Feel like the mom should be over the toilet too, considering they are now carrying two kids

Is this where we say something about “state’s rights” or whatever?

I don’t love to defend advertising/marketing, but your statement implies that once something has been advertised, organic interest/enjoyment becomes impossible.

Sure, there might’ve been a big ad push that rocketed mayo to the top of people’s condiment lists. But there are dozens of other things that could also create interest (new foods that pair well with it, new recipes that are shared culturally, loss of a competing product, diet changes)

I’m not sure who you mean is shilling for corporations, but that’s certainly not the vibe I got from most of this thread.

It would be nice to see corporate profits wiped, especially after so much price gouging we’ve had to endure.

But why do you think that gouging will stop?

Let’s imagine that it does hurt corporate profits first. Will they survive? Probably the big ones, might be a bit harder for little ones. So the world keeps turning, right? But like you said the end customer will eat some of the costs, so we agree that prices will go up in the end.

Where’s the upside? More money funneled into the government? Paid by the increased prices for the consumer, or some dips in corporate profits?

I’m not sure that’s a win for the consumer normies.

Yep, and I’m sure the corporations will just take that hit on their margins and not have any retaliation.

Theoretically, it would be cheaper for the company if they do new menus frequently. A lot quicker too, potentially.

I would be willing to go out on a limb and say that all people are entitled to due process.

Why is the M upside-down?

The DNS system is still just computers/servers, so anything from overloading a server to outright man-in-the-middle type attacks can compromise the DNS (though this is where you’d get into how the DNS communicates, propagates, and distributes trust, which is a topic that I have little knowledge on)

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So I get why they didn’t, but I’m very irked that they don’t have a list of the banned words. I’m just curious how they came up with 400 inappropriate words.

How far back in the day are you thinking? I’m pretty sure recreational drugs have been around for a long while.

I think the framing needs to show that it isn’t going to be “more work”, it’s just different work. The people being tasked with this clean up would’ve been doing something else, not just standing around.

So the way I understand it is that the elves can sail to the Undying Lands. And by doing that they use the “straight road” and just take a hard pass on gravity and sail tangent to the round earth

As an answer to your not-a-question, I think it would imply that Arda is an absolutely massive planet, such that your sight line would be further.

I guess the point that I’m not explaining well enough is the implication that this isn’t spying when you’re talking about things as abstracted as what OS a user is using.

You’re very obviously stuck in the specific example of firefox and have a large difficulty in making a larger observation on the ideas that I’m offering.

The simplest response I have is this:

Firefox has changed over the years. Understanding their user base to create a better product is a good thing. This includes collecting technical data that is relevant to the performance of their product. This is still a good thing. It is a bad thing if they take this data and sell it as an additional profit avenue.

What if instead of a company it’s an organization, and instead of being successful it’s about giving a quality service? Do you think that organization has it in their patrons best interest to improve their service?

Firefox can become a better piece of software by improving in areas it is lacking. If it sees that windows use has dropped, it can investigate that to provide a better product.

If Firefox didn’t collect analytics, it wouldn’t have even the slightest idea of who they are reaching and how to give those users a better experience. It also can give insight on the users they aren’t reaching, and creates an opportunity to reach more people.

Because I don’t know about you, but I’d wager that most developers want their software to be used, and they also want feedback on how they can improve their product. Collected analytics are a necessary piece of any continued, successful development.

Unless Firefox was developed by a single person, intended for absolute personal use, collecting certain data points is required.

And that is true for any piece of software.

Any business will be looking to increase profit, which I think we both agree on. While you took my example to be very literal, I meant it more in a general sense.

A different metaphor would be like a restaurant deciding what meals to serve. A diner could decide to add other options for a burger when they see that they sell a lot of them. Or they could decide not to invest in bringing a more expensive alternative like the meatless patties when their other vegetarian options aren’t big sellers.

Gathering information like that is simply part of a data set that lets companies try and be more successful. It’s not about entitlement, it’s a component of operating a business.

I’m unfamiliar with the mineral rights treaty specifics, but I remember it being said that it was a pretty shite deal for Ukraine anyway, and that it likely wouldn’t have been signed anyway