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Philips 'unalived' any chances for massive future revenues when they killed off Natlab (in spirit, not just in name). Philips Natlab was the Bell Labs of the Netherlands, even Europe perhaps.

In 1989 Philips introduced a new financing structure that required Natlab to secure two-thirds of its budget through contracts with Philips' product divisions. This marked a major change from its prior model, where funding came directly from the corporate board.

Anything that wasn't "commercially viable" according to the penny-polishers with MBAs was abandoned. The dumbest move ever. Fundamental research can't be outsourced, and never has immediate commercial value.

$500? Ours was $2800/mo for a family of three and this was 2018 (Not FANG, big pharma)

Yes the original plan was great. No, we didn't need a plan that great. No we couldn't "downgrade". With the bigger income suddenly gone, coming up with $2800/mo in cash was a huge problem. COBRA is useless for many/most, unless your coverage is shite and the cost to the employer low.

I don't use those either, but you're correct, though I believe that in the EU, data of these cannot be mixed with FB data.

Open in browser and add to homescreen. What's more, FB can't track you if you use the browser instead of the app.

Europe worries about Americans that don't leave the country.

Americans who travel to Europe (have a passport) are rarely the 'T%%' shirt or 'Maggi' Cap-wearing kind. If anything, traveling Americans have always been known for their ample smiles, friendly nature, unbridled enthusiasm, and positivity/sunny outlook.

[Recent actions by the current administration did help unify Europe, but they mostly feel sorry for us. Anyone part of the group stuck in the 'faux news' bubble may have a bad time, because nothing they've been told turns out to be true...]

It's really quite sad. They did the same thing with Google for a while.

Thanks. I loved that site. Modern-day generative art tools like MJ inspire the same sense of exploration, anticipation & inspiration.

On-topic: I'm starting to see a trend. Digg was big before Reddit. VC-imposed 2010 "upgrades" ruined Digg's simple interface and 60% fled to Reddit (as did I). StumbleUpon had it's own redesign disaster in 2011. Both replace a simple, fast, efficient interface, ideal for content consumption, with "design" and room for advertising.

Reddit made the same mistake in 2018, but was smart enough to retain old.reddit.com Third party reddit apps saved it from a swift demise, but the API charges and associated forced closure of "competitors" must have had a detrimental effect on their traffic as well.

What's next?

I'm surprised this doesn't get more traction on HN. The implementation is much more responsive than I'd anticipated.

Are the answers GPT3.5?

For your entertainment, ask a question in another language, it will actually understand and respond in said language, but pronounces every word as a native English speaker (e.g. Parlez-vous français ou italien)