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How could the EU do this??
"Scheming EU states" is a total flame bait headline. The UK is not part of the EU, so why should they be included in any of this? They should be HAPPY about the EU not "meddling" with their "freedom"!
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How could the EU do this??
"Scheming EU states" is a total flame bait headline. The UK is not part of the EU, so why should they be included in any of this? They should be HAPPY about the EU not "meddling" with their "freedom"!
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It's my first day, how bad can it be?
Ben Sliney actually played himself in the movie United 93. It was his first day on the job, but he was pretty experienced, he previously ran all of New York City's air traffic.
I saw an interview with him maybe 15 years ago (sorry I can't find it now) but he grounded every plane in the US without approval from anyone above him on his first day as the FAA National Operation Manager (I believe he was at least 5 levels below the President).
Pretty incredible story but he knew how to react and executed the plan well.
edit: clarified some stuff and figured I should include his Wikipedia page too
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Amish men ‘shunned’ after nationwide emergency alert outs them for having phones
As "innocent" as they are portrayed, the hypocrisy is the least of their problems. Their abuse of both people and animals is extremely widespread and rarely talked about.
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Being forced to download the Reddit app onto my phone to view any 'NSFW' post, even though I'm on my desktop
old.reddit will be killed off before the ipo in March
mark my words
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Unsubscribe link from their emails takes you to this. You then to need to sign in with email and password (I don't know my password) to manage preference. I just want all out!
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I've been wondering this myself so I just went ahead and read the FCCs CAN-SPAM business compliance guide.
This is 100% a violation. As per section 7:
You must honor a recipient’s opt-out request within 10 business days. You can’t charge a fee, require the recipient to give you any personally identifying information beyond an email address, or make the recipient take any step other than sending a reply email or visiting a single page on an Internet website as a condition for honoring an opt-out request
OP could probably threaten a lawsuit and their practices will change quickly. That's assuming the company does business in the US...
edit: just realized this is stubhub. this smells like a lawsuit waiting to happen
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The Perfect Solution
I wonder if that key works...
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Firefox is the only way.
This is why I've stuck with firefox through thick and thin
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Here’s a rare look at Google’s most lucrative search queries
iphone 8
iphone 8 plus
auto insurance
car insurance
cheap flights
car insurance quotes
direct tv
online colleges
at&t
hulu
iphone
uber
spectrum
comcast
xfinity
insurance quotes
free credit report
cheap car insurance
aarp
lifelock
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So, Muppet Jumanji
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The Internet is not forever after all: CNET deletes old articles to game Google
archive.org is a treasure
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Anon googles a simple question
This was literally a result of how Google ranked pages on its site. Try looking up any recipe, or today's wordle answer...
IGN isn't great but it's the #1 result because of exactly this.
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Not The Onion: a french group has been arrested 5 years ago and are currently being judged. A picture of macron with a dick drawn on it is cited as evidence of plotting a terrorism attack
How is using encrypted communication and "showing their mother" suspicious? All the evidence seems extremely circumstantial and they were locked up for 5 years before a trial? The whole thing smells fishy...
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Wrapping a joint, the right way.
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Netflix: Piracy is Difficult to Compete Against and Growing Rapidly
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My issue was cutting out the sharing. I was paying for 4 screens at a time. Why should they care which 4 screens are being used?
Once I realized a decent VPN was $5/month, that I could get TV shows without the 35% time addition of commercials, and stop worrying about what I get going away, the issue wasn't that Netflix was bad, it was just worse than the alternative.
edit: not that Netflix has commercials, but the fact one could get anything without them as well (like paying for cable...)
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Elon Musk's company directors feel an 'expectation' to use drugs with him to avoid upsetting the billionaire, report says
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Had to look it up, you're not kidding
At parties in recent years, Musk has been spotted taking ketamine recreationally through a nasal spray and drinking liquid ecstasy from a water bottle
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Moderna’s mRNA cancer vaccine works even better than thought
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Seasoned RPG devs from Obsidian and Bioware blame the temporary death of the isometric CRPG on 'vibes-based forecasting' from retailers
CRPG apparently translates to "Computer RPG"
I'm still not sure what it means
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I'm re-reading The Hobbit at the moment. Gandalf might not be a conjurer of cheap tricks, because he's only packing the expensive, high-caliber stuff.
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Cable firms to FTC: We shouldn’t have to let users cancel service with a click — Customers may “misunderstand the consequences of canceling,” say lobbyists
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People have been cleaning their ears with cotton swabs for years. What other tools are being inadvertently used wrong?
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