It was about the weaponization of the algorithm whereby China could incite Americans to act against the nation in a time of crisis or war.

I remember the early days of Reddit when it really felt like a community project. Back then, they had the goodwill necessary that Redditors would have personally financed a chunk of the costs of running particular Subreddits. Not anymore. That goodwill is gone.

I have a little pull in my group of friends. I’ve got 11 kids and I make them use Briar (SMS is removed from the phones) and so their friends end-up getting Briar and then their friends’ parents have also gotten it. So we have a nice little circle of people using it.

The news media is just feeding his narcissistic needs. Want to know what would really piss him off? If we forgot he existed for a week or two.

Is it possible to skip account creation by installing while not connected to the internet?

I’d consider using them if I didn’t need to use a phone number to register. My friends and family stick with Briar as a result.

I also sort by top six hours but subs related to my profession or religious traditions both get too much outside noise from folks who view posts by ‘all’ and feel welcome to flood subs with comments contrary to the intent of the sub. Active moderation could help but there’s just not good moderation under most subs.

IMO, as much as I dislike Reddit, moderation is terrible here and there’s some niche subs that cannot exist here because of the lack of moderation.

Honestly, I think there’s a market for stuff that’s cheap enough that you feel comfortable throwing it out after using a couple of times. Seasonal items especially. Not good for the environment or overall public policy but the market exists nonetheless.

Family Dollar has a focus on low income households in the urban core. They haven’t been able to make a profit from that demographic since before they were bought. Dollar Tree plans to pivot to suburban customers who are not as price sensitive.

Q. "Who is my neighbor?

A. https://drbo.org/cgi-bin/d?b=drb&bk=49&ch=10&l=29-#x

Genocide, no, but the level of crime there is incredible.

This smells like 1929.

I normally stick with Firefox but, when there’s the need, I use degoogled Chromium.

It might be different with Tesla but most dealerships are independent from the company manufacturing the vehicles. Dealerships typically also run the service shop and have to carry their own insurance.

Beyond that, identity politics stopped being just minorities and has become part of white male politics.

I wonder if those protesters vandalizing Teslas know this is their big opportunity? Insurance companies insuring auto shops are fewer in number and more selective than those serving the general population. If these trucks were damaged while waiting for repairs, we might witness insurance companies altogether dropping coverage for shops. Without insurance these places will find it difficult to continue existing.

Kids in their 20’s aren’t kids, they are adults.

I think part of the problem is the MMR in the United States is associated with a medical abortion. Certain religious groups won’t take the MMR in account of that. There’s an ethical alternative but it is not commercially available in the US. It would be a good idea to make the alternative strain available here because it would help protect a segment of the population that’s otherwise exposed.

We got married while still in college. Our first was born exactly nine months from the date we married. I kinda expected it to take 18 months of two years but we certainly didn’t mind that things went faster than expected.