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ABDULITY t1_j28o12z wrote

Reply to comment by nomnaut in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

Whats funny is 🤣 you americans really think you're doing something with all the "fuck saudi arabia" and even worse slurs about our country and the Saudis, we have a saying in Saudi Arabia that goes like "A mountain isn't shaken by mere wind". Keep mindlessly attacking us while we watch your country and society disintegrate as im writing this.

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KSRandom195 t1_j28nork wrote

Reply to comment by Andyb1000 in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

Robot tax.

You have to create the incentives that discourage worker replacement with automation. A robot tax is one answer that can lead to funding a UBI

It’s a delicate balance because you want to encourage the automation but discourage full worker replacement, at least until you get enough of a robot tax you can fund a UBI for all the displaced workers.

The UBI is needed because the economy doesn’t work without the workers receiving income. So if the workers don’t receive income then they will not buy stuff in the economy, so the robots won’t be needed since there will be no one to buy the stuff they make.

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Xeong5 t1_j28mqzr wrote

Reply to New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79

The US is a joke. I like Louis but fighting the government is like getting accountability from the police. Never going to happen.

I am happy I don't have to deal with this BS. Left the country and so far have seen schematics on the side of my brand new Hitachi microwave.

Have fun with these clowns. You can't beat them.

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friendofoldman t1_j28m1np wrote

Reply to comment by MrTonyBoloney in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79

You’re assuming all the Google employees and contractors are ethical and respect googles own rules and regulations.

People are definitely nosy and will snoop. Tons of stories of employees leaking info they shouldn’t have accessed.

Public figures are usually targets of this. So at least they should be informed of the risk.

Also, let’s say your post pisses off the wrong incel who happens to be a contractor? He’ll back door to record your unguarded conversation. All it takes is an improperly thought out comment or joke to ruin a career of posted without the proper context.

I’ve been in IT for 30 years. A lot of the controls we have now are in place because people will snoop no matter how illegal it is.

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what_Would_I_Do t1_j28k3m9 wrote

Reply to comment by darkseid001 in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79

Idk man. They are making it harder and harder to get schematic and when you blow a cap or something it's becoming hard to know what a suitable replacement is unless you're only taking about the easy stuff like phone.

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AloofPenny t1_j28iw7c wrote

Reply to comment by 0x1a3c3e7 in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79

With some manufacturers, they’ll only like, send replacement parts to verified repair people, or do other things that seem ok above-board, but are really anti-consumer.

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