• 0 Posts
  • 27 Comments
Joined 2Y ago
cake
Cake day: Jul 04, 2023

help-circle
rss

Poor persons credit card interest pays for the points rich people can easily gain and spend.

I’d imagine the margins on many cheaper products are better than the luxury version. Disney+ comes to mind where they want people to take the cheaper ad version because it earns disney more money.

Hell, the whole point of a credit score is so that poor people pay higher interest rates, allowing for interest rates for the rich to become more competitive.


If you read the article, the concern is how those disparate technologies are converging.

You get the picture. Robots—“intelligent” and not—have been killing people for decades. And the development of more advanced artificial intelligence has only increased the potential for machines to cause harm. Self-driving cars are already on American streets, and robotic “dogs” are being used by law enforcement. Computerized systems are being given the capabilities to use tools, allowing them to directly affect the physical world. Why worry about the theoretical emergence of an all-powerful, superintelligent program when more immediate problems are at our doorstep? Regulation must push companies toward safe innovation and innovation in safety. We are not there yet.




Tesla, X and SpaceX. And then I’d shoot myself.

Edit: it’s just a joke about hating Elon. Not sure why that needs to be explained.



Just got to the end of season three of the wire. Not Stringer Bell.


This is very true, but has a bit of a learning curve compared to just heating up canned any old way.


Here’s how I ate for years.

Buy lots of dry grains. Brown rice. Quinoa. Wild rice. Barley.

Buy lots of cheap proteins. Canned beans. Whatever chicken is on sale. Tofu.

Always keep potatoes and onions on hand they last a while in the pantry.

Cook the dry grain, with diced onion. Pour beans on top. Hot sauce or whatever spices. Bake potatoes and any bonus protein you want to have.

Get tired of eating this with Sriracha? Use Frank. Or curry powder.



Podcasts to the rescue. I always knew they were good for something (the illiterate)


This whole thing was new to me. But it is sort of notable that a big company did/tolerated these things. Even if it’s some dumb new media YouTube shit.


White, Anglo Saxon protestants are fine. I usually try to associate with atheists, agnostics, or the generally unchurched, but you do you, right?



I agree. If we didn’t have such evil floating around political power, it would be worthwhile to discuss more nuance. But because of the two party system, the state of the GOP, etc, the bad faith takes up all the oxygen in US politics. It sucks but I get it.




Doesn’t the see saw of speculation kind of screw this up for you? Or do you only engage in business with other crypto people?


If people paid rent or bought groceries with crypto currency? Sure. It’s not like thousands of people without bank access are using coins.