Rather than having the boring system we take for granted, where you have laws based on facts, instead you have a personality who makes up his own reality. At first, that reality is just confusing and seems to gum up the works, but after a while, the leader starts to draw people into that reality by making them defend it or making them prove it. This is what’s happening here.
The verification requirements on the neighborhood app Nextdoor effectively make the app an unwelcome place for homeless people.
If you do not have a fixed address, you cannot complete the verification process to use the service.
Because homeless people are excluded from neighborhood discussions on
Nextdoor, echo chambers that demonize the homeless seem to proliferate
on the platform.
I’ve grown increasingly uncomfortable with the approach Nextdoor takes to community information, and this is a big part of the reason why. its old competitor, EveryBlock, had a much better approach because its DNA was less social.
You have someone like Elizabeth Warren who thinks that the right answer is to break up the companies … if she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah. I mean, I don’t want to have a major lawsuit against our own government. … But look, at the end of the day, if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight.
Mark Zuckerberg, in leaked audio from The Verge, explaining what he thinks is going to happen if Elizabeth Warren is elected president. It’s just one of many gems from this piece, in which he spends time ripping on competitors as well.
And like the call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, the discussion with Mr. Morrison shows the president using high-level diplomacy to advance his personal political interests.
I don’t follow sports much, but I can make a few guesses about what’s going to happen next.
There’s going to be some MASSIVE fighting against the law - I have to assume the NCAA and the colleges both in and out of California (who don’t want to give up any of that money because why would they) fought against this law tooth and nail, but now they’ll raise that fight to the courts. There is simply too much money to lose.
If the law stands, it’s going to make it damn near impossible for colleges outside of California to get athletes - Save for the weak in comparison love or respect for a college, the allure of a paycheck would be too great for most people. The other colleges and the NCAA in general are going to have to get on the bandwagon but fast.
You think the system is corrupt now? You’d almost think that not having to hide the money that’s (I have to assume) flowing around these kids would make things LESS corrupt - I suggest it’ll only take the cuffs off.
On the other hand, the issue with the existing status quo, which likely played a factor in the creation of the new law, is this: Currently, a college player can be the the biggest star in their given game, make millions of dollars for their school, gain legendary status on campus, but flame out as a pro with little to show for all their hard work. Then, a decade-plus later, their image might show up in a video game, long after their time in the sun, and receive nothing for that.
Name and image rights are the kind of thing that players—current and former—should be able to have ownership of, and not just because they’re kids in school. Instead, it’s because they won’t be able to capitalize on their status as an adult, either, decades after nearly all of the various arguments used against paying players for college sports become basically null and void.
Which operating system do you use on your machine? Odds are good it’s a version of Windows, according to this video-based chart that covers a 16-year period. Mac and Linux have strong minorities on the market.
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