While cc banks are in these times starting to side more with vendors on charge disputes, its still far more recourse than bank drafts offer you in a transactional dispute

URL is actually and entirely just: osirisai.live but HN rejects the non http url

This isn't laissez faire. Along with useless binding arbitration they precisely lobbied for a marketplace devoid of consumer protections or redress channels. We now live in an age of strict Non-liability.

This is why after 2 good faith attempts, I just report them to the government. It turns out when you report a car insurance company to the state regulatory body, you suddenly know how to contact you. Nope, to bad. Deal with the government. Felt sweet to get a check in the mail from the IRS after resolution.

That was the most recent time, but I've done it a couple of times. I do everything digitally, so it's always easy to prove my case.

Land line telephone accounts: regulated

Cell phone accounts: no regulatory oversight

This pattern of deregulated modernization isn't just a pattern. It's a scandal.

Corporations are people too, but only when it's convenient.

If agentic swarms going rogue are scary in the west, imagine what they look like to the CCP...

As does "Most capable, most aligned model" owners tort law liabilities. A strong case for strict liability.

Back in the 1990s, it seemed literally like every other person had that Ikea bentwood rocking chair. So I relate to your point. Ikeas poor-sellers remain obscure though.

We are these days blessed with the gift of elegantly useless skinny scrollbars

Good thing the birth rate is depressed then