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"we make something worth buying." That is interesting. The "buying" ostensibly refers to journalism, which is where IMO the media has failed terribly in the past 2-3 decades. Most of it became too opinionated that the product being sold was no longer news and analysis, but opinions and echo chambers. I think over time people got tired of paying for opinions, but others were content to continue to do so.

A newspaper that read more like analytical research would be more appealing. The media would benefit as a whole, and prosper, if they strove to remove the personal opinions and beliefs from their reporting.

When the American congress was debating their infrastructure legislation, a reason was that bridges and dams needed a lot of investment and improvements. That legislation became law, but how long until the money flows to the improvement projects?

That is the actual headline. "Female Athletes Unhappy After Being Asked to ‘Lose Gracefully’ to Trans Competitors"

Not one word about the CCP's management. Not surprising but it is fascinating to see communists trying to be capitalists.

You mean like the Clinton Foundation? As soon as Hillary lost the election donations dried up.

https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/clinton-founda... https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/clinton-foundation-la...

Maybe the market realized that there is not much value in Reddit? I still don't understand how it turns a profit, but would love to be a fly on the wall when the CEO explains to investors the value proposition.

I attending Montessori and enjoyed it, but this was 10+ years ago. We did not talk about the teacher's personal beliefs and politics, and there was no discussion of student gender or sexuality. It was focused on social and interpersonal development and academics. I understand some people believe discussing these sensitive topics is essential to student development, but I think it has made kids very uncomfortable and strayed too far from academics.

..or maybe if they focused more on academics, reducing bullying and violence, and less political-socializing students would feel they are getting something out of it.

It is strange that a person would receive a fine for receiving a letter with a "counterfeit" stamp. That would make for a very nasty revenge operation - send your worst enemy letters with counterfeit stamps to cause them to incur a five pound fine.

Can you speak more about the framing? I think diversity should be encouraged, but I also believe to some extent that people of color have been left out of STEM education and jobs due to poor education and opportunities. Maybe a middle ground is to hire for both. Bring in women, people of color, and others who may not be as educated or experienced, but make a serious effort to pair them with more experienced employees and train them up to where they should be. Rather than hire and replace, as some have suggested, hire and partner to diversify and holistically improve the entire organization.

Until property taxes eventually push them out as it has done in some urban communities. Ownership is huge but prices will always rise so I think it's hard to ever let their guard down.

I see a lot of similarity between indie book stores, and bicycle shops. Both ebb and flow as seasons, tastes, and availability change, in addition to competing with big box and online stores. They are part of our communities that appeal and serve broad segments of people, supporting them should be encouraged.

He inspired me in ways all but two of my primary school teachers ever did.

I am not a consumer of marijuana but I was given an edible for exercising with a mate and it did help with pain and feelings of shyness. I enjoyed the workout but I just cannot use it because of my job.

Is this not what Texas wanted? What I think will happen eventually is that the websites will cater to government restrictions in the name of profits. They may complain and protest but the money generated from pornographic viewing online is too great.

@CliffStoll is one of my childhood heroes. I ordered a Klein bottle and he drew a picture on the invoice and it melted my heart. It is now a prized possession framed on a wall next to Kevin Mitnick's business card.

If you don't pay child support they take your drivers license, which means it will be harder to get and keep a job to pay your child support. It makes very little sense. The state should garnish the wages. Taking away the means to get to work to earn money for debt is ridiculous.

There may be a risk. Some countries are forcing visitors to disclose their social media accounts. We know that some countries, such as Thailand, will arrest you for criticizing the King.1 We know Britain has arrested individuals for thought crimes.2 Speech is definitively under attack in the name of stifling hate speech and protecting certain individuals, so it's always possible but the actions will tell us more than analysis because it's kind of unprecedented.

In short, really no country on earth as the freedoms of speech and expression that America does but it's all changing. It's possible you could be arrested but it would really depend on the situation, and the person. You, arrested? Probably not. Jordan Peterson, maybe.

1. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/thai-man-faces-record-50-...

2. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12557713/Our-silent...

Fifteen years ago vaccines were not seen as profitable by the drug companies. Then Gardisil was released and the pharmaceutical lobbyists went around urging governments to require this vaccine. Regardless of its effectiveness, it was a drug the pharmaceutical companies were telling government's that it needs to be mandatory, and coincidentally guarantee profits.

My concern has always been the capitalist conundrum with vaccines. If you are a drug company and create a vaccine, the natural business question is "how can we make this vaccine a requirement" to guarantee profits? We should NOT want drug companies to view vaccines as a profit generating drug, because then they will find ways to make them mandatory, regardless if they are effective or even needed.

There is very little to stop a drug company from creating a vaccine out of thin air, regardless of its efficacy, convincing government that it must be mandatory, and then sitting back as the profits roll in.

Like the plastic industry, the auto industry is much too powerful for government to stand up to it. Could this be accomplished through regulation? That might be an easier bar to clear, but perhaps there is another target: the data carriers themselves. If a rule could be implemented that the carrier of personal data must insurer proper consent and notice, it might be a half measure.

To me the taxis were like an entrenched monopoly. Then competition tried to disrupt the system, but after lawsuits and regulation pushing up costs/prices on ride sharing, taxis will come back to fill the void. Full circle it seems. I can't help but feel this is exactly what the taxi industry wants.

When your imaginary friend stops responding.

This paragraph jumped out for me

It is possible that little changes for consumers in the near term because many sellers are used to including the cost of a buyer’s agent in their sale price. But over time, new brokerage business models could emerge that make it easier for buyers to choose low-cost options

"could" not "should" or will.

Except for a huge payout for the lawyers, I don't see how this ruling is going to affect home buyers, or sellers in the near future. There would have to be a law put in place, so going forward it's still an agreement between private parties to sell or buy a house.

I'm also troubled by what the Wall Street Journal claims is that this might push a lot of young realtors out of the career field. That can't be seen as a positive outcome.

Overall, I'm still unclear exactly how this is going to help anyone. Especially for the overwhelming majority of buyers and sellers who DON'T want to be their own agent, and want to hire the best realtor to do it for them. I remember when this first came out and lots of people on HN said I'll just be my own agent. Well, that's fine, but that's not an option for most people.

I think regardless there will still be plenty of realtors doing business, and they will still make bank.

It's easier to look at sex and race, especially when you view those of a certain sex or race as victims. For many, it does not matter what accomplishments you make, how hard you work, or your credentials, it only matters how it appears to others. Too many men: Sexist. Too many whites: racist.

It's not so much about hating men as it is an increase in people claiming they are a victim of something. Being a victim gives them feelings of power and control, even if it is completely hogwash.

A university is often run by an administrative bureaucracy and the first rule of any bureaucracy is survival, followed by expansion, and accumulation of wealth. Combined with workplace protections against reducing employees through redundancy and you have a self perpetuating, bloated system.

One of my great fears in life is getting locked out of a Google or Meta account. I have resolved in myself that should that occur the account is forever lost because there is no way to get support. The best that one can hope for is that a media publication takes up their plight and writes about it, or they know someone who is employed by one of those corporations. Even when customers pay for a product, Meta and Google customer service is horrible.

Eesh I thought it was a hacking situation.

I think the whole DEI concept was done in the worst possible way when the goals may have been actually noble. Universities should recruit a diverse population and encourage everyone to attend, but acceptance, advancement, retaining, and promotion should be equally applied and on merit alone. Discrimination in education of any kind accomplishes nothing and devalues the institutions.

I recall reading about Amazon's near-zero profit margins as a way of gaining huge market share. How long can companies run on such narrow margins?