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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Corporate fines should be in % of the company income.
I would also argue that personal fines should be like that too.
Not income, global revenue of the parent company, like GDPR does it
So if Google fucks up, it’s the full revenue of Alphabet Inc that determines the fine.
That way you can’t found GDPR Violation Incorporated and do your shady stuff there risk free.
Has anyone actually got hit with big gdpr fines?
Lots of ‘em for meta; just about all US big tech.
https://www.enforcementtracker.com/
Those are fines that have been given but did they actually pay? Or was it just a big headline the one time and then they appealed it and 5 years later it's reduced to nothing.