sukhmel

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[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's a cultural difference for you ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

This game is just soooo good (and almost as frustrating)

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

Key takeaway, I would say:

In 2017, Georgia-Pacific invented the so-called Texas two-step, a legal scheme to skirt liability for consumer harms like widespread asbestos exposures or the opioid crisis. That year the company quietly reincorporated itself in Texas and used a Texas law to split itself into two entities. One, the new Georgia-Pacific, received almost all of the company’s assets and carried on business as usual as a multibillion-dollar company.

The other company — Bestwall, LLC — was saddled with all of Georgia-Pacific’s asbestos liabilities, which included tens of thousands of legal claims from people who lost loved ones to deadly asbestos-related cancers like mesothelioma, and people who were sick themselves. Bestwall then promptly filed for bankruptcy, trapping these legal claims in bankruptcy court.

This is now used by other companies, too, according to the article

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 8 points 5 months ago

One possible solution might involve displaying conflicting resolutions or varying the information based on the user's location.

I hope they will just show conflicting resolutions together

But I don't think this will work too well, as there is tons of misinformation and only so many fact checkers working for the governments (that is if we leave aside the fact that those will likely lie in every other resolution)

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

I used to think that maybe the housing market is overheated and prices will go down, so I should wait before turning to the mortgage.

It was almost 17 years ago and the market is now worse than it was then

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

You seem to be trying to solve this like social deduction games, but I don't think this is a correct or good thing to do

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I'm also saying that promising votes to politicians regardless of their actions indicate that their actions won't hurt their chances.

That's very true and likely going to lead to a very nasty future once this is thoroughly exploited. But I don't think that just "there should be something better" might help. Also, there might exist unsolvable problems, and if this is one of those we're in a very bad position, indeed

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev -2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, inflation is kinda good way to incentivise getting loans and mortgages as early as possible because you know that you'll never be able to save that much money as they get cheaper and cheaper. So, does everything run on debt when there is inflation, too?

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 6 months ago

Well, I don't think any government is different in that regard 😅

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 25 points 6 months ago

Techies: what if it bricks accidentally?

Manufacturer: *spinning the key fob* we didn't think that far, to be honest

A few moments later

Manufacturer: *proceeds to drop the remote and accidentally bricks everything*

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

They want power and influence, I don't think they care too much (or at all) about their citizens be it divided or united. Unless those citizens add to power or influence, of course

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