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idk about the don’t but inkjet… i don’t print much but got an epson surecolor (large format; prints up to a1 off a roll of paper… i got it because i think the idea of being able to do that is excellent more than actual use case) and it’s been absolutely glorious… the ink doesn’t dry out fast, and because it’s a borderline professional printer they don’t gouge you on the ink: they just sell you the printer for what it’s worth, and then sell the ink for what it’s worth

i think there are reasonable arguments for ink, but i guess that if you have to give 1 recommendation (outside of a brand to go with), laser is probably a safe bet

this post helps to feed the AI beast

there’s no escaping it; let’s not do with AI what we’ve done with CO2 and plastic and shift blame to individuals

it’s okay it’s there out of frame; it just has to be safe for meta platforms

if only it were that simple in a social and professional context

i’ll choose linux + a user age metadata standard that’s technically compliant + shit professional application that i have no choice but to use - over windows + exactly that same application any day of the week

certainly nothing to do with voting to allow it

sure, but if an application “requires” age verification for whatever reason, would you prefer the functional equivalent to clicking “i’m over 18 pinky promise” as a standard, or they use biometric data that they all implement differently and then there’s like 33.7 leaks in the next 6 months?

like the whole thing is bullshit, but a file on disk is a wink wink nudge nudge sure we are compliant bud

the true unix way: if you text editor you own the world

yeah i completely agree with that part… just i think in terms of costs i wanted to know for real if its a good argument, and figured id document it

yall have some of the highest per capita healthcare costs in the world, and some of the worst health outcomes among peer economies. “too expensive” and “better quality” are both terrible arguments based on the reality of the situation (lol reality… because that matters)

… but it’s also interesting to put into perspective: that $2b/day doesn’t even come close to healthcare costs (although… it’s not an order of magnitude off, so there’s that i guess)

for large companies, i think you’re probably right… but there are plenty of transactions that happen cash. i think it’s a case of not letting perfect be the enemy of better. some people might lie, and if they get caught that should have some punishment… but we hope that most people don’t lie, because the risk just isn’t worth it

quick estimate because i’ve seen this a few times:

australia spends ~$279b/y on health (~$190b usd)

australia is roughly the population of texas at 27.6m

us population is 340m

so all things being equal that’s $2.2t usd for the us population

so after 6y at war you could have had 1y of healthcare

ngl i was really hoping it’d be closer :(

(but of course this is bullshit anyway because yall already pay for healthcare, and lives extinguished vs lives saved etc etc… thus the “all things being equal” like circular cow in a vacuum)

what’s stripping these companies lying about their financial data to tax authorities?

there are lots of self-report mechanisms that we use… it’s just not worth the blowback of non-disclosure to lie about it. some people do, and sometimes they get caught; not always, but overall it’s a net benefit to transparency

% is % is %… absolutes are completely irrelevant… 1m people uninstalling facebook is less relevant than 100 people uninstalling <insert your favourite indie game>

a large % change is always relevant no matter the company size. that’s the whole point

it’s enough to be indicative

BUT ITS CHILLA TIME

it’s the easiest way to gather words that sound like information

but it’s not a 1000000x return!

they also don’t claim power. they wield power, or perhaps shape power

sell at $100… got it! thanks future me! will do!

someone elsewhere in the thread mentioned that this is the requirement, and the hooks are an “if not possible” compromise

that as the case may be, sending signals is still good. you don’t have to continue for very long, but a flood of support after making a moral decision will make it more likely that they, and others will make similar decisions in the future

the worst thing would be for google for example to see the fallout from this and think “well we don’t want to be them! better start building autonomous weapons”

the cost of having a child is more than just childcare