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highwayman47on FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into credit scores

The only appeal of these loans is that they weren’t incorporated into FICO score. These companies will all fail once people start noticing their scores drop.

highwayman47on Estimates of plant CO2 uptake rise by nearly one third

CO2 is food for plants

highwayman47on Who killed the rave?

COVID + Middle Class Poverty

highwayman47on Why is the American diet so deadly?

Simple: Bad food is subsidized

highwayman47on Bank of North Dakota

I wish there was some books, lectures, etc. about what makes BND unique and what it does. Can’t find anything.

highwayman47on Looking for a Job Is Tough

That’s why I gave up

highwayman47on Ibis: Federated Wikipedia alternative

What does this term “federated” being thrown around in tech lately mean?

highwayman47on The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people

Agreed, TikTok is just the best at it; plus it is the only viable non-US threat to US tech giants, therefore it’s the villain.

highwayman47on Two never-before-seen tools, from same group, infect air-gapped devices

So just don’t use USB’s? Article was poorly written - couldn’t even finish it

highwayman47on How long til we're all on Ozempic?

Why can’t there be a drug for chronically underweight

highwayman47on [dead]

It’s used for official comms by state and local govts too

highwayman47on US House panel probes FCC decision to deny Starlink nearly $900M

At what point do these companies return the money?

highwayman47on America is becoming less "woke"

It never was, however the mainstream media wanted you to think so

highwayman47on NASA is selling a brand-new Moon rover: Never used, one previous owner

"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

highwayman47on Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake

When the top player makes over $1M and 80% make nothing - how does that help with the point of sports.

highwayman47on Legalizing sports gambling was a mistake

In a couple of years people will feel the same way about college athletes being compensated.

highwayman47on U.S.-Saudi petrodollar pact ends after 50 years

Surprised to see TipRanks on HN. That's not a real news source.

highwayman47on Ask HN: What are some clever ways for a non-technical person to work with devs?

What if it's sensitive data, and just want to make sure it's secure - not necessarily saying the dev is malicious, but maybe need a 2nd pair of eyes on security, etc.

highwayman47on Congress Just Made It Basically Impossible to Track Taylor Swift's Private Jet

CO2 for me and not for thee

highwayman47on Deaf girl is cured in world first gene therapy trial

It would be nice if people at these companies were rewarded the same way as food delivery app employees.

highwayman47on Stack Overflow users deleting answers after OpenAI partnership

Why? They don’t want the knowledge to be more accessible to the masses all of the sudden? Also, all those answers are backed up somewhere.

highwayman47on Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry?

Even if this were true, China, Russia and India aren’t going to reduce their emissions. So they will thrive with the cheap energy and overtake the west.

highwayman47on Evidence of price-fixing in the oil industry?

I look forward to nothing being done about this and no one being held accountable.

highwayman47on Should the stock market never close?

It’s nothing but a money grab by the big players

highwayman47on Should the stock market never close?

Keeping it open any longer than it is, is going to cause liquidity issues. We already have an aftermarket anyways.

highwayman47on From a lorry driver to Ruby on rails developer at 38

me being almost 38 thinking it's not that old

highwayman47on CFPB Takes Action Against Coding Boot Camp BloomTech and CEO Austen Allred

at least before Silicon Valley scoundrels didn't pretend to be virtuous too

highwayman47on Free shipping isn’t really free (2020)

Free shipping costs a buck o' five