So am I right I'm guessing all these tools want closed Internet, where they own all the meaningful compute? That way you can rent access to information they control on a device they own? I feel like it's all one big attempt to corner the market.
No, actually Mary Poppins.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
Concepts of a plan
Read the article and couldn't determine if this is just brick and mortar retail or would also include online retailers? If the latter isn't included, this will just accelerate the closure and consolidation of retailers, which will also increase prices over time. My first thought was of how many people use Amazon fresh, Walmart delivery, door dash, etc.,
Also. Why limit this to only groceries? Why draw the line so soon?
I'm going to keep posting it until it hopefully no longer applies.
The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.
There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.
"have we tried concentrating and privatizing wealth more? That could be the solution."
"Watered down" doesn't really do justice to the outright profiteering, grifting, theft and fraud taking place in just the oval office alone.
cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/salvatorelasorella/statuses/116678706656567174
Giugno 1953
Una fotografia pubblicata da Popular Mechanics mostra una sfida tra sei persone e l’OARAC, computer sviluppato da General Electric. Il compito era calcolare il quadrato di 8.645.392.175: nessun concorrente ottenne il risultato esatto, mentre la macchina completò il calcolo rapidamente e senza errori. L’episodio contribuì a diffondere l’idea dei computer come strumenti capaci di superare l’uomo in velocità e precisione nei calcoli numerici.
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