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Comment Yet big tech supported Dems (Score 1) 73

Why did Big Tech support the Democrats when there were obvious clues that the Democrats would clamp down on them? I'm a foreigner with not much interest in politics of the U.S. or of even my own country, but I thought this was clear.

So if it wasn't self interest, what was it? Altruism seems unlikely. Perhaps Big Tech was worried that most of their employees were Den aligned and thought that supporting Republicans would cause major labour problems?

Comment Remastered (Score 4, Insightful) 25

I'm about to cancel spotify because they make it hard to find original songs. They present me with 'remastered' songs which often sound quite different to (worse than) the original. I presume they get some kind of financial benefit from this, or they would show originals first

If I search for "beatles let it be" I get 6 results all of which are 'remastered'. Most remastered results are not even 'official' remasters released by the band/label, but something done by spotify or by grifters

Comment Re:Fine... (Score 1) 44

You are conflating very different issues. Yes, google should pay more tax in countries where their money is earned. No, google should not be forced to pay for merely linking to (vaguely defined) news, especially if they don't have the option of simply not linking. This is Murdoch getting a favour from the Australian party in power, who still think traditional media are worth paying off.

Comment Re:Australia wants to be be seen as green. (Score 1) 94

Actually the biggest export is iron ore (to China), and China needs that too much to try 'punishing' Australia by blocking or tariffing it. If COVID hadn't fucked Brazil China might have tried, but iron ore is pretty fungible, so Australia wouldn't much care.

Comment 4 or 5? (Score 1) 310

That seems really young! Let them achieve basic reading, writing, and arithmetic first. Introduce them to basic concepts of coding at maybe 8 years old.

If the child shows interest and aptitude then let them continue, but please don't foist it on children with no interests or aptitude.

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