I think will be OK unless it starts getting down to where it was from 2020-2023.
Readit NewsOvertonwindow commented on U.S. stock futures tumble indicating another plummet on Wall Street reuters.com/markets/us/us... · Posted by u/pmags
Overtonwindow commented on Walmart employees now wearing body cameras petapixel.com/2024/12/19/... · Posted by u/ashitlerferad
Kinda insane that this is necessary in some places. I am not super comfortable with these changes of having cameras everywhere, but I am sure some grocery store employees have to deal with a lot of “shady” customers.
Cameras have been everywhere for quite some time. Every time you use self check out, at the grocery store or even the post office, a camera is watching you. As you walk around stores, cameras are following and recording your movements. ATM machines, traffic cameras, we are being photographed constantly.
Overtonwindow commented on Manjaro is experimenting with **opt-out telemetry discuss.privacyguides.net... · Posted by u/rubadubrubadub
It should always be opt in. Maybe the new congress can pass a law that opt in is legally required, or opt outs are illegal.
EFF mentions "UPDATE: This vote has been set for this Thursday, November 14, 2024."
I don't know where they got the information, as it is not mentioned in the webpage:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/214...
It’s dead. Republicans will not allow democrats to get a lame duck win, and vice versa, and I don’t see a compromise anywhere.
Overtonwindow commented on Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles waymo.com/blog/2024/11/wa... · Posted by u/ra7
One challenge for Tesla and Waymo has been the piecemeal permitting process. Even though California gave Waymo a statewide permit they have still needed to work through various cities/counties for permits. I imagine one goal of Musk's is to make that all go away sometime next year. I'm not making a comment on whether I agree that is a good idea. Just speculating.
Do you think it’s time for a specific federal regulation?
Affordable - made cheaply - is equated in this article heavily as “better” but that is not always the case. I would still hesitate to buy a Chinese vehicle over safety and quality.
Overtonwindow commented on I Had $100k in Debt So I Moved into My Car macleans.ca/society/i-had... · Posted by u/pards
Won't there be a bunch of empty houses in 2 or 3 generations anyway due to the fertility rates crashing down globally below fertility replacement levels?
You’re neglecting to consider immigration.
Overtonwindow commented on I Had $100k in Debt So I Moved into My Car macleans.ca/society/i-had... · Posted by u/pards
The issue with some college programs is that they focus more on getting students to pay for degrees than on preparing them for the future. While I believe colleges can be extremely valuable, many of these programs are lacking.
Part of the problem might stem from how student loans are treated differently than other types of debt, without properly accounting for risk. It makes me wonder if there’s data on how many graduates from a given degree program actually enter a field related to their studies. With that kind of information, it might be possible to better assess the risk associated with student loans. Loans are just one part of the equation, but they’re a critical one.
Edit: In case it was not clear, I am arguing that the formula here is entities who are incentivized by churning students through programs and loans which are not being properly underwritten. Student loans should not be a special class of debt. We have gone over the line of improving upward mobility and created an industry that produces useless degrees with high debt loads. If student loan could be discharged easily via bankruptcy and the underwriting process could potentially reject applications based on risk, it might be easier to help funnel people through. Instead we allow young people to take on $30-50k for a masters degree that has little to no chance of being useful.
To add to that point, universities piling on as many classes as they can to maximize the financial returns from those students. Classes they don’t need or want. The “well rounded” education umbrella is the size of a very expensive parachute.
No, IF it worked Milei would not have been elected.
I don’t think they meant it was supposed to work. It’s an election gift is probably what they meant. Politicians run on certain promises they have no intentions of filling, or they say things that they think will get them votes.
Overtonwindow commented on How long do you think it will take for the job market to recover? · Posted by u/yalogin
I don’t think that’s a question We can answer at the moment, ask after November 5th.