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Seveneves confirmed?

computer virus

noun

    A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as CDs, USB drives, floppy disks, etc., often causing damage to systems and data.

    A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.

Why would I want to publish my writing online when it can just be copied by an AI?

“EmDash” sounds like it will also generate the writing.

Same thing with Meta Verified. You can't cancel when it won't let you log in.

If anyone works for FB/Meta, my email is in my profile. Thanks in advance.


Same for me: Firefox for Android with uBlock Origin.

Likewise on desktop.

This is the way

Make sure you don't have a neighbor that's siphoning your gas at night.

That means there are less dollars in circulation, which is the opposite of inflation.

Yes, I wasn’t clear.

I was offering a reason why dollars “losing value” is not actually a thing to worry about. If they didn’t lose value, people would hold onto them instead of spending them. Which is objectively a loss to everyone, regardless of how you decide to denominate it.


No class action or fines for discrimination based on gender? OkCupid gave users different prices based on whether they selected male or female for their profile.

>OkCupid gave users different prices based on whether they selected male or female for their profile.

never heard or thought about this before, but it kind of makes sense for a dating app. its one of the only levers available to them to attempt any sort of balance between user genders. it sucks for everyone (including the users) if the male:female ratio is like 20:1 or whatever.

i would rather pay a couple of extra dollars, relative to the opposite sex, if it meant access to a wider pool of potential matches.


If your main problem with a dating app is that men pay more than women, then you’re not going to like being in a relationship very much at all :)

It's not 1965 anymore.

So you’ll birth one kid and she’ll birth the other?

Zero and zero?

what?

It's not 1965 anymore.

Reminds of being a young guy and feeling annoyed when girls are being let into clubs for free without waiting in line, and I had to wait in line and pay. Sometimes I could not get in because the club was "full", but the girls would be allowed in.

If the service is free, you are the product :-)

In the 80's a club near me got into some sort of trouble for that so they switched to skirt night - only a tiny number of men were willing to wear a skirt to get in free.

It used to be that promoters were paid per woman they brought to the club and nothing for men, and they would in turn charge a cover per man.

No idea how these businesses operate now. I'm sure there's still sliding scales of sliminess based on the quality of the club and its management.


Aren't they going out of business in large numbers? I'm not sure how much of that has to do with the dating scene as much as it has to do with younger people drinking less though.

I think all attempts to explain "why <market based on discretionary spending by young people> is failing" that don't come to the conclusion "we're macro-economically cooked" are wrong.

In the clubs I used to go as a young man, it was both men and women that jumped the queue, and it tended to be how you looked and who you knew. Although it tended to be good looking women and rich/connected men.

If you exclude bots and otherwise fake accounts the ratio is much worse than 20:1.

that sucks!

whatever more accurate numbers you want to substitute in there is fine, the point remains the same.


My point is that what you're being asked to pay for is wildly misrepresented.

To be more explicit: you're paying extra to give more porn bots access to your inbox.


The ratio is that bad anyway.

There's so much shady and unethical behavior from these companies I'm surprised there's not more lawsuits and litigation against them.

Does anything in the FTC action prevent users from filing their own class action suit(s)?

(Sincere question, not snark)


Except that I can't even load the page to see the model name or whatever to see what specific device I should search for on Amazon. I guess I could just search the brand and wade through all the different listings.

Because traditionally countries do not like when citizens from other countries interfere with their affairs, just like when Canada did not like U.S. citizens being involved with the truckers protest a few years ago.

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