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New comment by dopamean in "DoorDash to acquire Instacart"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:04:11 +0000

In what way has life been better without them? I've been considering quitting them as well and I'd love to hear.

New comment by dopamean in "Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin"

dopamean — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:21:29 +0000

You should read the article. You'd realize that you're not actually vindicated by its contents.

New comment by dopamean in "Nearly 1,400 live streams from Japan"

dopamean — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:16:19 +0000

What does the swasitka mean? I see it all over the map and assume it's not what it looks like to me.

New comment by dopamean in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

dopamean — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:24:38 +0000

Read his comment again. He says he rejected the $100 and then started arguing and threatening to go to court. That's when they started exploring banning him from the airline.

New comment by dopamean in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

dopamean — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:23:27 +0000

I believe the contract you enter into is that the airline will get you to your destination safely. I don't believe there's any special case there.

FWIW I think we should have the same laws in the US that you all have in the UK and EU.

New comment by dopamean in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

dopamean — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:56:04 +0000

I travel all the time. I've missed or been late to all sorts of events because of delayed, canceled, and diverted flights over the years. It's the nature of air travel. It's an extremely dynamic environment that is not in the complete control of the pilot or or the airline. To have the attitude that the company personally owes you because of something like that is, imo, ridiculous. I understand that there are extreme cases where the airline screws up and in those cases you should receive compensation. I once sat on the tarmac at JFK for 4 hours and JetBlue offered me a measly $50 voucher. A plane having mechanical trouble over the Amazon rainforest, diverting safely to a large and safe city, then getting put up in a hotel room for the night does not count as an extreme case of the airline screwing up.

New comment by dopamean in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

dopamean — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:50:50 +0000

Same. I really thought that was going to be the next sentence. Was honestly shocked when I kept reading. Such a strange attitude.

New comment by dopamean in "Google has acquired the data of failed US airline Spirit"

dopamean — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:55:41 +0000

I'll never understand this attitude toward airlines. What did you want them to do in this situation? Keep flying the plane with engine issues so you could make your important meetings? It sounds like the airline did the right thing here but you were still mad?

New comment by dopamean in "Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5"

dopamean — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:47:52 +0000

After so much time hearing about how SpaceX dumps rocket debris all over Boca Chica it's kind of amusing that they're also leaving trash on the moon. It would be cool if we sent people back to the moon one day and they took photos next to junk like this. Or whatever is left of it.

New comment by dopamean in "US citizen charged after GrapheneOS phone wipes during airport search"

dopamean — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 14:36:18 +0000

I'd love a feature where if you enter a specific passcode it unlocks the phone into a different account that has curated things in it. Pictures, some pre-approved apps, etc. So you look like you've cooperated but you haven't really.

New comment by dopamean in "Motion Sensors and Home Security Gadgets Without Cameras"

dopamean — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:13:18 +0000

I've been looking into UniFi (Ubiquiti) and it seems like a decent option.

New comment by dopamean in "StubHub, CEO hit with ‘deceptive practices’ class action over mass scalping"

dopamean — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:15:00 +0000

The article makes it sound like the information about Andro is new but it has been known for years. An SEC filing[0] from March of last year mentions it and I was able to find a post on Wall Street Oasis[1] talking about Andro three years ago. Awful, predatory behavior for sure. Is it just the issues with the World Cup ticket sales that have made people care about this?

[0] https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1337634/000119312525...

[1] https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/private-equity/andro-c...

New comment by dopamean in "Capital Factory CEO Joshua Baer killed in plane crash near Laredo, TX"

dopamean — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:22:16 +0000

It has definitely seemed that way. People have been commenting about it on r/aviation.

New comment by dopamean in "YouTube to automatically label AI-generated videos"

dopamean — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:53:48 +0000

> Regular adults like most of us here don't ever get such videos in their feeds

I know my story is just an anecdote but it really makes me question if this is even true. I search for things that I want to learn about on YouTube, often about wildlife or the environment, and get served a TON of AI slop. My feed is now full of it. It's extremely frustrating and has actually led to me using YouTube in this way a lot less over the last few months. I have been hoping that I'd be able to filter by this one day.

New comment by dopamean in "Steve Wozniak cheered after telling students they have AI – actual intelligence"

dopamean — Fri, 22 May 2026 16:36:29 +0000

Depending on what the event is and why you were asked to speak telling the audience what they want to hear may be appropriate. If you're a consultant giving a presentation on how a business needs to change it's operations some hard truths may be necessary. At a graduation where students are going into an uncertain job market while loaded with debt... maybe save the hard truths. A little encouragement may be appropriate in that circumstance.

New comment by dopamean in "US banks' exposure to private credit hits $300B (2025)"

dopamean — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:16:37 +0000

you're the only person replying to comments on this post that seems to know what they're talking about. what do you do for a living?

New comment by dopamean in "It's not finance, it's your pensions"

dopamean — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:16:26 +0000

being rich is pretty great almost anywhere in the world including the nordic countries. it's only "better" in america if you value having a huge gap between you and the poorest people in the country.

New comment by dopamean in "Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can't be neutral any longer"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:03:53 +0000

Not only did they want it some of them are literally profiting from it. And the ones who aren't yet profiting are trying to.

New comment by dopamean in "Reid Hoffman: Silicon Valley can't be neutral any longer"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:02:45 +0000

I tend to agree. In this version of "neutrality" we'd have to believe that if MAGA is defeated in the not too distant future (whatever that means) that these people in Silicon Valley would flip to the other side. There's just no way.

New comment by dopamean in "Apple to soon take up to 30% cut from all Patreon creators in iOS app"

dopamean — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 20:54:55 +0000

The board could argue that it's damaging to the company's brand and long term bottom dollar to charge such usurious fees and fire the CEO for taking such a harsh stance with app developers.