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I suspect Lenovo is being motivated by rumblings from the EU.

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023...

Probably similar to this - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/zipcar-int...

Yeah. Had a Passport.

Miss the keyboard with touchpad gestures, keyboard shortcuts, the Blackberry Hub and how pleasant reading text on the screen was.

> They made the standalone license almost impossible to find and get, forced a subscription on users, and made the password vault storage online for the subscriptions.

1Password recently raised $100 million at a $2 billion valuation.

Looks like they're going down the Dropbox path. Shame as 1Password used to be one of my favorite apps.

Matt Levine has covered this deli as well:

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-19/everyo...

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-20/hometo...

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-04-30/hometo...

I know Facebook Groups has replaced forum boards/mailing lists for many.

I thought Walmart’s interest in TikTok was about tracking demographics, user location and consumer tastes in China.

California.

https://www.upcounsel.com/non-compete-california

I remember Apple and Google getting into trouble over non-compete several years back.

In my example, big grocery chains here had 5-6 employees at launch then dropped it to just one.

Now they have 2-3 employees monitoring the self checkout.

There is a certain point where employers become more focused on reducing shrinkage than headcount.

I’m not sure. When self-checkouts were introduced here, they had staff supervising to help and educate customers then significantly scaled back that headcount.

Fast forward several years, there’s more staff stationed with self-checkout due to theft.

I think retailers are going to calculate the cost of headcount and theft and make a decision based on an equilibrium.

Of course, the best outcome for Walmart is to have an automated LP system to reduce staffing cost for the long term.

Not OP and not in their age group but I would say it comes down to either genetics, lifestyle choices or combination of both.

I made a bunch of lifestyle choices (lost weight, keto diet, being more active, less screen time at night, etc). As a result I've noticed a significant increase in energy levels and mental clarity.

Newegg was purchased by a Chinese company in 2016 (https://www.techpowerup.com/226777/newegg-now-owned-by-chine...). I've been told their customer service has went down significantly after being acquired.

Based on their Wikipedia page, DailyNK appear to have good sourcing within the NK regime.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daily_NK

Original news story that triggered this - https://www.dailynk.com/김정은-최근-심혈관-시술-받았다여전히-특각서-치/

"If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest." - Ray Kroc