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Re:Reddit is being funded by a fake company? on Saturday May 14, 2022 @05:37PM (#31382805)
Which country? Which America? There are two.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Google Premium not a thing? on Saturday May 14, 2022 @05:35PM (#31382785)
“Showing an ad” is a bad paradigm. Instead, get to know me. Find out my values and needs. Then, sell to me. Make me feel like you understand my problem and then show me several good options. That’s how you get the users with money to spend.
Palm, Dropcam, Nest
Re:Reddit is being funded by a fake company? on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:39AM (#31378377)
It depends on your definition of “America”. Do you mean “white Christians” or do you mean “all men are created equal”, separation of church and state, etc.
Re:Reddit is being funded by a fake company? on Saturday May 14, 2022 @10:34AM (#31378318)
Do you prefer Newsmax, OANN, or Fox News?
Under a different US administration, it would have been completely different. What we just had was the worst possible administration in place, and they dealt with the disaster in the worst possible way.
Buying up the properties with senior water rights seems a lot cheaper than building new reservoirs, dams, etc. What's the value of these types of properties? How much cash flow can the owners possibly be making? The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.
It also doesn't help when the previous administration specifically targets you with punitive tax policies.
Re:“It Is Getting Worse. People Are Leaving” on Monday May 09, 2022 @12:19PM (#31316060)
Perhaps there are different definitions of “derailed”.

After all one of the communication problems in this pandemic was that even technical, medical professionals could not agree on the definition of “airborne” as it relates to the public’s best interest.

Re:No Fixed Address Bank Account on Sunday May 08, 2022 @11:06AM (#31304741)
Voting out all elected government officials over age 30 would be a good start to a better tomorrow.
Do a few each day.
Re:Meta freezes hiring for rest of 2022 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:06PM (#31295762)
When you try to actually apply, you get an error message about your start date having to be in the past.
This, but on Linux, would change the world.
Re:Meta freezes hiring for rest of 2022 on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:32PM (#31267261)
They have many postings on LinkedIn - should they just be ignored?
100% agree with all your points.
No, that's still the wrong solution. A computer telling an officer that a car has been stolen - that mechanism is too easy to abuse - it ends up hurting totally innocent people. In most of these cases the driver even showed the officer their paperwork - a rental agreement showing they have the right to use the car.

Don't let a computer tell the officer to pull out their gun.

Re:The confounding politics of camping in America on Sunday May 01, 2022 @10:14AM (#31225170)
I haven’t tried this, but I am curious if they would allow you to build a garage or storage unit on the property. Is there anything they cannot legally block?
Re:The confounding politics of camping in America on Sunday May 01, 2022 @10:12AM (#31225152)
I suppose that depends on how you evaluate the success or failure of capitalism. The richest person in the world would probably say that capitalism is a great success. As far as the coasts, all life choices involve trade offs.
Re:The confounding politics of camping in America on Sunday May 01, 2022 @10:01AM (#31225067)
There are still plenty of ways to “hack” it, but they are all unpleasant. Is your goal to accumulate cash/build your net worth?
Re:The confounding politics of camping in America on Sunday May 01, 2022 @09:56AM (#31225032)
>> Midwest
“Vaccinated” is not really a Boolean. It is a list of N vaccine types and administration dates. After all, the protection fades over time, subject to many variables.
I believe there are many monetary levers that can be pulled at any time. They all revolve around government holding back business. For example, restrictions on building houses. Government needs to get out of the way of productive people.
Many tech workers were thriving (making and spending money) until their RSU’s crashed 75% or more
All of these look like they were caused by politicians making bad choices
Isn’t a recyclable, user-replaceable battery better for the environment in the long run?
Re:Lazarus – Professional Free Pascal Rad IDE on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:58AM (#31133493)
Does anyone make FAANG money developing desktop apps?
Maybe a certain level of tech IS good enough.

A better world for people means education and healthcare, not a 1mm slimmer disposable phone.

Context is what’s missing. A dictionary of recently referred to entities. Most recent person, most recent place. Also things like current location. Am I home, am I moving, etc
Looks incredible and can't wait to try it. By the way there is a broken link, I got an error when trying to go to caddyserver.com

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