Remember when Google removed "Don't be evil." from their company ethos? I remember.

Art and artists don't have to be political. But to say that they can't or shouldn't, is disingenuous and harmful.

Metallica doesn't have to make a political statement condemning genocide at their concerts, but to say that others shouldn't do it either is encouraging people to hold to the status quo. I'm not surprised, but I am disappointed.

And, unfortunately, right now the status quo is to be OK with genocide when it's being perpetrated by a country/leader whose political and monetary interests align with that of our own dictator.

Now that I look again I see that. I think I hadn't hit the "Read More" so didn't see the end of the article. I even searched for "coral" initially and it didn't find anything. The first subheading after it expands does mention coral.

Unless I missed it, the article doesn't mention whether this sunscreen mitigates the impact on coral in the ocean. The sunscreens we've been using are terrible for that.

I think the real lesson is, travel with chamomile tea in your bag and whatever you want in your underpants.

I guess it's time to start traveling with my bare-bones backup phone, rather than my primary phone. :(

Wait... you're saying I shouldn't put my money decisions in the hands of AI? Who knew?

Only if you assume their "target audience" is the policyholders.

When you realise their target audience is their shareholders, you see that everything they do is directly for them.

the $100,000 bill depicting Woodrow Wilson is obscure and not possible to obtain

True, but there is a museum in Denver that has a lot of old, high face-value bills like that.

There are countries who have tax refunds when visitors are leaving (basically reclaiming VAT whilst at the airport), they have already purchased the goods with VAT paid but gets refunded upon them departing.

The UK used to allow VAT refunds for tourists, but Great Britain stopped doing it a few years ago. Now tourists pay the VAT just like residents do. Northern Ireland still allows it (for non-EU residents, I believe.)

Does anyone know if there's a way to identify which of my 401k plans will be buyinh this stock once it gets added to the indexes? I would love to not have money in those index funds but don't know how to tell.

From the page I linked.

AI policy should be shaped by people

AI is changing how we do work in California. With those changes come a host of concerns:

• Will it displace educated workers?
• Will entry-level jobs disappear?
• Will it widen the wage gap, especially for people of color?
• Can we trust AI work product?
• What about ethics and privacy?

Whether you’re experienced with AI or not, we want to know your views. It will help us inform policy that puts people first.