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by supertrope 11d ago
That's what paid day one DLC, micro-transactions, and loot boxes are for. Ways of raising the price without raising the headline price.
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by supertrope 17d ago
My point is you cannot entirely eliminate insider theft just suppress it. Cash payments are a lot "leakier."
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by supertrope 17d ago
I'm guessing they mean one of the following: -Installing software without App Store approval filtering -True multi-tasking and background execution (though this hurts battery) -Write iOS apps from an iPad
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by supertrope 17d ago
Cash allows for many more opportunities for diversion.
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by supertrope 17d ago
Definitely a conflict of interest. Cash handling costs is a real issue though. Not counting under-reporting income, credit cards cost the most at US intercharge levels of 1-3%. Then the all-in cost of cash handling. The lowest cost method i
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by supertrope 17d ago
Employee theft. Store manager theft. Robberies. Counterfeits. The extra time spent at each cash transaction and re-counting at the end of the day. Going to the bank, or paying an armored car service. Banks charge merchants a percentage of e
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by supertrope 17d ago
Level 3 data.
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by supertrope 2mo ago
It depends on your definition of scam. Is McAfee a total fraud, not delivering on its core functionality of anti-virus scanning? No. But it's selling something most people don't need and uses information asymmetry, fear, and dark
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by supertrope 2mo ago
If a software package can't be uninstalled through the normal process and needs a separate uninstaller program, it is similar to malware. Many anti-virus suites and anti-cheat software require this. Take from that what you will.
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by supertrope 2mo ago
"Telemetry." "Personalized experiences." Basically doublespeak.
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by supertrope 2mo ago
Operating system makers would rather sell you a subscription to OneDrive, iCloud, or Google Drive.
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by supertrope 3mo ago
The makers of Super Mario 64 said 3D graphics greatly increased game development costs.
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by supertrope 3mo ago
Mass market GPS navigation devices haven't made learning how to navigate a city like a local obsolete. If you've ever seen a gig economy driver get lost despite having step by step instructions...
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by supertrope 3mo ago
I get your point. I assume the intent is to call out companies on marketing good things and trying to bury customer unfriendly things. As a customer you can assume that if a company is not drawing attention to something, it's not good
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by supertrope 3mo ago
Chicago has relatively affordable housing purchase prices as property taxes are very high. The government has taxed away property appreciation. Unfortunately the deferred compensation promises they have made to public sector employees are c
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by supertrope 3mo ago
Kapital describes the problem well. His proposed solutions were awful.
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by supertrope 3mo ago
Imagine if current hospitals could object to opening new hospitals. Or grocery stores could object to competitors getting permits.
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by supertrope 3mo ago
We don't even need skyscrapers to relieve the housing shortage. Legalizing duplexes, townhome, quadplexes, condos, or three story buildings that contain six units would add a lot of supply.
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by supertrope 3mo ago
Realtors are indeed market experts (not product experts). Commission pay incentivizes them to close deals quickly, not to maximize sale price. Yes they can educate first time buyers that they cannot simultaneously get the best location, con
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by supertrope 4mo ago
They’re locked into a red queen race. Providers merge to gain scale and negotiation power. Insurers merge to gain scale and negotiation power. The ACA encouraged scaling up to drive down unit costs, but it just resulted in companies scaling
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by supertrope 4mo ago
The blog post is too simplistic an analysis. It ignores the second order effects of medical care financing reform. Imagine if car engine oil changes had to go through car insurance. In such an inefficient equilibrium you might remark that o
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by supertrope 4mo ago
With UniFi access points I found 802.11r to be unnecessary. I lowered transmit power so each room only has one AP providing a -67 dBm signal or stronger. 802.11k is enabled by default and is especially important if you use DFS channels. You
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by supertrope 4mo ago
Soft handover is a hard problem. And yet we still get dropped calls.
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by supertrope 4mo ago
If people keep driving over the corner of your lawn, is putting a rock on that corner to deter that behavior a booby trap?
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by supertrope 4mo ago
Once you're not using default settings, here be dragons. In theory 802.11r is a standard. In practice enabling 802.11r puts you into the minority of users who do so. There's a lot less quality assurance coverage there. You're
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by supertrope 4mo ago
Puritan influence.
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by supertrope 4mo ago
"A new life awaits you in the off-world colonies!"
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by supertrope 5mo ago
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/steam-drops-macos-mo...
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by supertrope 5mo ago
If a device can still hear a farther away AP at say -62 dBm it’s not going to start searching. Searching has a cost in lower speeds and higher latency due time spent tuning to other channels. It’s only done if the current signal weakens. De
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by supertrope 5mo ago
Qualcomm did a test with extreme levels of traffic. As in 20 simultaneous video chat sessions. https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets... For contention between nearby Wi-Fi networks the

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