Not a content creator and use it regularly. My algorithm is mostly silly stuff, music, etc. I'm not convinced there's a discernible risk to national security, and as someone with a lot of libertarian views, I think the ban is an overstep by the US government.
The "sticky"-ness is real, but many will flock to the TikTok copies in other platforms like Instagram, Facebook, X, anyway.
Regardless, I enjoy the platform. It's fun to reference the viral sounds/trends on the platform with other friends that use it.
IMO fasting won't help the majority of the population since their diets tend to consist of foods that are designed to be highly consumable at volume. While the theory of time-restricted eating implies you will eat less, you can still easily exceed your TDEE in calories.
Skip the fasting; exercise and eat real whole foods. It's pretty difficult to do both of those things and not lose weight.
If forcing oneself to just walk for 20 mins (thats a lazy 1km, I've managed to walk cca 3km 2 weeks ago with broken foot and ripped ligament through wild forest) is too much, good luck with convincing anybody with such mentality that now is the real "no eat" time, consistently.
How feasible is 3D animation like this as a hobby? Could one expect to learn and create decent quality outputs without a substantial sacrifice to sleep/work/etc.?
Speaking strictly on semantics, why does open source have to also mean free? I've heard the term "FOSS" for over a decade now, and it very clearly separates the "free" and "open source" parts.
Releasing with this model allows for AI-based creativity while still protecting Meta as a company. I feel like it makes plenty sense for them to do this.
But if the government paid for it, you would never see the $200k in debt. But you'd still be in debt - it would just be government debt. And as a citizen, your government's debt is still kinda your problem.
Ah, free in the sense that the University got its money and can now ignore any consequences?
It is NOT free to the student who is definitely affected. They are in debt and now crippled.
But the university got it's money.
If you want to blame the government. Why is it the governments fault that Universities are now behaving like scammers and charging more for less and leaving the 'customer' stuck.
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Lets say I go to a used car salesman, and they want to cheat me.
Lets say (before 1983) I would pay 2000$ for the car, but I'm scammed and out 2000$. I lost 2000$
Lets say figuratively now it is (2020), and I can't afford the car, so a rich uncle co-signs, and give me 30,000$.
I still get cheated, but now I'm out more money, AND now I'm in debt to my uncle (who lets say wants some 'payment' I feel uncomfortable performing).
The used car salesman is a cheat either way, for lesser money or more money, and either way they got my money.
And I'm in debt and blowing my uncle until it is paid off.
In the end, I (the student) am stuck. Is it my uncles fault? Is it the crooked salesman? Maybe my uncle didn't know the salesman was a cheat either (but like a bank, does want something in return)? Should I know the salesman was a cheat? Maybe I'm young and just starting out in life and not sure about the warning signs? Should we allow the young and in-experienced to be exploited?
> Why is it the governments fault that Universities are now behaving like scammers and charging more for less and leaving the 'customer' stuck.
Because the government is not doing its due diligence as a lender, because current voters and government employees have no problem soaking future taxpayers. And crippling uninformed 18 year olds’ futures.
> "Because the government is not doing its due diligence as a lender"
That is called regulation, and once you start putting in regulations, then everyone starts screaming about big government and over-regulation. There is no winning, put in protections and you are some big government commie bastard, don't put in protections and you are heartless and ineffectual.
And, I dare say, banks even in other areas where they could lose money (2008 real-estate), are just as eager to reel people in and ignore bad loans.
No, I would not call that regulations. Typically, regulations refers to the government restricting or requiring business activity.
The government offering loans in the first place is regulation, and choosing not to do underwriting is part of that regulation.
I.e. the government regulated that they would lend tens of thousands of dollars to any student, so student A can no longer bargain with the school for a lower price because student B, C, and D are lined up to pay whatever is asked.
