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by cronix 4y ago
I heard somewhere that if a headline has a question in it, the answer is basically always no.
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by cronix 4y ago
Wait til they feed it your social feed combined with other collected PII from the last 20 years and use it to psychologically tailor ads, Edward Bernays[1] style, just for you, which it will also generate in real time. [1] https:/&#x2
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by cronix 4y ago
Kind of like the Stuka Siren/Scream[1] sound combined with the doppler effect the German planes used in WW2 to make that wailing sound that increased in frequency as they dive bombed. That sound carried quite a distance and instilled f
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by cronix 4y ago
Ah yes, similar to the rat utopia experiment. Give them all the food and shelter and basic things they need while eliminating all stress (like predators), and everything will be amazing, right? https://www.sciencehistory.org&#x2F
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by cronix 4y ago
Oh, you mean ISP's sell data to whoever has money to buy it, including the FBI.
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by cronix 4y ago
> Since 2006, Pixar has been a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixar
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by cronix 4y ago
unless someone's pointing a laser at it and wiggling it around
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by cronix 4y ago
By more popular people, such as Joe Rogan, who has had him on several times and seems to be a "good friend."
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by cronix 4y ago
ebay is your friend. People buy entire boxes of unknown old electronic equipment junk that may or may not be working. "As is." You don't even have to really list the contents, just a big picture of everything. I think a lot a
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by cronix 4y ago
When you zoom out on the timeline of humanity, this man, among others, will have left a huge spike in our technological progress. When I look back at the last 50 years and compare it to all known previous human history, I'm quite humbl
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by cronix 4y ago
Right, they just care about the 10 minute captive audience bit and how many ads they displayed in that time.
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by cronix 4y ago
It can make it more difficult, but I don't think you can say impossible or we'd never hear of people winning lawsuits for police misconduct. Here's a big one from a few days ago. https://www.cnn.com/2023/
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by cronix 4y ago
No because a lot of microplastics start out as larger pieces that degrade over time > Microplastics come from a variety of sources, including from larger plastic debris that degrades into smaller and smaller pieces. https://oc
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by cronix 4y ago
the rate at which they rise (or fall) is a big factor
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by cronix 4y ago
That is basically the same boiler plate legal release for photography/videography/audio works in general. You sell me this thing, and I can do whatever I want with it. From the popular Getty Images, used by media worldwide: > W
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by cronix 4y ago
So, it works like most of the actual news media. Just google something and if there's a result, it must be true.
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by cronix 4y ago
Another issue with some models of Kia and Hyundai is some insurance companies are now refusing to insure them due to how easy they are to steal. Imagine buying a car and calling up your insurance company to add it to your policy and...nope.
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by cronix 4y ago
US: Hey Germany, you shouldn't be so reliant on Russian NG/Oil (buy ours instead) Germany: We're ok, thank you for your concern Russia: cuts back NG/Oil going through pipelines to Germany US: Let's just make that pe
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by cronix 4y ago
I remember doing something similar in windows 3.1 back around 90-91. Hard disks weren't quite fast enough to play very good video (I was using 3D Studio back then and IIRC this was still owned by Autodesk then as a spinoff product of A
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by cronix 4y ago
In some forums I lurk in there was some hubub about massive holes in security that were opened up via people who are used to working in an environment with IT support (somewhat secure, depending), etc, to people trying to figure everything
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by cronix 4y ago
> I guess anything entertaining is off limits I was just using your own words to show you the 2 quoted statements you made are in direct opposition to each other. They are all entertainment. That's all.
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by cronix 4y ago
> Play a videogame > Stop worshipping TV and movies and entertainment
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by cronix 4y ago
> The FCC already requires similar blocking of voice calls from these types of numbers. In other words, it won't change anything. I still get just as many scam voice calls as I ever have.
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by cronix 4y ago
That is the first thing I redline in any potential contract. I've never had serious push back beyond, "oh, um, that's just boilerplate from our legal team. You're the first person who has said anything." It's b
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by cronix 4y ago
They cashed in millions in stock just before they announced they needed to raise $2B in capital to offset losses on their bond sales, which led to a crash, on top of their bonuses. If that's getting hit with a steamroller, sign me up.
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by cronix 4y ago
> It will replace satellite messengers and satellite phones. Sure, at first. That's certainly not the end goal. VoIP works well enough for now that I'm still able to work and communicate just fine.
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by cronix 4y ago
Very excited for this. I live about 5 miles outside of cell range.
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by cronix 4y ago
> They just don’t have good risk managers. It was worse than not having good risk managers... They didn't have a CRO at all for 8 months, until 2 months ago. > In the run-up to all this, SVB’s proxy statement, filed earlier thi
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by cronix 4y ago
And to really punish him, we shall strip him of his "Class A" shareholder status at San Francisco FED. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-11/svb-ceo-b... But not before we let him cash
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by cronix 4y ago
Very doubtful. Just look at what happened in many cities across the US during the summer of 2019 because of the actions of a handful of degenerate cops in one city. Now just throw in "rich bankers," "silicon valley," &qu

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