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What you are describing is to some level the essence of consulting/contracting or at least folks that are in that industry. This type of abuser/abusee relationship in business is prevalent all over the place especially to defer blame when things go south (paying for someone to essentially take the blame) and also defer decision making . thanks for the food for thought.


Is there a website you can type a company name in and address and find all relevant regulators ?


Not that I know of. Kind of depends: Is the offending company a utility? A financial entity? Takes a bit of sleuthing.


Sounds like an opportunity for someone to set up a useful service. :)


Don’t know if it’s the same in the US as the UK, but the regulators details are generally on the bill under the complaints section for each company/utility.


Awesome! have y'all seen donkeycar? http://www.donkeycar.com/ great for meetups/hackathons!



I didn't know about it, thanks!


Interesting. How do? Care to elaborate?


Cells in your immune system are programmed to follow a set of rules in order to attack foreign invaders. This is very effective in defeating bacteria and viruses. It is not so effective against allergens like pollen and dust. Cells will continuously produce antibodies and histamines to attack these particles to the point where it overwhelms the rest of the body and causes collateral damage.

If you want to see a fictional representation of this, watch Cells at Work episode 5.


Anyone got a link?


> I think we are up to the Seventh Law of Insider Trading. The first six are: (1) don't do it, (2) don't do it by buying short-dated out-of-the-money call options on undisclosed merger targets, (3) don't text or email about it, (4) don't do it in your mother's account, (5) don't do it by planting bombs at a company and shorting its stock, and (6) don't do it while employed at the Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby declare the Seventh Law: (7) If you are going to insider trade, don't Google "how to insider trade without getting caught" before or after you trade.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-07-13/main-stre...


I wonder if there is an economic/academic term for this? Vicious Cycle?



Tragedy of the commons?


Feedback loops and vicious cycles are more accurate, I'd say: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtuous_circle_and_vicious_ci...

Also if anyone's interested, the article I was referring to is this: http://www.mauldineconomics.com/the-10th-man/black-monday


Maybe device management or policy?


No device management policy. :/


How would one go about protecting themselves from having that happen in the first place? Nightmare material for sure.


Avoid living in certain states. Don't go outside. Don't tell anyone where you live. Maybe move to Canada.


Two people in geographically different areas want synchronized candles as a memorial to remember a shared loved ones passing...


Logitech harmony hub with ifttt might help. Checkout r/homeautomation for lots of different ideas


It does help. A lot. It's easily the best option out there. It's still just really frustrating to have to buy a $150 device that's more expensive than any of the disparate devices I am trying to control in the first place (save the TV). That said, given today's state of things, it's worth it.


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