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Alto , 8 months ago to android in Apple responds to the Beeper iMessage saga: ‘We took steps to protect our users’

Especially among teens, yes

Alto , 8 months ago to news in US retail group retracts claim that half of $94.5bn inventory loss was from theft

Oh there is absolutely more we could be doing, especially regarding tracking dark money spending. I was primarily pointing out that "we should just get rid of lobbying" is an almost entirely nonsensical statement.

Alto , 8 months ago to news in US retail group retracts claim that half of $94.5bn inventory loss was from theft

Because directly receiving money is already illegal. Anything currently legal is so because it's protected by the same things protecting local organizations putting up flyers/billboards/radio ads/etc. Even stricter monetary limits don't really work, as you end up catching things such national humane society ads, because if they contain any messaging regarding support for legislation/wanting new legislation it's considered lobbying.

It's really just an intro to the subject, but Knowing Better has a great video on it. Great leaping off point. The very short and very inadequate TL;DW is essentially that "get the money out of politics" doesn't actually mean anything.

Alto , 8 months ago to news in US retail group retracts claim that half of $94.5bn inventory loss was from theft

Because at least in theory, lobbying is at the core of a functioning republic. If you and couple neighbors get together to try to convince your county aldermen to fix some potholes, that's lobbying. Any time a person tries to influence their representative, it's lobbying. It's incredibly difficult to have actual codified laws that allow the things you want without also opening up tons of loopholes for corruption.

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in Grandfathered YouTube Premium users will see price increase in January

I mean it's a family plan. If you've got enough people it's a good deal, if not then it's not. That's how family plans tend to work.

Alto , 8 months ago to news in Man speaks out after arrest by Alabama police officer goes viral: 'I am really traumatized'

Not only are they barred from their profession, they usually go to prison.

Alto , 8 months ago to news in Elon Musk considers reinstating Alex Jones' X account, backtracking on prior decision

How do you think every instance started

Alto , 8 months ago to news in Elon Musk considers reinstating Alex Jones' X account, backtracking on prior decision

The great part about the fediverse is that you're more than welcome to start your own instance with just that rule!

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government

I've had some add-ons break, but I've never had any issues with sheets itself either. Wonder what issues the other guy's been having

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in HP executive boasts that its controversial ink subscription model is "locking" in customers

There's actually a fairly large sweet spot where the sub makes a lot of sense (ignoring the fact that subscriptions inherently suck, of course). If you print infrequently enough that your cartridges are likely to dry out, it's generally quite a bit cheaper.

Of course the correct answer for most people is to just buy a laser printer and go to CVS or something the couple timed you need photo quality prints. Don't have to worry about toner drying out

Alto , 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to technology in Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles

Grandpa told me about a guy in basic that jerked when they shot it, absolutely tore open his arm.

Fuck that, give me the needle. And I fucking hate needles.

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in "Belief in Science" Oxymoronic Explainer for SecOps/Mathematicians/Programmers

It's such a weird mix between r/im14andthisisdeep and "I just finished my first logic course and think I am the arbiter of logic"

Alto , 8 months ago to technology in Harvard gutted team examining Facebook Files following $500M Zuckerberg donation | Hacker News

How do you think they got said $50bn endowment

Alto , 8 months ago to nostupidquestions in How long could one survive with only water and beer and no food?

Depending on how broadly we define beer here, you could totally end up with one with a surprisingly high protein content. Certainly not enough to live forever on, but I'd bet you could get a lot further than you'd initially think. People can go a long time on just bread, don't see why liquid bread would be much different

Alto , 8 months ago to news in Dead longhorn found on Oklahoma State fraternity lawn the day before championship game with Texas

They (sensibly) don't have the balls to try to do it at UT's campus