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Summary
Using a computer script to keep track of scalping, engineer Michael Driscoll has been able to track close to 50,000 NVIDIA RTX 30 series cards sold by scalpers online.
 
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My thoughts
I don't have anything great or inspiring to say on the situation as a whole. The reimposed US tariffs are only going to make this worse. I'm glad my 1080 still does fine, and I think I'm just going to start buying previous generation cards when a new generation comes until that burns me. So I expect to finally purchase a 3080 used sometime late 2023.
 
Sources
 https://www.pcmag.com/news/scalpers-have-sold-50000-nvidia-rtx-3000-gpus-through-ebay-stockx
https://basictech.tips/2021/01/27/scalpers-have-sold-over-50000-rtx-30-series-gpus-online/

Summary
Using a computer script to keep track of scalping, engineer Michael Driscoll has been able to track close to 50,000 NVIDIA RTX 30 series cards sold by scalpers online.
 
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My thoughts
I don't have anything great or inspiring to say on the situation as a whole. The reimposed US tariffs are only going to make this worse. I'm glad my 1080 still does fine, and I think I'm just going to start buying previous generation cards when a new generation comes until that burns me. So I expect to finally purchase a 3080 used sometime late 2023.
 
Sources
 https://www.pcmag.com/news/scalpers-have-sold-50000-nvidia-rtx-3000-gpus-through-ebay-stockx
https://basictech.tips/2021/01/27/scalpers-have-sold-over-50000-rtx-30-series-gpus-online/

Summary
Using a computer script to keep track of scalping, engineer Michael Driscoll has been able to track close to 50,000 NVIDIA RTX 30 series cards sold by scalpers online.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I don't have anything great or inspiring to say on the situation as a whole. The reimposed US tariffs are only going to make this worse. I'm glad my 1080 still does fine, and I think I'm just going to start buying previous generation cards when a new generation comes until that burns me. So I expect to finally purchase a 3080 used sometime late 2023.
 
Sources
 https://www.pcmag.com/news/scalpers-have-sold-50000-nvidia-rtx-3000-gpus-through-ebay-stockx
https://basictech.tips/2021/01/27/scalpers-have-sold-over-50000-rtx-30-series-gpus-online/

Oh, that's interesting I guess... But I want to know how many of those "photo of RTX3080" listings have been sold.

Summary
Using a computer script to keep track of scalping, engineer Michael Driscoll has been able to track close to 50,000 NVIDIA RTX 30 series cards sold by scalpers online.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I don't have anything great or inspiring to say on the situation as a whole. The reimposed US tariffs are only going to make this worse. I'm glad my 1080 still does fine, and I think I'm just going to start buying previous generation cards when a new generation comes until that burns me. So I expect to finally purchase a 3080 used sometime late 2023.
 
Sources
 https://www.pcmag.com/news/scalpers-have-sold-50000-nvidia-rtx-3000-gpus-through-ebay-stockx
https://basictech.tips/2021/01/27/scalpers-have-sold-over-50000-rtx-30-series-gpus-online/

You are making a very good point, but I think you can have targeted ads without tracking such an absurd amount of info. For example, if I Google "Pizza Stores" google can not use my GPS location and instead ask me to select the area I'm located in. Or for targeted ads in apps or websites, maybe give me the option to disable the data harvesting but let me select some things that interest me and give me ads based on that.
 
Basically, targeted ads are fine, the absolutely insane amount of data big tech companies collect is not.

I could be wrong, but this might be putting in place a policy where if you deny it the app maker isn't allowed to limit the features.  (So the concept being stopping the app might not work).
 
I always am on the fence about targeted ads (and company pushes like Apple to prevent such ads).  While it might be all good for Apple, there is some point in what Facebook is saying (although Facebook is just using it as an argument, but really they likely only care about their own profit...it just so happens to align correctly).  An example of it hurting smaller companies is ad placements.
 
Imagine searching google for "Pizza stores", and google ads gives you ads for the giant conglomerate pizza store instead of a local ad.  Why?  Because Google can't track the user's location, so effectively the small local ad will never be seen...after all, would you pay for ad space if there is a chance that it would be shown to someone who can't even physically buy the product.  It would favor large companies since they have locations everywhere.
 
Additionally, it creates an issue where small App makers could get in trouble.  I don't rely at all on money I make from my Apps (just do it as a hobby), but I know when I disabled targeted ads it reduced my CPM by 10 times.  So imagine if some of the businesses that actually relied on the ad revenue to employ their team had to do the same...or worse, more Apps might move towards the horrible micro-transactions, or become paid apps.
 
My point though is that I could see how this could hurt a certain portion of small businesses quite badly, and if the trend continues to the point of no longer being able to use targeted ads then I could see the way the internet itself works changing.  (If it wasn't for targeted ads/data mining Google and YouTube wouldn't exist today)

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
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My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
Quotes

 
My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
Quotes

 
My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
Quotes

 
My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
Quotes

 
My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
After finding violations and falsified paperwork concerning it's student labor program, Apple has cut off major supplier Pegatron from any new contracts.
 
Quotes

 
My thoughts
We hear Linus speak fairly often on going to manufacturing facilities to inspect working environments concerning merchandise, and I know it is a practice that is becoming more standard with imported goods. But, rarely does it seem like any violations or corrective actions make the news. So I appreciate knowing when inspections do actually find something and what is being done to correct it. Not an Apple fan... but kudos
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/11/09/apple-cuts-off-supplier-pegatron-for-student-labor-violations/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/9/21556154/apple-supplier-pegatron-student-labor-violation
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-11-09/apple-suspends-new-business-with-pegatron-over-labor-violations
https://www.apple.com/supplier-responsibility/pdf/Apple-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct-January.pdf

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
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My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

The Verge article mentioned 15% in New York so I am wondering if closed stores or time of day for cleaning might be a factor.

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

The Verge article mentioned 15% in New York so I am wondering if closed stores or time of day for cleaning might be a factor.

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

The Verge article mentioned 15% in New York so I am wondering if closed stores or time of day for cleaning might be a factor.

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering

Summary
 Yesterday the website McBroken was launched, tracking every broken ice-cream machine in the US, and updating it's status every 30 minutes.
 
Quotes
 

 
My thoughts
I may have had a couple night caps or date nights dampened by those words myself. And although I do not find myself in a McDonalds drive in very often anymore, I think this is great.
 
Sources
https://basictech.tips/2020/10/23/meet-the-website-tracking-broken-mcdonalds-ice-cream-machines/
https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/22/21529477/mcdonalds-mcbroken-bot-ice-cream-machines-app-engineering