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ueueshitashitaon Living Like It's 99, No Social Media, No Smartphone

> You’re gonna miss out on the modern human experience

Oh no, the horror!

ueueshitashitaon Verizon suspends advertising on Facebook, joins growing boycott

> There are permits required to run a lemonade stand and a bike shop.

I get the lemonade stand, but who needs a permit to run a bike shop?

ueueshitashitaon It’s unclear what Section 230 executive order will do to social media companies

> lies and hateful rhetoric

If Twitter really cared about the "lies and hateful rhetoric" they would have put their money where their mouth is and banned him years ago. It's just a meaningless gesture to drum up more drama, more clicks, more views.

ueueshitashitaon It’s unclear what Section 230 executive order will do to social media companies

> they're no longer platforms and instead publishers, who can be sued for their content

They could and have been sued all along. Plenty of people file inane lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google all the time for content that gets posted on their services. I wouldn't be quick to imply that these lawsuits would result in successful outcomes for the plaintiffs would it not have been for the existence of Section 230.

ueueshitashitaon Jack Dorsey is giving Andrew Yang $5M to build the case for a basic income

> Unless you have some hard data, your argument doesn't seem very convincing.

Seeing as plenty of people are earning more with the federal unemployment compensation than they would if they were working full time, I'm not sure what exactly is "unconvincing" about it.

ueueshitashitaon Security Flaws in Adobe Acrobat Reader Allow Gaining Root on macOS Silently

> You can as long the person hasn't encrypted the PDF

I fill out forms in encrypted PDFs all the time with Preview, never had a problem.

ueueshitashitaon Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X

> It might not be "rock" star anymore

That's the point, the "rock" stars aren't making any money in the industry like other pop acts anymore - they're mostly doing their own thing on Patreon and streaming on Twitch.

ueueshitashitaon Apple unveils biggest update to Logic since the launch of Logic Pro X

> Becoming a rock star is a thing

Not really in 2020.

ueueshitashitaon San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate

What is stopping the group of people who realize this from housing people?

ueueshitashitaon San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate

> we just require housing to be a natural right and we give people that?

Who is "we" in this context?

ueueshitashitaon San Francisco Residents Are Leaving at an Unprecedented Rate

> if they are mental ill, then get them on the medication they need.

What if they don't want to be on medication?

> if they are on drugs, get them into a program like NA and give them the medication to combat the withdrawl.

What if they have no interest in doing that?