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Comment Re:"registered customers"...? (Score 1) 47

You're a brave man. Arguing in favour of trading privacy for convenience...

Silly rabbit, thinking me explaining the reasoning is somehow agreeing with it.

Never underestimate the laziness of some people. If they have the money to order out that often the need to type their info chafes at them, they will take a solution that saves them the trouble, regardless of risk. That's how we have people surrendering biometric data for authentication so they don't have to type a password.

I sometimes order from a restaurant's website for carry-out (I'm not paying an upcharge for delivery + driver tip just to get luke-warm food), but I usually use PayPal, GPay, or my credit card (not debit) and "Guest Checkout" so nothing is saved.

Comment Re:"registered customers"...? (Score 1) 47

I go there to order some food, eat, pay cash, and leave, without having even the smallest of reason to deposit any sensitive data.

Many of them have registrations so if you're a (hopefully) frequent user of curbside or delivery service you don't have to reenter your address, payment info, etc on every order, and also can keep a record of previous orders so you can reorder your "favorites" easily.

Comment Re:So who was President in 2017? (Score 5, Interesting) 64

Do you really think $1.5 million was a fair penalty from a federal agency? Note that New Jersey fined them $1.1 million -- that was just for one state. Charging a pittance fine now means the companies have "paid their restitution" and some later administration can't come after them with a real punishment later. He's doing them a favor.

Comment LOL. Sure. Go ahead, Musk. (Score 5, Insightful) 78

xAI owner Elon Musk responded by saying that maybe he "should start a competitor to Amazon."

Classic Musk: Underestimating the talent and effort needed to break into a business. It took Amazon nine years to become profitable. At the most his attempt will just be "MAGA Temu" and he'll hide the folly by merging it into a business that is working, like he's already done with other properties he owns.

Comment Re:Price trackers (Score 1) 161

I remember when an entire Big Mac Extra Value Meal was $4.99 :-(

I would think dynamic pricing would be super-obvious to the customer unless they are limiting it to specific price points. Market-based pricing has been a thing for a long time for other products. I already suspect it's used in retail even in my own town when I can go to Wal-Mart on one end of town and find deals different than the one on the other side of town. This just means the end of nation-wide ad campaigns for Mc.D's I guess.

Comment "I didn't make the ingredents..." (Score 2) 286

A Palantir spokesperson told Bloomberg the company "is not responsible for the underlying data nor identifying intelligence deficiencies"

That's like a chef saying he's not responsible for poisoning people when he used spoiled food, because he didn't raise the animals or grow the crops. He still made the choice to cook using them with their questionable quality. The diner isn't always able to see all issues before they consume the dish.

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