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I've always rolled my eyes at inflation because clearly, it's worse than the basket of goods they use to monitor. Groceries probably get incentives to keep bread, eggs, etc. prices somewhat regulated so the inflation number is muted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law

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I think all the comments like "I'm immune to psyops, I listen to what I like!" are interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere-exposure_effect

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Just looked at their site, and the images all show Mastercard logos on the cards. Isn't this just middleware between me and Mastercard?

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I pin a webapp to my homescreen, open it and pay without any issues. Aren't webapps the way around this, and pretty common already?

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There was an article on HN about the valuations of AI being out of touch with the question; what problem is being solved?

We use generative imagery/video at my job and it's adding value. I see value being added for coders.

There's real innovation happening, but I find it's mostly companies cutting corners making customer service even shittier than it already was.

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Does deleting your data even matter if it's already been sold to a data broker?