Hacksaw

@Hacksaw@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jeff Bezos is scared to have an open debate on economics⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Adam Smith, the father of modern capitalism, was very clear that free markets had to be well regulated by definition otherwise they would tend towards monopolies and non productive rent seeking behaviors. Only a well regulated free market can remain stable and competitive in the long run.

  The capitalists aren’t even playing by their own playbook anymore they just want all the money and everyone else to die I guess.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's just a Planck bro⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Max Planck: I just discovered the shortest amount of time something can last any ideas what I should name it? Marie Planck: Planck time Max Planck: :'(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do the majority of women still take their partner's last name?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No child calls the ‘wrong’ person dad. Dad is an earned title between a parent and child. Ejaculating doesn’t make you a dad, just a sperm donor.

  Same goes for Mom by the way unless you think adopted parents are also illegitimate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ban on Chinese tech so broad, US-made cars would be blocked, Polestar says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  US government gutted manufacturing? Last I checked companies chasing endless profit did that. Then when the government tried to stop them they used their money and power to elect a government that let them outsource US jobs to China. They’ve been rolling in money ever since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fired Employee Allegedly Hacked Disney World's Menu System to Alter Peanut Allergy Information.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is exactly what Disney is trying to do by throwing an ex employee under the bus.

  If people’s lives depend on your systems, and your systems can be undermined by a single person and not caught for years, then you’re playing with people’s lives.

  Secondly, even if this was the case, how could they possibly justify trying to get out of being accountable by saying she signed away her rights by using a free month of Disney+?

  This is just Disney moving on to their next bullshit excuse to not pay after the first one didn’t work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is in comparison to private corporations who have a profit incentive to monetize your data in every disgusting abusive way possible. Companies with a fiduciary duty to exploit every possible potential for profit or they can be sued by shareholders? Companies that aren’t publicly auditable so you’ll never know who they’re sharing your data with? Like the recent trend of cars selling your location data to your insurance company who then uses it to hike your rates?

  You’re comparing a government who has to be bribed or break a law in order to share your data at all with corporations who have a duty to sell it to the highest bidder. And in this comparison your conclusion is it’s the government that you can’t trust?

  Sorry, I have to say I’m completely baffled by your statements right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s true, but the government is auditable by citizens though. We can legislate them to not keep logs and most importantly we can see if they’re sharing data with advertisers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the right way to protect privacy. Auditable government departments have your data anyways. They don’t provide the data to companies, but they answer questions like “old enough to drink?” With yes no answers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If your phone is in a Faraday bag how would you get phone calls?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Not allowed to work from home⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A white strike, like all strikes works because of collective action, not because of some tricky technically lol.