Month: September 2017

algopop:

Algorithmic price hikes in times of emergency 

“Airline customers looking to get out of the path of Hurricane have been met with dramatic fare spikes for air travel tickets… Airlines have countered that they have not changed the algorithms that determine their pricing, and that the surges are a simple matter of supply and demand with scores of people trying to book last minute flight out of the storm’s path.“ – Guardian 

“As Florida stocks up on supplies for another monster storm, those looking for bottled water on Amazon have been frustrated to find monster price tags to match. Prices for water on the site reached as high as $100 for a single 24-pack of bottles or $63 for a single 100-ounce jug as of Tuesday morning, according to screenshots from people in the area. While most of the more outrageous listings seemed to come from third-party sellers, at least a few were also set by the company’s own price algorithm.”  – Mashable 

Source: algopop

katisconfused:

gothschizo:

gothschizo:

people always talk about edgy 13 year olds saying they have a mental illness to look cool as if that started with tumblr but like.. they’ve always done that…… they’ve literally always done shit like that. and overall increased access to mental health resources is an overwhelmingly good thing. plus if someone’s pretending to have an illness for attention they could probably use those resources anyways

the idea of the “teenager who lies about mental illness for attention” is essentially entirely a myth. i’m absolutely aware there are kids who say they have schizophrenia when they don’t, but i think them doing that is a lot more complicated than “they want to look cool online”. it’s often them recognizing the onset of mental illness of some kind and processing it through the only lens they have, which is media portrayals.

and behaviour like that CAN often be a “cry for attention”, but that’s something that needs to be taken seriously. people discredit a lot of things young people do (especially self destructive behaviours or self harm itself) as being something they’re just doing for attention, but that’s ridiculous because someone being in a situation where they need help enough they’re willing to hurt themselves to get it IS a real problem. attention seeking behaviour is a symptom.

it’s really surreal to see people act like this because like I’m 28. You know what was in when I was 14 and getting online? Emo.

lol this being new. Oh no people aren’t going to therapy? They used to promote self harm
back when I was a teen thank god that shit never worked for me but
plenty of friends got frequently triggered because it was the hot edgy
thing but thankfully I don’t see that much anymore.

this could be worse. Like, a lot worse.

I find this theme even weirder in a lot of ways, after growing up during the “Institutionalized” Era.

It just seems like too many people will pull any reason they can out of their asses to dismiss and dehumanize kids. (See also: “glorifying mental illness”.)

Endler fry at 4 days

By now, they’re mostly hanging around out in the open with the bigger fish. So far I’ve counted 10 at the same time. They seem to be growing well, so I guess they’re getting enough to eat.

From just a little while ago, coming up on 5 days I think. I was going by the dates shown on YouTube, but it doesn’t show the time of day for uploads.

Also, I have no idea why, but about the first 30 seconds is worse quality again. I tried redoing the upload to see if that would fix it, but nope. The original video isn’t like that, and this has happened a couple of times recently.