It doesn’t have to be mineral wealth. It could be biological in nature, like cash crop farming.

Resource extraction includes farming.

Take a step back and explain context. I’ve found, when working as a subject matter expert, people focus on the wrong parts of the problem when asking the question and will try to optimize their question for the wrong thing.

Explaining how the problem came about adds context and helps you ask the questions you don’t know to ask.

Or they would manage us to their own desires. I wouldn’t say imperialism of conquered peoples went well for people on Earth.

Hell, there are several noted cases of deindustrialization, like the British Raj in India, where the imperial power pushed a civilization back into resource extraction. Why would an alien civilization colonize us for anything other than natural resources?

And there are several examples where humans weren’t treated well in a resource extraction economy. Sugarcane plantations in the Caribbean were where slaves went to die.

There has been a migration from the Upper Midwest and the Northeast since World War II decades of federal money developed other parts of the country to a point where they could sustain private economic development. Since then, there has been a migration to the areas with cheaper cost of living, nearly mirroring white flight from cities to the suburbs.

Recently, California run into issues with development where it to it switched from immigration to emigration.

Your representative likely knows about this.

AI can probably help with formatting issues, but what are you intending to use AI for?

Most of the companies that have used AI successfully have been ones with targeted goals for their AI. That your company has siloed information buckets means that each division seems to generally be operating by themselves. What is going to happen when a computer output says you need to tweak how the company is running?

I wouldn’t be surprised if Israeli assets were dedicated to keeping American political opinion on their side. It is an integral part of their foreign policy to rely on American support.

Natural reaction, but also it is good that you weren’t trying to be a creep in that situation.

For a lot of online transactions, this is usually the only way people can get access.

There are a lot of people out there who don’t have credit cards or bank accounts, so they can’t buy anything online. A gift card to an online store may be the cheapest or only way they can pay.

Why don’t you just grab his dick and show him how to aim?

I mean, a year long cruise sounds like hell, so I can see it being a breeding ground for conflict.

I filter NSFW and I’m fine looking at All for now.

The formation of television in the USA was different than for movies. The early cameras were incredibly large, required close access to transmission equipment, and needed high ends technical staff to maintain it. Also, Rockefeller Center was built in NYC for the express purpose of being a television studio, the first of its kind in the world.

So, a lot of early television was done on various stages. Since Broadway was nearby, TV companies pulled a lot of theatre acting talent to make television shows. Because these people were used to performing in front of an audience, they brought audiences with them.

Scripted comedies ended up being holdouts in switching to non-audience filming because it was thought that the live audience made the viewing experience better for the television audience. People watching alone could laugh with the audience.

I can, yes. Do I often? I do so less now than I did when I was younger just because I’m not in as many places where random conversations would happen.

As others have said, it takes practice to be able to do that. Along with that, I’d recommend reading up on active listening. A lot of people are happy to talk if others listen.

Wage by itself may not be indictive of quality of life.

In some countries, medical costs are a major cost for people while it is hidden under a subsidy in other countries.

Housing prices can vary wildly and may be partially influenced by government policy.

Because increase regulation on these people would also lead to increased regulation on larger corporations.

I’ve been seeing that shift a lot recently. For instance, a lot of friends will work out a deal where their kids spend the day with their grandparents once or twice a week to save on day care costs.

Just like Smart TV’s.

But who is going to provide the financing otherwise?

Good:

• I can use it for mobile without a first party app.

Bad

• There aren’t as many communities here as there were on Reddit.
• There isn’t that much content as on Reddit. Also, while the meme ratio of content feels the same to Reddit, the non-meme Lemmy content is rather small.
• Comment conversation seems lacking.
• Moderation tools are rather limited and heavily dependent on defederation to function.
• The idea of “start your own” mindset in the design makes community formation just as bad as Reddit. There doesn’t seem to be any tools for a more collaborative approach to running subs or instances.