alexanderdmitri

I think this is from Sartre's "Literature & Existentialism."

I'm not a big fan of his generally, but I highly recommend this book in particular. A lot of what he wrote there really resonated for me.

This was an enjoyable read, thank you!

why 2030?

This is exactly the type of comment I'd expect from a time-traveling alien trying to cover its tracks.

Why did you create us? Why do you hide in the shadows?!

19.7% of children and adolescents are obese in the United States[0]. These are definitely forces outside their control during critical years of development. It's like blaming someone for being impoverished when they grew up in an impoverished atmosphere (also a popular view in the States).

Sure they could beat the odds on either issue when get older, but it's tough when you live in a system that works against you. It's good to say individuals should hold themselves accountable and not give up in the face of adversity, but from a macro-level it doesn't help fix the problem. I'd argue the your fault / deal with it attitude on these trends make those problems worse for a population.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood-obesity-facts/childhoo...

According to this there is a link between aspirin and successfully fighting cancer: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4n119xr7o

When I first got my plan / phone on the US east coast I was given the option to pick a number from anywhere in the country. I went with a fulsom county CA number and its come in really handy. I know to screen incoming calls that have the fulsom area code (always spam) and numbers that have the local area code where I live are actually legit.

incentive can and does undermine the stated goal. what if the government decided to take control of everyone's investment portfolio to prevent the market doing bad things? or an airplane manufacturer gets takes control of its own safety certification process because obviously its in their best interest that their planes are safe? imposed curfew, everyone has to be inside their homes while its dark outside because most violent crimes occur at night?

I feel like this is the fake reason given to try to hide the obvious reason: automatic updates are a power move that allows companies to retain control of products they've sold.

There was a pivot. At the beginning of the pandemic there were a number of American institutions saying masks were ineffective and unnecessary[1]

[1] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/02/17/nih-di...

> it's because people have the irrational belief that their thinking and reasoning more about a problem/decision makes their outcome better.

i'm not sure this is correct. i bet it often comes down to whether we've found an [emotionally] satisfying answer/outcome.

I'm not sure driver mistaking the pedals is a fair starting point with the amount of software involved now a days. Telsas push updates over the air that affect these sorts of things. In this article[0] for example, it's suggested a once optional feature that is now mandatory can be used for one pedal driving.

[0] https://electrek.co/2022/05/25/tesla-updates-car-software-re...

Both if the checkups help catch issues early or avoid them [0][1].

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2019/18_0625.htm

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/health-35073966

It seems like the way to go is get someone to inspect the store. Each item with a pricing violation is up to $25 for the first twenty items, up to $50 for each item after capped at a total $2000[0]. Successive inspections can become even more costly.

[0]: https://law.justia.com/codes/new-york/2006/new-york-city-adm...

Invest in the entities that are managing your storage and unfreezing.

Russia is the third largest producer of nickel in the world:

https://qz.com/2139399/surging-nickel-prices-are-bad-news-fo...

Does that mean nothing is the center of the number line?

Here's an article on mortgage/financing options for the ultra-wealthy: https://www.ft.com/content/ebf761ea-fcc8-4fd4-a636-87561398d...

Also the 1.6 million office workers[0] would have one less reason to live in the city in the first place.

[0] https://www.osc.state.ny.us/files/reports/osdc/pdf/report-11...

Toyota's new 'more we know about you' program randomly extends their warranty for 2 years (or +50k miles) for new car buyers who have Crash Bandicoot game time in their dataset. Also Walmart will give $30 back on purchases >$125 if you have played at least five hours X-Men Legends in the last week while they're promoting the new Wolverine movie.

It's not all good though ... people who play Call of Duty are more likely to default on their loans and World of Warcraft is well known to have a strong correlation with sexual predators. Banks and FBI buy the relatively cheap video game data and use it to decide which individual's browsing history ($$$) and pc usage telemetry ($$$) to buy from Microsoft.

Wikipedia had a pretty good summary of implementation in different countries[0]. It seems most implementations are stopped because of privatization efforts, but the blurbs don't give much context.

I can see people having different opinions of this trend. What is your take on it?

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postal_savings_system