I like to thread the needle between “useful verification of identity” and “not a horrifying invasion of privacy that puts everyone in our society at risk”

Reading these kinds of things will just result in is creating horrible identification laws like having to scan your face each time you want to watch porn.

Wendy’s had a recruitment campaign “a job at Wendy’s serves me right” and I could not think of a job there as anything other than a punishment for something

*Gusto

What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.

How about making bootstrapping businesses easier and providing preferable tax strategies floor small businesses? That would show down venture capital backed companies demanding a public offering and short term profit motives over sustainable businesses.

Or opening up platforms to drive increased competition?

Or providing sponsorship for open standards so users get more choice in the market instead of relying on entrenched large companies?

Doesn’t this mean that Meta has ossified and the board no longer sees growth opportunities?

Send like bad news for investors long on growth and prospects of the meta verse.

There’s a lot on it.

It’s not just girls in things standing in a hot tub flossing.

I don’t like the company, I don’t use the product. But it is what Facebook was in 2010.

Amazons average take is over 50%, so naturally it’s not cheap to sell on.

Most of the books I buy are reference books, that site actually has a decent stock, thanks!

Amazon is bad at packaging books lately. I’d say 1/3 orders are damaged. My last one was both misprinted and the envelope was unsealed, so the book arrived bent, wet, and blurry.

Costco can be worth it

Amazon takes 50% on average now

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/amazon-gets-a-50-average-cut-of-sales-from-sellers-report/445043

They’re only cutting fees in categories competing with Shein

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-reduced-seller-fees-to-compete-with-shein-2023-12

I’ll go further, I stopped using Amazon entirely and I don’t miss it.

The junky shopping experience is especially clear once you leave and come back.

I only ever order books from amazon anymore, and usually only when I get a gift card or a product isn’t for sale elsewhere.

The prices aren’t even that good anymore.

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That is horseahit

I do not like where this thread went…

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Oh my God, that’s awful!

I hope the US responds by installing more solar panels this year than China ever has!

See also: universal-ctags.

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