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I'd argue that we've reached the tipping point already. It will accelerate now. netflix just increased their prices again to compensate for slowing growth.

All these stream platforms produce their own exclusive shows and chances are that you're only interested in one or two flag ship series and the occasional movie or so. I believe this will hurt hulu the most then hbo before the rest, because compared to netflix and disney they have less exclusive content. This leads to a downward spiral, where you need more exclusive content to attract users which leads to more fragmentation and eventually drives costs, which is bad for platforms with less (exclusive) content, because user may ditch first because of unattractive content/cost ratio...

Pirating is great if you're just interested in a particular new show but nothing else, for me that's HBO. What you're missing out on with pirating is discovering new shows/movies that you actually like just by browser the platform.

> releases chad strings

> just calls str()

> refuses to elaborate further

> leaves

Besides his age, the main reason for this story is probably the fact that he is a homeless teenager and that it is very rare that kids with such a background excel. He cannot be the only one who is obviously highly gifted, it is a tragedy that these children are deprived by the system to be sufficiently empowered and thus sustainably break the cycle of poverty.

This, and the fact that california is planning to eliminate or drastically reduce the gifted education program in calculus in the name of equity!, which essentially will deprive especially gifted poor kids of even the slightest chance to get noticed, makes me sad and incredibly angry at the same time.

this piece starts very low by quoting Kevin Rose the chief censorist anti free speech activist from the nyt and continues in that vein, very underwhelming.

He's the spearhead of the NYT pro censorship by tech wing. He's bad faith activist disguised as a journalist.

insane, I wonder how many have heard of this for the first time today or are still unaware because the mainstream media never picked it up or is memory-holing this

yes, unreal.

Also all this took place when he received a multi million dollar advance for his book "American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic", and remember this crazy thing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/arts/design/cuomo-covid-p... how is any of this real?!?!

the first reports on this already appeared in august 2020, but somehow all mainstream outlets weren't too interested. They still weren't interested in October when the DOJ sent an inquiry about nursing homes or in January when the NY AG issued a report finding New York under counted deaths of nursing home and long-term care facility residents.

Meanwhile, CNN put him on the air, to be heralded as a great and inspiring leader by his own brother, a CNN mouth piece, that got state funded special treatment when he had covid. Now CNN simply refuses to report on it.

The media landscape is beyond broken in this country.

It's a total of about 50% in social security contributions AND taxes. Assuming you are single and have no kids and your gross salary is 100k, you pay about 15k in social security contributions and 29k in income tax. And additionally 2.5k in church tax if you're catholic or lutheran.

Since these companies operate only with the blessing of the CCP and are under its control, they all should be considered foreign agents when conducting business outside of china.

> will remain united in our efforts to stop this cynical project, a project that is founded on the self-interest of a few clubs at a time when society needs solidarity more than ever.

Oh come on, the audacity, amazing. You can replace this with the pointing spiderman meme.

> "Smart contracts". All (democratic) countries have courts in place to settle legistlative disputes between two parties.

The case for smart contracts is, you can't have disputes. No need for attorneys, that will bleed you dry. It does not add an additional layer, instead it removes them all and becomes the sole layer.

this is textbook law enforcement FUD.

You forgot the most obvious alternative, the police are deliberately lying.

They found "nine ammunition magazines, two silencers, two pieces for rifle barrels". I consider this to be state propaganda disguised as news laundered through REUTERS.

The "confrontational libertarian" Glenn Greenwald, who ironically switched to substack because the intercept, tried to meddle with his reporting about the Hunter Biden laptop story, which was censored by facebook and twitter.

EDIT: I guess some people think this a controversial take, hence all the down votes.

Traditional newspapers and newer media (like Buzzfeed, Huffpost, Vox...) are scared, especially their journos. The clickbait, garbage content factory approach just doesn't cut it anymore, and it doesn't raise their profile as journalists offering anything of value. They despise Substack because it threatens to erase the last thing they have left in this business, a kind of ill-perceived legitimacy that they demand their work at a major outlet should give them. The success of independent Substack writers just vaporizes this entirely. They are stuck in a low-paying job, have no prospects in this industry, and no one to appreciate their pathetic work except their like-minded media colleagues. That's why they hate Substack writers. Substack writers pull traffic, the average journos @nyt, wp, you name it, don't.

I highly recommend this post from ferddie de boer https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/its-all-just-displaceme...

Fauci and the WHO said the same thing. Only mask if you're sick or if you take care of sick people around you but you don't need to mask if you're healthy.

Edit: [0] is a archived version of the WHO public advice about when to use mask from late april. It probably was up even longer:

> If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are taking care of a person with COVID-19. Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing. Masks are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand-cleaning with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water. If you wear a mask, then you must know how to use it and dispose of it properly.

[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20200421063423/https://www.who.i...

I suspect that in 5-10 years we will see a significant increase in allergy patients, even more than we are seeing now.

That's a reasonable request, however, companies should not be forced to operate in areas where such laws exist that are incompatible with their business model. Or even force them to continue operating should the laws change. If the conditions don't fit their expected "operation style" anymore, they should be free to cease operations. In the end, I think, this will only hurt news sites and businesses that rely on google's services.