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  • Very astute observation. Bravo.

  • Also, humans in general are dumb. But moreso your thing.

  • That would be great, except in the US, that exclusivity can last for decades, which means entire generations will come and go before it becomes public.

    In a better-regulated system where consumers are put before corporate interests, it could work, but the US hasn't been that for a long time.

  • No, you got it. It's not about prohibiting profit, it's about preventing the exclusive ability to profit.

    Think of generic medicines (in the US) versus brand equivalents and how vast their cost difference is.

  • People gotta start down the road of anti-capitalism somewhere, right?

  • License and release it into the public domain: research, methods, processes, patents—the whole deal.

    Privatizing medicine, even elective medicine, just ensures predation.

  • Of course not, which is why they're publicly funded. That's the issue. They're using public funds to make private profits.

  • I like it on paper, but like Etsy, how would you prevent people masquerading as "small businesses" but are really just drop shippers of cheap garbage?

    That's a genuine question, not rhetorical. I don't know the answer myself.

  • Social media was a mistake.

    And yes, I'm aware of the irony as I use social media to say so. I do not apologize.

  • And he doesn't have a secret service detail, afaik. Just average, paid bodyguards who can also be arrested for obstruction of justice.

    But it remains to be seen if any judges will be brave enough to dare to stand up to fascism. Merchan wasn't, and Trump was literally at his mercy as a private citizen.

  • They could always make the research and processes public domain, so no one person can unilaterally profit.

    But that's not what they did, and that's the problem.

  • A chilling reminder that billionaires are never your friend. Ever. We are meat for their grinder.

    Expect similar in the US as they gut and dismantle customer protection services.

  • Yes, the address. Probably not a big deal for average people, but definitely a bigger deal for any big name that doesn't use a business email as a login.

  • Dunno about the UK, but the US is going guns blazing towards Robocops.

    Ironically, police probably think they'll be in charge of the robots, rather than the robots replacing them.

  • Sounds like "we need to have guns if they have guns." Might be right in the short term, but at what future cost?

  • Tutanota is a common recommended alternative, (which is now just called "Tuta").

  • Yes, that. Those monsters.

    How could they not think of the other companies' poor shareholders?

  • I hear you can make a lightning cannon from some giant capacitors...

  • New research digs into why batteries in electronics don’t last as long as they did when they were brand new.

    The research is kinda interesting, but it's silly to call it new. It's ongoing for as long as there is a benefit to improving batteries, and they didn't find anything particularly illuminating other than heat being generated by other components, which in turn damages the batteries over time.