brett-jackson

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Kalshi creates prediction markets on airport flight cancellations(cftc.gov)
3 points by brett-jackson 2mo ago|2 comments
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by brett-jackson 4mo ago
The vast majority of users don’t know or care. The ones who do are blocking the cookies anyways. No one wins with these popups (except trial lawyers and sellers of cookie consent SaaS, of course).
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by brett-jackson 5mo ago
I used to use it all the time until about a year ago or so. Its responses are full of filler and the safeguards are really overbearing. It often will just give wrong answers in a way that GPT-5.x does not. I once asked it why a particular c
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by brett-jackson 5mo ago
I’d try asking it for a mermaid diagram. I think ChatGPT’s web interface will render them.
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by brett-jackson 9mo ago
If they are subject to taxation, must they also have representation?
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by brett-jackson 1y ago
Look at the ToS. Frequently there are clauses that force binding arbitration and require the company you are dealing with to pay the arbitration fees.
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by brett-jackson 3y ago
I wonder if tax policy could be used to encourage placing content in the public domain. This could especially be useful for software, since there probably isn’t much money to be made in selling Windows 3.1 licenses, but a nominal tax credit
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by brett-jackson 5y ago
I wish the FCC would regulate how ISPs advertise their speeds and force reliability disclosures. It's impossible to compare two ISPs without actually subscribing. I know Comcast can offer me 10x the advertised bandwidth, but I know in
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by brett-jackson 6y ago
Have cookie consent pop ups made the web better? If you're concerned (or aware) about your privacy, you likely have an addon that blocks trackers enabled.
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by brett-jackson 7y ago
What's the point in capping CEO pay? It won't lift anyone out of poverty.
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by brett-jackson 8y ago
I donated to my hometown's charity to buy Christmas gifts for children in my town who live in poverty.