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dirtmerchanton Amazon accused of widespread scheme to inflate prices across the economy

Amazon does not claim to be “pro-consumer “

Instead they claim to be “customer-obsessed “

Obsession is rarely a net-positive for the target of the obsesser.

dirtmerchanton The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn't as Bad as You've Heard–It's Worse

Caregiving is an amazing opportunity. It is life-changing for the person receiving the care. It is fulfilling and soul-affirming for the person delivering the care.

dirtmerchanton Ask HN: What books have been worth your time?

Imagine a world where Joseph Smith had chosen to lean into his undeniable skills as a writer of historical fiction.

Instead he chose the path of religious charlatan, and western literature is all the lesser for it.

dirtmerchanton Ask HN: What books have been worth your time?

Imagine a world where Joseph Smith had chosen to lean into his undeniable skills as a writer of historical fiction.

Instead he chose the path of religious huckster, and western literature is all the lesser for it.

dirtmerchanton Neopets is still around

I can’t believe someone wrote an article about Neopets without mentioning the founder, Doug Dohring’s, ties with Scientology. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Dohring

dirtmerchanton S.F. sued over homeless camp sweeps: city charged with criminalizing unsheltered

Please enlighten us. What do you mean by "clean up"? Keep in mind, we're all engineers here, so details matter.

I'll wait.

dirtmerchanton Queen Elizabeth II has died

Let's leave aside the atrocities committed by British Colonialism. In fairness, those crimes are far bigger than any one person. Instead, focus on the individual. This is a woman who brow beat her daughter in law to the such a degree, that her two choices viable options were suicide or deportation. All for the crime of being born with a trace amount of black blood in their veins. This was not a good human being.

dirtmerchanton Attorney general: Americans should accept security risks of encryption backdoors

A lot more. Despite the fact that the US already imprisons a disproportionate percentage of its populate, AG Barr is a vocal advocate of vastly increasing the use of detention. https://www.aclu.org/blog/smart-justice/mass-incarceration/w...

dirtmerchanton Ask HN: How do you organize everything you want to do?

I have enough in my todo list without adding “learn emacs” to it.

dirtmerchanton Same-Sex Marriage Is a Right, Supreme Court Rules

Where can I send donations to the political party that proposes a license to breed?

dirtmerchanton Mattermost: Open-source, on-premises, Slack alternative

Check the fine print. Even with the self-hosted version, Atlassian is scraping the chat data for analytic purposes. This was confirmed by Atlassian support via a HIPPA audit at my last gig.