> caring more about the artistic and craftsmanship side of life during the AI boom
In the past, I did not enjoy HN, and did not participate. But over the last 2 years, I realized that there is a small group of artistic and eccentric people on HN - it takes an effort to ignore the sea of content that's not interesting to you, and spot people who are on the same wavelength as you.
With that new approach, I find myself making new friends, discovering cool blogs and contributing more than ever on here!
There is a trick that grocery companies use to reduce competition in an area: it's called "Restrictive Covenants" and it's a limitation they can place on a piece of land. It often limits what other tenants on the land can sell, and prevents the landlord from renting to other grocers in a certain radius. These covenants run with the land, which means they can bind all future owners in perpetuity.
I think one implication is that ad-driven tech companies are at great risk. In a political system where National Champion businesses are selected/assisted on the basis of bribery, advertising becomes irrelevant. Why spend money advertising Widget X when this widget is already the only one that's officially sanctioned?
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