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Let's be realistic, if humans continue to exist we're going to be raised and educated in AI powered pods

I have no idea because I use browser tools to hide the element that shows vote scores. If people don't like what I have to say and want me to know about it they can take the time to write a response.

The way blocking works on Reddit is awful and is frequently abused, so I'd rather not see Lemmy go in that direction.

Citric acid. It's like adding lemon juice, except without any added moisture, so it works where too much moisture could pose a problem, like when you are making a pizza, nachos, or frying something in oil. It also never goes bad and is incredibly cheap, I use it all the time and am not even halfway through the $15 bag I bought like 8 years ago.

Think about it this way - those 248k people who respond to seeing an article accusing a group of racism with "sign me up", are not the same people being accused to begin with.

I get what she's saying but I also think that a conversational format is in a lot of ways superior for communicating information. When something isn't explained initially, someone asks about it and then an answer to that question is provided, something about that is often just easier to read and absorb than having a longer and more comprehensive initial explanation IMO.

Preserving digital files indefinitely is a solved problem. You put it in an automatically monitored redundant system that exists across multiple physical locations and replace drives as needed. This is just incompetence and institutional failure.

would see a rise in rent as the market of people looking to buy nicer places increases quickly

I think it would rise some, but not enough to absorb the whole UBI, because not everyone is looking to throw all of their money at living in the most fancy place they can, most people I think would prefer to do something else with most of their money. To me at least 'niceness' doesn't matter that much if the living space is functional.

but actually increasing the housing stock in desirable areas takes some time

Also takes political will to overcome protectionist policies preventing new construction and preventing denser housing. My ideal combination of policies would be UBI plus reforms and subsidies to increase the housing supply and intentionally crash the housing market by doing so. As for direct price controls, I don't think the economy works in a way that it could ever be effective beyond the very short term and a majority of economists tend to agree.

What is the context for this, why do they need refunds?

No, because having money is power. The more money you have, the more leverage you have, in general. This argument comes up a lot and I think it's mostly coming from a widespread attitude of learned helplessness about money. Especially a UBI that is funded by some form of redistribution would mean a lasting shift in wealth inequality that could not be undone just because some businesses would like it to be.

“In the absence of knowledge about competitors’ pricing strategies, property managers can only make their best educated guesses and set their prices at optimal positions, usually a bit lower than what offered by competitors—to attract renters in the market,” the lawsuit argues.

The complaint quotes Yardi marketing materials that say landlords who use the service “beat the market by a minimum of 2%” and “gain on average more than 6% net rental income.”

This is a problem, but the claim made in the lawsuit is pretty far from saying that the market might as well not exist and this company is able to arbitrarily choose prices, they're talking about a slight edge gained by shared information. Supply and demand etc. all still applies.

But SSN is the root of all identity documentation, except birth certificate I guess

That's a fair argument, but what I'm saying is more wondering to what extent this is really how things work and how that can be confirmed, than making a statement about how things should be. Every time I see this discussion everything is extrapolated from this single court case about a single police department.

Fun fact, there is a lifetime limit for the number of replacements you can get for these (I forget but I think it's like 12), if you lose too many no more social security card for you

This is widely cited and I agree it happened and it's messed up, but I think it would be more interesting to see some kind of broader analysis of how common this practice is, which I haven't been able to find solid information on. I've seen this a number of times and there are always comments offering speculation on how the system works, and maybe a few anecdotes, but I've talked to people who are skeptical that this is a larger phenomenon and I can't exactly offer anything to prove it to them.

I want a 'disable inbox replies' equivalent

that initial “don’t use surgical masks” statement was because hospitals were already facing shortages, and a rush on the supply would have caused massive widespread longstanding shortages. Basically, the hospitals needed disposable masks, so the CDC told people not to use disposable masks.

That makes it worse that they said/implied masks won't protect you, not better. If CDC public health statements are driven by an intention to manipulate public behavior rather than disseminating the best available info about what is true, that means that those statements are unreliable and can't be trusted, regardless of the good they are hoping to do by trading their long term credibility for temporarily adjusting purchasing habits.

I don't buy that, given

1. All the effort Reddit has put into locking down data access
2. Google itself was behind the lawsuit establishing fair use for scraped datasets, and it's looking likely that will be upheld

Would be happy to hear it if there's reasons I'm not aware of that this is the intention though

That frozen broccoli is pretty good and useful, great choice

It isn't like you can't otherwise get the older data if you really want though, pretty sure it's on torrents. The newer stuff is all they have to sell.