halcyoncmdr @ halcyoncmdr @lemmy.world

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Not sure why you think it's an own goal. Biden didn't set the day for it to take effect, that was written into the law by Congress. You could say it was an own goal because Biden announced he wasn't going to enforce it, but that seems to be the opposite of what you're trting to claim And even with that decision to not enforce the law for 1 day before the Trump admin takes over, none of the companies TikTok works with like Apple or Google to list it in the app stores gave a shit about that lack of enforcement because of the uncertainty.

Not to mention Trump being the start of the ban in the first place. He was President when all of this started to work it's way through the process, even if Biden was the President when it actually made it through Congress, with bipartisan support. Trump only changed positions because he wants TokTok to pay him to continue to allow it to continue.

I mean... That just proves my point.

The feds told them to stop, but they were taking bets on it.

Any bets on the bribe amount? I'm sure some place is taking bets. Vegas will bet on anything.

So how much of a bribe you all think Trump is gonna take to get it back up and running? And will it just be for a rolling 90 day delay with continued payments? Subscription Presidential bribes.

Here's a couple ideas for dealing with the housing crisis situation, one of the primary causes of the homeless issues in the first place. Since all we ever seem to do is fail at handling symptoms instead of of causes.

1. Foreign companies cannot own private housing.
2. Domestic companies cannot own more than say 2-3 private homes, this includes any companies that can be connected through another business or individual. This allows individuals to have second homes or a rental property but means rental businesses are dead, they handle larger condos and apartments. Separate homes are meant for families and individual households.
3. Tax vacant housing at high rates to facilitate homes actually being loved in. We have largely enough housing for everyone to have a place, but a lot of it sits unused as bullshit real estate holdings.
4. For larger cities, tax vacant retail and office space at a high rate and give incentives to remodel it for more housing. Have maximum vacancy time-frames to incentivize utilizing the spaces instead of just setting bullshit pricing no one will ever pay while "looking" for tenants year after year.

But none of this will happen. Because the oligarchs have their money invested in real estate holdings that don't move or get and use, so they require little to no maintenance. It's a large reason why half of NYC looks like a shit hole with boarded up retail spots for decades while a cupboard under the stars costs $1800/mo to rent.

Just needs those bribes, I mean, inauguration fund donations to keep coming before each deadline to remind him.

Simple, they don't have any direct competition.

Microsoft and Sony are competing against each other and Nintendo is doing their own thing, they always have. Nintendo won the console wars of their time, and now just does their own thing. Sony and Microsoft waded in and created a new console war and Nintendo hasn't tried to compete against them, but they sell record numbers of devices every year doing it.

When was the last time Nintendo released hardware just to compete, rather than to innovate in a way they wanted to move forward, regardless of the other companies? Nintendo sits on their bubble printing money doing whatever they want and their customers of all ages, hardcore and casual, keep coming back for more every year. Meanwhile everyone else fights around them for a different set of "gamer" customers, and the title goes back and forth.

Rednote isn't trying to attract foreign users. It's only blowing up because of the imminent app ban affecting TikTok, same as other apps like Lemon8.

As a person that have played Genshin since the launch. Those are all loot boxes. Just because it's limited or has a pity system, that doesn't change the fact. It just limits the results or gives you a guarantee

If you are taking a chance at all to get something from a list of items, as opposed to selecting a specific item to buy, IT IS A LOOT BOX.

The specifics of limits or pity systems, or guarantees after X amount do not matter. The slot machines in Vegas have a fixed and regulated chance to payout as well, it's still gambling.

Gacha is a type of loot box.

You aren't purchasing a specific item when you spend money. If there's any sort of chance involved with that purchase it's a loot box.

Good. So is everyone that sees our school lunches and isn't a part of the system that forces the bullshit on our students.

Sugar itself doesn't, I've never seen a study showing an actual link between the two. It's instead excitement to getting something special, not the sugar causing a chemical reaction. Causation and correlation are different.

There is actual evidence of some dyes causing behavioral issues in some children.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9052604/

Country borders are just lines on a map. They don't exist in the real world.

If only everyone was able to experience the overview effect, a lot of our issues could potentially fix themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_effect

It's gotten to the point where you need to have an attorney on retainer just to get real answers from these companies. Instead of saying you'll get an attorney to the underpaid customer service rep with no power who can't care less and people threaten legal actions with no follow through constantly... an actual attorney sending a letter calling the company out for their failure to address your issues gets you put into a separate system where they know you actually have representation they want to avoid.

Those monthly retainer services are surprisingly cheap too if you just need something verified or a notice sent once in a while. Many companies even offer discounted legal retainer services as part of their benefits packages.

Didn't Houston have historic massive flooding from Hurricane Beryl? And insurance companies are still fighting and having to pay out for Hurricane Harvey back in 2017.

Your house is only one data point, and not the largest part of the calculation. Your neighborhood, county, and city infrastructure have a lot more to do with your insurance than your specific home. And the Houston area has a terrible track record with flooding.

He's right. Let's get rid of the part that doesn't function well. His entire industry.

All it does is put barriers between patients, their doctors, and the care they need while increasing costs with no actual benefit to anyone other than the insurance executives. Nearly every job in the industry would still be needed under a universal health care system, there just wouldn't be a middle man increasing prices by billions every year so they can make a profit.

Order it from another store with curbside pickup, don't have to even get out of the car on the way back home.

I don't understand why they don't just use a pickup ticket system. Costco does it for some smaller high end electronic products now. Hell, Toys R US did it decades ago with all of their video games and consoles. You just take the paper ticket to the cashier to pay and then the receipt to a pickup window where ALL of those products are kept.

Instead they choose the objectively worst option, extra hardware spread randomly around the store for each product, and spreading already shaky customer service even more thin with large waiting times for a manager with the keys to arrive.

Definitely, but it's built into the existing system as it sits, and was implemented slowly over decades. This isn't new by any measure, it's just finally starting to be addressed.

Believe it or not, Deere has been right at the forefront (on the wrong side) of the right to repair fight. They're one of the most egregious anti-repair companies on the planet, even more than Apple.