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Comment Scams are now fully corporate (Score 1) 28

Interesting that scams have attracted big money to institutionalize the greed.
Instead of small time mom and pop scammers (who reaped the benefits) we now have an entire infrastructure of prison like cities exploiting the poor and reaping the profits.
It seems to me this is the same model of all modern corporations. Exploit workers and grab profits.

Comment Re:Legal/illegal bikes (Score 1) 131

Bike Lanes.
London has terrible bicycle infrastructure.
Bikes are forced to use the road where they are at risk from cars or use the sidewalks where they are at risk of pedestrian crashes.
Look at a city like Geneva where there are well demarcated bike lanes with their own traffic signals. Much safer.
Stop blaming bicyclists.

Comment Re:Legal/illegal bikes (Score 1) 131

Switzerland has had compulsory insurance for all bicycles for many years. You just buy an annual sticker for the bike (about 50 Francs).
Seemed reasonable to cover liability and injuries.
e-bikes have some special risks... mostly clueless people who ride them at high speed... it seems education and regulation would be effective here just as we educate and regulate cars and trucks.

Comment Re:Donâ(TM)t Forget Us! (Score 1, Troll) 168

Green energy is cheaper than fossil energy in all cases.
Transitioning to green energy will take investment (I.e. corporate profits... just not fossil fuel companies) and benefit the economy by decreasing the cost of energy for everyone.
The only people harmed are the fossil fuel companies who of course spread disinformation and buy politicians to keep their profits up.

Comment Re:Donâ(TM)t Forget Us! (Score 1) 168

They did so via a fancy PR campaign and introduced a slick new green and yellow sunburst logo, named after Helios, the Greek sun god, to reinforce this image.

This was to be a short-lived affair as it did not take long before it was labelled as a greenwashing stunt due to BP’s minimal investments in clean energy compared to its oil and gas operations.

Comment Just plain water? (Score 2) 116

People just keep buying and drinking sugar water instead of plain water. It tastes better but it's not healthy and the environmental cost of manufacturing, shipping and trashing cans and bottles is overwhelming.
Really, just drink water from the tap. (If it tastes bad, there are good, cheap water filters.)

Comment AI will kill the outsourcing first (Score 1) 81

Corporations are always looking to lower costs. Outsourcing to India was a win for them.
However, corporations now have an even cheaper, more convenient way to reduce support costs.
I expect that AI will take over and end up killing outsourcing as well as US jobs.
We can all then sit back and relax without the grind of daily work. We just need the welfare state to ramp up so we don't starve.

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