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New comment by noad in "The Rising Frugal Economy"

noad — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:11:40 +0000

"The frugal economy" is a weird title for it, they are basically advocating abolishing shareholders and the whole equity system because it keeps failing us repeatedly.

I lost count of how many months its been since I paid my mortgage, just waiting for the deputies to show up now and make me officially homeless. I guess I'm a squatter now? The word "frugal" is just not in my vocabulary any more.

Congress Considers National Right-to-Repair Legislation for Medical Equipment

noad — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 13:05:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/akzyy5/congress-will-consider-national-right-to-repair-legislation-for-medical-equipment

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24070506

Points: 4

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“We aren’t expecting any support because there is no state”

noad — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 01:37:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/world/middleeast/beirut-explosion-lebanon.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24067371

Points: 2

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New comment by noad in "Google to buy 6.6% stake in ADT in home security push"

noad — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:52:20 +0000

I'm trying to think of any company I would trust for a camera in my house and am drawing a blank. Google is pure evil for sure, but which company is better?

It it even possible to roll your own LAN solution any more? The tech giants have become so hostile to anyone who dares to try to control their own data that I never even hear it discussed any more.

The pandemic hasn't hampered the health care industry

noad — Mon, 03 Aug 2020 12:47:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/health-care-industry-coronavirus-pandemic-second-quarter-78f19a89-e7d8-4c91-927b-e6b49f7ee60a.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24037020

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

U.S. hospitals received billions in bailout grants as C.E.O.s got millions

noad — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:54:30 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/08/world/coronavirus-live-updates.html#link-678b222a

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23456483

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by noad in "America is giving up on the pandemic?"

noad — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 13:32:24 +0000

The CDC already failed us. Public health figures have been wrong repeatedly at the local, state, and national level.

I understand people's frustration with them, and I understand why people don't care about their "signoffs" on what we're allowed to do, especially when the guidelines are completely nonsensical like in California.

Where are the free clinics? Where are the free tests? Where is the free quarantine hotel room? None of that, instead we just get chided for being stupid and uncooperative by leaders. This is completely unacceptable, they failed us, not the other way around.

And the police might actually kill me today, unlike the virus.

New comment by noad in "America is giving up on the pandemic?"

noad — Mon, 08 Jun 2020 00:41:36 +0000

Or maybe there are just bigger problems than the virus right now.

New comment by noad in "Why Is the NYPD So Powerful?"

noad — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 23:08:53 +0000

It seems like pushing through massive budget cuts and busting up police unions is the next logical step. I understand this is easier said than done, but the sooner we get started on actually fighting this fight the easier it will be to get through.

Elon Musk calls for breakup of Amazon

noad — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 18:28:52 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1268603809409888256

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23420046

Points: 64

# Comments: 45

New comment by noad in "I'm resigning from my job at Facebook"

noad — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:22:28 +0000

There is nothing praise-worthy about taking a stand now, you should have been out of there ten years ago or never started to begin with. Zuckerberg has been consistently out of control and unaccountable since the Beacon fiasco, which was in like 2008.

This is slightly more annoying than all the government officials who only dare criticize the executive branch after they retire. We have way more data over a longer period of time about how horrible this company is, you should have figured it out a long time ago.

The last thing I want to read in 2020 is essays from wealthy tech workers who already cashed out talking about "taking a stand". You're not brave, you're a coward.

New comment by noad in "Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaults and evictions looms"

noad — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:15:38 +0000

I have seen no evidence of any positive outcome from companies policing themselves, only negative results and coverups.

I'm sure there have been a few instances, somewhere, there must be, right? I just don't recall reading or hearing about them in my entire life, ever.

New comment by noad in "I Cannot Remain Silent"

noad — Thu, 04 Jun 2020 14:11:01 +0000

Your local representative is spending 90% of their day talking to lobbyists who pay to talk to them and doing fundraising calls with rich people.

People press the button on a machine in lots of countries, that doesn't necessarily make them a republic. The practical reality of the situation is they are spending every day NOT representing people as much as possible. This isn't an abstract thought experiment in political science definitions, this is the actual reality we are living under.

New comment by noad in "Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaults and evictions looms"

noad — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 22:40:45 +0000

Like when Wells Fargo investigated their mortgage department and found no problems, right? Or when Google investigated Andy Rubin and decided he wasn't that bad and protected him for three more years? Why on earth would you ever trust a corporation to police themselves? They always lie, they always fail.

It's time to bust police unions

noad — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 18:02:09 +0000

Article URL: https://reason.com/2020/06/03/its-time-to-bust-police-unions/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23406541

Points: 6

# Comments: 1

New comment by noad in "I Cannot Remain Silent"

noad — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 16:42:11 +0000

We have not been a democracy or a representative republic for a long time, at a bare minimum we would need a new amendment to overturn citizens united and move to publicly financed elections to get back to that. You can claim you're represented in this current system, I understand that need, but it's not really accurate.

New comment by noad in "Google faces $5B lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use"

noad — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:50:32 +0000

Google appears to be claiming that because they warn you about 3rd party trackers this is all fine. They are just another 3rd party tracker it seems.

Maybe it's time to stop treating Google like a technology company. They don't seem to be pushing the internet forward, instead every decision makes the internet worse and has to be rallied against. There is very little research going on outside of increasing advertising effectiveness to scale up the size of the stock buybacks. Watching them continually screw up products like hangouts and chat and stadia and then just abandon them to increase stock buybacks yet again is just infuriating.

Maybe it's time to start treating Google like they are just another annoying 3rd party tracker. That seems to be what they want now.

Minneapolis Police Use Force Against Black People at 7 Times the Rate of Whites

noad — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 14:46:32 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/03/us/minneapolis-police-use-of-force.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23403891

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by noad in "Treasury official is running the bailout. It’s been great for his family"

noad — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 19:54:36 +0000

Why are you assuming that? You just really want to force weed into this story somehow, is that the prism through which you see the world?

New comment by noad in "Treasury official is running the bailout. It’s been great for his family"

noad — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 17:39:06 +0000

This had nothing to do with marijuana. They usually use GMC Suburbans + men with rifles, but sometimes you see Brinks armored trucks too. I am quite familiar with the weed trucks.