Comment Re: Bulshit solution looking for a problem (Score 2) 81
Prosecuting arsonists doesn't unwind time, bro.
Comment Re: damned if they win or lose? (Score 3, Insightful) 52
Well, it falls to a jurisdiction in which there is a high chance of selective regulatory oversight/enforcement, given the conflict of interest with Trump's family vested interest in prediction markets.
Comment Re:playing devil's advocate (Score 2) 53
"I immediately notice an issue."
Wow they must really regret not working with a person as smart as you. (Honestly, slashdot is chock full of wannabes these days)
Comment the sweet sweet middle man (Score 1) 24
"Hell yeah, a credit card!" - people I don't get
Comment Re:Trading on Knowable Information (Score 5, Interesting) 82
These platforms are starting to let people bet on wildfire activity. What a fun way of incentivizing arsonists.
Comment Re:LLM output is Grey Goo and Ecophagy. (Score 1) 155
You're conflating your emotions with facts, in a field you very likely know very little about.
Comment Re: Not with this administration (Score 1) 155
Always anonymous, always cowards.
Comment In this crazy timeline, nursery rhymes are REAL (Score 1) 44
Comment Re: Confused by claims (Score 0) 50
Insane Clown Posse, is that you?
Comment Re:debit card rewards (Score 2) 52
Once they realized you'd pay the hire price, if the fees are gone, the businesses are just going to go 'yummy more money for me'.
This is dumb shit. Many stores around me explicitly charge you the difference if you pay by credit card to cover the service fee.
Comment Re:I never use my debit card,... (Score 2) 52
I have never had my debit card compromised. Ever. The fact that it's a direct line is what makes it not usable to buy things online, etc (generally). But it's very nice to use in person - I like that when I spend money, I'm actually spending it and not creating debt. (Don't get me wrong, I always pay off my credit card bills every month, which are not trivial sums
Credit cards, on the other hand - we all pay for the insurance. It's not really the banks problem, its a problem that you have protection for because you pay for it.
Comment Re:debit card rewards (Score 2) 52
"Just give me 1% in cash"
That's still money that comes from somewhere. Like
Comment settings and policies (Score 1) 77
"An opt-out setting that quietly ships settings data off-device is exactly the sort of thing that adds to administrators' workloads rather than lightening them."
Fine, but there's *tons* of them. This is a drip in an ocean. The opposite, settings you need to turn on are also fucking huge depending on the corperate environment it's used in. I mean, fiddling over one setting on a product with a user base as huge and diverse as Windows is nitpicking imo.
Places that have to deal with this are setup to be proactive about the larger problem set.
Comment debit card rewards (Score 4, Funny) 52
yeah, damnit, we can't charge you X so we can give X - some amount back to you and call it a reward
fucking reward schemes suck