As someone from #Brazil, seeing how much influence the #SocialMedia (actually #advertising ) companies are exerting over social/political/economic themes with little to no accountability, the concept seems appealing.
Also, we have a gigantic talent pool and a lot of human potential strangled by this very centralization in Silicon Valley that steals talent away from the country or suppresses local competition.
Facebook is now showing ads to my son for homesteaders preparing wild cardoon plants (wild artichoke), because I told him how to prepare it while out hiking with the dog the other day. (obviously, it's still listening...) #advertising#creepy
#Wyoming’s wildlife is a big tourism draw, but the state Office of Tourism has paused all of its #wildlife#tourism#advertising in the wake of the #WolfTorture case that has sparked worldwide outrage
I didn't think it was possible for me to despise #ElonMusk any more, but here we are. This unbelievable #narcissist now wants to fill the sky with #advertising billboards. What a great supplement to that boring night sky! Instead of enjoying nature, we can look at Elon's celestial #whiteSupremacy and #antisemitic hate ads!
The “virtualization” of the economy driven by software eating the #advertising and #marketing stack led people to believe that the cute and fun tech #startups would stay that way.
As publicly traded companies accountable to shareholders, they have let their mask slip, and it’s good for people to know there is no distinction between East Coast and West Coast vampire squid.
In much of the U.S., one thinks they pay $3.52, or 352 cents per gal. (for example) for gas. But they often pay 352.9 cents per gallon.
If one buys 15 gal. of gas— They think they should pay 5,280 cents, or $52.80. However, they pay 5293.5 cents. Rounded up, that is $52.94 – 14 cents more.
They give the gas station an extra $2.10 that might not have realized they would just glancing at the price at the pump (if they fill their tank 15 times a year).
The mill (1/10 cent) is a legal U.S. #pricing standard. There is no cash (denomination) equivalent.
It remains the standard for gas stations, property tax assessments, stock issuances and power/electricity bills. Some companies, like 99-cent stores, also use fractions of a cent.
Companies use it because it boosts their revenue (bottom line).
Two men who sued Universal because they rented "Yesterday" on the basis of a trailer that showed Ana de Armas, only to find she had been cut from the film, have settled their false advertising lawsuit. Peter Rosza and Conor Woulfe alleged they had been cheated out of $3.99 each. A federal judge initially sided with them but they were left on the hook for $126,705 in legal fees. Now, they have accepted a settlement that will resolve the case. Here's more from Variety.
A curious palimpsest here, where it appears that the earlier horizontal Dubonnet piece was painted out to create two panels on the wall for later signs.
It's from Dole in France, but I don't have any more precise location details than that. Perhaps someone that knows the area could help?
This is 1/2 (other below) sent to me by Ian Dennis.