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Facebook dating service

vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 02:00

Facebook's dating service will collect a lot more data from its useds.

How to operate a dating service that Big Brother won't feed off of is a real problem, and I don't have a good answer for it. But I wouldn't appoint Facebook to find that answer.

US: Pruitt EPA dismantling

vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 02:00

Impeach Scott Pruitt for Dismantling the EPA, Not His First-Class Flights.

Unfortunately SCROTUS defends his sabotage of the EPA and would never impeach him for that.

Seattle: Amazon targeting local tax laws

vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 02:00

Amazon is trying to bully Seattle into dropping a tax proposal to fund housing for the homeless.

We need to prevent any business from having the sort of influence that Amazon has today. To truly succeed requires laws, but you can do your share by not buying from Amazon. Money is the only language Amazon understands, so don't give it your money!

US: unemployment rate falls

vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 02:00

The US official unemployment rate is now under 4%, but partly that's because more people have given up on finding work. Meanwhile, wages are hardly rising at all. We need to increase the minimum wage.

Rise of pointless jobs

vendredi 18 mai 2018 à 02:00

A substantial fraction of jobs are totally bullshit.

In a society where many people can't find productive jobs and desperately need money, eliminating bullshit jobs might do great harm to many poor people. But there are better ways to support the poor.