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It's a farcical "review" of Haribo Sugar-Free Gummy Bears.

At some point, it was determined that the sweetener (or something) in these, caused ... adverse ... reactions, in some folks.

If you look at all the reviews for that product, you will see many more, but this was the prize-winner.

Actually, I suspect that the ratings went to a different (sugared) product, or that Amazon moved the products around, so the ratings applied to something different.

The sugar-free variety was the problematic one.


Suppose you're a young 20 something with maybe $300 to your name. Daddy gets struck by farming equipment and dies. Now you have two choices:

1. Continue operations of the family farm, assuming you can come up with the money to cover taxes.

2. Sell the farm to Big Farm, Inc., get a $5M check and forget about it, regardless of the consequences that means to your customers.


The taxes are less than buying the farm outright so it would just be a very cheap buyout. I do not see the problem, you can get finance for that in civilized nations. It's not easy but neither is buying a farm normally.

Inheritance, even with normal tax, is a cheap way of keeping money in the family and keeping rich people rich. It is not based on merit, capabilities or need and serves no purpose in a society based on improving the lives of the entire population. (Which you can argue is not what [country with low inheritance tax] is)


[inheritance] serves no purpose in a society based on improving the lives of the entire population

I would say that society is served well by the ability of widows to inherit and not be left destitute. Similarly for minor children.

If you're talking specifically about inheritance by adult children, I agree the arguments in favour are weaker.


Is there no system which can provide for widows and minor children yet isn't able to be taken advantage of by the hyperwealthy?


> The taxes are less than buying the farm outright so it would just be a very cheap buyout.

If you have $300 to your name, you're not getting finance. The bank will just laugh you out the door.


Here in the Netherlands the (once setup as) farmers coop bank is notorious for not doing that, they heavily favour bigco and business models that capture subsidies effectively (which usually means scaling one part to ridiculous proportions).


like which?


not sure if this is what the op referred but like this one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41450347

didn't find threads that regarding "clarify APIs semantics", but kernel docs are indeed not in a very good condition. Since C does not provide same level of soundness that Rust does, there are many hidden traps.

asahi developer had a good discuss about this https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1829852697107055047.html


This overall situation is, yes. And the stuff from Lina is related, thanks for also pointing that out.


I apologize, I am on my phone, so rather than curating links, check out https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu..., most of which are about this situation.


Or, a bill for costs after you lose.


Stay away, you may end up owing money. From the Retainer Agreement:

> XVI. FIRM DOES NOT GUARANTEE RESULT

> I understand that there is always a risk to litigation. If I were to lose a case, under some circumstances, I may have to pay costs and/or attorney fees to the prevailing party. I acknowledge that FIRM has made no guarantee regarding the successful termination of my case and all expressions about the relative chances of success are matters of opinion only.


> When I check in with folks still there, they mainly talk about how the time difference and distance has done nothing but add churn to the entire process

I don't buy that. Saudi Arabia and the United States, via Saudi Aramco, have figured out a solution to that long ago. Business "flows" unimpededly between the two for decades.


> wages for new hires in construction, manufacturing, food and other blue-collar sectors appear to be ebbing too, according to an analysis of millions of jobs posted on ZipRecruiter.com. Job seekers report seeing roles that once offered salaries between $175,000 and $200,000 a year ago now being advertised for tens of thousands of dollars less

You mean, I can quit software engineering and install flooring for $150,000/year!? Count me in


Be warned, you can't just push an update if you make an error installing the floor.


But if you make a mistake, air travel will still be possible.


Ask in Berlin how long flight are delayed if construction goes wrong.


Why even have an iOS app in the first place over a simple web app? Is there any additional functionality that the iOS app can offer over web?


I think (or hope) that people will just stop putting data on drives it doesn't need to be on.


For anyone interested:

> From 2012 to 2022, overall dispensing of stimulants in the US increased by 57.9%.

> Stimulants dispensed among the 31-40-year-old (yo) and 71-80yo age groups more than tripled since 2012; from 2012 to 2022, prescriptions dispensed rose from 5.4 million to 17.5 million among those 31-40yo, and from 0.1 million to 0.9 million among those 71-80yo.

> From 2012 to 2021, male patients had more stimulant prescriptions dispensed than female patients. By 2022, the number of stimulants dispensed to females were slightly higher than for males. Compared to 2012, prescriptions dispensed increased by 35.6% for males and 87.5% for females.

Stimulant Prescription Trends in the United States From 2012-2022:

https://deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_chem_info/stimulants/IQV...


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