GalacticRobot

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨google's getting pissy about using their shit while logged out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Except the government wanting this information didn’t exist. That’s the future, you ID will be tracked (it already is) and the government will know exactly what you say, where you go, and what you do. Throw it at an ‘AI’ for ‘normalcy’ and you have Minority Report in a much sadder way.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨google's getting pissy about using their shit while logged out⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh it’s not just tech companies, it’s tech companies getting ahead of the government who is going to demand the same thing. Say something that the government doesn’t agree with, boom, you already have the information readily available.

We could fight against it and refuse to use these services, but that would change the things we are all addicted to.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Ahh, it’s why we can’t actually help the kids and Boomers get all the help. Those who vote right?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It would be a very dumb law that has zero chance of passing. It would be like banning cars to keep horses employed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
$100 isn’t much of a big cart these days. That’s a week or less of food for many.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I mean when it comes to grocery stores, most have little profit margin to begin with.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, you just raise prices 10% and pocket the difference when people end up having to use more cashiers because the self checkout is too full from fools thinking they are getting a discount. It’s no different than all the stores with ‘reward’ programs where you get cheaper or better prices. They track everything you buy and sell it, making more than the amount you are saving. Seems better to recognize that automation of things like checkout is here to stay and incentivize alternative methods to keep people you know, fed, housed and alive.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Whole lot of scanners are moving towards cameras and detection along with just automatically documenting when you didn’t scan something. Clock over the felony amount in your state and they can just automatically send the info to the police. Target has been doing it for years.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I mean overall it would be terrible for the economy, grocery stores would just raise prices another 10%.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
General inflation has went up 30% since 2020. So it matches food increases perfectly.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

Also a huge fan of holding food chains accountable for fair pricing. Hope this becomes effective!

Most grocery stores are running at 2% profit margins. There isn’t anything for this to be ‘effective’ for, except you just raise prices 10% across the board and pocket the extra from actual cashiers still being used. It sounds great on paper until you dig in and realize it’s a completely asinine idea.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨They eliminated cashiers and keep the profits. NY Democrats are fighting back.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s how media works, rage get’s click and the lack of critical thinking skills is incredible prevalent everywhere.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How polite⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, clearly not a lot of photographers in here.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this absolute bullshit from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It’s rolling out, so it just hasn’t hit you yet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this absolute bullshit from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It’s to stop automated scrapping. Old reddit has less/little/no protections from that. New reddit has a lot more in place. So when you log in (which now you can only make an account with new reddit), it tracks a lot more information so it’s more difficult to get around bans. Basically stops the majority of automated scraping, which reddit doesn’t want.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this absolute bullshit from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
If you are getting banned from new accounts on reddit, you probably were saying or doing some pretty swarmy things.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this absolute bullshit from reddit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Much like the internet in general. Anything that becomes popular in general goes the same path, even without private equity. That just accelerates it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

Maybe AI companies can exist as long as they fund universal basic income.

That means they would need actually make money instead of just shuffling loans around. It’s a shell game, and the public is going to be left with empty pockets.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Majority of Americans Now Support Seizing Wealth From AI Industry⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
No way would someone just make things up on the internet would they?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You need to think long term⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I was that dumb kid who got my first gmail invite from a friend and never thought to use my first name/last name because it was during the time that we all were supposed to be ‘anonymous’ as everyone on the internet was a murderer.