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The only problem of course it is that it costs a lot of money to do so.

Money they probably don't have.

If I understand this correctly the Europeans hope that by banning the spectrum where Starlink operates, they will spur the development of home grown operators that provide the same service ... is that realistic?

There is no chaos there, just traffic jams.

The past does not repeat.

IMHO jobs were far less specialized in the past. Working in a factory is not that different from working in a kitchen or laying tile.

Take Muhammad, a fresh arrival from Syria, who drives a taxi. What will his next job be that is that easy and he already knows how to do?

I think this oversimplifies life and realities.

You don't have to be "productive" all the time. As you put it, driving the car is not just a chore - things happen along the way. It can be a chore - I just contest the most unproductive label here.

By this token, sleeping is the most unproductive thing in the world. Except you recharge.

I have the exact opposite experience.

I returned two products, got two different return codes, was supposed to send each back separately.

During the return (it was a Kohl's return), I forgot about the two different codes and gave both items to the clerk, who then packaged both items with only one code.

I got credited for the first item a few hours later. At that point, I realized my mistake of packaging both in the same return, but thought it was a lost case and chalked it up as a loss.

Imagine my surprise when, a few weeks (!) later , I got credited for the second return as well. How did they figure that one out? I don't know.

The most amazing customer service, where I did not even have to mention it and the error was still rectified.

definitely not a $2 product, it is big, glass surface, heavy etc.

That "shopping around" for with price being the sole factor is the problem. That's what drives quality down. Not the Amazon markup.

I don't get the Amazon bashing. My experience is nothing like that:

Kitchen scale, $20 bucks, looks and operates exactly as described; three years later, it still works fine.

Bed sheets, $16, two days later delivered, better than I thought - at least for the price that is. Best price/quality ratio I could get.

If I don't like something, returning is super convenient; I drop it off at Kohl's over the weekend. Time and again I am stupefied of how is it possible that in small town USA, I can get something shipped by next day while paying a one time yearly fee.

I think Amazon is the best online shopping experience on the planet.

At the employee side, the minimum pay at Amazon is $20 per hour. Walmart is $14, AliExpress ... we can be only guessing at that

What keeps someone from generating this video with AI?

Chimanzee vs Human is not an appropriate analogy. First, because they cannot communicate properly.

A better analogy: look at all these highly trained engineers, mathematicians, doctors, writers, philosophers, writers, scientists.

How many dumbass politicians do we need to keep it all running smoothly?

Turns out no matter how dumb politicians were, overall society has been developing positively over the history of mankind.

What happens if some of those tax the unrealized gains bills pass in some country where they have obligations?

They would have to either pay the tax on gains or write off losses.

Note that this 10% is heavily skewed toward the richest, biggest cities.

In bigger cities, it might be closer to 20-30% of their economy.

Take that away, and it would have a cascading effect through entire countries.

Europe is caught in a dilemma: tourism, air travel, and city hopping are its economic lifeblood that keeps the continent running, but these also cause the greatest damage to the environment.

Since they can't fix the real problem are trying to go "green" in counterproductive ways that make things worse: blowing up nuclear plants or taxing cow fart.

Or perhaps AI code generation will "kill" both editors.

Why bother learning any editor when you do not need to write code, and there is no reason to enter

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Ok, but why is it the Icelandic crown "bad"? What is the economic cause of it?

I do not know much about Iceland, only that, like New Zealand (and Canada), it is sometimes painted as some sort of progressive heaven that the US should aspire to.

Then, as you learn more, it turns out life isn't that great there.