"Someone has an abusive relationship and you're really gunna deny them the right to abuse you like that?"
That's how you sound, Alice.
Flocklesscrow
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I have the same phone. I don't mind the size, but I'd like it to be lighter.
The lack of headphone jacks across the industry should have been a criminal offense, initiating RICO lawsuits from our government.
It's the parable of office pizza: some people take 1 slice because there are many people to feed.
some people take 3 slices, because there are many people to feed.
I'd love to see the USPS bring back basic banking and then double down by providing internet AS A SERVICE.
It would bring in two solid revenue streams for the Post Office, and cut a lot of cancer from our economy.
The cost is to the whole world, because they consume enormous amounts of energy and produce essentially nothing. Like bitcoin miners.
Which means they're adding profit margin to the otherwise zero marginal cost of said information good.
MIT releases financials and endowment figures for 2024:
The Institute’s pooled investments returned 8.9 percent last year; endowment stands at $24.6 billion
A) 1971, Economist Milton Friedman explicitly told the world the "only social responsibility" for businesses is to increase shareholder value. The Business Roundtable heartily endorsed this view, setting the stage for the next half century of villains to gleefully enrich themselves without compunction.
B) 2019, Business Roundtable reversed their 50 year position to include that businesses should be beholden to all Stakeholders, not just shareholders.
But of course the damage has been done, and continues onward. To compound this, the FED's open-purse monetary policy for 14 YEARS ushered in the worst inflation in 40 years, while wages have stagnated for 4 decades, kicking off around the time Baby Boomers were birthing the first Millennial children.
These are just some of the reasons Millennials lay the bulk of culpability at the feet of Baby Boomers, who of course respond with something like: "Well, I don't remember that."
Trickle down was a rebrand.
It used to be called "Horse and Sparrow economics."
Idea being: The horses eat buckets of whole grains. And the sparrows pick their meal from the horseshit.
TSA... security theater for the low, low price to taxpayer of $11.2 BILLION dollars
Most of the aches and pains related to "aging" are significantly alleviated by reducing your total body weight. Especially in America, where 2/3 of us are overweight or obese.
Most of losing weight is diet not exercise.
So, study some nutrition and cooking, eat better, go on walks and do some pushups, and you'll be more fit in 3-6 months.
Thanks for coming to my TED talk
"Because, unlike some other LLMs, I can speak with an English accent."