I wonder why that is. I mean that location-based brake must be way more expensive than those simple mechanical coin deposit slots.
If you don’t know, the carts are chained together and you can only remove one when you put in €1 or so, and you only get that back when you chain the cart back in - it’s not perfect, but good enough. Turns out people are very much willing to walk a few metres to get that back.

My guess is that American stores don’t want to inconvenience their customers. The fear of losing even .01% because of introducing a system like that.

I can’t really reply to your much appreciated homelessness rant; probably because I have never seen it as bad as it seems to be in at least some places in the USA. My empathy though.

If anything it’s a hassle for the customers, the supermarkets themselves don’t have to deal with the cash. It’s a deposit. Turns out losing NOK 10 is a very good incentive for people to behave.

I haven’t seen a shopping cart without a coin slot for a very long time. Communist Europe does not have moral lessons for citizens!

The point is to counter the dumb “I have nothing to hide” statement. It simply isn’t true. If that evolves into a deeper convo, good.

And then your coworkers think you’re IT challenged because you don’t even know how to do the simplest things. (true story)

Yeah a lot of what many think of typical internet stuff is just a new turbocharged edition of what has existed for much longer IRL.

Sorry for unsolicited advice, but:

It’s usually about consequences. At that age, they react to actions much more than to words.

And more generally, they need to learn that words have meaning, too. There’s way too many parents who just lazily shout “KEVIIIN, STOP THAT!” without any sort of follow-up. Not saying you do that though.

I’m not generally disagreeing with your assessment of the current situation, just a little historical BTW.

in the Internet age, we have other, non-advertising ways to spread information (i.e. specs and reviews),

Interesting, I never thought of it that way.

However, most of that is still part of advertising; producers proactively strive to get reviewed.

You didn’t have Google Play Services installed? That’ll teach you. From now on it’s Google Play Services all the way.

“I think with February, it really starts with heightened time awareness around that reduced execution bandwidth.”

🤣

Services too

This field?

Bless your heart.

But I’ve long wondered how the at least somewhat more sane people following him manage it. Something like confirmation bias would only work up to a point that Trump has long since gone beyond.

Yeah this exactly.

Something else that might play into it: so many conspiracy nuts refer to movies as if they were history, or prophecy, or scientific research. As if they were valid in a way they clearly aren’t, because they’re fiction. Maybe they really do live in a world where these things are interchangeable.

I just replied to the other guy, it’s not confirmation bias I’m talking about although that certainly plays into it.

Have you ever wondered how (not why) MAGAts believe ever more obvious and blatant lies, and why the admin doesn’t even bother to make better lies? MAGAts are pushing aside what a child can perceive because they’re so hungry to see that narrative continue and stay in it.

Confirmation bias is about people choosing information that suits their world view. That’s not what I mean. I expanded my OP to hopefully make it clearer.

I mean, the Trump admin lying to us is one thing, but they’re doing it so, so badly and yet people can’t let go of it.

I guess confirmation bias could be a reason why they are driven to such extreme suspension of disbelief, but I’m talking about the How here, the development maybe.

I think even a small jailtime would be pretty serious. Provided he can’t buy himself out. A fine would be a slap on the wrist*. A scolding is just that - something certain people have learned very early to ignore.

* depends on the amount of course

Yeah exactly. It’s a scolding. Something certain types have learned to ignore in their teens.

Ah, 2016. Those were the days. It was all new and fresh and we never thought the USA would get to this point. The troll of yore is a dicktater now.

a bunch of firms compete to sell you a good or service, you pick the best one for your situation and buy it, then the firm that produces the best good or service gets more resources (money) to grow, rewarding the best product maker.

Advertising breaks this.

TBF, the original meaning of advertising was just that: spread the word about your product. Sure, praise it, add nice pictures, but that’s about it. People need to know that your product is out there, and what it’s like.

The systematic psychological manipulation only started in the 20th century, particularly when a relative of Sigmund Freud came to the USA (there’s an interesting documentary about it called The Century of the Self).

I largely agree with you though; algorithmic engagement is the worst incarnation so far. To put it simple: “Angry People Click More”, see more ads, and are therefore to be targeted.