headbansown

You will fix the bugs?

Nice to see an HOA rule created to try to keep working people out of neighborhoods used against a $150k Rivian,

I am reminded of this ancient joke:

Is there a difference between capitalism and communism?

Yes, in principle. With capitalism, man exploits man. But with communism, it is precisely the opposite.

They're providing the hammers and chisels to knock down their own paywalls. I'm not saddened by this.

"If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."

-- Richelieu

Maybe a convenient mark on one's right hand or forehead also.

E-1 will be Groot but boots will be referred to as "Trash Panda."

From your doctor, sure - but from databases of who bought what that the pt consented to be in as a condition of getting a discount? Is GoodRx a HIPAA covered entity? (Not being rhetorical; don't actually know.)

Life insurance companies (speculation - but they won't have the visibility into Barry Boomer's cholesterol meds that his health insurer will)

TL;DR: You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.

Finally, the killer app for mesh networks.

Vague policies are very useful when those making them wish to engage in arbitrary and capricious enforcement.

Really? It's not okay to say it's censorship when it is? I'll admit I'm wrong iff the apps are reinstated without having to impose additional restrictions.

Or it exactly understands how it works and Google doesn't much like how it works.

> Safe browsing doesn't include sites for encouraging hatred and violence, etc.

Yet.

Holy heck, Gold Crew patrols 57-65 here. Small world, indeed.

That is a beauty; can't believe I'd never seen/heard of it back in the day!

That's a shame because I always liked their terminals and keyboards. Oh, wait.

> a reCAPTCHA like functionality around whether you are a real engagement vs these clicks aren't very far away

That's gonna be a no for me dawg. If it turns out to be content I want to see badly at all, I'll search for statistically improbable strings in the part that I can see so I can find an alternate source (/r/savedyoucompletingacaptcha?).

You should only have to convince it that you're an EU national.

First, it's pretty simple. Require that if net weight changes that either the size of the container decreases proportionately or that a standardized label (a la "Nutrition Facts") on the front of the container contains the old size and new size prominently.

And oh, the horror that taxpayer money might be spent protecting the public. I'm down for that.

That is the case in the U.S. as well. Although I've seen unit pricing of products in different sizes use different units (e.g. one product using ounces and the other quarts) that if not done deliberately to make comparison difficult still has that effect.

The CPI has been gamed into uselessness because governments and corporations have indexed things like pension increases to it. The "hedonic substitution" concept is particularly disingenuous. Seniors can't afford steak any more and buy hot dogs instead? Inflation's gone down, yay!

> Might as well outlaw marketing then.

Yes, because reasonable regulation requiring clear communication to consumers about product changes == outlawing marketing.

Using the same container volume with less net weight, for example. Those of us who have the luxury of not being particularly busy can certainly keep logs of unit pricing, but it's not practicable for most.

I believe Consumer Reports used to show instances of this and call it the "grocery shrink ray." Corporate greed and willingness to deceive: news at 11.

In the case of U.S. drivers licenses, there are standards for the 2D barcode that would make it very straightforward to parse: https://www.aamva.org/uploadedFiles/MainSite/Content/Solutio...

I'm with your assessment. I was expecting to see more than the minor differences that were reported, which would have made it more interesting and damning to the processing firms. But a headline like "I took nine DNA tests and got approximately the same results" wouldn't have generated so many clicks.

The endgame is requiring a non-extensible browser with TPM and remote attestation so that the ads can't be removed client side with a bonus layer of DRM preventing scraping the screen (at least on the same endpoint) and hiding the ads that way. But a critical mass of "content" would have to require this before it could be universally enforced. Would probably be happening with online banking already had it not been for the rise of mobile.

Bottom line, though: it only takes one person to copy the "content" and repost it to make all that for naught.