LostWon

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So many Martin Shkrelis out there pricing drugs to the highest level they can get away with. Every big pharmaceutical company does this kind of thing, especially with new drugs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I feel like that would make me some edgy child, messing around with legos or playdough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't know how accurate it might be but I heard of a theory recently for the US that the recent reversal where students will be required to repay their loans in full is going to tank the housing market because a large chunk of people from the very demographic that would normally be first-time buyers won't be able to afford to buy. There were supposed to be a bunch of cascading effects from this, but I'm sorry I can't remember further details now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I avoid those as soon as I notice the signs, but I've found less and less instances over time (which is a relief since there used to be loads of pages like that). I thought I read somewhere it's against Amazon's own rules to do this. Not 100% sure though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've found it can also be cheaper to place the order by phone than by an online ordering (middleman) service.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is so true. Shareholders couldn't care less if he was popular with customers. All they care about is whether he can do anything to boost profits. In their world, even the situation with Unity can be spun as "innovative" (in the sense that it introduced another revenue stream for the company) and that even if this initial implementation is scrapped, it can be learned from and improved on for future ones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox's creators also have an optional Facebook Container add-on which will sandbox all Facebook cookies in their own Fb-only bubble, for those who still want to use it: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/facebook-container-prevent-facebook-tracking

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dying on a hill forever sounds really painful. Ouch.

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