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Google is just another whore for the all mighty dollar.

Israel government has deep fucking pockets and the US-Israel relationship validates selling cloud space to host their cyber warfare on Palestine.

The states in the south are plagued with many of these types of assholes. The rise of the christian zealots has invaded all levels of government.

I think if Steve was still CEO. Apple might have been able to push out a "disruptor". But unfortunately Tim Cook took the reins and the program was essentially dead on arrival. The short EV hype brought it back from the dead but ultimately suffered the same fate.

Tim Cook is better than most CEOs but he's definitely not a Steve Jobs-type.

I remember my first time loading a dishwasher 😂

Payday loans should also not exist yet skirt the federal regulations since most of the payday loans businesses are incorporated in or based in Indian reservations.

CCCs are really a form of high risk microloan products. As such the “high” APRs are justified. I think federal regulations do put a cap on the APR on loan products, but it’s still high af but not to the point of usury (ie, 100% APR)

I justified it as a form of extra security over using a debit card. If fraudulent use of a credit card occurs, then that’s on the issuing bank. If fraudulent use occurs on a debit card, I may be on the hook for a couple of days while the bank sorts it out. For some people, they can easily tank the hit. But if you are living paycheck to paycheck. That loss of money for a couple of days may mean a few days you go without eating.

Regulations also different between credit and debit cards. This article lightly touches on the primary difference: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/credit-cards/credit-card-vs-debit-card-safer-online-purchases

This is also true! Increased cost of living combined with stagnating wages. This is partly the reason why “payday loans” exist.

I do believe financial literacy plays a huge part in it. But at the same time the credit card industry is sort of known to hand out credit cards like candy.

Some of yall probably are not aware but before the CARD act, the CCC companies would send reps to American campuses. “Sign on bonuses” were given to students who applied for their card. Usually cheap trinkets like a bong or even just straight cash.

Students without any stable job would get credit limits that would not make sense. This temptation lead to poor spending habits and accumulation of debt. Possibly even filing for bankruptcy later in life or just having bad marks on credit reports due to non-payment and sent to collections (this impacts ability to get other loans).

It’s stacked against the normal person.

On some cards I have well over $50K limits. But really only use 1-2% of these limits. I can’t imagine people trying to carry balances on credit cards.

Probably when the CC industry busts my limits will probably get reduced :(

In the case of Hawaii, they can just be outright false!

It’s training against dream extractors. There is 0 chance somebody is implanting the idea of dissolving my family’s multibillion dollar energy empire

The shift towards massive vehicles (SUVs) and trucks loaded to the tits with tech junk is to blame. Auto industry sold the idea to Americans that their fat ass needs a compensator instead of psychiatric help.

Good rock. Cool rock. Trash rock.

This is what happens when you downsize the team responsible for auto generating these responses

Most of f500 is overrated. At a certain point, only driving the stonk is the main motivator to do anything.

Good luck

G fired like 12K people at the beginning of the year.

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/20/1150234270/google-layoffs-12000-jobs

Then smaller groups of layoffs throughout the year and usual churn. Adds up to ~5-6% for the year

Pump the stonk 📈🚀🌕

Seems like all Fortune 500 companies are laying off 5-10% of their staff every year to pump end of year report.

Have seen cuts across multiple industries. Not just tech.

I re-created it a couple months back. Not too much activity lately tho. I used to self post from random home improvement shows. Couple of posts fp’d.

Couple of people even posted their own.

I haven’t been active lately but I do keep tabs on it

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