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Seems like a per-satellite tax could incentivize reducing the number of satellites where possible, and could help fund some of the research hindered by too-many satellites.

They'd probably solve most of their problems by simply recognizing that a single term with a - isn't an exclusion, because it returns no results. That's like... a 10 minute regex fix

It's a Google feature that isn't very smart... adding a dash before a word will exclude results containing that word

I suspect it trips up people that don't know this more than it's actually used.

Most people will remember Anish Kapoor as the bean guy

I would argue that cyberpunk is only nostalgic because not much has been done to modernize it or push the genre forward. It's simply nostalgic because it's aged... similar mid-century depictions of the future.

I suppose an advanced version of VR could replace some amount of travel, which is a significant source of atmospheric pollution.

If you want to know what a "free speech zone" is on the internet go spend time on 4chan. I can't imagine anyone spending long periods of time there without harming their mental health... and that's even with some moderation.

I'm convinced the only way to effectively create free speech on the internet is to tie whatever you say online with personal identification. Not because it will prevent people from saying bad things, but because you could use it to ban people from the internet. (for the record, I think that's a horrible idea... but so is free speech on privately owned servers)

What do you suggest? the government takes over Google? Prevents them from controlling what they store on their servers?

If society fails (which is little more than a prepper wet dream) everyone's going to go gunning for whoever has food and fuel. No one will care about Google or political parties.

Product listing hijacks have been a known problem for years... and you can still do it today. A lot of the time I get something it comes with a business card offering a discount for a positive review... aliexpress reviews seem more reliable at this point.

I disagree! photo manipulation plays a starring role in how pervasive and insidious these ideas are... I can turn off the TV and avoid movies, but I can't avoid ads, billboards, grocery stores, direct mail, you name it... it's everywhere.

I live alone, and if I go into town there's a good chance I'll see more doctored photos of people than I see actual people (depending on how busy things are, which is usually not very).

I worked restaurants through college and I've probably had food thrown at me over a dozen times because it didn't look like the menu!

It's not the norm, but it's not completely unusual. I've had many more people complain about the disparity in less severe terms. It's a very weird world out there, and if I've learned anything it's that I'm incredibly lucky to have any amount of self-awareness because a lot of people are running around out there on pure id... unaware of just about anything. If you're at all skeptical about anything you're ahead of the curve.

> but nobody really expects the food they get will look anything like the food in the ad did

Have you ever worked at a restaurant? It's not as unusual as you think. A lot of us on HN are in bubbles of savvy people because of our tech-related professions, and most people are NOT savvy. Many people never consciously think about the images they're subjected to.

Young people ARE a nuisance that must be put up with when en masse. I live in an area that went through the full extent of gentrification, from being colloquially referred to as a "slum" to being a place where single-family homes go for $1M+.

The first wave of gentrification were college students because they are the group that would pay $1,000/mo per bedroom in a 4-bedroom house (which is a common way for developers to flip a property into a rental). They did not give two shits about the neighborhood, and would constantly litter, trespass, and be noisy at all hours of the night... and as the density of students living in the area increased, it got worse (careless landlords renting to them is also part of the problem). Apartments change hands every year, so you're not even consistently dealing with the same nuisance neighbors.

I agree that neighborhoods need to change, but they need to change in a way that isn't unbridled gentrification. We need diverse multi-generational communities of families, young people, and old people because we keep each other in check (same goes for race and class). In my experience gentrification creates waves of homogenization.