circuitfarmer

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to A Boring Dystopia in American election season

I've had 2-3 a day for the last few weeks.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to A Boring Dystopia in American election season

Do you get as many filtered to spam? I think a lot of it comes down to phone number leaks, not spam filtering (and also spam filtering on SMS is dicey, because a false positive can be very costly).

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to politics in Biden to propose new $5000 tax credit for first-time home buyers

The housing crisis won't end until (among other things) corporations cannot freely own limitless numbers of single family homes. We will see perpetual renting because it's effectively passive income for the corporations, and they have deeper pockets than 99.9% of individuals.

As companies own more and more, but don't sell, supply dwindles, and the bubble never bursts.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in Huawei rises from the dead, outsells iPhone in China

When did it die?

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to politics in Would young Americans really vote for Trump today?

Unless the Electoral College magically goes away, this will be a rough election for a majority of Americans. Lots of long-standing issues are coming to a head with the realization that we've already been fascist for a while.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Asklemmy in What media sources have you outgrown, when, and why?

Streaming.

It's the new cable, in that it sells to customers based on intentional market fragmentation. It's actually a worse, because anything you "buy" on a streaming platform is actually just leased.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to politics in If Trump is reelected, Americans are planning to flee in droves

Far easier said than done.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Privacy in Google's really stubborn in terms of data collection

Most of their entire business model relies on collecting data hand over fist, constantly. Hell, even actively not using their products doesn't even make you safe.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to The Global South in China Is Winning the Battle for the Red Sea, America Has Retired as World Policeman

How has America retired as World Policeman? One issue doesn't decide that. There's a lot of debate in the US currently about the amount of resources we spend outside the country on non-US citizens vs. what we do for our own.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Work Reform in The Billionaire-Fueled Lobbying Group Behind the State Bills to Ban Basic Income Experiments in the U.S.

Whenever anyone tells me that capitalism leads to efficient solutions or some such BS, I point them to things like this.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Work Reform in Yelp says going all in on remote work boosted job applications by 43% and led to a more satisfied workforce

I'm glad to see a company speaking out the other way (even though I don't really care about Yelp).

The writing is on the wall in my view. A company not being remote-first is a company bogged down by middle management, real estate obligations, and an oblivious c-suite.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Asklemmy in how many times have you seen the error "403 Forbidden" when visiting websites on Google or such?

This is the right approach, but also want to mention, some sites actively block VPN IPs. Sometimes I see 403s which don't persist if I switch servers.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to AMUSING, INTERESTING, OUTRAGEOUS, or PROFOUND in Texas sues Pornhub for failing to post warnings on site that porn causes "impaired brain development"

In a perfect world where votes translated into policy changes, yes.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Politics in Jon Stewart on Israel - Palestine | The Daily Show

I'm not sure we should expect new or enlightened views on this issue. Everything seems pretty clear from a facts standpoint.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics. in Biden’s Green Factory Push Is Benefiting Republican States | A visual guide to where and when new U.S. manufacturing and mining is ramping up

They'll never admit it.