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by phantom784 9mo ago
I don't see why this would be the case - it's not like the private system in the US today has different premiums based on how much junk food you eat (the closest to that I've seen is higher premiums for tobacco users).
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by phantom784 9mo ago
EBT is already money with strings attached - you can only spend it on food. I don't see narrowing the definition of "food" here to exclude soda to be a huge problem.
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by phantom784 9mo ago
https://archive.is/4R8da
34.
by phantom784 9mo ago
I switched to RedReader, which Reddit decided to still allow.
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by phantom784 9mo ago
Plus the fact that it's been running for 5 years. Does that mean they bought 7 year old hardware back then? Or is that just when it was last restarted?
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by phantom784 9mo ago
I was once taught that serif fonts are better in print, and sans-serif is better on a screen.
37.
by phantom784 9mo ago
Ah. I've never come across this in the US - every bank I've seen also has a website. The only thing the apps do that the website won't is mobile check deposit typically.
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by phantom784 9mo ago
Would they not just let you keep the account but not use their app in that case?
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by phantom784 9mo ago
Interesting, that also permits: > Real-money gambling apps where the core purpose of the app is real money gambling and where the app requires broad package visibility in order to comply with technical standards mandated by applicable ge
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by phantom784 10mo ago
https://www.1x.tech/neo , but from what I've heard a lot of times it still has to be remote controlled by a human.
41.
by phantom784 10mo ago
Agreed. Essentially it's either you create jobs directly, or you contribute to the UBI fund.
42.
by phantom784 10mo ago
Can an Amazon account be made anonymously? (I've never tried).
43.
by phantom784 10mo ago
But then how is that more secure than just paying Mullvad directly? Either way, there's a record of "this person gave money to Mullvad".
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by phantom784 10mo ago
Perhaps some sort of tax that looks at the ratio of a company's profits (or perhaps revenues) to employees, and the tax scales up if that ratio gets too high. Arguably, a "public good" that companies provide is employment, an
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by phantom784 10mo ago
Amazon, but that kind of defeats the point.
46.
by phantom784 10mo ago
What I've commonly seen in the US is that the lowest toll is for passenger cars, and then it goes up by the number of axles that the vehicle has.
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by phantom784 11mo ago
How does this work with coupons, discount for loyalty card holders, etc.? Presumably that's fine because a SNAP recipient has access to those same discounts. So wouldn't this be the same - the "cash rounding" discount is
48.
by phantom784 11mo ago
Unfortunately I think this is much easier said than done. No single store is going to want to make this change, because it'll make their prices look higher than the competitors'. It'd require legislation, (and even that'
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by phantom784 11mo ago
Google Wallet supports this as well, but not for passports, only select state drivers licenses. https://support.google.com/wallet/answer/12436402?hl=en I wonder if passports will come to Google soon as well - that
50.
by phantom784 11mo ago
It gets tricky because sales tax is added on top of the sticker price.
51.
by phantom784 11mo ago
For the SNAP law, could they just round down SNAP purchases in the same way to be compliant?
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by phantom784 11mo ago
Per Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_North_American_Numberi... "The syntax rules for area codes do not permit the digits 0 and 1 in the leading position." My guess would be it's to avoid a
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by phantom784 11mo ago
Technically it's the country code for the North American Numbering Plan, which is used by several other countries as well as the US. But in this context it'd be the first digit of the area code, with no country code being used bec
54.
by phantom784 1y ago
I've heard of cruise lines banning travel routers as well.
55.
by phantom784 1y ago
If you live near the border, of if you regularly travel to Canada anyways, then the travel cost isn't an issue.
56.
by phantom784 1y ago
I worked for a company that asked users for their gender, with language along the lines of "choose the gender that best matches your identity." There was a special case for Middle Eastern countries that removed this language.
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by phantom784 1y ago
The problem with Facebook, beyond just ads, is that its algorithm pushes so many posts from groups that I'm not in and don't want to see. I want an option to only see posts from people I'm friends with and groups that I'
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by phantom784 1y ago
That is the logic for using city-based timezone names rather than countries. Country borders change but cities tend to be more stable.
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by phantom784 1y ago
But is the connection of neurons in our brains any more than a statistical model implemented with cells rather than silicon?
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by phantom784 2y ago
I don't think it exists today, but someone could make a crowdsourced extension like SponsorBlock. That also eliminate the concern about hiding promo codes for companies who pay.

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