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Check out Privacy.com for card generation. You can set monthly/yearly/all-limits, pause and cancel cards, create single-use cards, etc. And their virtual cards accept any billing information. As a result I don’t bother unsubscribing directly anymore and instead just pause the card. Less hassle. More control.

I’m also using Qube and looking to get away but I really like having the sub-accounts. What have you found? Envelope seems to have really nice features but lacks the sub-accounts.

It is my opinion that these sorts of statements are devoid of value and don’t contribute to the conversation. Good for Reddit.

My grandpap always said the same of unions. Great if you’re in them. Terrible if not.

I have similar thoughts on prison. They’re good when you’re not in one but suck if you are.

This all comes down to one phrase I’ve grown to hate. “It must be measurable”.

Maximizing revenue over the next 12 months is measurable.

Creating an enduring product that will slowly grow revenue and be around forever is _not_ measurable.

So, all these big brain MBAs end up forcing myopia on everyone below them because number go up. They seem so proud of themselves to have mastered inequalities.

> Button-toggled voice notes in the iPhone Notes app

Is this a physical button or on-screen? I’ve been rewatching Twin Peaks recently and would love a high-tech implementation of Cooper’s tape recorder.

> … we're already so full of poisons that our own sewage is untenable…

Do you have a reference? This sounds terribly fascinating.

Go to college and get an education so you ~~can make a good living~~ have the opportunity to work more hours.

I understand this should hopefully help low wage earners that are taken advantage of. That’s great. The US, my country, could really take some inspiration here. But why are we rolling back the achievements of the standardized 40 hour work week for a certain group of people?

It feels like this is pitting the poor against the middle class. All the while the wealthiest of wealthiest are relaxing in yachts complaining that their grocery baggers can’t be called in to work overtime.

Why do we (the US) insist on doing everything our own way? And usually worse. The sentiment behind loan forgiveness is great but it doesn’t address any of the core problems. This will only happen again.

Many other first world countries have publicly subsided and affordable higher education. There seem to be plenty of good models to choose from.

If we don’t want to fund higher education then the government needs to step out entirely. As much as I think that’s the wrong way to go. This half-in half-out game that we play in so many areas seems to lead to failure so often. See the disaster that is Amtrak.

Compromise is important but it’s also important to realize when it won’t get you over the finish line. Similar wisdom to building a high-end desktop and not skimping on the PSU.

I’m so tired of these culture wars.

The whole censorship of the original emoji was incredibly pointless and stupid. Now we have to rehash this all over again and I’ll have to hear about it.

And this time, with Elon behind it, people are going to be even more uppity about whichever position you take. It’s insane to even feel pressured to take a position on a friggin hieroglyph. And both sides will argue that it’s the other side making it political.

No wonder I’m on Prozac.

The original title is more clear: The AI-focused COPIED Act would make removing digital watermarks illegal.

I thought the headline was indicating it would be illegal to remove watermarks from content generated by LLMs.

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> In the US side walk are already hilariously under designed and roads are already hilariously over designed.

So many people jog in the streets exactly for this reason. Sidewalks are often poorly maintained and falling apart. I'm not sure how anyone handicapped is supposed to get around.

In a previous life, during heavy winter storms, I would commonly walk in the streets because they were maintained while the sidewalks were covered in ice. The city once changed its plowing algorithm due to angry drivers but for sidewalk maintenance they act almost powerless.

Years ago I visited Amsterdam and the pedestrian experience was incredible. It was like walking around a theme park. Ever since that experience I can't unsee the hell we've created in the states with our cars-first mentality.

> You see this dynamic play out exactly with rent control. People are (rationally) very reluctant to leave rent controlled apartments

I’m holding onto an apartment now exactly because of this so it really hits with me. Thank you!