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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree with you but This is a consequence not an active decision. Digital advertising is highly profitable. If we want less ads and trackers, make that not so with a heavy advertising revenue tax. Wordle would never have gone viral with
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by snarf21 5y ago
Agreed, this article's premise is nonsense, while well written with some interesting history. The geniuses are making things that are now so common place that we've lost our wonder. Nanometer computer chips? That sounds like geniu
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by snarf21 5y ago
There is a certain group of people that are adamant that others obey a codified set of laws that they give lip service to. It is sad that the world has become such and openly hateful place. Part of the issue is that hate is very profitabl
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by snarf21 5y ago
Most companies suck at security. Most users suck at security. Convenience > Security. It is sad that SMS as 2FA account recovery actually adds an attack vector. It is less bad as an out-of-band check if you have a password authentication
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think complexity is definitely part of it but it is also mis-aligned incentives. The person running an assembly line has a vested interest in changing nothing . Everyone knows how it works and consistency sometimes is more important than
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by snarf21 5y ago
So you want a federal ban on all tax breaks? Government will always subsidize jobs and housing plus they will also prioritize external revenue sources like travel and tourism. Stadiums and convention centers and the like bring money into
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by snarf21 5y ago
This isn't about you specifically. They want old cars to get scrapped so the average emissions goes down even further even quicker. They won't want your car to end up in the hands of someone who will drive it A LOT . Each EV sold
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by snarf21 5y ago
I don't think it is the pay cut for most people. A lot of engineers would take 80% pay for a 4 day work week without losing benefits and insurance.
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree that there is a significant monetary incentive to "move fast and kill people". In the end, paying out a few $MM to random families is financially minimal compared to the $BBB that are up for grabs. We will never really h
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by snarf21 5y ago
It is an unpopular opinion but we need to change the business model. Highly tax digital advertising so that subscription/patron business models have a chance and then we start to have more aligned incentives. Right now, digital adver
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is where automation will start. It seems trivial to have special on/off areas for driverless trucks that will just stay on route 40 or route 70 or w/e for 2000 miles. Then short range drivers will pickup/drop off trucks
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by snarf21 5y ago
They also just but a (what?) $8B donut that is barely used. Pride is a powerful thing.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Agreed, most of the world's ills could be mitigated with an extreme tax on digital advertising.
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by snarf21 5y ago
Agreed. I think the main new vector is a "new device". So having the user approve on an old device (where possible or otherwise use 2FA) would prevent most of the log in attacks. It also removes the attack of "look under the
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by snarf21 5y ago
Well, what I was proposing still gives you 70 home games in the regular season. If you home team doesn't make the playoffs, you'd end up with about 15 pseudo-exhibition for next year that would be even cheaper. It would also reduc
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by snarf21 5y ago
Get rid of the end of inning clause too.
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by snarf21 5y ago
This is interesting but I think this fails to add the excitement that the other leagues have and baseball doesn't. It is true that the one problem is that there is this assumption that there have to be 162 games that all mean the same.
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by snarf21 5y ago
It is all pushed by digital ad revenue. Conflict is extremely profitable. As long as socials and infotainment (it's not news) companies make more selling conflict and outrage, that is all we'll get. They will amplify anything fo
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by snarf21 5y ago
I think people miss how expensive it is to be poor.
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by snarf21 5y ago
While I agree with you, I think the last 5 years have shown that exhaustion wins. It is just a matter of time. People won't stay vigilant. They just want to provide a life for their family. Life is hard enough without having to stop cl
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by snarf21 5y ago
I've always said, the only people who think farming for a living sounds fun have obviously never farmed. It is more tenable if you have income sources so you aren't depending on farming for your dinner. If you are independent weal
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by snarf21 5y ago
It is definitely hard to make friends as an adult male. Most of mine at this point are ex-coworkers. I think the one under appreciated place is in a hobby. I design and play board games. There are lots of meaningful ways to build relationsh
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by snarf21 5y ago
I agree. The one thing I wish there was a program that just gave me the list of remaining possible words. Some start words have an S or T in them which doesn't really help since 80% of the word list has an S or T. I use more obscure wo
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by snarf21 5y ago
Additionally, a GP has med school plus residency. A Stanford CS grad will start higher than most GPs with only a bachelors degree.
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by snarf21 5y ago
There is no need to market to Doctors now when they market directly to consumers who go demand they get the new medicine. If we want to reduce costs, we need to move to lower level providers like a LPN or CRNP. Most people coming into a GP
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by snarf21 5y ago
That is something to introspect on. :D
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by snarf21 5y ago
Introspection is a superpower.
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by snarf21 5y ago
If that is what they really want, then do a 1099 paying task that takes 40 hours over a months time with a weekly check-in meeting to ask questions not solvable via email. I don't love that idea but it is respectful of everyone'
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by snarf21 5y ago
Maybe monetizing it turns it into a job instead of the gift it was. Not everything has to be a transaction. If I volunteer my time or donate goods, it is a gift. I don't waste my time worrying about how my gift is monetized.
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by snarf21 5y ago
You may not have seen it yet but you will. I'm on the east coast and I see it at every store, even Dollar General.

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