Yes! Exact same here. Its so dumb it sounds made up. A random company comes along and just gets to sell what was once free.
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That is how capitalism works.
The American Weather Service provided weather updates for free, but a company came along and just started copying what the weather service posted … then sued the Weather Service for publicly posting the weather because the government is not allowed to provide a service for free that a company can charge for.
Insanity.
This post is in fact cancer.
Gathering up a billion dollars is a horrific strain to an economy. It is unnatural and impossible by any normal means … it is economic cancer. You could go back in time 2026 years and save the equivalent of $400,000 a year for those 2026 years and you STILL would not have a billion dollars. Its more than anyone ever needs and society should not tolerate gluttony and greed such as this. It is not natural.
Imagine we were monkeys in a forest and a few select monkeys were hoarding all of the food in their trees, letting most of it rot or go to little use aside from status and using it to bribe other monkeys to perpetuate the system. This same system that leaves other creatures to starve and suffer. This would be a deranged cancerous behavior, and even more terrifying when you consider it is almost guaranteed to pass down to the offspring. These pests would need to be driven off or eradicated as they would be a serious environmental threat. This is what must be done to billionaires, there just is no place for them in a logical system. They must be treated like rabid animals.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Pizza Hut's AI system caused 'cascading' problems and $100M in damages, franchisee alleges in new suitEnglish
4·3 months agoClose … tax write offs. Failing businesses are actually a big business.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Should hate speech be protected under freedom of speech laws?
5·3 months agoYes, but limiting any speech that does not specifically suggest violence or other illegal acts should also be included in freedom of speech.
What good is freedom of speech if 90% of the time someone can force you to censor yourself or just outright censor you themselves.Examples include people being forced to beep out “murder”, “kill”, or “firearm” or say a different word instead. The mechanism for enforcing these changes or even encouraging them should be fined.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits BackEnglish
42·3 months agoDammit Obama.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Leak Shows ICE Planning to Use Facial Recognition Glasses to Identify Targets in Real TimeEnglish
11·4 months agoWrong. The glasses will misidentify in real time.
The goal is to “accidentally” arrest and deport US citizens.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•8 in 10 Europeans don’t trust US, Chinese firms with dataEnglish
31·4 months agoI dont trust the US with my data … or anything. This place is run by literal idiots and/or criminals.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•Imagine the US holding a "Cost-of-living crisis" protest of 100+ million. Even the army and police protest. You are tasked with making *the* list of demands. What would be on this list?
1·4 months agoForgive medical debt, make collecting on medical debt illegal, and force 10x reimbursement for collections and court fees going back 10 years. Allow amounts to be recouped from personal assets. The courts would need to pay back 10x the legal fees imposed and the corrupt “judges” (actually magistrates, attorneys hired by the courts) would have to pay as well, collection agencies would fold because of these reimbursements and their filthy lawyers would lose their assets.
Repeat this process for all predatory collection systems in the USA. Private Equity firms that steal people’s trailers by raising lot fees, Private Equity that take over HOAs to amass fees and put leins on houses …
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
World News@lemmy.ml•Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi — regime posts video with satellite imagery of ChatGPT-maker's premier 1GW data center
5·4 months agoAlso more open about just drifting the fuck out of his followers. He sold them a $2 bill for $100. He also pump and dumped not one … but TWO crypto coins.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
World News@lemmy.ml•Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi — regime posts video with satellite imagery of ChatGPT-maker's premier 1GW data center
392·4 months agoWe dare you. We double dog dare you.
Honestly… why the fuck am I sitting here in the US rooting for Iran.
Oh yeah… because “Trump”.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USAEnglish
12·5 months agoYes, but the US no vote was an automatic veto. They had to remove anything that affected the US and then get all the other UN members to vote on it just to get it to pass. Any P5 nation with veto power can pull the teeth out of a UN resolution.
A “no” vote from a P5 is always a veto. When any of the P5 vote “no” in the Council, a resolution cannot move forward. Council members can, however, resolve their differences and propose new drafts for a vote by the Council. They can also call on a vote from the wider UN membership – the 193 Member States that make up the General Assembly (GA).
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•The UN Voted to Make Food A Human Right, Only Two Countries Voted No: Israel and USAEnglish
446·5 months agoYea, and the US “vote” is actually a veto. The US needs to lose its UN veto power because of shit like this.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What did people think dinosaur bones were before we officially recognised dinosaurs?
3·5 months agoI love the fact they believed elephant skulls were giant cyclops skulls.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is likely to happen when/if trump dies?
1·5 months agoI forgot about this. You have given me a valuable piece of advice that I will carry with me to Trump’s grave.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world•This missing cat's name is "Meow meow"
14·5 months agoYes, that is that cat’s real name in his native language. His human “room mate” doesnt force him to use a silly slave name like mittens or whiskers.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•What is likely to happen when/if trump dies?
16·5 months agoWhat is likely to happen? Lots of people pissing on his grave.
Wilco@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centersEnglish
19·5 months agoWould be funny to hear about a kid with a slingshot or something taking these out.
Raise prices on what? Its just a data centers, 99% of what it will be used for is spying on the US.