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oligopoly··on Reddit's /r/Piracy is deleting almost ten years of history to avoid ban
Yeah, and people just moved elsewhere. All it's going to do is hurt Reddit's bottom line. Let me guess porn is next? Digg is looming
oligopoly··on How the Maker of TurboTax Fought Free, Simple Tax Filing (2013)
Think about it this way.

They make money from people who don't optimise their taxes

oligopoly··on Judge rules 40 unvaccinated children can't go back to school
Surely what's the point of vaccination if it doesn't protect the children?
oligopoly··on 2.7M Medical Calls Breached in Sweden
Government and nobody is truly held accountable. Happens all the time to different extent.

And still there are people wanting more government control. Mind boggling

oligopoly··on Beware of Buying Young People's Blood to Prevent Aging, FDA Says
This always rubbed me the wrong way. Remember back in the day Red Cross doing this and this was before Haiti scandal.

Could be a decent business to pay x amount for people to donate blood and sell it to hospital. People would be incentivised to donate blood, hospital would get more off it and given they are already paying for it.

oligopoly··on Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds are using ad blockers
You have lot of students and people who can't afford it as of now but can convert to paying customers later on.

If you buy into the system you are more dependant on it than just going another route and you end up not giving a damn about Spotify

oligopoly··on No Thank You, Mr. Pecker
What usually happens in these kind of things is mistress or partner shares images with friends and someone looks to profit or take vengeance behalf of cheated friend. I'm baffled nobody brings this up.
oligopoly··on Taking an Ancestry Test Could Make It Harder to Buy Life Insurance
It was big news at the time in Europe as it affected vast amount of people's bottom line (mine as well). Would be interesting to know if it was lobbied to some extend.

The premise was that women would pay the same amount as men lowering the rate (Good thing). But for everyone who have followed politics knew it's not going to be a so simple. You have countless of examples where companies just skirt around the law and it end up hurting consumers.

Pretty much sums many EU decisions. On paper they can seem decent enough but in reality not so much. And women were affected as well as you might imagine low income families took the biggest relative hit.

oligopoly··on Taking an Ancestry Test Could Make It Harder to Buy Life Insurance
Could depend on the age group and driving record. In some age groups men can be overly aggressive drivers but overall less accidents compared to women.

For the person who downvoted OP was referring to the EU. Previously men paid less but when EU decided statistics are sexist now both pay the same higher amount. Yay for the consumer

oligopoly··on Taking an Ancestry Test Could Make It Harder to Buy Life Insurance
>In Europe I believe that insurance already may not discriminate on sex: compared to women, men's car insurance got cheaper

That's false. After EU came meddling insurance was raised for men to the same level women had even though men have statistically lower risk of accident.

oligopoly··on From developer to entrepreneur: Learning to build an indie startup
Is one person really going to take you out of course if you are doing something you want? In that case you have to figure out what you really want. Getting in shape people criticising gave the added fuel to succeed and storm ahead
oligopoly··on The carbs-obesity hypothesis
People underestimate the amounts they are eating. Then again some amateur athletes would do well to eat more carbs.

Steel Cut Oats, rice and vegetables are good source for carbs

oligopoly··on The Role of Personality, Authoritarianism and Cognition in Brexit
Not factual hence the downvotes.
oligopoly··on The rich world needs higher real wage growth
Happens in every field. Compare what is said to reported or if you have knowledge of something, frankly could be anything sports, business etc, how poorly it's reported in the press.
oligopoly··on Norwegian Consumer Council report on how tech companies use dark patterns [pdf]
Good Manual for upcoming startups as well.
oligopoly··on Your “high bar” is wrecking your team
> But, don't worry your changing the world

By creating a new innovative way to deliver ads to consumers.

oligopoly··on ‘Gaming disorder’ is officially recognized by the World Health Organization
Next up Social Media Disorder (SMD), Internet Disorder.. I'd be surprised if the latter isn't a thing already
oligopoly··on Wells Fargo Bans Cryptocurrency Purchases on Its Credit Cards
Yeah that's the way you buy&sell stocks if you are investing. Not just gambling
oligopoly··on Startups are Financial Suicide
Personally I view it as self expression. Like someone who has to go out and paint not because he has to.. he longs it
oligopoly··on I've Paid $18,000 to a $24,000 Student Loan, and I Still Owe $24,000
No one said democrat policies were responsible.

Seriously though it's obviously by design. Ever wondered why they don't teach financial responsibility in school? Give people incentive to work as much as they can to keep economy rolling. Capitalism at it's finest.

oligopoly··on Canada facing ‘brain drain’ as tech talent leaves for Silicon Valley
Reading HN you'd expect people shunning US because of Trump, but reality seems to be different. Which isn't surprising since economy is booming and unemployment is in all time low.
oligopoly··on Tech conferences moving north as Trump policies turn off attendees
Market got flooded with too many bs conferenced trying to make a quick buck.
oligopoly··on Health dangers of sleep deprivation
You've seen some misrepresented data. You commonly see fit people saying they have 6 or 8% fat % when they are closer to +12%. Most methods to determinate fat percentage are hilariously inaccurate. Look it up.

15% and you see hints of sixpack (clear outline) for most people who train.

oligopoly··on Health dangers of sleep deprivation
10-15% and you have somewhat defined sixpack. Lower range of that continuously naturally and you might have yourself a problem. You only have to be somewhat enthusiastic about fitness and watch what you eat to get there. Not that uncommon these days
oligopoly··on Health dangers of sleep deprivation
Staying in low fat percentage range for long time can f up your hormonal and other systems. Not saying its the case here but something to take in considerations for those staying lean naturally
oligopoly··on StreetLend.com shuts down, citing GDPR regulations
ergo why big corporations push and even lobby for government regulations
oligopoly··on Facebook Has Hosted Stolen Identities and Social Security Numbers for Years
Exactly. Imagine Town Square like environment where people could Converse about tech and other nonsense without needing to physically be in the same location. The Horror.
oligopoly··on Instagram launches “Data Download” tool to let you leave
I keep hearing this but do people really think EU ends up going hard on fb and others? FB's whole business revolves around breaking those rules.. not to mention shadow profiles and other shady stuff
oligopoly··on Unclaimed Baggage Center: The Shop for Lost Luggage (2015)
More likely you don't travel with enough valuables which is smart or aren't wealthy enough.
oligopoly··on The Bitter Truth of Learning: It’s Tough, Unpleasant, and Often Pointless
OP points out how pointless exercising is however I'm the one being condescending? Anyone can change if they are hurting enough or find the future outcome alluring to work towards it.

> If exercising were truly at the top most enjoyable things for everyone then we would not have an obesity crisis.

Exercising itself has little to do with obesity. It all comes down to eating healthy and restricting your caloric intake.

Healthy food is cheap af when you prepare it yourself and don't buy into every trend. You don't even have to exercise if you don't want to but obviously it's good for your overall health and mind.

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