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by elphinstone 2y ago
Wells Fargo needs to update its brand from the guarded stagecoaches of the Old West to the masked outlaws who robbed those stagecoaches. This is the same company involved in the subprime mortgage bailout fiasco as well as cartel money laund
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Ponzi schemes are literally named for a guy from the 1920s. He did it through the post office, no internet required.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
That's the sort of selective blindness that allows unethical frauds to succeed.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Skyvern is a great name, very evocative. Typical arrogant Google, downloading trash to the user without consent.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Social media also killed web 1.0 community, but, yes mostly google.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
I see this as one of the few legit use cases for current tech so far. The animators can draw key cels and the ai can do inbetweens.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Felony prison time and 100% compensation clawback for CEOs, execs, managers, and engineers who are conducting this type of illegal mass surveillance. Shut the companies down with 100% asset forfeiture, distributed to the victims.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
We are one year away from "watch this 15-second ad" before you can see results. This monopoly is a cesspool of bad actors, dark patterns, and enshittification.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
So he trolls an entire fanbase, not with a casual tweet but baked into a UI, then calls that fanbase trolls for cursing him out. That is textbook gaslighting and victim-blaming. Unprofessional? We are beyond that. Here we see the underlying
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by elphinstone 2y ago
The amount of tax dollars to SETI vs. amount given in bank bailouts in various crises is orders of magnitudes different, setting aside historic and scientific importance.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
I agree it doesn't add up and the valuation is silly. But I could see the model expanding to Asia, with kpop, jpop, and Chinese idols. But a local rival would have massive advantages and may already exist, idk. My point is just there&#
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by elphinstone 2y ago
I believe it's a bit more nuanced than that. Short ubiquitous words like "and" or "the" we instantly recognize at a glance, but long unfamiliar or rarer words we read from the beginning, one syllable or letter at a
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by elphinstone 2y ago
State the principal that says totalitarians have the right to oppress. Don't make bad faith arguments that burden the innocent to state the obvious.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Yeah, who needs information and functionality? The whole web should be one ceaseless Instagram feed on an iPhone. /s
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Maybe a tiny lock icon? Submitter checks a box: reg/subwalled Y/N?
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by elphinstone 2y ago
OP's article is too long and complex for my elderly relatives, I fear. Any reccs for getting them to use 2FA?
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by elphinstone 2y ago
There are interesting ideas here, but also a lot of presumption. Just because a people lacked stone writing and centralisation doesn't mean they were free of local tyrants and internecine tribal warfare.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
A thoughtful and interesting rumination! The bit about modularity and expressiveness is spot on. I guess the king was too cheap to hire land surveyors!
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Worldcom here. Ah, the Enrons of the internet.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
I'm sorry but a dumbed down interface, built in ads and propaganda, and odious privacy destruction like Recall is order of magnitudes worse. Stop astroturfing.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
They all should be charged with mass murder. The corrupt judge who okayed the settlement deserves prison.
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Yes, it reads fairly legit too, not LLM copypasta. Wonder if the scammer was literate or they hired an actual copywriter? Probably just reworded a legit writeup of another product, though. But looking for all the "Vortax" bs they
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Can I download as an mp3 for later playback or archiving?
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by elphinstone 2y ago
Sure, the Russian lobby is waaay more powerful than AIPAC. /s
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by elphinstone 2y ago
That is openly laughable. Incognito mode claims, just one of a long list of examples of this politicized monopoly engaging in criminal behavior.
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by elphinstone 3y ago
I wish article named the publisher so they can be boycotted.