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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
> they loose to many customers if they don’t have it. Good thing they do have it, at a marginally higher price. > This is a violation of US law It may very well be, but that is not what I contended.
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
> the parent comment answered There's no evidence that it translates to raised prices everywhere. > competitors have a harder time competing Yes > some shut down No one is shutting down because of Pepsi. Offer some evidence.
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
> It's not the discounting that's a problem -- it's the intentionally watching other stores and preventing them from closing the "price gap" with Walmart This is circular. You are just describing a selective&#x2F
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Dynastic wealth also tends to dissipate significantly in a generation or two, as heirs fail to generate the same level of wealth and just spend it (plus it's divided).
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Garbage, mostly. Aside from bottled water which is itself often redundant, there's very little they sell that could be considered "good" for people.
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
"Capitalism is when Walmart offers a discount on Pepsi, at razor-thin margins, and somehow this is maximally extracting from the middle and lower classes" Pepsi is exchanging profit for market-share. Be serious. Everyone else is j
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Is Ars going to install and run ads on your device, and view your locally stored information? No.
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
it is stymied in part owing to regulatory requirements that makes getting loans at good rates impossible for small developers. Notwithstanding that, the populist fantasy is that developers won't build more "because they are greedy
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Yes, and for as much as that's an annoyance, games are far worse now. This has infected everything AAA, not just JRPGs. See: the God of War reboot, Tomb Raider, etc. Narrative is one thing, but at least with 90s JRPGs you could go thro
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
More broadly, housing cannot be relied upon as an investment vehicle and remain affordable. Whether it's private equity or others is a moot point. The perverse incentive is there in that housing appreciates in value because of artifici
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Isn't this spoofable with root access?
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Not necessarily. I only have one cup in the morning, that's it, but I enjoy it just the same so long as the beans are good and it's done right.
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by lanfeust6 10mo ago
Productivity is lacking in those other countries. That said, I don't think it has to do with safety net, which is not much different in the U.S.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Geolocation sharing can be disabled as reflected in your source. Everything else you linked to is trivial, but notwithstanding, it all relies on JS which, as I already said, can be disabled. Oh, and many aren't even available in Firefo
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Personally my experience with PWAs has been solid, on Firefox w control over JS. I still use them a lot less because I don't stay signed in.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Native apps have privileged access to far more personal data on your device. A website has, what, cookies and fingerprinting? You can already mitigate this on Firefox but even if not, it isn't in the same league
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Yeah I was periodically booted out. My only gripe with it is there were few others around. My closest friend and I mostly played video games in the living room.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Kids want to go outside if other kids are outside. We are social animals, and the most addictive games for youth are glorified social networks. It helps if other parents in the area are on the same page.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
You edited your comment, and also, this: > e.g. most people Is false.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
You're assuming that school is decidedly negative if at the outset a kid doesn't "have an interest" in learning. I disagree.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
https://www.childcareaware.org/families/cost-child-care/help... . In my country daycare is subsidized. Notwithstanding, it's not that high of a bar. Two-income households still bring in more net money despite
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
This is exactly what I want. I don't really care to subscribe to most written media (I do in some cases) but once in awhile an article grabs my attention and I would shell out to read it.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
> it is a cheaper alternative to private school That depends. Often it means one parent stays home to educate and watch the kids, otherwise, someone else has to, and that usually costs money. If a wife otherwise would bring home a decent
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
> Many are filled with kids that aren't there to learn. That's on the kid, not contingent on whether school is public. > most here report being bullied. Anecdotes like this are not worth much. What do the stats say? > The
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
French adjacent. I don't think it will make my life better today. One day though I will be in the market for a modern console to play next-gen, because that's fun.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Rural in Wales is not like rural in most of North America.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
You don't "need" most of what you own, conditioned upon mere survival. Liberal democracy allows people to improve their lives and pursue what makes them happy. Degrowth as a cure is worse than what it is purported to treat. I
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Ditto, I don't need to pull double duty for desktop plus gaming. One device for each works.
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
If I purchase one it is effectively a console-killer for the big screen. The fact that the PS5 is now in the twilight phase is making me consider it. The era of exclusives is almost over as basically everything I want to play on PS5 is also
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by lanfeust6 11mo ago
Yes - but now what would you rather plug into a big screen TV? Supposing you opt for an OS like Bazzite/pop that is TV friendly then you are turning a desktop into a multimedia console foremost. People like stuff that works out of the

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