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  1. Comment on Grocery stores are profiling online shoppers and charging them dynamic prices based on algorithmically determined affluence in ~finance

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    Thanks, that's much more informative!

    Thanks, that's much more informative!

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Grocery stores are profiling online shoppers and charging them dynamic prices based on algorithmically determined affluence in ~finance

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    To mitigate the clickbait effect, can you provide a high level summary?

    To mitigate the clickbait effect, can you provide a high level summary?

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Why humanity needs a Lunar seed vault in ~space

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    I'm pretty sure that any cataclysm thorough enough to wipe out every mine shaft seed bank would also be thorough enough to ensure said rockets (and its many necessary pilots, mechanics, engineers,...

    I'm pretty sure that any cataclysm thorough enough to wipe out every mine shaft seed bank would also be thorough enough to ensure said rockets (and its many necessary pilots, mechanics, engineers, and the infrastructure to feed them and keep them alive) would also be wiped out or damaged badly enough to prevent getting to the moon and back.

    If you can find and secure such a mineshaft well enough to house the aforementioned infrastructure, sticking a seed bank in there too seems roughly as cheap as free in comparison.

    13 votes

  4. Comment on Why humanity needs a Lunar seed vault in ~space

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    Sounds like a sweet location. Maybe they could vault some seeds there.

    A silo somewhere hidden where they could launch a rocket to the moon if need be

    Sounds like a sweet location. Maybe they could vault some seeds there.

    18 votes

  5. Comment on Can I hope to defeat telematics in a new car? in ~transport

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    I feel you. For similar reasons I plan to drive my 2016 Nissan Versa Sedan (that I've owned from new) into the ground. 165,000+ miles on it and going strong. (No touchscreen, no backup cams, no on...

    I feel you. For similar reasons I plan to drive my 2016 Nissan Versa Sedan (that I've owned from new) into the ground. 165,000+ miles on it and going strong.

    (No touchscreen, no backup cams, no on star, no electric windows or locks, manual transmission!)

    I honestly don't know what I'll do when it gives up the ghost for good; nothing made after 2017 is remotely appealing to me. I look forward to seeing what the people say, OP.

    5 votes

  6. Comment on How investors 10x each dollar, before they even invest in ~finance

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    This is extremely informative. Thank you for taking the time to lay this out explicitly.

    This is extremely informative. Thank you for taking the time to lay this out explicitly.

    2 votes

  7. Comment on How investors 10x each dollar, before they even invest in ~finance

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    Excellent response, thank you!

    Excellent response, thank you!

    2 votes

  8. Comment on How investors 10x each dollar, before they even invest in ~finance

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    In school as a kid I participated in fundraisers where businesses and individuals would do matching donations, and on NPR radio I would hear them talk about matching fundraisers and how it...

    In school as a kid I participated in fundraisers where businesses and individuals would do matching donations, and on NPR radio I would hear them talk about matching fundraisers and how it multiplies the power of one's donation, so that part didn't seem very surprising to me at all.

    On the other hand, the process of rounding up investors and doing the actual paperwork involved to make it all legitimate seems much less obvious and more interesting to me. It speaks to the diversity of perspectives on Tildes :)

    Edit: reworked phrasing

    7 votes

  9. Comment on How investors 10x each dollar, before they even invest in ~finance

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    I think this is the most interesting technical aspect of the whole thread, and I would like to see it discussed in more detail.

    Set up the corp/llc to handle the financing and legal shields that are entirely necessary in today's age.

    I think this is the most interesting technical aspect of the whole thread, and I would like to see it discussed in more detail.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on How investors 10x each dollar, before they even invest in ~finance

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    I'm a bit confused. You are using the terms "donate" and "invest" interchangeably, but I didn't understand those to mean the same thing. Investors seek a monetary return, correct? Donations by...

    I'm a bit confused. You are using the terms "donate" and "invest" interchangeably, but I didn't understand those to mean the same thing. Investors seek a monetary return, correct? Donations by definition are not made with expectation of fiduciary compensation, or am I even more confused than I thought?

    Ninja edit: after rereading a bit more, I think you're basically saying "matching fundraisers work." That's nice, but also a bit "draw the rest of the owl" since you didn't go into detail about the actual mechanisms of setting up such a fundraiser - tax structures, 501(c)X etc.

    Can you elaborate with tighter specificity?

    27 votes

  11. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of November 17 in ~society

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    The files are part of an ongoing investigation, so regardless of how the House and Senate vote, the files can't be released.

    The files are part of an ongoing investigation, so regardless of how the House and Senate vote, the files can't be released.

    6 votes

  12. Comment on Pluribus S01E01 - “We is Us” in ~tv

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    Quick point of pedantry! The term fascism actually comes from the fasces, a Roman symbol of absolute authority made up of an axe bundled up in reeds (to symbolize the authority to deal out...

    Also, the hivemind has no face. You cannot have fascism without a strong central figure. That is literally in the word.

    Quick point of pedantry! The term fascism actually comes from the fasces, a Roman symbol of absolute authority made up of an axe bundled up in reeds (to symbolize the authority to deal out corporal punishment as well as capital punishment.)

    https://www.britannica.com/question/Where-does-the-word-fascism-come-from

    (You aren't wrong that fascism as an ideology is always built around the idea of a strongman leader, just wanted to point out that the etymology is unrelated to the word 'face.')

    8 votes

  13. Comment on Is 67 just brain rot? in ~humanities.languages

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    I remember All Your Base Are Belong To Us. You can trace it back to a bad video game translation, but it didn't get popular because it made some universally resonant statement about badly...

    I remember All Your Base Are Belong To Us. You can trace it back to a bad video game translation, but it didn't get popular because it made some universally resonant statement about badly internationalized games, it was fun to say and confused people who weren't in the know.

    11 votes

  14. Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society

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    I didn't disagree that she shouldn't have dodged. Dodging implies that there's a clever enough enough answer that one could thread the needle and make Fox News kick the ground dejectedly and slink...

    I didn't disagree that she shouldn't have dodged. Dodging implies that there's a clever enough enough answer that one could thread the needle and make Fox News kick the ground dejectedly and slink away, defeated.

    A forthright answer like the one you gave on the other hand comes across as real and shows compassion for the people who needed her leadership the most.

    I'm suddenly reminded of the parable of the shepherd who leaves the 99 sheep to find the 1 lost sheep. We simply shouldn't leave our people behind in the dark.

    Edit: spelling

    6 votes

  15. Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society

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    Yep, definitely agreed. This is a really hard turn that I don't understand. As you yourself just said, those aren't the positions any major Democrat holds. I do not see how this is relevant. Tracy...

    This, she let the right control the narrative and say whatever they wanted about her.

    Yep, definitely agreed.

    Saying screw it, we should double down and allow trans people to affirm their own gender in all situations no matter what, and our institutions will recognize that

    This is a really hard turn that I don't understand. As you yourself just said, those aren't the positions any major Democrat holds.

    They're unpopular with most demographics.

    I do not see how this is relevant. Tracy is the least popular member of the friend group, therefore...?

    It's just the reality of where the country is at right now.

    I disagree with this characterization as though it were some random weather. There is a system of propaganda built to ensure that this is the reality of where the country is at, right now, tomorrow, and forever.

    The Democrats can't afford to adopt policies that only align with their personal morality.

    Again, it's like you're responding to someone who I can't see or hear. They aren't doing this and are in no danger of doing this.

    We live in a democracy and they need to pick platforms that people actually support.

    As we have both been saying they do virtually nothing except pick platforms nearly everyone supports. But no one who isn't terminally plugged in ever hears about it, because billionaires control the media.

    In order to play the game according to the rules laid down by Murdoch, Bezos, the Kochs, Trump, Musk, etc, Democrats only need to do one very simple thing: switch sides and swear fealty.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on A Nazi tattoo exposes US Democrats’ greatest weakness in ~society

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    As I see it, the problem is that this is exactly what they've been trying without success. Kamala Harris never opened her mouth in support of nonbinary people that I ever heard of, but I saw...

    I'm not suggesting that Democrats abandon trans rights, but they absolutely should deemphasize it and focus on issues that most people feel the direct effects of.

    As I see it, the problem is that this is exactly what they've been trying without success. Kamala Harris never opened her mouth in support of nonbinary people that I ever heard of, but I saw "Kamala is for they/them. Trump is for you" ads every single day.

    In order to back away further than they already have, the Democratic party absolutely does need to vocally reject 'the trans agenda.' Nothing less will even reach the ears of swing voters, because the left simply does not control the conversation.

    these issues affect 1% of the population.

    You are making a grave error here. These issues affect FAR more than 1%. They affect every single person with a trans friend, or a nonbinary child, or an intersex coworker. People aren't isolated individuals, they are part of a community. And I will tell you right now, if you walk into a community and start killing the 1% most vulnerable members of it, you won't generate virtuous cycles of mutual support. It gravely wounds the entire community when we decide to just give up on people we care about.

    This isn't even getting into people whose chromosomes "match" the sex recorded on their birth certificate but their shoulders' width or their chin size or the size of their hands or just their attitude "doesn't match" and so they're attacked by the worst people for not being a "real" boy or girl. This isn't hypothetical; cis people have been killed by transphobes.

    I do not believe there is any way whatsoever that the left can change the conversation that the right wing propaganda machine is blasting. The thing is, if we give up the trans people-- go so far as to exterminate and erase every last one-- it won't shut the propaganda machine up or calm it down. They will simply switch targets and it will continue to be effective.

    11 votes

  17. Comment on What ridiculous thing would you spend billions on? in ~talk

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    Autonomous desert robots Just dump 100% of the funding into populating an uninhabited, biologically sparse part of the earth with robots whose only function is to maintain themselves and if...

    Autonomous desert robots

    Just dump 100% of the funding into populating an uninhabited, biologically sparse part of the earth with robots whose only function is to maintain themselves and if possible, sustain themselves

    No not using them for terraforming or mining or gardening or robotics research or as an art project. None of that. Just as many robots busily doing robot things for no ultimate reason for as long as possible

    7 votes

  18. Comment on So I'm autistic after all in ~health.mental

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    Very much agreed I like the phrase "if you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism"

    Very much agreed

    I like the phrase "if you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism"

    3 votes

  19. Comment on So I'm autistic after all in ~health.mental

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    Thank you for the insight! I appreciate your thoughts and I will try to avoid generalizations in the future.

    Thank you for the insight! I appreciate your thoughts and I will try to avoid generalizations in the future.

    2 votes

  20. Comment on So I'm autistic after all in ~health.mental

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    I was trying to think of three somewhat representative things that I don't find personally relatable. I apologize that the result was overly reductive. I would really appreciate if you have some...

    I was trying to think of three somewhat representative things that I don't find personally relatable. I apologize that the result was overly reductive. I would really appreciate if you have some suggestions for what would have been better examples of relatively typical, but not stereotypical allistic things.

    2 votes