DenpaEnthusiast
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DenpaEnthusiast
3yr ago
For example 2, I think it's also important that the request is being made to a group of people, rather than a singular person. The government would be equally happy whether Alice voted and Bob didn't or Bob voted and Alice didn't. In contrast, Twitter has only 2 possible responses and all the blame for their decision.
DenpaEnthusiast
3yr ago
Hellen Keller is remembered more as a deaf person than a deaf activist though. Most Americans probably couldn't name Anne Sullivan, the corresponding non-deaf activist. And if you ask Americans to just name a trans person, they'll probably know Caitlin Jenner.
DenpaEnthusiast
3yr ago
Who is calling for state action against the ISP? All the arguments in the HN comments that mention legality are about whether what is on KiwiFarms counts as harassment or not. I can't find anyone advocating that the ISP be fined or arrested for not peering.
But I don't value market efficiency. Market efficiency is only useful as a means to an end. If nvidia were to charge more, they could at least use that money to make more graphics cards. When a scalper does it, they just increase the price for the consumer. They're worse than the people who drive into disaster areas and sell bottles of water for $50; even if it would be better for the disaster victims to get water for cheaper or free, they're at least generating some value by shipping it in and distributing it. Graphics card scalpers just generate value for themselves while lowering value for actual consumers and being net neutral for producers. As @SubstantialFrivolity says, they're parasites, unhelpful to anyone but themselves.
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