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30mag ,

But we all know that intent to “save the children” isn’t good enough,

I think that is frequently overlooked when it is convenient to do so.

price discrimination

So we took a family vacation recently and we had to drive halfway across America and what creeped me the fuck out was how we were getting such different prices on different phones while looking at the same hotel room on Priceline. For example I would look for a hotel in Chicago and find a room for a $180, then my cousin is also...

30mag ,

There is a theory that travel websites use trackers and other information readily available about your device and browser to advertise different prices to different people.

Is it just a theory? I thought it was known.

30mag ,

I’ve heard people state it as fact, but people repeat all sorts of things that they’ve heard. I don’t know myself.

30mag ,

The French government doesn’t care much about that.

edition.cnn.com/2023/…/un-hijab-olympics-intl/

30mag , (edited )

National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American non-profit media organization … It differs from other non-profit membership media organizations such as the Associated Press, in that it was established by an act of Congress.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPR

Edit:

A whole host of things are state-afilliated. That shouldn’t be conflated with ran by the state, or operated by the state, or controlled by the state.

I recognize that twitter has its own stupid definition of what they mean when they label something as state-afilliated, and I don’t think NPR meets those standards.

30mag ,

A whole host of things are state-afilliated. That shouldn’t be conflated with ran by the state, or operated by the state, or controlled by the state, which is probably the concern.

30mag ,

I just said that:

A whole host of things are state-afilliated. That shouldn’t be conflated with ran by the state, or operated by the state, or controlled by the state, which is probably the concern.
lemmy.world/comment/4454636

30mag ,

,>“Established by an act” doesn’t mean the same thing as “maintained by Congress.”

I didn’t say that.

30mag ,

NPR receives grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

According to CPB, in 2009 11.3% of the aggregate revenues of all public radio broadcasting stations were funded from federal sources, principally through CPB; in 2012 10.9% of the revenues for Public Radio came from federal sources.

Funding isn’t held hostage for the purpose of controlling content or anything like that, but NPR receives funds from the CPB, and the CPB receives funds from the government. I’m not sure why believing otherwise is so important to you.

30mag ,

Well, I can’t speak for twitter, the owner is an idiot.

30mag ,

you are part of a group of people who intentionally misrepresent

No, I am not. Every institution of higher education in the country receives money from the federal government or state government, but that doesn’t make them centers for brainwashing students or pumping out propaganda. One organization having a relationship with or a connection to another does not mean that one organization controls another. It is not evidence of a conspiracy. The planet is not controlled by the Koch brothers, George Soros, and/or the lizard people.

30mag ,

You think I am something or someone that I am not.

30mag ,

“Dumb” is something I am not. I don’t think you think I’m mysterious. What I think is that you are wrong.

30mag ,

You think you managed to pretend I didn’t make a simple request.

Are you the one that was upset that I said that “NPR gets some money from the government.” instead of “The government doesn’t control NPR. NPR gets some money from the government.”? Your other comment was removed.

30mag ,

Thank you. Have a nice day.

30mag ,

Mods deleted it then.

lemmy.world/comment/4467623

https://lemmy.world/comment/4467623

Edit: maybe app is bugged?

30mag ,

What? George Soros, the Koch bros, and lizard people aren’t worth mentioning?

30mag ,

I didn’t see this until now. I don’t know how I missed it, but I don’t have a problem doing that.

30mag ,

I think mods may have deleted one of my comments also.

I think mods may have deleted one of my comments also.

30mag ,

I don’t have an alt. I guess I’m turning into an old person and can’t operate the app on my phone proficiently.

30mag ,

I can appreciate that they are making an effort to use neutral language.

30mag ,

Yet dealing with patrons who lose their brunch is a reality for Bay Area restaurants offering the popular perk of bottomless mimosas.

There’s a reason that there aren’t bars with “all-you-can-drink” business models.

30mag ,

It’s part of the reason they are expensive.

30mag ,

That’s the way to go.

30mag ,

That could be, but I suspect it would also be much less profitable and make it harder to get customers in the establishment in the first place.

30mag ,

It’s “He hit me!” and “Well, he hit me first!” ad infinitum.

The whole thing is a clusterfuck from top to bottom.

30mag ,

Why Is Red Dye No. 3 Allowed in Food but Not in Cosmetics? The short answer: Bureaucracy, it seems. As the recent petition to the FDA puts it: “There is no scientific or public health justification for permitting the use of FD&C Red No. 3 dye in food while prohibiting [the dye] in cosmetics and externally applied drugs.”

Instead, it’s largely the result of complicated internal processes at the FDA. The list of color additives the agency allows in food, supplements, and ingested drugs (like pills and liquid medicine) is separate from the list for cosmetics and applied drugs (like prescription lotions). That means the FDA has had to make decisions about the safety of each type of use at different times.

The agency approved the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food and supplements before it approved its use in cosmetics. By the time the FDA had to make a decision about whether to permanently approve its use in cosmetics, in 1990, the agency had enough evidence from scientific studies to show that it caused cancer in lab rats. So the FDA then banned Red Dye No. 3 from all cosmetics. But at that point, the color was already on a permanently approved list for food.

So then what happened? At the time, the FDA said that it would “take steps” to ban it from food as well, but then … it didn’t. When CR asked the agency to explain its lack of action in 32 years, officials didn’t answer directly but wrote: “The FDA evaluates and approves color additives for certain uses, based on the most current science available at the time. Following our initial evaluation, our scientists continue to review relevant new information to determine whether there are safety questions and whether the use of such substance is no longer safe under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.”

“Regardless of the reason why it’s taken this long, it’s absurd that it’s taken this long,” says Thomas Galligan, PhD, principal scientist for food additives and supplements at the CSPI and one of the authors of the group’s petition to the FDA. “In 32 years, there’s millions and millions of children who have been exposed to this chemical who didn’t need to be.”

consumerreports.org/…/red-dye-3-banned-in-cosmeti…

30mag ,

Lazy.

30mag ,

this should be posted in nottheonion if it isn’t already

30mag ,

The absolute state of this country…

NHL bans players from using rainbow-colored tape on hockey sticks (www.lgbtqnation.com)

The National Hockey League (NHL), the highest-level professional ice hockey league representing 32 North American teams, has banned individual players from wrapping their hockey sticks with rainbow-colored Pride Tape during warm-ups, games, and practices....

30mag ,

Players shall not be put in the position of having to demonstrate (or where they may be appearing to demonstrate) personal support for any Special Initiatives.

That seems reasonable.

A factor that may be considered in this regard includes, for example, whether a Player (or Players) is required to be in close proximity to any groups or individuals visibly or otherwise clearly associated with such Special Initiative(s).

This seems stupid.

30mag ,

I think that is a good question.

Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans (www.nydailynews.com)

A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.

30mag ,

12ft.io/ works occasionally.

30mag ,

I never really liked Twitter, just followed some NASA accounts that told what certain probes/landers/rovers were doing.

Same. I really like the functionality of tumblr, but I think I’m outside of their target demographic.

30mag ,

because amongst all those people killed by the Israeli army in the very place they told them to shelter, there isn’t a nice looking western girl with glamour pictures on social networks, the murder of those people will never cause the same disgust in the West as the plight of the girl kidnapped by Hamas which has been turned into a constantly repeated Israeli propaganda piece

I can’t help but point out that it wouldn’t and couldn’t have been turned into a propaganda piece if they didn’t post a video of her lifeless body being driven around for people to spit on.

Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)

Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....

30mag ,

Generally, too little of something is bad for one reason and too much of something is bad for another reason.

30mag ,

X has completely displaced any mentioning of 4chan by the media.

The rent is too damn algorithmic — DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating RealPage, a company that helps landlords set rent prices, for potential antitrust violations (washingtoncitypaper.com)

The rent is too damn algorithmic — DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating RealPage, a company that helps landlords set rent prices, for potential antitrust violations::Attorney General Brian Schwalb is investigating RealPage, a company that helps landlords set rent prices, for potential antitrust violations.

30mag ,

RealPage, however, has repeatedly denied any allegations of price fixing or antitrust violations in previous statements and legal filings.

No shit.

30mag ,

They were interviewing that General on 60 Minutes the other day and asked him what amounted to “Did you commit treason when you made the phone call to China?”

I don’t think the General acted improperly, but, other than Trump, would you expect anyone to give any answer other than “No, of course not” when asked on national television?

30mag ,

Breaking news: people who get their news from social media are idiots.

30mag ,

There’s too much money in lies

It depends.

www.cnn.com/2020/07/24/media/…/index.html

30mag ,

I didn’t mean that there isn’t any good information on social media. I have spent a bunch of time watching video lectures that MITOpenCourseWare has posted on youtube.

Using social media sites as a news aggregator is like looking at the news through a filter. I think that is bad because you don’t know how the filter works and you don’t control the filter.

John Riccitiello is stepping down as CEO and president of Unity (investors.unity.com)

SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Unity (NYSE: U) (the “Company”), the world’s leading platform for creating and growing real-time 3D (RT3D) content, today announced that John Riccitiello will retire as President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately....

30mag ,

I don’t understand people who have money like that and just hop from one company to the next. If I got money like that, I’d start my own company.

30mag ,

More stressful, but also more rewarding I imagine. Also, I don’t like being told what to do.

30mag ,

if I had that much money, I would do something other than start a company to make more money.

I wouldn’t be trying to make more money. I see myself operating a small business related to hobbies. Maybe model airplanes or ham radio or something. Breaking even would be fine.

30mag ,

Should we be concerned about that?

30mag ,

I just need reassurance that China-USA relations aren’t thawing a little because we’re about to get hit with an asteroid or something.

30mag ,

hm, thanks for the information

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