The Cruelty of Capitalism
DrCaleb @ Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:09 am

DrCaleb @ Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:42 am
Medical Device Company Tells Hospitals They're No Longer Allowed to Fix Machine That Costs Six Figures
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Hospitals are increasingly being forced into maintenance contracts with device manufacturers, driving up costs.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco does so many things that make them a good employer and corporate citizen, but get punished by Wall Street because they don't screw people over enough and 'leave profit on the table'.
Furious at the FCC, Arkansas jail cancels inmate phone calls rather than lower rates
"If the Federales won't let us fleece our prison population $12 for a phone call, they we won't let them call their families. What could go wrong?"
Facial Recognition Company Clearview Attempted to Buy Social Security Numbers and Mugshots for its Database
The Walmart Effect
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New research suggests that the company makes the communities it operates in poorer—even taking into account its famous low prices.
OpenAI is retaining all ChatGPT logs “indefinitely.” Here’s who’s affected.
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Late Thursday, OpenAI confronted user panic over a sweeping court order requiring widespread chat log retention—including users' deleted chats—after moving to appeal the order that allegedly impacts the privacy of hundreds of millions of ChatGPT users globally.
In a statement, OpenAI Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap explained that the court order came in a lawsuit with The New York Times and other news organizations, which alleged that deleted chats may contain evidence of users prompting ChatGPT to generate copyrighted news articles.
Bernie Sanders says that if AI makes us so productive, we should get a 4-day workweek
DrCaleb @ Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:27 pm
https://nebula.tv/videos/wendover-how-a ... got-so-bad
Alternative link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zzE-Qw5W9c
DrCaleb @ Thu Jul 03, 2025 10:37 am

Amazon asks corporate workers to ‘volunteer’ help with grocery deliveries as Prime Day frenzy approaches
Don't offer to pay them or anything.