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point78··on Senior Citizens Struggle with Suicide as Loneliness and Isolation Set In
This I really hate. People make fun of participation awards but that's what it's all about...you tried, you participated...Ok that's fantastic.

Pressure that if you're not worth 7 figures or famous is poisonous...

point78··on The human body is already close to thermal limits in many regions
Errr... I think the point is we all need to. But you completely missed it.
point78··on YouTube isn’t for kids, but kids videos are among its most popular
When it comes to children's programming...it shouldn't be based on who's watching, it should be based on if the content itself is designed for children or not and serve ads accordingly.

That's what every advertising platform does...

point78··on Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works
Germany isn't the EU? What?

EU has 30 of the top 50 places....US has 6...come on now.

point78··on What Swimming Taught Me About Happiness
Hah great tip..ty
point78··on Europe embraces rent controls, a policy that never works
The rest of the world?

EU tops rankings for quality of life and standard of living every year. Sprinkle in some canadian, Australian Japanese and new Zealand cities an there is your top 50.

point78··on Japan approves first human-animal embryo experiments
What if those morals are evil?

(Philosophical question I suppose)

point78··on YouTube isn’t for kids, but kids videos are among its most popular
See my reply above. Content designed and marketed to children nowhere else has 18+ advertisements. Same standard should (and has to imo) be applied to "new" media.
point78··on YouTube isn’t for kids, but kids videos are among its most popular
The content is designed and marketed to children.

It doesn't matter that some adults would watch also. You would never in a million years see an ad for The Wire while watching Sesame Street or Mr. Rogers, etc. Pretty obvious why not...

The same standard should be applied to "new" media.

point78··on YouTube isn’t for kids, but kids videos are among its most popular
>Should targeted ads change their age appropriateness with the content of the viewed material?

Yes, they most definitely should. A video that specifically targets babies/children should not have ads that are 18+.

Where else in the world would you view media for children and be shown ads for drug dealing dramas?

point78··on YouTube isn’t for kids, but kids videos are among its most popular
Was watching a nursery rhyme channel with my 1.5 year old son...then an ad comes on for a drug trafficking series on Netflix...drugs, guns, etc
point78··on Algorithm can pick out almost any American in supposedly anonymized databases
Paywwall...
point78··on Chinese Money in the U.S. Dries Up as Trade War Drags On
Sounds like a good thing to me?
point78··on By 2050, many world cities will have weather like they’ve never seen
Scary article. Also scientists believe the maximum capacity for earth is about 10b.

When people start running out of resources in hotter zones we're in real trouble.

Population control, not only climate change!

point78··on Strongest earthquake in years rattles Southern California
Got to love the difference between cats and dogs
point78··on One reason for the high cost of housing in California is overregulation
Over or under? Pretty simple to make one law that caps rents like they do in many cities in Europe.
point78··on Europe has had five 500-year summers in 15 years
Overpopulation is not helping either. Would it be this bad if there were only 500million people?
point78··on Europe has had five 500-year summers in 15 years
You have to consider a majority of deniers either believe it's a "phase" the earth goes through, it's a scam by the liberals or God will fix it.
point78··on Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first time since records began
Looks like trento is much much cooler than bolzano even tho bolzano is further north, (bolzano 40s in July, trento high 20s) is that true every year?
point78··on Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?
Every single day.... it's unbeatable imo
point78··on There are now more people over sixty-four than children younger than five
Good? We need less population, not more...
point78··on Trump's Next Trade War Target: Chinese Students at Elite Schools
Don't the majority of foreign PhD students return to their home countries when complete anyway?
point78··on World Population Growth
China is already doing that
point78··on Apple removes game after Chinese company cloned, trademarked, requested takedown
America and the rest of the world. Why should we deal with a closed economy when they do whatever they want in our countries.
point78··on A critical step to reduce climate change
I have to agree with you. Put your money where your mouth is.
point78··on Czech Republic proposes the highest digital tax rate in Europe
Depends on your country
point78··on Amazon Hit by Extensive Fraud with Hackers Siphoning Merchant Funds
Can you explain further
point78··on Czech Republic proposes the highest digital tax rate in Europe
As opposed to the billions tech giants dodge taxes
point78··on Amazon Has Gone from Neutral Platform to Cutthroat Competitor: Open Source Devs
Amazon is blueprint monopoly. Selling their own brand products in the platform they control.

Remember MS and IE? Something needs to be done asap.

point78··on John McAfee Vows to Unmask Satoshi Nakamoto Within Days
"My entire life I’ve been tracking people who are the best in the world, and hiding their identity,” he said in the interview.

Such as?

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