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If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice…

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I have found the "both sides" finger-pointing is just as harmful. Many times it's used to squash or impede honest discussion. It's an online tactic to shut down constructive criticism of one's own political party. Neither the Democratic Party or Republican Party are infallible. Both do have faults and some of those faults intersect in a Venn diagram. With that said, as an Independent of about three decades MAGA has essentially turned me into a full-blown Democratic voter.

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Once an ad loaded, code inside it could contact a Discover-Tech server. That server decided whether the visitor was a chosen target. If the details matched, it could return JavaScript that loaded more code and began the infection process. No click was needed.

This method works because modern ads are not always simple pictures or videos. They can include code for measuring views, tracking users, and loading content from other companies.

Real-time bidding systems also share data within a fraction of a second so advertisers can decide whether to buy an ad slot. That data may include a device ID, IP address, location, and browser details. AdFection used this design to find selected devices and send code only to them, making the activity harder for ad platforms and security researchers to catch.

https://cybersecuritynews.com/0-click-spyware-infects-devices/

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Iranian woman handed death sentence for ‘blasphemy’ in social media post

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I agree with your comments here. It's refreshing to see some semblance of reason on forums/social media. Concerns me with how these venues have become inundated with radical and low brow content. I see it across the political spectrum. Been using forums since the late 90s. Up until the mid-2010s I'd argue there was much much more reasonable discussion to be found. I don't doubt the proportional rise in bots have some play in it. Seems these places of discussion have become nothing more than a plot to sow hate and propaganda within our society. I miss the days when the vast majority of the population thought it silly to participate on these internet places.

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OpenAI Is Pissing Off a Bunch of Mathematicians—Again

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Looks like you have a misunderstanding of what a mathematical proof is. I have but a mere bachelor's in applied mathematics and employed as a statistical engineer for a couple decades now. If a proof is successful at showing a mathematical statement is true, it's a done deal. It doesn't work like science which relies on mathematical models to explain its anecdotes.

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US man shoots off-duty ICE agent who allegedly attacked him and daughter

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I'm not advocating for ICE's lawlessness nor tolerance for it. I'm just pointing out the stupidity of someone calling out to go murder with next to no context. What I mostly see for comments in this post are people regurgitating talking points and buzz words. Then there are the attacks on me misrepresenting my message or just plain acting like idiots saying nazi, nazi, nazi, ..... To think, these are the people who consider themselves the more educated side. Funny.

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