RobotToaster

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago

Twitter, facebook, et al, claim their arbitrary censorship and algorithms are not editorialisation, so they are not "publishers".

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Microsoft will just make a subscription AI for that, BaaS.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

the price the govt offers tends to be way way way cheap sometimes even impossible for manufacturer

I read what it said about aspirin, but the UK pays around £1 for 100 for that, so the idea it could be made in China for less than a cent per pill doesn't seem impossible.

It sounds like the issue is with companies with poor QC being allowed to bid in their reverse auction system, rather than the system in itself.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 23 points 6 months ago

For UK customers, if a product is defective, such that it loses a feature it was advertised as having, you potentially have up to six years to claim in small claims court.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (4 children)

It's not whataboutery, my point is that they're portraying it as something terrible, when it has worked (mostly) fine in the UK for years.

It's obvious sinophobic framing, that the nasty reds are doing something to harm their people, when we do exactly the same.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 3 points 6 months ago (6 children)

If what instance you chose truly didn't matter this wouldn't be as big of an issue. Unfortunately defederation causes a tangled mess of netsplits.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 points 6 months ago (6 children)

Doctors say they believe the country's drug procurement system, which incentivises the use of cheap generic drugs over original brand-name pharmaceuticals, has led to costs being cut at the expense of people's safety.

The irony of the BBC posting this when the NHS does exactly the same.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Trump postponed the removal of the de minimis exemption. I assume because someone managed to tell him it would cause a complete standstill at customs with how much paperwork it will cause. People were facing $35 paperwork charges on $1 packages. It would also cripple American R&D since it relies heavily on getting part samples from China, as does what's left of British r&d

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I've heard of people buying tiger poo to deter cats from their garden, this doesn't seem that much different.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 18 points 6 months ago (5 children)

They make swimsuits that are dry clean only, so shoes you can't actually walk in doesn't surprise me.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 58 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Two of the worst people in America fighting.

 

"In a letter to private health entrepreneur Praful Nargund, the former Labour leader said voters had been left “disappointed by your repeated ducking of local hustings.”"

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