1. jjeaff Jul 19, 2025 parent

   that wouldn't apply in this case, because the vendor, Valve, would be on the hook for fraudulent purchases and they would definitely have the deep pockets to pay out. The cc companies only have to worry about the small, fly by night companies that might disappear after a bunch of fraud.
2. jjeaff May 23, 2025 parent

   it has to be VS Code by a long shot. They don't charge for it, but it serves as an enormous draw to keep people in the MS ecosphere and keeps MS in the developer game.
3. jjeaff May 15, 2025 parent

   I'm not an expert, but I have learned that FDA approval is not actually necessary for treatments and drugs. Your doctor has a lot of leeway when it comes to treatment but she of course experiences more risk of accusations of malpractice when prescribing off label drugs or unapproved treatments. insurance will also rarely cover treatment that is not FDA approved. the requirement for FDA approval generally has more to do with your legal ability to market the drug, treatment, or product.
4. jjeaff May 8, 2025 parent

   There is no specific law against it. Just like there is no specific law against getting "protection fees" from all the businesses in the neighborhood because it would be a shame if something were to happen to it. Which is why we have racketeering/Rico laws.

   Generally, when anti-trust cases go to court, they will use individual cases like these of anti-conpetitive behavior as evidence to build a case of a pattern of that type of behavior.

5. jjeaff May 8, 2025 parent

   Seems like if they are one of my linked-in contacts or Facebook friend and they have their face publicly available on their profile, then it would be fair game.
6. jjeaff May 8, 2025 parent

   Well, it's a little more complicated than that. For example, a 501c(3) has limited abilities to lobby or otherwise engage in politics.
7. jjeaff May 8, 2025 parent

   In my opinion, this is an example of using fancy words to explain something simple that not only hides the meaning, but is actually less precise. The use of de-risk just doesn't work in the context of a resume. It's not "risky" to have a less impressive resume. it's just less impressive.
8. jjeaff May 2, 2025 parent

   Probably something more like a trade organization/association would be better. Like the Dairy Farmers Association. Which may or may not hire lobbyists.
9. jjeaff May 1, 2025 parent

   There is one feature I want from a product like this and that is to use facial recognition to remind me of the person's name. I have always been terrible at names (I think I'm a little bit face blind as well) and being able to remember everyone's name is such a super power.
10. jjeaff May 1, 2025 parent

    I would like to see a national law requiring the permanent deletion of mugshots if the arrested is not convicted of a crime within a certain period after the arrest. What percentage of these mugshots that are archived and shared are of innocent people?
11. jjeaff Apr 30, 2025 parent

    if the natural water supply has fluoride in it, wouldn't removing the fluoride be akin to "experimenting" with the populace?
12. jjeaff Apr 30, 2025 parent

    that would be great. maybe some electrolytes too.
13. jjeaff Apr 30, 2025 parent

    set a maximum limit. make it a crime (probably is already) to purposely exceed those limits.
14. jjeaff Apr 27, 2025 parent

    microfische is probably the best option here.
15. jjeaff Apr 27, 2025 parent

    Then figure out how and where to store the over one thousand volumes that have 1200 pages each.
16. jjeaff Apr 27, 2025 parent

    it will certainly be an exhibit in any future Amazon ant-trust case
17. jjeaff Apr 25, 2025 parent

    I think the worry is that the questions will be scraped and trained on for future versions.
18. jjeaff Apr 24, 2025 parent

    Don't forget the graphic fight videos with comments full of racial undertones. I have literally never engaged with nor watched more than a few seconds of those types of videos yet my feed is full of them.
19. jjeaff Apr 22, 2025 parent

    also, you would expect to at times get over-estimated wait times. but my experience is always underestimated by about 20 minutes. so consistently, in fact, that I suspect they have a very good idea of the true time and then subtract 20 min from it.
20. jjeaff Apr 20, 2025 parent

    I guess that's funny because it's a thoughtful statement juxtaposed against the mindless, idiotic rhetoric of the other side? I'm sure she's said things that were actually dumb. it's just funny to me that something actually kind of poetic and deep gets so much hate.
21. jjeaff Apr 20, 2025 parent

    I suspect AGI will be one of those things that you can't describe it exactly, but you'll know it when you see it.
22. jjeaff Apr 14, 2025 parent

    if you accept a large portion of your compensation in the form of stock, then you are pretty much a de facto believer.
23. jjeaff Apr 14, 2025 parent

    Is there some bonus given if you choose stock options? Otherwise, what would be the incentive of taking options over cash in any amount?
24. jjeaff Apr 8, 2025 parent

    sometimes, selling to someone with deep pockets is the only way to save a company.
25. jjeaff Apr 7, 2025 parent

    Regulation is maybe the most likely route, but the other is for customers to continue to vote with their wallet. if more and more people refuse to buy these listening devices, then they will stop doing it.
26. jjeaff Apr 6, 2025 parent

    they want to make IRS data available to other branches of the government, namely ICE, FBI, DOJ, etc. Which of course is illegal, but of course this administration doesn't care about that. They also don't seem to understand that part of the reasoning of keeping that information secret is to avoid discouraging criminals or undocumented immigrants from paying taxes.
27. jjeaff Mar 25, 2025 parent

    yes, after months and months of investigations and hearing and non-stop new coverage and a Republican led committee that admitted in their final report that while there was negligence, they couldn't find any wrong doing.
28. jjeaff Mar 25, 2025 parent

    Is that an artifact of the training data? Where are all these original images with that cartoony look that it was trained on?
29. jjeaff Mar 20, 2025 parent

    I would too. if that was true, but it's not, so I'm not.

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