Common in all countries. US will seize domains from TLDs under US jurisdiction.

Power generation is going down, power delivery is going up. Power delivery is way more expensive than the actual electricity.

Are amazon stores automated? I have Amazon fresh store next to me, they have the smart grocery carts that no one uses because they are overly finicky. They have same number of employees as other grocery stores.

That was my point I think I said it badly. A physical store takes people on site to run it. Even amazon with its online store has an army of people running the behind the scenes things. Most things are not automated by code. VZ is not much different. When I worked there they had well over 5000 locations worldwide that were staffed by people. They reduced it at that time. Hence me no longer working there. But sounds like they put it back and then some. Their core business is probably small. But they have huge initiatives they try to do. They do not want to be the commodity data line company. But most of their stuff just doesnt stick well. They think in terms of 'number of lines sold' instead of 'number of customers satisfied'.

Laws don't matter in the US any more. Epstein files aren't being released even though there is law that requires. TikTok is still operating in the US even though there is law that bans it. Laws are only recommendations now.

Oh, there are certainly still laws that "matter".

I assure you if you treat an ice agent the way that they treat folks, you will see the application of quite a few laws.

"For my friends, everything. For my enemies, the law" is the motto of tyrants and dictators. And now, the USA.

Bunch of fintechs only let your signup from an app. Easier to secure and prevent bots. Pin certs, detect virtualization, etc.

And, of course, easier to get the valuable data about the person setting up an account.

Like what data? Curious because I built and launched a challenger bank.

What app developers find most valuable is what other apps you use and what competitors apps you have so they can target you more effectively. If you have Peloton or Tonal, they want to know if you have the Strava app on your phone for example.

Only on older versions of Android. Apps are very locked down on what you can get. I would have loved to be able to fingerprint a device when i was at the challenger bank and application list is very good for fingerprinting.. We would fingerprint on the web to detect bots.

> application list is very good for fingerprinting..

So is the personal, private content of my texts, why not go for that while you're at it?

Did you know about this workaround? Afaik it's still active https://peabee.substack.com/p/everyone-knows-what-apps-you-u...

Theoretically any sort of data that apps in a given OS can access through an API.

1.1.1.1 DNS is just querying root DNS servers. And @elon.jet twitter account was just querying ADS data and posting it. Its exactly same, yet this guy praises Elon.

DNS lookups via 1.1.1.1 are also directly fed into the US surveillance state so peter thiel can use his palantir dashboard to see if you are the antichrist or not.

I'm sure he has a mirror lying around somewhere?

Elon Musk the bastion of free speech who famously banned a twitter account that posted publicly available information.

One? Elon banned thousands after he took over.

He event went as far as personally canceling a Tesla customer's order for criticizing him. That's how petty he is. He has no interest in freedom of speech whatsoever, it's merely a talking point.

Me included, not that I'm very interesting. Every time I asked why I got a different reason from support.

Edit: the last reason given was 'impersonation', which I thought was pretty random

Elon has interest in monetary gain and stirring conflicts around the world. It is sad that individuals like you are drunk on his coolaid.

> Freedom of Speech guarantees the right to speak. Not the right to have no repercussions.

How is that different from, say, Freedom of Theft guaranteeing the right to steal, but not the right to have no repercussions?

By these definitions, everyone has these “rights”?

I think the OP meant 'social reprecussions'.

But really it is a citizen, Elon Musk, exercising their property rights. The fact that he claims that such restrictions should not be applied to speech he likes is the problem.

he's controlling the speech, not freeing it

try posting "cisgender" on xhitter

Musk is a contrarian. He, however, is not a government body (nor does he represent one, u can choose to include the dubious Doge efforts into the discussion but that will devolve into semantics that do not negate the point). As a private citizen with a platform for which he overpaid - he can do as he pleases within the confines of said platform. Musk, however, cannot enforce fines on other providers and request stuff from them. This is what the post is about.

He can do whatever he wants on that platform. Equally, can elected officials decide to ban that private platform?

Again, apples and oranges. Private citizens vs government. Musk has no power given to him by someone, the government does, using that power in a way that might be considered abusive/authoritarian might yield (deserved) backlash.

I'm not sure if I'm not getting something. It's a for-profit organization vs a government entity. It's not even remotely similar.

Besides attempting to get him murdered by a crazy person seeing a chance to be famous, what possible reason does someone have to constantly broadcast the location of his transportation? What difference does knowing where it or he is make in the daily lives of anyone? What long term planning does the information give to people?

In the case of private plane info, to highlight hypocrisy regarding the eco-friendly identity he was at that time seemingly trying to curate.

If they publicly state that the house is a "town square" (he has said that of twitter), and they say that they are a "free speech absolutist" (he has said this of himself in the context of this house/town square/website), and state that "By 'free speech,' I simply mean that which matches the law.", then yes, if they don't let you spray-paint (tweet) whatever you want that's not strictly unlawful (like, ah, calling for civil disorder in the UK?), they are indeed a hypocrite.

When the house is digital (twitter is), why even use spray paint as the analogy?

Can't throw rotten tomatoes at internet nazis in the nazi "town square" unfortunately.

When Musk bought twitter, he all-but-explicitly said "I have finally bought this house, which I will let anyone spray paint".

And then promptly started to ban terms like "cis-gendered".

except for trans people and all the people he banned that disagree with him

This is a very sound example of what the right to free speech is; it is a protection for your property rights. The state can't retaliate against you for saying something, and can't compel you to accept any speech on your property.

However, as a defense of Papa Elon, it is ironic. Must and his lickspittles claim that online platform should not be allowed to block whatever speech they want.

Except speech they don't like. Like plane locations.

Italy can use the same argument.

Intellectually dishonest analogy but I’m sure you already know this.

For prime plus you can get better cards, for people sub 660 credit score, it is the best card on the market. Chase's subprime card which is the slate offers no rewards.

What bank offers rewards and no fees to subprime(below 660) customers? There aren't any. Why no wanted the deal. Guaranteed to lose money. Its not like there's name recognition, i doubt most people could name the underlying bank for the Apple Card. Only place the bank is mentioned is the fine print at the bottom of the card details. Everything is branded "Apple Card"

> i doubt most people could name the underlying bank for the Apple Card. Only place the bank is mentioned is the fine print at the bottom of the card details.

And in the bottom-right corner of the titanium card and in the picture in Wallet. And it's advertised practically everywhere they mention the titanium card. And if you have Apple Savings it's also specified to be from GS everywhere.

I would guess putting a cap of 660 credit score and adding some fees back like late fee, over limit fee, and return payment fee. I don't see JPM doing a card with rewards/cash back in the sub prime market, slate doesn't have any rewards.

Apple card with GS was amazing deal for people who didn't have prime credit.

Some of the perks were great even for prime if you're already bought into the Apple ecosystem. 3% cash back plus 0% APR installment on Apple product purchases is a nice double dip that most cards can't touch unless you're really trying hard.

If you don't want to mess with points, its a great card. You still need another card for travel since it doesn't have rental car insurance, travel insurance, etc. Its missing all the features that normally come with Visa Infinite or Mastercard World Elite cards.