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byhierofalcon
20, 2026 @03:41PM
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Attached to: Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices
My thoughts on Hillary's e-mails are the same as the classified document stash of Trump - or whoever has them now.
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byhierofalcon
20, 2026 @10:36AM
(#65937116)
Attached to: Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices
I suspect that Vance will be tarnished with Trump's choices in much the same way that Harris was tarnished with Biden's choices. It's far too early to tell for sure, but the independents which helped Trump eek out an electoral victory seem to be pretty solidly against the Republican party at the moment. It's not just saner heads among the politicians, but among the voters. Maybe I'm too hopeful...
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byhierofalcon
20, 2026 @10:20AM
(#65937052)
Attached to: Amazon CEO Jassy Says Tariffs Have Started To 'Creep' Into Prices
Regardless of intent, Trump won't be in power for much longer and when he's gone, most businesses feel that saner heads will prevail and this whole tariff nonsense will disappear. If SCOTUS or Congress grows a backbone, maybe sooner.
The boards of companies may say things to placate Trump in the meantime, but they aren't going to do anything serious as long as they are of the opinion that they can ride out the short term effects. They are responsible to their shareholders to act in the best company interest.
Some sensitive production may drift back to the US. But don't bet on large changes.
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byhierofalcon
er 10, 2025 @02:01PM
(#65849319)
Attached to: Democrats Warn Their Party May Try To Unravel Any Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Deal
If combining Netflix and HBO streaming services eventually results in having both at less than the cost of each separately, I'd call that a win.
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byhierofalcon
7, 2025 @10:28AM
(#65731974)
Attached to: Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
It's Wikipedia... somebody probably changed the content since it was scraped.
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byhierofalcon
3, 2025 @09:53AM
(#65700908)
Attached to: The Dawn of the Post-Literate Society
You clearly haven't experienced the Amazon.com books section algorithmic and e-mail pushes to buy books.
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byhierofalcon
15, 2025 @03:13PM
(#65661664)
Attached to: President Calls for Six-Month Corporate Reporting Cycle, Citing Cost Savings
All part of his statistics are bad campaign...
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byhierofalcon
er 04, 2025 @11:51AM
(#65638874)
Attached to: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Says Investing For a Living Could Replace Labor in a Post-AI World
Ask google if investing is a zero sum game - you might be surprised at the AI answer.
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byhierofalcon
er 04, 2025 @11:15AM
(#65638794)
Attached to: Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev Says Investing For a Living Could Replace Labor in a Post-AI World
You can be certain that UBI, should it ever become a thing, will not give you enough money to do more than meet your basic needs, assuming you don't have medical expenses of any kind ever. It won't give you capital to invest.
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byhierofalcon
ber 03, 2025 @11:47AM
(#65636192)
Attached to: Amazon Must Face US Nationwide Class Action Over Third-Party Sales
Unless you own stock in the company, either directly or through an index fund. I'm pretty sure all the people with an ownership interest in AMZN wouldn't think it a win-win. And I'm not sure where the number came from either - stockholders equity / 8 billion would be around $42 TTM.
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byhierofalcon
ber 03, 2025 @09:21AM
(#65635738)
Attached to: Amazon Must Face US Nationwide Class Action Over Third-Party Sales
Let the seller beware - they agreed to the terms of the contract to sell on Amazon.
Having said that, the reality is that most of the third party sellers wouldn't have ever been noticed as a seller if they weren't on Amazon. Sure, google has a shopping tab, and I've looked there occasionally. But I don't look often. If I'm looking for something really expensive, it might be worth a search to see if I can find a cheaper seller that looks reputable. But for cheap items that aren't even worth going to try to find what aisle they're on in Walmart, I'm not going to do a lot of online marketplace shopping to look for a few more cents off.
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byhierofalcon
28, 2025 @08:34AM
(#65621304)
Attached to: Reading For Fun Is Plummeting In the US, and Experts Are Concerned
TLDR is a slashdot synopsis of the issues. If satisfaction can't be achieved in 10 seconds (via text, AI summary, meme, or other quick sound byte), the younger generation seems to move on hoping for something else to tickle their fancy.
There's nothing like a good well written book. But books by modern authors frequently have many typos or wrong words or other issues. You can't even hire proofreaders or good editors anymore, evidently.
It's tough to read a book a day. I managed that one year - a bit over 88,000 pages. Down to 80,000 pages the year after that. I set my goal at 200 books this year and have achieved that, but haven't stopped. There's such a wide range to choose from today, it's hard to understand people who choose not to read. Challenge your mind. I'm reading some of Mark Hewitt's novels now. He's a far right wing conservative author that lets his bias show on every other page. But I find it worth a read just to see how the far far ultraconservative right thinks.
Mark Twain's comment "A person who won't read has no advantage over one who can't read." is still true today.
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byhierofalcon
9, 2025 @03:19PM
(#65600756)
Attached to: Three-Quarters of Countries Face Below-Replacement Fertility by 2050
Good list. I'd also add the views on the chances of a global war affecting the first world also influence this. If you think it will happen, you might not want to bring kids into it. If you're of the opinion it won't happen, and to a point the fact that it hasn't happened since WWII, then that also reduces the need to have a larger number of children to defend your country or allies.
I'd also add availability of birth control and changing attitudes toward unexpected pregnancy have played a part.
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byhierofalcon
13, 2025 @12:18PM
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Attached to: Young Americans Push Playback Beyond 1x as Platforms Widen Speed Controls
They'd talk faster if they weren't worried about getting sued or fired because someone has thin skin and can't handle facts.
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byhierofalcon
5, 2025 @03:02PM
(#65568398)
Attached to: Microsoft Teases the Future of Windows as an Agentic OS
To say nothing of the knowing the by then archaic command and menu structure for a CAD software package off the top of his head. Either that or software really plateaued for a significant amount of time - - which could well be what happens.
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