best at one point to get a list which I still check before buying eggs. The
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> Is it also greed when consumers want to pay as little as possible? Yeah, sometimes it is. People should be paid a fair amount for the resources, time and effort they put into something. Greed seems fitting when the motivation is just a
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> Do you ask for/expect a raise every year? Even if your job responsibilities and workload doesn't change? Cost of living requires that. Also, even when my job responsibilities and workload don't change, my skills do. Some
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by autoexec 3mo ago
> Same reason I prefer GoG over Steam -- at least I can download the installers and store them, and there is no string attached. Mostly. GoG sells games with DRM now and they don't tell players about it in advance either. Not only a
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by autoexec 3mo ago
In the end it's really just greed. Companies always want to charge as much as they can get away with. They are constantly testing price increases to see how high they can get their prices before they start losing enough customers that
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by autoexec 3mo ago
"lowered" hasn't made much difference. Before the affordable care act Americans spent more and got less for their money and that hasn't changed. Insurance companies are still stuffing their pockets with billions and deny
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by autoexec 3mo ago
The same was true for photographs yet we survived following the invention of photoshop. The truth is that you don't even need video or photos to trick stupid people. Text alone allows for political campaigns flooded with slander, fabri

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