@petergyang I sure hope so. These corps created their original models by literally just taking without asking all of the collective internet, they really have no right to profit from it in the first place. Fruit of the Poison tree
you can order to your door right now on the open internet, steroids, drugs, prostitutes with zero impact. You have access to infinite information for free. The IRS audit rate is 0.3%. Planes are not working.
I thought it was a meme, we are living at the end of atlas shrugged
It's aways like "oh i was panicked, i didnt have time to think". As if this kind of a scenario should actually require any thought at all. All that effort to buy and setup a hardware wallet and learned NOTHING. Its amazing these people can post Ls, because they clearly cant READ
Falling for these scams is like buying a safe and then when some rando knocks on your door says "I'm with the EMERGENCY SAFE VERIFICATION TEAM Your safe will never open again unless you give me the code and let me look inside of it RIGHT NOW".
Just got scammed out of my stack, had it on ledger for about 4 years, total 6 years of holding down the drain…
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Using TV is a bad example actually because all those corps colluded world wide for literally decades to keep prices fixed high... So "free" markets have their problems too (ie collusion).
You know how PepsiCo lowered the price of Lays products after RFK Jr. decided you can't use SNAP to buy them? The prices weren't high because it just costs so much to slice up and fry a potato. It was because they didn't care whether or not you could afford it because the people eating them were those getting it paid for by your tax dollars. When that was no longer a viable business model, they had to start pricing competitively again. You know, the way a free market is supposed to work.
The same logic applies to healthcare and universities. These corporations get their money from the government via people who are subsidized by the government. That's why college tuition has increased at three times the rate of inflation since the 1970s, and prescription drugs somehow cost less when you don't use insurance to pay for them (even private insurers get money from the government).
If you've ever wondered why TVs are among the only things that have gotten cheaper over the past ten years, that's why. The government doesn't buy TVs for people, so TV manufacturers actually have to care if consumers can afford them and must compete with each other on price.
So what will happen when everyone loses their jobs to AI and no one has any money? Don't worry, Big Daddy Government will give them your tax dollars. And when those run out, they'll just print money and devalue what little you still have. But as far as they're concerned, that's your problem.
can any cart enthusiasts tell me if this is real
got this from my plug and not totally sure about this brand. the top code on the back scanned and autofilled in a code that said it was confirmed authentic. bottom code led to lab results🤷♀️
OK, you get a point for responding.
What I’d like for billionaires to hear is that the vast majority of world sees chatbots and the impact they’re having as toxic. The elite class believes they have special knowledge that gives you the right to shove AI down our throats anyway.
But it is not a PR problem. It is not about your message. It’s about the rational pros and cons of making an existential economic, environmental, and cognitive bet on slop generators becoming sentient.
The fact that the industry oscillates between fantasies of abundance and doomer scenarios of extinction events doesn’t help. Your proposal sounds like: “Either it will take your job or kill us all. We’re in a hurry to find out which one whether you like it or not.”
In reality, you’ve collectively tied half the economy to what amounts to a nifty software feature—a search engine for large datasets that uses sycophantic natural language as an interface—that happens to drive people who use it half crazy.
It is not a revolution, it is an addictive crutch that is having dire impacts on our ability to learn, think, and do our own jobs.
Lastly, I want you to see the massive bubble you’ve ALREADY created, and realize when this goes south, it’s not you who’s going to get hurt, it’s the rest of us.
And when that happens, it will get very ugly.
If the lens is covered or the image sensor is damaged, the Flock camera automatically sends an offline report for repair.
If the solar panel is obscured and the battery level drops, it sends a lower priority low battery notification that is likely not to be dealt with before the camera goes off line completely.
Do with that what you will.
Society: “we are all going to d!ė if grocery store workers don't risk their lives to keep the shelves stocked.”
The Free Market: “I'd say that wage is worth about...minimum wage, with no sick leave.”
Economists: “wages fairly reflect society's needs based on supply and demand.”
I would hide recycled items in normal trash.
Felt shame.
A few family members caught me.
“You’re supposed to recycle that” they’d say.
Then the article titled
“Fraud of plastic recycling” came out
What a rush.
I sent it to everyone. Gloating.
Suckers separating items into multiple bins.
“Plastic is made from oil and gas, and comes in thousands of varieties, most of which cannot be recycled together. But in the 1980s, when some municipalities moved to ban plastic products, the industry began promoting the idea of recycling as a solution.”
I think this is actually the ideal capitalism model, its basically UBI but with debt, and its already how the rich handle their finances. Do you really think people with "passive income" cash it out every time they wanna go on vacation? Nah they put that shit on credit!
What if the 99% hoarded wealth like the 1%:
Instead of spending your own money, put everything on credit. All the money you earn goes into your stock portfolio or whatever business you "feel" like doing (doesn't have to be successful/profitable).
Keep the credit payed but...
How long do you think it would work if a good 5-10% of the population just started doing this intentionally... Living entirely off credit, with zero shame, and declaring bankruptcy when its a "smart business move" to wipe everything clean.