I thought it was amusing that you said Apple was a "stupid American company with American values", even though you're actually complaining about a UK law. You do know this isn't a thing in the US, right? Just your country?

you might not be aware, but UK law doesn't actually require Apple to do it. It is targetted at social networks. Even ofcom posted praising Apple for doing it even if they didn't need to. And yes, that law is stupid, but allowing only credit cards as a way to verify an account is also stupid.

Is there a way to resize windows with this gesture as well?

> we use taxes as a process to crowdsource funding more effectively

Effectively? It doesn't seem to me like most western governments allocate this funding "effectively" at all. How do we increase the accountability?

> Effectively? It doesn't seem to me like most western governments allocate this funding "effectively" at all.

Based on what specific metric? How ought it be allocated? I assume this isn't just some ideological whining.

Actually, the description of that video says the production line was in Hungary.

But there was still a lot of electronics manufacturing and assembly in the US during the early 2000's as well, including iPods and iMacs.

Oh you’re right.

Since when did public (government) schools become run for profit?

Since Milton Friedman.

$300 USD per month sounds insanely expensive

You should talk to some people with kids then. I can't find the source, but I think the US national average is something like $1500/month for <40 hour/wk daycare. That doesn't account for child-to-sitter ratio differences, or cost of living differences either. A few different friends around the country, not in big cities, have cited >$5K/month as the cheapest they can find for full time daycare. It's significant enough that families with multiple children are often cited as being unable to have both parents with careers, because the cost of childcare far exceeds what one of them can make in their career. To be fair, this makes some sense, you're effectively paying for a portion of a child care professionals career, plus the shared overhead for facilities and supplies. If you have a decent (<8 children per professional) ratio and have 2-3 kids needing daycare, you're paying for 25-30% of someone's direct salary, plus overhead. Very few people make so much more than a trained professional that they could afford to shell out that much.

It's actually cheaper now. the numbers I quote were from when my children were in barnehage many years ago. But remember that is the maximum one would pay, it's graduated according to your income. The rule now is not more than 6% of household income and not more than about 130 USD per month. Also remember that this is eight or more hours per day five days a week in a facility that doesn't only look after your children but also teaches them how to be independent, resilient, social, etc.

Could you get private child care for 300 USD per month?

Pre-school nurseries in my area typically charge around £100 ($132) per day.

i just got quoted 300/wk for 2-day daycare

You don’t need politicians to help you keep your personal data to yourself.

Why do European government websites do the same thing then? They’re also spreading propaganda?

Probably a Swift wrapper for the Chromium Embedded Framework.

This is the opposite of a steelman.

It is the opposite of a steelman to you. It is a matter of perspective in that if a person finds a leap forward in the consolidation of power and wealth to be abhorrent or illogical, then the act of pointing out that that is happening is itself abhorrent or illogical.

Unemployment lowering wages isn’t up for debate, cash-rich folks buying at the bottom of the market is not imaginary, and no one is trying to make the point that the tariffs somehow appeared emergently like weeds in the grass — we all agree that they are being imposed intentionally by people. There is no part of what was written there that is trivial to disprove.