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How Amazon transformed the EU into a planned economy: Monopsony, junk fees and market power.



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* What #Reddit Got Wrong eff.org/deeplinks/2023…

* @signalapp’s @mer__edith: ‘These people could actually pause #AI if they wanted’ theguardian.com/technology/202… (h/t @kottke)

* Humans Are Biased. #GenerativeAI Is Worse bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-… (h/t @metafilter)

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#15yrsago Virgin Media cable says that the record industry is in charge of your router configuration web.archive.org/web/2008090321…

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#10yrsago @SenWarren to US Trade Rep: release the #TransPacificPartnership docs — if they piss the people off, then we shouldn’t be part of it web.archive.org/web/2013061514…

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#10yrsago Lawsuit: “#HappyBirthday” is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world hundreds of millions for improperly collected royalties techdirt.com/2013/06/13/fil…

#5yrsago SON OF COCKY: a writer is trying to trademark “DRAGON SLAYER” for fantasy novels memex.craphound.com/2018/06/14/son…
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#5yrsago China mandates radio-tracking beacons in all cars wsj.com/articles/a-chi…

#5yrsago Which American cities have lowest herd immunity due to #AntiVaxxers? washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-h…

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#5yrsago Full time minimum wage workers can’t afford the rent on a 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the USA washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2…

#1yrago Adventure Capitalism: A history of “#LibertarianExit” movements pluralistic.net/2022/06/14/thi…

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Google's search quality has been in steady decline for years, and Google assures us that they're working on it, though the most visible effort is replacing links to webpages with lengthy, florid paragraphs written by a confident habitual liar chatbot:

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