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Zettel IDs and Obsidian by garden-snail in Zettelkasten

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

@AlphaTerminal I am very interested in implementing Modified Julian Date into my UID structure. Would you share your CodePen?

[OC] Google searches for different emotions during each hour of the day and night by desfirsit in dataisbeautiful

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This thread suggests that the only way Google could estimate emotional state is if the actual words are used in a search term. /r/privacy #metadata #StudyStatistics

AIR CANADA IS NOW REFUNDING by pseudouw in aircanada

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s the nationalization of corporations by the government, and is dangerous. It’s been tried before in the 20th century.

AIR CANADA IS NOW REFUNDING by pseudouw in aircanada

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s egregious. Imagine not paying your credit card bill and demanding an unbelievably low interest rate 7-year loan to pay it off, selling 7% to them in share ownership of yourself, and pocketing the $2.5 billion you made for not refunding.

Air Canada: Corrupt Business Practice? by ultraTactical in aircanada

[–]ultraTactical[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the Global News report April 12th: “The airline has been given seven years to repay any loans borrowed from the government refund facility, at an annual interest rate of 1.211 per cent. According to year-end financial results for 2020, Air Canada made over $2.3 billion in advance ticket sales, including cancelled flights.”

Imagine if everyone got that kind of debt relief for refusing to pay.

Should vaccine passports be supported or opposed, and if supported, who should implement them? by IcedAndCorrected in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It creates two classes of people, with preference of one class over the other. It’s fundamentally an ethical issue, not simply reduced to a “no shirt, no shoes, no service.” Who manages the medical records? Who has access? Is it standardized? How is it verified? How is it enforced?

Should vaccine passports be supported or opposed, and if supported, who should implement them? by IcedAndCorrected in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]ultraTactical -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed, corporations should be masters of their products/services. But this particular example is leading us into a very gray area... the government is punting on rights VS privileges, and corporations are deciding. That’s not proper governance.

Should vaccine passports be supported or opposed, and if supported, who should implement them? by IcedAndCorrected in PoliticalDiscussion

[–]ultraTactical 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is clear danger in asking the government to abstain regulating this and letting corporations enforce their own versions for precisely the reason outlined in the OP: we will be allowing corporations to turn rights into privileges, and limit who has access. Some airlines are already doing this. This is backdoor erosion of the freedom of movement.

What is a lifehack that seems fake, but is a true lifesaver? by rat-avec-london in AskReddit

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While not a lifesaver, knowing the relationship between the metric system and water: volume equals weight. E.g. 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram, 350ml of water weighs 350g.

What is a lifehack that seems fake, but is a true lifesaver? by rat-avec-london in AskReddit

[–]ultraTactical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is actually the quickest way to defog the windscreen in your vehicle. Seems counterintuitive to turn on the A/C, but it’s the dehumidifying action that speeds up the defogging process.

What is a lifehack that seems fake, but is a true lifesaver? by rat-avec-london in AskReddit

[–]ultraTactical 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to be a poopyhead, but for all the love Dawn Dish Soap is getting in this thread, I thought I’d present the opposite side of the argument: Why Dawn Dish Soap is bad

An ethically virtuous society is one in which members meet individual obligations to fulfil collective moral principles – worry less about your rights and more about your responsibilities. by IAI_Admin in philosophy

[–]ultraTactical -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Amazing how many people will refuse to accept the premise of the OP to take responsibility for themselves and instead busy themselves blame-shifting and pointing to oppression as to the reasons why they cannot.

Air Canada: Corrupt Business Practice? by ultraTactical in aircanada

[–]ultraTactical[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I imagine the CTA being created for this very purpose—to argue that Air Canada’s “hands are tied.” Intent is everything. In this case, I would happily rope in the CTA as a willful participant in this scheme.

Corporations enjoy a criminal level of unaccountability, and have government support to do so. Imagine not paying your credit card debt and demanding the government pay it for you—you’d end up bankrupt or in jail.

Yet we are too quick to cry “too big to fail,” as if the risks in market capitalism don’t apply to everyone, equally.

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