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Maker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed
Some things just shouldn't be connected to the internet.
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Maker of ‘smart’ chastity cage left users’ emails, passwords, and locations exposed
Some things just shouldn't be connected to the internet.
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FUCK TICKETMASTER (Rant)
Adam Conover just did a video on mega mergers and Ticketmaster was prominently featured. I thought it was pretty well done, but hope you like the guy because he takes his personality to 11 on this one.
Fuck these monopoly fucks.
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Kremlin says Prigozhin plane may have been downed on purpose
Well, they would know wouldn't they.
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Tesla is banned from driving schools because of new turn signals
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Covered in the article. In Norway you are required to signal when exiting a roundabout. It's a fair concern.
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‘Too many things unaffordable:’ Biden fires up price wars as inflation cools
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Cable companies having a monopoly on internet in most areas affect almost everyone and should be dealt with though (it won't be though).
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If the equator is the hottest part of the world, why aren't the deserts there?
Someone smart is going to have to answer but it is the lack of rain that defines a desert rather than the temperature. I imagine this is determined by closeness to water, currents, and a million other things. Temperature I am sure is a factor, but far from the only one.
Now hopefully someone smart who actually knows what they are talking about answers. ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
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DuckDuckGo CEO says Google kills competition through phone deals that make it hard for users to switch search engines
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I used to be able to search for a tracking number by Google and it would link to the correct delivery tracking service. About 1-2 months ago Google stopped doing this and just gives no results. Why would they stop linking you to FedEx or UPS? Who knows, but my wild ass guess is since Google was not able to link "related" sponsored links along with it they just removed the functionality. They are just actively making their service shittier anytime something minor doesn't dish out a shitty ad along with it.
I've gone on to using Kagi and DDG. Rarely do I miss Google search.
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Youtube has started to artificially slow down video load times if you use Firefox. Spoofing Chrome magically makes this problem go away.
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They really weren't that effective with Microsoft then either. The antitrust was far too late for Netscape and allowed Microsoft to hold a dominate market share with IE until they allowed the browser to deprecate and Google came in with a much better browser and took over the browser market (and are now doing the same bullshit).
As long as we keep giving these companies meaningless fines or wait until the damage is irreversible companies are going to always push the limit and look at any repercussions as just a cost of doing business.
So yeah, not much faith in anything changing.
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8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests
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If it wasn't $1600 maybe I could buy that. But at that price I am expecting a little bit more and only including 8 gb is pathetic.
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Which of your favorite creators content quality went downhill very quickly?
Boogie. Not a favorite of mine and hated the Francis stuff, but I used to watch some of his gaming videos. He did his weight loss surgery about the same time as a relative so found that interesting. But good lord it's been a descent since then,all of it self inflicted. Be it saying something stupid, firing a gun within city limits while getting into a pissing match with some other YouTube idiot, or losing his money in crypto. It's hard to imagine someone that's fallen further than him.
Watched the documentary on him last month and then went through his channel and it was embarrassing.
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Man puts his head in Geneva's famous water jet, currently in hospital
It's people like this that deserve America's health care bills.
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Google Flat-Out Refuses to Bargain With Workers, Prompting YouTube Music Strike
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Yeah, if you do a fair amount of YouTube and want to support the creators without queuing up a bunch of ads it's a pretty good deal.
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Not an employee.
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Seems like the decent thing to do though.
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Thoughts on Kagi?
Personally I love it. Being able to boost results from some sites while depriotizing or even banning others has been real helpful. Not having unrelated "sponsored" content cluttering up the results is certainly nice as well. The results themselves feel like Google from ten years ago, relevant and on point.
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Do you think Calvin and Suzie got married when they grew up?
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Thanks for sharing, that was pretty nice. Does a good job of capturing the feel of an og Calvin strip.
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FCC details plan to restore the net neutrality rules repealed by Ajit Pai
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I think that is written into the Geneva conventions.
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Not even the ghost of obsolescence can coerce users onto Windows 11
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Windows 7 is where Microsoft peaked imo.
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US man sues Powerball lottery after being told $340m win is an error
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Don't know how much I agree. They posted the numbers on their official site. And they were up for a few DAYS. If I am supposed to be held responsible for my mistakes, why shouldn't the lottery board? I hope he at least gets a sizable settlement. The amount of stress they put this guy through has to be kind of insane.
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Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected
Spokesman Brian Weiss said that for safety reasons the group “has concerns” about letting customers completely opt out.
God, what ass holes.
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A cyberattack against Clorox last month that shut down factories has created a nationwide shortage of bleach and cat litter
Another shortage of bleach you say? I guess we get to double the price again.