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Comment Re:Goldman's said they were pullling the partnersh (Score 3, Informative) 41

Like, if I want to buy a mac, why not have apple themselves "loan" the money to me for it? Then they get to keep the interest, or even choose not to charge (much) interest and make purchasing a mac a much more enticing option.

That happens now. If you use the Apple Card you pay the sales tax up front, then the rest is divided into monthly payments for 12 or 24 months. No interest charge and you still get the 3% cash back.

Comment Re:Protecting delivery drivers (Score 1) 49

It would seem that Amazon and perhaps others now take pictures of the package AT the doorstep of the recipient, so if delivery drivers are still being 'dinged' for this kind of loss, then I'd like to know what the photo policy is for. Or more importantly, WHO it is for.

I recently had a failed delivery. The photo showed that it was delivered to the wrong address. Unfortunately I couldn't determine where it was, and whoever received it never contacted me. Amazon gave me a refund.

Comment Re:Article abstract only writes about He3/He4 rati (Score 3, Informative) 39

The article full-text seems to be pay-walled, while the abstract does not mention large total quantities of Helium, just high ratios of He3/He4. So what total amount of Helium being newly found are we talking about, and how much of it is within economic reach?

Here's the data link: EarthChem Library: View Dataset

Comment Re:F U DoorDash (Score 3, Insightful) 400

*You* pay your drivers. Otherwise the economics of your business model don't work.

It's either tips or higher fees. Where else would the money come from?
It used to be that the only wealthy people paid other people to do their mundane shit for them. Now everybody wants it even though most can't afford what such a luxury actually costs.

Comment Re:Inconsistent messaging (Score 0) 501

In the beginning of the pandemic, these same people said *LOUD AND CLEAR* that you shouldn't be wearing masks, then they turned 180' and *EVERYONE* needed to wear them.

What point are you making? What would that have to do with this story? Irrespective of what was or wasn't said, apparently they help.

Comment Re:Could cover the cost of a charger (Score 1) 145

I could roll that into installing a home charging station. Right now the avg ev car price is more than I can afford though. To be fair the avg price of any cars right now is brutal.

It'd be nice to have, but do you really need a home charging station? A regular outlet should be able to top it up overnight.

Comment Re:Splunk, not knowing who Splunk is. (Score 1) 44

Remember the tech hype of the late 1990s where people invested in companies JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD A WEBSITE ?

Need I say more ?

One of the most laughable was when K-Tel announced they'd be selling their "as seen on TV" records online. The stock jumped some ridiculous amount for a few days.

Comment Re:Hikaru (Score 1) 33

After Magnus's accusation they re-ran their cheat detection tools on all his games. I don't think they found cheating after the first time he was caught, but they found a lot more cheating in the period leading up to when they first caught him (including in money games).

Cheat detection keeps improving, so re-running the games makes a lot of sense, and is more likely to detect any cheating. Chess.com has a team whose only responsibility is cheat detection. There's an interview on their YouTube channel in which the department head talks about the ongoing "arms race" between cheaters and detecting them.

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