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"This 2019 internal report obtained by Haugen says that the parties feel strongly that the change to the algorithm has forced them to skew negative in their communications on Faceb…

The whistleblower part is internal Facebook research showing that the algorithm is known to be harmful (for example, politically polarizing and hate-mongering) in it's current form…

You're leaving out the most important part: cooking with gas. "Natural gas and propane stoves can release carbon monoxide, formaldehyde and other harmful pollutants into the air, w…

> the hosting platform doesn't generate any revenue That's false. "YouTube will run ads on smaller creators' videos without paying them" https://www.engadget.com/youtube-ads-on-sma…

I think it's worth considering that Uber is the first nation-wide taxi service that we've ever seen, and they were only able to accomplish this via subsidy. Is it really possible t…

Taxis charge more. And if Uber had their way, then all the taxi companies would go out of business because Uber is so much cheaper. And then Uber would raise their prices up to wha…

So you're saying that the only reason you didn't take a taxi everywhere before Uber was because the drivers are smelly? Well maybe you have money to burn, but most other people don…

Uber makes sense to riders at subsidized prices, but it stops making sense once they start charging what it actually costs to provide that service. The reason we don't take taxis e…

"But I can do it in one line." Congratulations, you are the best coder.

"The big picture: Only the U.S. and Eritrea tax people based on citizenship rather than residency. For most countries, if you are a citizen but don’t reside there, you aren’t taxed…

This headline might as well be click bait. It's important to remember that this is a proposed amendment. It won't pass unless the infrastructure gang supports it. And it's very unl…

It's depressing to watch as the unaccountable ruling class wastes all of our money on pipe-dreams and vanity projects. Meanwhile, the world is on fire. And what do I mean by "our m…

Oh, please. I took a greater risk driving to the grocery store this morning. Bezos's spaceship took 15 test flights before it got the all clear to carry human passengers. You know …

To be honest, I don't think your assumption is that far off. The way that Gabe talks about this device, I feel like the purpose is simply to extend the PC gaming market, which is e…

The way that Gabe talks about the console is really interesting. From what I understand, the purpose of this device is simply to ensure that gamers continue to buy games on PC (i.e…

I have to say, the PR guy at Kaseya deserves a pat on the back for this headline: "Kaseya Responds Swiftly to Sophisticated Cyberattack, Mitigating Global Disruption to Customers"

Given that most people don't know that the Y2K bug was real, I feel that this is a category of bug that will plague us forever. And it's already happening more often than once per …

Musk has already backtracked on accepting crypto at Tesla, citing environmental concerns. A cynical person might assume that it was just a publicity stunt in order to pump bitcoin.…

Doing the right thing is bad for short term profits. Thus, government regulation in our industries is inevitable. In fact, I would argue that it's the only way to ensure consistent…

The opening of this article had me recalling an old TED talk: "People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it." Of course, the author here isn't really selling anything, at l…

It feels like buying stuff on Amazon gets worse and worse every year.

I have one interesting observation about one part of what you said: I wouldn't say that tips will go down. If anything, COVID has shown us that tips actually go up the less service…

I think this is more than just a difference in technology. The entire culture of restaurant dining is different in China. The greatest example of this is the fact that servers in C…

Regarding the "cashless trend": Isn't this technically illegal in the United States? That is to say, all businesses are obligated to accept U.S. currency as payment, which includes…