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Re: The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available

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Post by rvnx »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #201
eadmund wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, the per-capita GDP of the poorest U.S. state — Mississippi — is greater than that of the U.K., France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland and many others, and within 10% of Finland, Germany, Belgium and Austria. 34 of the 47 European states have lower per-capita GDPs than Mississippi. The median per-capita U.S. state GDP is $78,649; the median per-capita European state GDP is $28,713. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.or…

And is the average Mississippian better off than the average citizen of UK, France, Italy, etc..?

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jackson+Mississ...

Interesting, there seem to be a consensus about it.

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Post by bognition »

throwawayffffas wrote: post #253
kzrdude wrote: post #207

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We have to ask ourselves what we want. Because it's not GDP, you can't eat GDP or sleep under it, you can't even withdraw it from the bank. So more directly, how does it influence our life? (Of course GDP influences our life to some extent.)

I mean you can eat GDP and sleep under it. That's what it measures production.

Estimated GDP in 2024 28.9 T vs 2025 of 13.3 T

That’s a huge gain in 20 years. Where is the commensurate equivalent growth in housing, education, healthcare, cheap food, etc…

There is a huge disconnect between GDP increase and the economic pressure the majority of Americans feel.

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Post by itscrush »

voidUpdate wrote: post #96

Do people really enjoy talking to their home devices? I've always felt really awkward telling my phone to do something, especially in public, like I don't feel like everyone else needs to hear about what I want things to do, so I just prefer to type something. I know there are some people for whom its an accessibility thing, where they have difficulty typing or reading, but I've never really seen the point for averag…

Yes folks do and I can't understand it either. Have asked / talked through their rationale but frankly humans are irrational is my clear takeaway. I experience it mostly when folks are prompting search in family settings. These usually overlap with the no-earbuds watch-videos crowd while others are reading / napping, etc.

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Post by bko »

kzrdude wrote: post #207
eadmund wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, the per-capita GDP of the poorest U.S. state — Mississippi — is greater than that of the U.K., France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland and many others, and within 10% of Finland, Germany, Belgium and Austria. 34 of the 47 European states have lower per-capita GDPs than Mississippi. The median per-capita U.S. state GDP is $78,649; the median per-capita European state GDP is $28,713. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.or…

We have to ask ourselves what we want. Because it's not GDP, you can't eat GDP or sleep under it, you can't even withdraw it from the bank. So more directly, how does it influence our life? (Of course GDP influences our life to some extent.)

Take pretty much any quality of life thing. Just as one example

Mississippi: The average home size 2,065 square feet

United Kingdom: The average home size is 818 square feet

No, you cannot "eat GDP", but its a useful proxy as it correlates very highly to a lot of things we do care about

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Post by pc86 »

heresie-dabord wrote: post #236
kzrdude wrote: post #207

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We have to ask ourselves what we want. Because it's not GDP, you can't eat GDP or sleep under it, you can't even withdraw it from the bank. So more directly, how does it influence our life? (Of course GDP influences our life to some extent.)

It is generally understood that GDP is a poor measure of what matters to people. The OP should know this. https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/quality-of-...

It may be generally understood to you, but not to me, and the link you provided says absolutely nothing about GDP.

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Post by bigfatfrock »

eddyg wrote: post #208
TheDong wrote: post #195

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America will continue to cripple EU consumer protection too. The EU ruled that the app store has to allow side-loading in the EU, but y'all still won't get a good browser because both Chrome and Mozilla have said making a side-loadable browser for iOS is only worth it if it can target the American market too, and the side-loading is region-locked. So sure, y'all can side-load apps in the EU now, but you still can't i…

You know uBO installs just fine in Orion by Kagi⁽¹⁾ (which is in the regular App Store) and that it has a much better privacy policy,⁽²⁾ right? Fuck yeah. ⁽¹⁾ https://kagi.com/orion/ ⁽²⁾ https://help.kagi.com/orion/privacy-and-security/respecting-...

Had absolutely no idea Kagi was working on a browser, incredible. Thanks!

I might not even have to rely on a VPN into my house with a DNS blackhole anymore...

Re: The Alexa feature "do not send voice recordings" you enabled no longer available

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Post by bsenftner »

This event has been written on the walls of the USA since those smart speakers and cel phones first appeared. The average US citizen has been conditioned to believe the 'regulation' is 'evil government' and not protection from established abusive practices - that's how regulations get created: someone (usually a corporation) abuses a public resource or good so extremely that laws are written to prevent that. Of course, those laws prevent business from exploiting the situations, so of course business educates people that regulation is evil, and the fake to destroyed education system volunteers to educate that lie too.

The USA is a destroyed, hollowed out shell that manufacturers morons, on purpose, because they make desperate employees. The fact that almost no Americans can explain themselves without thinking that act is a lead up to a punishment is very telling, and then their explanation cannot be understood by anyone but a career peer because they only speak in non-communicating jargon, a parrot echoes of talking points from media. No self generated thinking, only echoes of media. It's seriously a giant problem. This nation is kaput intellectually.

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Post by nathan_compton »

eadmund wrote: post #194
tanepiper wrote: post #107

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Laughs in European Consumer Protection How's that "break regulation to innovate" working out for US?

Well, the per-capita GDP of the poorest U.S. state — Mississippi — is greater than that of the U.K., France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland and many others, and within 10% of Finland, Germany, Belgium and Austria. 34 of the 47 European states have lower per-capita GDPs than Mississippi. The median per-capita U.S. state GDP is $78,649; the median per-capita European state GDP is $28,713. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.or…

Yeah, but have you been to Mississippi?

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Post by bartekpacia »

ohgr wrote: post #45
paul7986 wrote: post #37

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As well another one is Siri after 14 years remain not intelligent even with Apple's supposed new Apple Intelligence!

It's terrible and always has been. As featured in Curb Your Enthusiasm (contains swearing so don't play it in the office loud): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTefnhbg0Ig

Hahah, love it, thanks!

I’m a fan of Curb Your Enthusiasm but didn’t get to this episode yet.

It’s interesting seeing the progress of technology, with Larry using feature phones in the first few seasons.

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Post by micromacrofoot »

eadmund wrote: post #194
tanepiper wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Laughs in European Consumer Protection How's that "break regulation to innovate" working out for US?

Well, the per-capita GDP of the poorest U.S. state — Mississippi — is greater than that of the U.K., France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Poland and many others, and within 10% of Finland, Germany, Belgium and Austria. 34 of the 47 European states have lower per-capita GDPs than Mississippi. The median per-capita U.S. state GDP is $78,649; the median per-capita European state GDP is $28,713. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.or…

you would not be making this comparison if you've spent time in mississippi
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