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Facebook at 20: Four ways the app changed the world in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (4 children)

why do people still use meta products? Facebook insta what's app...

I have friends that all abandoned FB only to jump on insta and I am gobsmacked by that choice

Texas AG Paxton sues five cities, including Austin and San Marcos, over marijuana policies in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 71 points 7 months ago (2 children)

what a huge waste of taxpayer money

Working longer won’t solve the retirement crisis — seniors need a ‘Gray New Deal’ to retire with dignity, this economist says in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago

an economist did a video the other day on how solvable it is. The gist, the shortfall is on a 75 year projection, and there are multiple ways of solving it, but working longer only gets 40% of the way there. So given the trade off on quality of life for people vs solving it in the many other ways, that seems like a shitty strategy. Also you need the politicians to do their part..

I created an app where you can share your thoughts fully anonymously and vote for the weekly "Thought of Humanity" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

how does that differ from the concept of what lemmy (or reddit) is? People pontificate, get up doors, and then you can just sort by best of week

New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

at some point don't we just load it with every angle we (as humans) have and from there it can derrive not only our best answer but the better one as well? I mean isn't that when even the shitty version of this ursups is?