Tinidril

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[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Not really. They used to have pretty good privacy agreements. I don't know about now. They do supply agrigate information to pharmaceutical companies, but that has become a pretty fungible resource. The only big consumer of individual DNA information is law enforcement, and that's more of an expense than an income flow, since reviewing warrants and providing responses costs money.

An important lesson in infosec is that the best way to reduce the cost of discovery and warrant compliance is to regularly delete any data you don't need or aren't legally required to retain. Companies like this don't have that option. Data is both an asset and a liability.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

After lawsuits from Trump and friends against government and media for "underestimating" his crowds, both tend to stay out of that game. Just another case of dysfunction in the US.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Democrats don't fight that hard. Not against Republicans anyways.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

When it's an inexpensive product that nobody ever has a reason to buy twice yet remains an ongoing cost for the company? (They keep the data available for review and continue to update it with useful information as knowledge of genetic traits and lineages grows). That's not a way to build an ongoing cash flow to cover expenses. Especially when all the people inclined to be interested have already purchased.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

Shit, Oracle was down in the low $400B range in May. Apparently being evil pays well in the current administration.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

A little searching finds only one company that really fits the bill. Costco has a market cap of $433B and had a reported $14.8B cash on hand as of May 11. That's an interesting possibility that I wouldn't have guessed. Costco is less evil than most big corporations, so that's a little hopeful if I got it right.

Oracle comes close with a market cap of $583B. That's indeed over $400B, but that would make the description a bit weird. In any case, Oracle makes more sense from a business angle. Unfortunately, they are near the top of the evil scale.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 11 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

It's not a great business model if you think about it. Customers pay a small fee once then never again.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

In the US police would probably fire back with real guns, or charge them with domestic terrorism. To be fair, we do have a lot of cunts in this country that would load the guns up with acid, piss, or American beer - but I repeat myself.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 9 points 4 weeks ago

Geneva Illinois a Trump chud swerved onto a shoulder while accelerating to scare protesters.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

We need the get there yes, but not all on "the day after". This is also the reason I suggested Pritzker as the best so far. He doesn't seem to be shying away from the needed rhetoric. My biggest concerns are that he is just being opportunistic, and that he is a billionaire. Then again, FDR was super wealthy too, and whomever it is needs to be at least a little psychotic - which at least suggests a billionaire.

[–] Tinidril@midwest.social 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

There a glimmers of hope. I think the number of people who see how Democrats contributed to where we are now are starting to outnumber those that don't. It's starting to look like we might have an honest to God progressive as mayor of New York, and the establishment has got to hate that.

It's still a real fight in front of us, but we are seeing the cracks start to form. What we really need now is a presidential candidate. Pritzker is the best I've seen so far, but I'd really like to do better.

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