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> Everyone, regardless of wealth or mode of transportation should have the right to not be publicly real-time tracked.

I think that's the point. There are data brokers selling information right now on everyone's whereabouts, travel patterns, shopping behavior, and many other data points. This happens essentially any time you interact with electronics that can send and receive data.

Going about data privacy legislation in this way is ridiculous. It's like if you had a clogged toilet in your house, you just continued to let it flood because you can build a ramp over the water to get to your private jet and take a dump in that toilet instead.

Personally, I love Astro and use it personally (and at work). I hope this turns out as a great start to generating revenue.

> The question, then, is to what extent limitation is healthy?

Our minds filter reality for survival. But, we over-use our minds. Too much stuff in the cache, and not enough stuff going to dev/null/. Living in the technological society we do today requires more and more attention on various things.

If you just turn off your mind for a while and stop overclocking, this isn't such a huge issue. Easier said than done. I try to meditate, and I feel it helps, but it's difficult.

Hey, this is pretty dope! And it looks awesome on mobile! I have a lot of art that I recently framed and have been waiting to hang up. I rent, so I can't use nails, but this should still work with the paint-safe command strips we have

Take this with a grain of salt (I'm no pro) but my only issues with it are:

- The span wrapping the "Distance from the top of the art to the stretched wire" hover state could maybe use a fixed width. I played around and 100px seemed wide enough for easier reading - maybe you'd use a different measurement than px though

- Maybe have that L+W display outside of the box vs inside for smaller frames like 10x10. It may look better - right now it looks a little busy

>...instead of being effectively a trust growth hack for startups before the need to generate revenue inevitably leads them to turning the screws one way or another on the beloved community that helped them grow.

I totally get this. Pulling the rug out from users definitely feels a bit grimy.

I'd like to think most people are generally good, and in that light wouldn't it be worth considering that companies or people who do this are just approaching the market wrong? Incompetence vs. maliciousness. If they are transparent from day one about what will be free forever, and what will eventually be paid, then I wouldn't consider that shifting on their community.

That assumes they are true to the roadmap, and make adjustments based on feedback and contributions.

> The problem isn’t that it lacks what you want, but that it offers infinite permutations of often unknowable quality.

This the problem. The actual worthwhile products being buried in a sea of garbo. Along with the reviews being gamed, it's essentially the online equivalent of a flea market.

It just means consumers have to be more careful and do a lot more research before they buy. While this isn't a new thing for anyone here, this will be a necessary behavior shift for everyone in order to avoid these dark patterns, and to get safe and quality products. This isn't just an amazon problem.

Essentially: avoid impulse shopping.

Thanks for the non-paywalled article

I worked in retail ops for ~10 years. I can tell you the problem mainly lies with your banks and credit card companies. Most small retailers aren't fully utilizing their data, and often lack the knowledge to do so.

Worried about your purchase history being sold/shared? Use cash. I'm quite certain credit card companies and banks are much better at selling your data than the local grocery store (large retailers are definite offenders though).

> The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff

TIL. What's really crap about this is the predicting of human actions vs. improving products.

When I worked in retail, I made a lot of use of various dimensions of purchase data. Time of day, day of week, day of month, time of year, and so on. This is vitally important information. Some other abstract information I used was mostly researched - what event happened last year to explain this dip or increase in our sales? What event is happening this year that might affect sales? When you're trying to prevent food waste, but have adequate stock, there's a lot of information to take into account.

If I had better access to data, I would have been much more efficient at my job. This would have meant many things to pass off to customers: cleaner stores, better product availability, better product selection, better/faster assistance in service departments. For the most part, data isn't made available to improve products or services :/

This is definitely a step in the right direction, but I'm very curious to see how idioms, vernacular, and other colloquialisms come across. It will be hilarious, but also a great way to learn more about other cultures.

> OpenAI says it’s intentionally limiting how widely this tool will be available due to concerns around safety and privacy.

Yeah I could see people using this for fake product endorsements.

It would be wild to pay for Starbucks with my car.

Not the happiest news I've read (and somewhat poorly written for a paywalled article).

Don't viruses and bacteria alter genetic expression? Usually it's just hijacking certain cellular organelles to replicate, but it makes sense this or other processes could trigger genetic expressions with longer lasting affects.

Really unfortunate to think that it's some sort of dice roll when you catch an infection.