Alph4d0g @ Alph4d0g @discuss.tchncs.de

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Fair! I intended to have it in the original post but it didn't take. Likely my error.

Article link https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/cable-tv-companies-tell-fcc-early-termination-fees-are-good-actually/

Imagine if we redirected that 17.6 billion to programs that would benefit actual breathing people in the US in actual need?

Sounds legit to me in my 50s now. I would add probably not having a large music label backing you and not giving a fsck about that either.

I guess the shame and expense Sony learned the hard way in 2005 has faded and now kernel invasion has become acceptable.

We had a CVS Pharmacy location near me that decided to leave that location. Self checkout there was based on assuming everyone was a thief. All their wounds were self inflicted. Almost everything was locked up and you could never find someone to get your item for you. The genius management thought it was going to help profitability by deterring theft. Instead it was a deterrent to willing and eager customers wanting to buy their stuff. When you step over a dollar to get to a dime, your business is on borrowed time.

It does seem like it hovers around 50 percent but there are other factors. Some of that 50 percent knows how to manipulate the brain challenged for their own personal or political benefit. Others might have the capacity to use logic and reason but were raised not to. Or are so stubborn and righteous that they seek only validation to confirmation bias.

I heard Texas has a ballot initiative to change the state's name to Republic of Gilead

I'm just of the general opinion that any personal data you entrust to any corporation is going to be at risk - regardless of it's assurances. There's also a risk of that corporation being legitimately acquired by another thus nullifying previous TOS, etc. Or worse case, they sell all your info anyway. Connected technology is moving quickly. What might seem safe to share today could become the basis of an insurance claim denial when they discover a genetic predisposition they believe you were obligated to disclose.

Don't on tread me

Would be interesting to see a gui that maximizes the content based on rotation if that were even possible

Uh yeah we have very similar ratios in the US. It's a well paying job with very little qualifications or education required. In fact, a typical applicant might be otherwise unemployable. And it let's you violate the citizenry with literal legal immunity as well as the protection of your fellow, complicit Blue Line gang members.

Googles business model featuring their flagship product: you

There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once Darlene, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again.

With respect, it looked like a "try" in many cases but consider his decades in politics and knowing likely outcomes of any given proposal. Then consider his best of the best, Ivy League-educated cabinet, advising him on every chess move. If you don't look at both sides, you might find yourself in a disingenuous ruse.

I tried but what could I do?
How could I have known Joe Manshun would say no?
We didn't have a filibuster proof majority (which we could have eliminated with a simple rule change like we did with the debt ceiling- but oddly didn't for infrastructure).
Oh those legal challenges came out of left field and our best and brightest from Harvard never saw it coming.
I co-authored the bankruptcy bill that exempted student debt when I was a Senator but now my intentions are different. Student debtors, I'm on your side now. Don't you see?

Never call the police regardless of your ethnicity. Period. They're not going to help. If you don't get shot, they'll look for some pretext to arrest you - even if you're the victim or witness of a crime.

Like many other public figures, his rhetoric matches the need for confirmation bias among his listeners. It's a business based on telling your contingency what they want to hear. Cletus and Merle are your football fans for team MAGA. They'll be on your side whether you win or lose.

That's the MS business model in partnership with PC makers. It's a juggernaut. They've operationalized it.

Isn't "y'all" singular and "all y'all" plural? I've heard this but have conflicting accounts of what is true.

I'm sure it didn't go well. If it was somehow framed in a sycophantic way where the police were led to believe it was their idea, I'm sure it would have gone better. Wait that might not be too difficult to do.