There should be written more about the businesscases Bigtech sees with regard to AI, especially in the consumer market. Functionalities and costs increase but i read very little about how will they get a reward on their investment of billions. In the end we will have to pay, somewhere, somehow.... #AI#businesscase#costs#finance
Martha’s Vineyard Is Being Gutted by Skyrocketing #Housing#Costs. Yes, You Should Care.
The fight for affordable year-round housing in this elite summer destination offers lessons for dealing with a national crisis.
The housing crisis and inequality are intertwined. #Homeownership is the primary way #Americans build wealth, which can be leveraged to pay for education or cover #medical bills. But #RealEstate estate is also a popular #investment
For months, a withering #drought has created major traffic jams at the #Panama#Canal.
The drought, which may have been exacerbated by climate change, has left the canal’s water levels lower than ever, forcing Panama to let fewer ships through.
The restrictions have led to #delays, increased shipping #costs, and uncertainty over the future of one of the world’s critical #trade chokepoints.
The dominant factor in increased US healthcare costs is that we pay more for the same goods and services.
This is due to the regulatory and market environment in the US.
A large piece of this is also our increased administrative costs, which is likely the lowest hanging fruit when it comes to reducing healthcare costs.
Standardizing and streamlining healthcare administration is a no-brainer.
Allowing Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate for drug prices is another measure with broad expert support. Drug prices should be more equitably distributed among industrialized nations (while subsidizing poorer nations). Hospital costs need to be brought in line with more international standards as well.
The good news is – these are all straightforward regulatory issues which can be informed by many examples in other nations.
“While #workers contend with higher #costs of living as inflation and interest rates rise but their paychecks remain the same, top #CEOs’ pay continues to increase steadily—with barely any regard for how their companies perform.”
I disagree that they have nothing to lose; for one thing, there are #costs involved in making any sort of change, particularly at this scale. I don't see the government offering to pay Facebook and Google to un-do the changes brought in just to deal with C-18.
As for the bill not being in effect - it is, essentially, but the payment phase hasn't kicked in. Who are you to judge when is the appropriate time for FB/Google to come into compliance with #C18?
As for the bill not being in effect - it is, essentially,
Could you elaborate more on this point?
but the payment phase hasn't kicked in.
Which I take to mean that FB wouldn't have to pay to allow the news to be shared at the moment.
Who are you to judge when is the appropriate time for FB/Google to come into compliance with #C18?
A fair point. Therefore, let us look at what Google is doing in Canada. ... yep, once you search for something, News is the first tab on Google.ca - not only can I search for wildfire news, but news on basically anything else.
I haven't judged against
I disagree that they have nothing to lose; for one thing, there are #costs involved in making any sort of change, particularly at this scale.
I work in tech (though not with FB) and have a good idea. The short layman's version is - you're right, however they're not that expensive. If FB did it right, it's just flipping a switch plus paying for folks to be on standby in case things break. If FB didn't do it right, it's still just a matter of deploying the pre C-18 stuff plus standby. Folks who work at Meta earn huge salaries to be sure, but this would probably be a lot cheaper than some of the GDPR fines that Meta has had to pay in the past.
I don't see the government offering to pay Facebook [..] to un-do the changes brought in just to deal with C-18.
Fair. (Of course, this would require transparency on the part of FB in terms of cost, while transparency isn't really something to be considered FB's strong suit, to understate it.)
I suspect FB would refuse regardless.
I don't see the government offering to pay [..] Google to un-do the changes brought in just to deal with C-18.
“the #HeatDome was a foreshock of the world to come, with impacts both immediate and long-lasting. Yet it occurred in a world that has only warmed, on average, about 1.2 degrees since 1850. We’re now racing to 1.5 degrees and are likely to cross that threshold by the mid-2030s.” #ClimateCrisishttps://mastodon.social/@ryanschultz/110906759659640682
“Accounting for increased health costs, supply-chain problems, falling crop yields, reduced exports and more, it estimated that the #costs of #ClimateChange will knock more than five per cent from the national #GDP by 2095, compared to what it would be in a world with a stable #climate. ..At that point, the #AnnualCost of dealing with disaster after disaster, and the hits to health, productivity and more will add up to $100 billion annually.”
Australia’s #rooftop#solar
success puts even California’s #renewable#energy progress to shame. The country has three times more rooftop solar installations per capita than the Golden State.
That difference is cost.
In Australia rooftop solar costs less than $1 per watt to install. In America, #installation#costs range from $2.20 to $3.50 per watt depending on which state you live in, with a median cost of $2.80 per watt.
Research funding determines the course of science and thus shapes future knowledge. However, funding allocation is inherently biased, non-optimal and
costly. We present a Shiny app that simulates the effects of funding scenarios on #costs, #diversity and #quality. We advocate a #lottery at the beginning to promote inclusion.
"#Elsevier told editors that fees were based on a journal’s reputation —specifically, their #ImpactFactor. As the editors grew the journal’s prestige, Elsevier increased the publication fee by about 15%…Keilholz…concluded that the incentives for #ForProfit publishers were not aligned with 'what we want for science.' "
Admins: I have now asked 6 admins what their Mastodon instances cost to run. They vary widely, but the average instance cost seems to run roughly $500 per 10,000 registered users, per month (not MAUs). Is this consistent with your admin experience? If not, is yours significantly more or less $?
THE INTERNET is discussing why Eggs on Toast in BRISBANE cost 16 Dollar (imgur.com)
THE INTERNET is discussing why Eggs on Toast in BRISBANE cost 16 Dollar when in their city an Eggs on Toast cost 4 dollar