Maybe a call centre operated by map producers, intended more for questions about routes and conditions rather than "take the third left" kind of navigation.

Maaaaaybe. I think the actual advantages over other methods are fairly intangible.

If "surfing the web" required making many very small anonymous payments every hour then yeah, there's advantages. I'll admit that doesn't actually sound terrible - I'd rather pay a few cents to read articles than the current advertising & subscription model.

As a solution for mozilla in isolation though, it would be an over engineered solution with too much baggage. Current mozilla users might have the aptitude for something like this but Mozilla wants to seduce a larger market share which is not people like us.

I would but no one would be interested

There are 2 important factors.

1. Very few people are doing their research and making a logical decision about who will best represent their interests. They will just vote for whoever their friends vote for.

2. The way the president is elected through the electoral college means that a few states are over represented. IDK the numbers but for example, it might be possible to become president with as few as 40% of the votes.

There are certainly criticisms to be made but "dismantling the entire thing" is not the way.

This is the solution.

All names have problems but this one has the least.

This was always the conspiracy. I don't really buy it though. Having firefox' user base default to Google search is worth something.

Because crypto just has such a stink on it.

It may well be a reasonable solution for this specific problem, but still... no one is going to get behind this.

Ok so after a quick read it looks like they bundled some software which allowed third parties to eavesdrop on https traffic with a fairly trivial hack?

I've had lenovo laptop's forever. I could be described as a fan boy. I'd never heard about this. It's never nice to hear that something you're a fan of has problems like this.

I guess the only mitigating factor is that it wasn't intentional on Lenovo's part.

That's not really true.

For a lot of people who are suicidal, a psych ward is precisely the right place for them. There are appropriately trained people to develop a treatment plan, and appropriate facilities to prevent a suicidal person from harming themselves.

I absolutely acknowledge that being taken to a psych ward against your will is going to be traumatic for anyone. I also acknowledge that in some cases the patient might end up feeling worse than they did before they went.

However, I'm certain that you can acknowledge that taking someone to a psych ward against their will is often the only way to prevent them harming themselves.

Sorry mate, this is just plain wrong.

People are there because they have complex medical conditions which require specialist personnel and facilities.

Yes it can be scary and expensive, but it's the best way to manage a shit situation.

You've misunderstood my concern.

I despise Trump and this vapid weirdo.

I suspect that if a MAGA idiot was posting in this way users would be quick to point out that it's not appropriate for a news community.

That said, I don't want to make a big deal out of it. Do what you like.

No it's not. You personally might like it but if it were the consensus people would use it and this question wouldn't be asked every week.

"Fact checking" only those articles you disagree with is editorialising.

I swear these guys sit down every morning and make a list of all the messed up shit they've done, then issue a press release saying the dems did all that stuff.

I hate trump as much as the next guy but I have to wonder whether it's appropriate to editorialise posts like this?

Like linking to an article, and then providing a rebuttal in the post body. I mean it's funny as hell in this case, but would it be more appropriate as a comment?

Mad respect to flyingsquid, prolific poster, commenter, and active mod. No rules being broken of course. I'm just concerned it might not be the right practice for a news community.

If it were a conservative perspective with MAGA editorial I sure wouldn't appreciate it.

What does this business do? Is it just a shitcoin? The archive link only has half the article.

Well if you don't care what I think why bother with the propaganda?

You're right to be skeptical, just this particular grift isn't as obvious as it seems.

What you're describing just isn't compliant with tax law in any jurisdiction I'm aware of.

Corporations are legal entities, but they do not have the same rights as people.

There's never been any consensus that I'm aware of. All the suggestions are cringey.

We're just users.

Define "the internet" though...

If you're expecting "the internet" to fill your cup with joy then sure, that's probably not going to work out.

That said, there's plenty of good bits that make life a lot easier.

These are certificates that a company purchases to show it is buying renewable energy-generated electricity to match a portion of its electricity consumption – the catch, though, is that the renewable energy in question doesn’t need to be consumed by a company’s facilities. Rather, the site of production can be anywhere from one town over to an ocean away.

If I understand this correctly, a tech firm with a data centre in Melbourne could buy RECs from Helsinki, pocket the certificate, and on-sell the energy to someone who needed it in Helsinki without the certificate?

Ok kiddo, I'm just gonna tell you the brutal truth.

Everyone likes the cheap stuff China makes, but we're not comfortable with how they run things, so every time we're reminded that they're going to be the dominant global super power by 2100 we freak out a bit.

Conversely, Muslims killing Muslims in a country that doesn't make anything we want isn't that important.

I'm not saying this is how things ought to be, but it is how things are.

Any commentary I've heard is talking about Pennsylvania. It's critically important to a win, and fracking is critically important to voters there.

That said, can't it be both?

I'm sure both campaigns have accepted donations from loads of shady industries. Crypto is a salient example.

Money wins elections, and the race being as close as it is I don't care where the dems are getting their money from.

I find myself saying this a lot, but if the left was going to win a convincing victory, they would have some scope for more progressive policy. There isn't any room, and they don't have that mandate.

Turns out a rich person can just buy a social media platform and fuck with elections and stuff.

I've never queried my parents intentions or motivations.

They weren't great parents nor were they terrible. I think they did their best given their resources, knowledge, and societal norms.

I have however managed various mental health issues most of my adult life, and I know that most issues which make me miserable, would not make me miserable if I were not already miserable. For example, when I'm stressed and miserable I tend to get fixated on things happening at work and stress about them a lot more than is really warranted.

I can't say I can relate to how OP feels, but I feel as though, if my dad told me I was an accident and unwanted or whatever that might change how I feel about him, but it wouldn't really change how I feel about me.

For any person alive today, if you followed your ancestry back even just a handful of generations I'm sure there are unwanted pregnancies.

"These migrants living in poverty have manageable and treatable health conditions!"

God this article is annoying to read.

What did Vance actually say ?

Did he say something analogous to "I admit that I created the pet-eating story about immigrants" ? Who knows?

No, Putin would need to say a few nice things about the size of Trumps crowds, so the US would at least get some value out of the deal.

Almost half.

The section you've quoted explains what the rules are if there is no dispute. It does not explain how to resolve a dispute.

The sad reality is, enough Americans are happy for him to do all of these things with impunity.

What is the point of locking someone up if half the country wants them to be president?

No.

My point is, their consistent claims of this territory over several decades will provide their allies a fig leaf when they ratify China's claim.

Why else are freedom of navigation exercises like this one necessary?

Why else would China make this big song and dance when this outcome was obvious and predictable?

None of this contradicts anything I've said.

LOL. She needs Pennsylvania. That's it.

This is really reductive and doesn't really consider how complex these situations can be.

What should police or first responders do when someone is at risk of harming themselves or others?

Whatever your answer, consider that the person is already having a bad day, and there are no on the spot cures for what ails them.

Hospitals in general are not nice places to be, as a patient. If you're there for a physical illness it's still traumatic.

You don't go there to have a nice time, you go there to avoid the worst outcomes, like death.

I am certain that there are very, very few instances where people end up in a psych ward when there's better places for them.

Yeah but that horror story is the same in Australia and there's no bill.

Yes it matters.

It's not really important what Trump says.

It will come down to pressuring officials to fudge the results. The less fudging required, the easier it will be.