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Comment Re:Backdoor ads (Score 1) 18

freevee content on prime always had ads.

Only half true: A bunch of originally ad-free "included with Prime" content got moved to (or new seasons appeared on) FreeVee, with ads. Someone here has already mentioned Bosch - Legacy, Alex Rider was another one - pretty sure there was more.

Comment Re:Aging population (Score 1) 181

It might be a factor. However, the population is growing, and while the demographics are shifting a bit, they are still a lot of kids, reaching drinking age.

However there are milestones that us older folks had while growing up, that no longer seem as important to the younger generation.

Watching a PG13, R Movie, Getting a drivers license, drinking, smoking, Having Sex, Getting Married, Going to College, Getting an Apartment, getting a house... All these are in decline with the younger generation. Some because of increased difficulty with finance, due to increased cost of living rising higher than salaries, and also prevalence of online culture and access to direct media, so people are finding Cliques that are not necessarily tied to doing particular things, and accessing stuff they are more interested in.

They are plusses and minuses to this trend, but I wouldn't spend too much time complaining about it, younger folks will be doing their own thing that is different than the way older people did for generations.

Comment Re: Did they use chatgpt to come up with the numbe (Score 1) 59

No, but normally as production increases a lot of the carbon offset is mostly better managed at scale.

For example, a Diesel train may burn 4 gallons of fuel per mile. however being that it carrying so much payload that they rate it 500 miles per gallon per ton.
While an Electric Car that says has 100 eMPG will not be as carbon low in energy expenditure if needed to pull so much weight.

That number seems like the cost to make the material, from start, not in sets of hundreds of thousands of drives.

Comment Re:Why do people work for them (Score 2) 31

Well Tech companies had been less than strategic around their hiring and firing practices for the past decade or two.

They try to hire as many people as possible, give them some work to keep them busy. Just so these employees will not be working for their competitors who are trying to hire them for the same reason and give them busy work. Then when money gets tight, they dump them, not realizing that that busy work they were one actually became something profitable for the organization.

They leave, some start new businesses or others get hired by a smaller unknown firm with the skills they learned at that company is useful, and allowed to make the next big thing, that undoubtedly hurts the original company.

Comment Re:How soon? (Score 2) 46

The i3 “2018” Mac Mini was discontinued in 2020 when the first Apple Silicon Mini came out - so that’s definitely “vintage”. The i7 “2018” Mac Mini remained on sale until early 2023 so that shouldn’t b3 vintage yet. Yes, I’ve checked the actual Apple vintage products list and it does just say “2018 Mac Mini” but it also clearly stares the 5-7 year rule so one or the other is just plain wrong. The vintage/obsolete rules seem to be based on actual consumer rights laws in various non-US jurisdictions (e.g. EU and UK which give limited warranty against proven manufacturing defects for 5-6 years after sale) so it’s not really a movable feast - I suspect that the published list of models just got dumbed down.

Comment Re:Well yeah... (Score 2) 255

Not necessarily. As stated in the summary, people on UBI were more willing to change jobs, or continue further education.

While this might lead to higher education prices, but not necessarily additional inflation overall. I expect those who changed jobs, may had chosen careers that may pay less where they have a more fulfilling career without the worry about meeting basic needs. Other options would they may have chosen higher risk and possibly higher reword type of work as well.

Speaking from my own personal experience as an American. There were many opportunities that I have personally rejected, because my family conditions means I need a steady reliable employment, which is often rather dull, and not pay as much as other opportunities. The more exciting jobs available, would often have a smaller salary, as my experience wouldn't transfer over as well. Or work for a company that may have massive layoffs.

What would most likely happen with UBI as a side effect would be lower salaries in general, with perhaps less expectations as a balance. Causing spending demand to mostly stabilize and remain constant.

Comment Re:Meritocracy's fatal flaw (Score 1) 72

The flaw is worse then just trying to evaluate merit.
Every person has strengths and weaknesses that are unique. If you have a worker in the warehouse who may be under performing, he may be under-performing because the worker isn't challenged enough, where promoted to say management he may be much more effective. However, if you do that, the warehouse workers who are busting their balls to get promoted would be pissed, and unmotivated by such an action.

Comment Re:Both sides are skating on thin ice here. (Score 1) 160

Trade Wars is where everyone looses. But it comes down to which side is willing to suffer for longer.

While the US has more capital. The general citizenship has been mostly use to a level of comfort, that will hurt more if lost. While China will loose a lot, but the people on average have less, so the pain would be less.

China also has a tight hold on public opinion as hey! stated. Which would restrict decent.

However what makes it worse, is the US is not just hitting China, but basically the whole world, this can also be an opportunity for China to continue and step in with Europe, Asia, and Africa as the adults in the room.

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