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DaleNeumann

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DaleNeumann··on FTC: Vast Surveillance of Users by Social Media and Video Streaming Companies
"According to one estimate, some Teens may see as many as 1,260 ads per day.200 Children and Teens may be lured through these ads into making purchases or handing over personal information and other data via dark patterns"

There is a long trail of blood behind google and facebook, amazon... Etc...

DaleNeumann··on Nintendo Files Suit for Infringement of Patent Rights Against Pocketpair, Inc
No one saw this comming
DaleNeumann··on Kim Dotcom's extradition to the U.S. given green light by New Zealand
I know little about this case but remember the wild show Kim put on before his arrest. The way I saw it then was his colleagues pleaded guilty and where never extradited so my assumption was new Zealand would bend to his favour but I guess interpretation of rule of law is above precedence... I wish I could say I know what Im talking about.
DaleNeumann··on Federal Appeals Court Rules Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits
The bulk of the claims will more then likely come from Hollywood film studios.
DaleNeumann··on Why Do 70% of Families Lose Their Wealth in the 2nd Generation? (2018)
The 2nd, 3rd Generations ahead are entitled to that wealth they did not work for it, they simply accepted it as a gift from there relative or mother and father. They are not matching each dollar pound for pound with sweat over there foreheads. Wealth squandered, I just didn't think that 70-90% lose there wealth, it seems like an immense number to me but when you consider how careless and uninformed people get, it is not entirely surprise.
DaleNeumann··on Can Universal Basic Income Transform Society?
UBI in effect would clean the most degenerate and ignored few in society while at the same time liberating the masses from aimless drudgery. It will inject cash into the consumer market and lower risk to seeking credit. I see it as the ultimate form of capitalism when everyone has a means to acquire goods and services at a mutually agreed upon standard. I also see it as the only option to avert a cataclysmic economic event when we all get layed off and replaced by robots. Read this article from McMaster about UBI in action in the Province of Ontario, it is short and clears up many pre conceived notions against such a program.

https://macsphere.mcmaster.ca/bitstream/11375/28173/1/southe...

DaleNeumann··on Canada imposes 5% tax on streaming to fund local news, diverse content
A lot of media in Canada is subsidized, the government needs to justify its expenses somehow. It has nothing to do with Canadian exceptionalism or something like that.
DaleNeumann··on New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1B gift
"I wanted to fund students at Einstein so that they would receive free tuition," Dr Gottesman said she immediately realised. "There was enough money to do that in perpetuity."

I have never heard of a school getting this lucky from there alumni/faculty and even hearing there students getting something out of it so it touched my heart I have always had a toxic opinion about my teachers. Perhaps this could turn into an example for the rest of Americas medical schools in the coming decades.

DaleNeumann··on Feds Say Activision Layoffs Violate Promises Microsoft Made in Merger Deal
“inconsistent with Microsoft’s suggestion to this Court that the two companies will operate independently post-merger.”

I believe there was supposed to be a 10 year pause to any structural changes to Activision in addition to keeping the Call of Duty IP non-exclusive, firing these workers is a gain for Microsoft as it recoups cash from the merger and if anything this makes Activision dependent on its new parent Microsoft so the FTC has a good point here but I doubt they will get anything.

considering how silly some of these court documents where and the tacky controversial nonsense arguments from the executives at Microsoft and Sony... and the 'gamers lawsuit' you would be tricked into believing if whether this where just another marketing trick from Microsoft.

DaleNeumann··on Disney to take $1.5B stake in Epic Games
This puts Disney in the same board table with Tencent and Sony.
DaleNeumann··on Novel drug could protect brains from damage after repeat concussions
Does a beetle scream when you step on it?
DaleNeumann··on Failure of Imagination
Insurance.
DaleNeumann··on Hyper-Reality (2016) [video]
I have a deep feeling that in the future on any given street a random group of people wearing glowing ski goggles will mindlessly flail there hands in the air talking to themselves in broken sentences that are impossible to make sense of, similar to the cellphone addicts of today who look down at there toes with indifference about the world around them, these hand flailing people will be another liability to consider when stepping off a bus platform onto a busy street.
DaleNeumann··on Nassim Taleb: U.S. is in a 'death spiral' over government debt
Trump had no problems with increasing the nation's debt, republicans cheered him on, because debt is a political pawn that both parties move where they see fit when they need too. Republicans in general use fear tactics and 'exestential' threats or religious context to get things done because they are fear mongers.
DaleNeumann··on Nassim Taleb: U.S. is in a 'death spiral' over government debt
Just raise the ceiling as any reasonable government would do, it seems to me as if whether it was Obama or Biden or Trump who did so, the outcome was pretty much status quo for the economy and after the hoorah things went back to usual.

Republicans feed on fear it's no secret.

DaleNeumann··on Bottom 80% of US Households Persistently Dissaves-Spending More Than Income
Banks transfer liabilities to there customers who in turn transfer there newly found assets to the stock market.

Banks get a monthly interest

Stocks get more liquidity

You get a combination of assets and liabilities. Your just a middle man assuming that your investments can do better then you and the bank.

DaleNeumann··on Netflix: Piracy is difficult to compete against and growing rapidly
Maybe it's me but consider the content on these streaming platforms which seem to me as a mix of syndicated shows and romantic action films. Where exactly people find value in tv tropes and expensive camera work is something only the producers in Hollywood can answer, pirating is a means to an end and by that I mean, most of it is so shit that it's not worth the price on the label to do the reasonable thing and pay for it.
DaleNeumann··on Physical cash is dying–and you don't need to be a conspiracist to worry
Fees on digital payments by merchants should be banned, if we are going into a digital era without cash and an expectation that everyone pays digitaly then they should come along with us and be more accommodating or atleast more realistic if they want our business, even if it is just a small cup of coffee the convenience of tap and scan is far superior to dragging your feet to a machine in the middle of the night looking over your shoulder always expecting the worst.