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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentIn that situation, where a company has tried to steal from you, why would being locked out of their services in the future be a bad thing? You're no longer allowed to fall for a scam, that should...This is far from just walking out without paying the bill. It is providing evidence that you have been scammed or stolen from.
In that situation, where a company has tried to steal from you, why would being locked out of their services in the future be a bad thing? You're no longer allowed to fall for a scam, that should protect you.
Its still not a 'disagreement', it is one of you thinking the other has stolen money from them. I guess you could frame that as a disagreement about which one of you is the thief, but its not a disagreement in the context of this converstation
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentIf someone has bad social credit with Amazon, they can use Walmart (which does have delivery now). If they have bad social credit with Uber, they can use Lyft. Having a bad credit score is harder...You are assuming that computers never make a mistake. If someone has bad social credit, that's because they're a bad person.
If someone has bad social credit with Amazon, they can use Walmart (which does have delivery now). If they have bad social credit with Uber, they can use Lyft. Having a bad credit score is harder to avoid, but credit scores are based on pretty transparent metrics (even if the exact formula is not public), and in general are pretty fair. If you pay your loans it goes up, if you don't it goes down, that's not exactly something with 'cracks' in it.
There could be a hypothetical case where a social credit system did go too far, that's what everyone was thinking China would end up doing, but it seems like in reality, in both China and the West things haven't ended up going that bad.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentA chargeback is not 'disagreeing with your service provider', it is taking their money. Like walking out of a restaurant without paying the bill, obviously the restaurant doesn't want you to come...Pretty much every major company will nuke you from their service if you do a chargeback, justified or not.
A chargeback is not 'disagreeing with your service provider', it is taking their money. Like walking out of a restaurant without paying the bill, obviously the restaurant doesn't want you to come back. That's not what is being discussed here
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentThe limit is 5 big subs, not 1. Additionally, between account sharing and alt accounts, I'm not sure what impact this will have. Reddit is getting better at detecting alts, but ban evasion is...The limit is 5 big subs, not 1.
Additionally, between account sharing and alt accounts, I'm not sure what impact this will have. Reddit is getting better at detecting alts, but ban evasion is still possible.
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentThis is what the description of the feature says: 'Mods of communities you participate in and redditors whose profile posts you engage with can still see your full profile for moderation' It...This is what the description of the feature says:
'Mods of communities you participate in and redditors whose profile posts you engage with can still see your full profile for moderation'
It doesn't say 'can see your posts within their subreddit' it says 'they can see your full profile'
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentThey're just forcing those mods to go away, usually those subreddits have a large mod team anyway, so they'll just be replaced by someone new. For all the mods complaining about how much work they...They're just forcing those mods to go away, usually those subreddits have a large mod team anyway, so they'll just be replaced by someone new.
For all the mods complaining about how much work they do for free, this should be good, since they now don't have to do nearly as much work. It might make some subreddits worse, but I think on average it would make them better, since they're more likely to have a head mod that is actually interested in the subreddit and not just interested in building an internet kingdom
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentYou can already see visitor numbers for subreddits you mod, so this won't be any new information for a mod team, unless that mod team was just ignoring the stats page. For the sub I am a mod of,...You can already see visitor numbers for subreddits you mod, so this won't be any new information for a mod team, unless that mod team was just ignoring the stats page.
For the sub I am a mod of, we have about 90k subscribers, and 20k unique visitors each day.
These numbers could be faked, I suppose, but Reddit can fake unique visitors just as easy as they can fake subscriber numbers.
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentMods can see the full history of users that engage with their subreddit, iircMods can see the full history of users that engage with their subreddit, iirc
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Comment on Reddit announces new limits on moderating large subreddits and for moderators to remove content sitewide in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentThe issue is removed posts can still be viewed by going to the users profile. Now they will be completely gone. This should be a change with very minimal impact, it might make spam bots harder to...The issue is removed posts can still be viewed by going to the users profile.
Now they will be completely gone.
This should be a change with very minimal impact, it might make spam bots harder to detect since if you are a mod, you will not see posts that have been removed by other mods. However usually these bots will hit inactive communities, and usually you can tell they're a spam bot without needing to look at the post history. So I think it can mostly be ignored.
I've also noticed that it seems like reddit admins are less likely to remove content that breaks sitewide rules if it is already removed by mods. So this could also help them to clean up rulebreaking content which is still accessible despite already being reported and removed.
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Comment on Dallas Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in ~sports.american_football
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentEvery single Cowboy's fan I know has hated Jerry Jones for at least the past 15 years, probably longer. The problem is there's nothing anyone can do about it, he owns the team so he doesn't really...they are finally starting to "get it" that Jerry is an issue.
Every single Cowboy's fan I know has hated Jerry Jones for at least the past 15 years, probably longer. The problem is there's nothing anyone can do about it, he owns the team so he doesn't really have to care if anyone likes him.
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Comment on Dallas Cowboys are trading three-time All-Pro LB Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers in ~sports.american_football
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentJust going based on past experience, I'm going to guess he botched it big time.Just going based on past experience, I'm going to guess he botched it big time.
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Comment on How to get a backpack sold by Decathlon in EU to the US? in ~life.style
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentI mean, the cost of putting something on a plane and flying it across the Atlantic is not going to be negligible, especially if it's heavier or just large, there's not really anything you can do...I mean, the cost of putting something on a plane and flying it across the Atlantic is not going to be negligible, especially if it's heavier or just large, there's not really anything you can do about that.
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Comment on How to get a backpack sold by Decathlon in EU to the US? in ~life.style
Kitahara_Kazusa LinkYou can look up proxy purchase companies that will buy things in Europe and then ship them to you. They'll charge a small markup on top of what you'd normally pay for shipping, but it shouldn't be...You can look up proxy purchase companies that will buy things in Europe and then ship them to you. They'll charge a small markup on top of what you'd normally pay for shipping, but it shouldn't be too much.
This might be difficult in Europe specifically due to some regulations they've introduced, but if it is available in the UK you should be fine.
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Comment on Always invest in good tires in ~transport
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentWere you doing burnouts trying to get going because your tires kept spinning? Unless your tires were spinning like mad I'm genuinely confused as to how they would be impacting your mpg muchWere you doing burnouts trying to get going because your tires kept spinning?
Unless your tires were spinning like mad I'm genuinely confused as to how they would be impacting your mpg much
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Kitahara_Kazusa LinkJust finished Shattered Sword, and am planning to start reading Black Shoe Carrier Admiral. So I guess books that re-examine major parts of the Pacific War which were incorrectly analyzed by...Just finished Shattered Sword, and am planning to start reading Black Shoe Carrier Admiral.
So I guess books that re-examine major parts of the Pacific War which were incorrectly analyzed by earlier historians.
Shattered Sword is especially impressive, considering that practically every English language history of the battle, if it was written before Shattered Sword, is entirely incorrect. The story of how the authors figured out what actually happened and were able to correct a lie which had stood unchallenged for almost 80 years is honestly more interesting than anything that happened in 1942.
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Comment on ‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened in ~life.men
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentNot on this websiteNot on this website
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Comment on ‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened in ~life.men
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentAssuming you read a comment by someone who claimed to have been born poor but made it rich anyway, would you take it seriously? Obviously natural looks are not the only thing that matters, and you...Assuming you read a comment by someone who claimed to have been born poor but made it rich anyway, would you take it seriously?
Obviously natural looks are not the only thing that matters, and you can fail while having them, or succeed without them. In the same way that people born poor can become rich, while people born rich can become poor.
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Comment on ‘Being short is a curse’: the men paying thousands to get their legs broken – and lengthened in ~life.men
Kitahara_Kazusa Link ParentImagine the same comment but talking about poor people and rich people, instead of single people and people with a girlfriend/wife.Imagine the same comment but talking about poor people and rich people, instead of single people and people with a girlfriend/wife.
Look, I hang out with a bunch of rich people, I know all sorts of them who came from poor backgrounds. Just because the majority of people who are poor can't get out of it doesn't mean it's not their own fault, they just need to work harder.
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Comment on Talking defence in ~tech
Kitahara_Kazusa LinkIn the USA, at this specific moment I would not want to be working in a defense related industry, and I am generally not (technically some stuff I do is useful for spy satellites, but those don't...In the USA, at this specific moment I would not want to be working in a defense related industry, and I am generally not (technically some stuff I do is useful for spy satellites, but those don't directly shoot anyone).
But I'll probably be in the minority here that thinks the US hegemony which began to emerge in 1945 and fully established itself after the fall of the USSR was a net positive despite all the downsides, and that spending money to ensure it remained dominant was a price worth paying.
If anything has changed recently, its that the USA no longer seems to have a coherent foreign policy which demands such a large military. And as a result of this, European powers and really every other nation that previously depended on the US for security now should probably start taking domestic defense a little more seriously. Obviously there's a limit to how much funding is available and how quickly it can be spent, Japan can't just print a few supercarriers to make up for the loss of American support, and Europe can't just magic together a replacement for the USAF overnight, but given the consequences of losing a war democracies need to be preparing themselves.
The credit system is fair in that it allows people to get loans at rates that compensate banks for the risk they are taking by giving the loan.
It does not make up for other unfairnesses in society which may cause someone to not be able to pay back a loan, but that's kind of outside of the scope of what a credit score is trying to solve.