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Cake day: July 26th, 2023

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  • All said and done… people should have personally controlled access to their data. For physical things, some people have safes, others use safety deposit boxes at banks. But we don’t have a digital equivalent. And the problem is that the complexity is too high for a lot of people. So something like this would be good for some people, it still won’t get the majority. What we need is the digital equivalent of a fiduciary. Someone who is legally bound to look out for a person’s digital interests. That would allow people to trust such a person to vet simpler wrappers around set ups like this, or anything.



  • I guess we won’t count you as “some”. But that is kinda what I said. They share some symptoms. Medical science doesn’t know the cause of either, so symptoms is about all they have to go on. The reality is most likely that adhd as it is defined is probably multiple different causes that very well may be unrelated. Autism is almost definitely so. Repackaging them under one spectrum is just as good as two. And no more meaningful either way. In the end, both are just labels for things that aren’t understood.







  • On the visa and Mastercard thing I very much agree. In theory they are a business, and can chose who to do business with. But the free market pressures don’t exist to impact the decisions they make. So instead of them being influenced by customer sentiment, they are actually influenced by large organization with an agenda. That agenda is usually just a BS reason to build the organization and make specific people rich. It doesn’t represent the will of the people. So… they should be treated more like a utility. Places are refusing to take cash these days, so it is an easy argument that they function like a utility.


  • Interesting point. But in general, who are the people complaining in the wrong spot. I suspect people basically are complaining in thier echo chambers… social media. And likely noone cares. But then the media jumps in and picks it up. So is the media to blame? I read a story about a lady in Britain I think who had like 89 followers and made a statement. It went viral. Suddenly her statement to her echo chamber was in the news. It ruined her life actually.
    So are we saying the media should be banned on reporting what is said inside echo chambers, or are we saying public posting of opinions should be banned?