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by syshum 5y ago
This is the thing, the entire fiat currency system will at some point likely be recorded in history as the largest fraud ever perpetuated in civilization. Moves like removing reserves completely just move us further over the ledge into the
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by syshum 5y ago
Alot... the only reason why a middle class family can afford that new $80,000 F150 is because 0% financing over 7-8 years. Supply chain issues are being exacerbated by "free money" from the fed...
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by syshum 5y ago
Where is my Flying Car, Where is my Space Tourism, Where is my Space Colony, Where is my Underwater Colony, Where is my Cheap Plentiful Environmentally friendly Energy Generation / Storage it seems to be we are stuck, we are improv
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by syshum 5y ago
>>. This also affects other businesses in the city that benefit from the spending done by those that travel into the cities. This has been dis proven TONS of time,including in the parent link. Funding of sports stadiums DOES NOT incr
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by syshum 5y ago
While it may be true that sports teams provide some kind of emotional or non-monetary value to a city, the question is should a government use threats of violence to collect money to pay for it? One must always remember that government, s
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by syshum 5y ago
You forget one critical thing, there is vast difference between stock and Commodity trading which is 100% speculation based vs Physical goods pricing which is not. The idea that business are adjusting their physical goods sold pricing base
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by syshum 5y ago
I think given the speed of information today people have too high exceptions just how fast something like sanctions would take to work. it is not a "One Click, Buy now, next day delivery" Amazon Prime type of thing, we have come
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by syshum 5y ago
>AWS has never afaik increased prices which is a pretty strong selling point even if specific services Technically true, but they do it a little different, where by they add different SKU;s with higher prices, and discontinue the old SKU
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by syshum 5y ago
this is one area where the FTC should be stepping in, It should be seen as blatant fraud for a business to represent themselves as another business to the point where users are confused who they are actually calling. It always amazes me th
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by syshum 5y ago
Looking at just the storage pricing, it looks like GCP was already priced lower than AWS and Azure, this increase brings them either to on par, just just slightly below AWS and Azure. GCP was trying to "loss lead" in to dominance
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by syshum 5y ago
>>I think it may be healthier to see it as a game of sorts. I am not sure why "playing games" would ever be viewed as the "healthier option" healthier to what exactly, if you have to "play games" then it
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by syshum 5y ago
No, that will be viewed as an ultimatum not negotiation. If I am at the point where I am interviewing for a new position I am gone. There is no counter offer, no proposal to match, nothing like that. If they try to match I view that as an
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by syshum 5y ago
>>This very hot market is only the case for tech and the rest of the business struggles to understand why tech should be any exception at annual budgeting. That is very much a regional thing, as most employment is. In my area most c
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by syshum 5y ago
I see this common response, but that is not really a valid rebuttable. Companies do not need to sell your data to violate your privacy, in the case of google their entire model is selling their TARGETING, not the data. That is still a viol
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by syshum 5y ago
They could also do that with out DoH, they dont because it is not "trivial" and prone to all kinds of downsides. DoH is the problem here, as it hides things from network operators making it harder to block ads, spam, and other i
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by syshum 5y ago
No the internet can do that just fine, the twitterization of social media in to short quippy "bumper sicker" took the worst aspects of politics (sound bites and bumper stickers") and normalized that in to the "correct&q
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by syshum 5y ago
true, however the current trend is to lock down the parts and prevent companies from making replacement parts via the use of DRM, serialization, and other controls that have nothing to do with security, usability, or anything other than pre
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by syshum 5y ago
> "and are recyclable after that." Ohh come on... Apple requires them to be shredded, after which some of the base metals can be recovered but there is still a ton of waste in that. > products can easily last a decade As l
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by syshum 5y ago
Stop shopping on Amazon or Consumer store. Go to a Kitchen Supply store, or for scissors look outside kitchen branded ones, nothing about scissors need to be "kitchen" a Kitchen supply shop will have more than 2 models, some wil
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by syshum 5y ago
Samsung is trying really hard to be more anti-consumer than Apple. That takes real effort
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by syshum 5y ago
This is one of the reasons I still buy dumb appliances. I recently just more or less rebuilt my cloths dryer for less than $75, New element, new belts, new sensors, etc... Of course the sheet metal frame, motor, and controls are the same
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by syshum 5y ago
We have many industries of examples where this solved also by market forces as well Cars as an example, the key here is to allow the market to MAKE replacement parts, and compete to selling them. Stop vendor lock-in If I want to buy repla
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by syshum 5y ago
Source for that? I have several Roku devices and they hit my pi.hole all the time
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by syshum 5y ago
Yes and it is better that google and cloudflare do that collecting under the guise of protection... People really are gulible aren't they... DoH is a not or a privacy feature. It simply changes who is collecting your data and makes it
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by syshum 5y ago
that would be a nightmare to manage and impractical for most home networks
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by syshum 5y ago
sceptre seems to be the last brand offering dumb displays I am just waiting for the first "smart" computer monitor
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by syshum 5y ago
Then you have to contend with DNS over HTTP, Thanks Firefox and Google.... DNS over HTTP has got to be the most ill thought out "privacy" feature that has done more to HARM privacy then it could ever help
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by syshum 5y ago
it is not just the cost of the unit, there are alot of other costs that would go into converting to elec from gas, including running a new outlet, and if you have an older home could require upgrading your entire electrical service.
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by syshum 5y ago
You are correct, I read that as "Medium" the blogging platform that is a competitor to substack...
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by syshum 5y ago
I do not know enough about substack to comment here but to claim medium is some vestige of virtue in the space is laughable if you want to "own your content" self host, do not use any of these platforms.

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