Robots will cull the poor people

If the US had a sane government, the answer would be: “We already gave you all the money, and see what happened. Fool me once etc.”

“Feed the Poor” haha I see what you did there.

It also has ties to the government where a lot of money is still coming from. Money that should probably go to NASA instead.

I also believe that there are ways to inflate apparent wealth (or rather, value of stock), which Musk is a master of. It will pop eventually and boy will it be nice to see him fall. Not that he’ll ever be really poor, but still.

Ask one of his shitty robots! Failing that: “Hey Grok, how would you eliminate poverty?”

Put him on a stage where he can praise “his” achievements, Me-lon will say all sorts of stupid shit, for hours on end.

My favorite: “With natural ingredients!”

One negation too many! Edited, hope it makes more sense now.

You are correct, NASA is a government institution foremost. What OP suggests is akin to healthcare gofundme’s or that boy selling cookies so his mom doesn’t die of cancer.

That said they do have a point, though I’m sure NASA has other ways of receiving donations.

This is a good tip, but what will stop working or start acting up and is this guaranteed to survive reboots, upgrades?

Is that a quote from the article? I feel compelled to add that, wrt mobile devices, it is possible to live without Google Play Services.

And the very few valid reasons for data collection are drowned in this. You consent to either all or nothing. Some consent that is.

Is Google Play Services sampling your location so that it can send it in to Google HQ as part of a secret location tracking operation that runs without user consent or knowledge, or so that it can detect if the device has been stolen by the cops and use its proprietary ML model to activate anti-theft mode to protect the user’s privacy?

They’re the same picture.

If we can actually show mismanagement of user data by Google Play Services, we need to shout it to the hills

We can, and many have been for many years.

So, to put it blundly, not only should the server be outside of the USA but also the company who runs it? Makes sense to me.

Really? Two days later, you make a top level comment that ends in “sigh” without checking how the discussion developed meanwhile? …sigh…

I looked that up because of this post; prices seem to be back to normal.

According to this he wasn’t exaggerating. Tricks, pranks, theft and vandalism used to be the default; candy and organised parties were introduced later to placate the rowdies.

It used to!

That’s the impression I’m getting overall. From the presumably USian comments - for those that got Halloween via the US, it probably never was.

The video tells an amazing story (starts about 6min in, ends at about 16min in). Apparently Halloween as it was in the 19th century was a mix of traditions from different cultures, partly even the result of culture clash. And the introduction of candy in the early 20th century was aimed at placating the little rowdies, invented by ladies that remind me of the temperance movement.

In light of that we should celebrate kids that still cling to the old ways!

Seriously though, most cultures have traditions of at least one day per year where mischief is allowed, and I like it.

Bonus, from the video:

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In some ways money is actually better than candy.

I’m not sure I’m catching your drift. What sort of verification? And how does verification (whatever type) “turn into propaganda”?