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Fell asleep while wife was driving home last night, she went above and beyond by remembering how important this was to me...
Also going 69 MPH? Nice.
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Fell asleep while wife was driving home last night, she went above and beyond by remembering how important this was to me...
Also going 69 MPH? Nice.
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OpenAI whistleblower found dead in San Francisco apartment
You gotta set up a dead man's switch (not literal give the evidence to a lawyer or do a deposition or whatever). Do that before you blow the whistle and announce that at the same time.
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"Notably, Google, Bing, and DuckDuckGo all have the same problems, and in many cases, Google performed better than Bing and DuckDuckGo by the researchers' measures."
Click bait headline. I see they're good at SEO themselves.
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Neo-Nazis march in Nashville, leave after being challenged
Nobody thinks it's weird they didn't rent a bus? They rented a UHaul box truck and just piled in and sat on the floor? Folding chairs? Like this sounds like some low budget human trafficking cosplay.
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The changeling
Anti DUI campaign "Choose Your Ride." Go home drunk in a cab or jail in a cop car.
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Where should I look when the server is shaking and pouring my drink?
Staring at the shaker nodding your head. When they pour, get eye level with the bar and follow the drink level up with your whole head. Make a whistle increasing in pitch as you do this. Pretend to eat the bar like an ear of corn when you get to mouth level. Take the drink in both hands at eye level when leaving the bar. Say "you too" as you depart as if incorrectly responding to "enjoy your drink" even though they didn't even say that.
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New study finds bots and fraud farms responsible for 73% of web traffic
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The headline stat is a misinterpretation of the study which was done by Arkose Labs which "provides businesses with lasting bot prevention and account security by sapping the financial motivations of cybercriminals."
That's pretty vague but skimming it sounds like they prevent automated account creation and takeover. The stat comes from the companies they have access to (who need bot protection enough to pay for it), and 76% of activity on the login/account creation was malicious. That makes a lot more sense. All the various hacks and credential leaks result in bots banging in stolen credentials on high value sites.
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The difference of stealing yourself vs being stolen from
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Technically correct, but it was originally aimed at Blackberry. https://www.pcworld.com/article/464050/original_android_prototype_revealed_during_google_oracle_trial.html
Apple pioneered a moderately useful mobile browser and fully touch screen UI (except for the home button).
They've been copying each other ever since, to the point where I watch the WWDC keynote thinking "they didn't already have THAT!?" most of the time.
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Foo Fighters say they did not OK Trump using "My Hero" at Arizona rally, will donate royalties to Harris-Walz campaign - CBS News
This is the perfect approach. He can't play it without donating to Harris out of his campaign funds. That will actually make him stop.
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The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center
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On CHRISTMAS FUCKING EVE! He has like 10 kids. He started a fire drill for employees on Christmas Eve, they have families too. What a cartoonishly villainous thing to do.
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Wisconsin police kill student who came to middle school with a gun
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Not a ton more detail, but it sounds like a kid has a visible gun that some students reported seeing. Then they tried to enter the school, but the school had a video doorbell/door buzzer type setup. There were five or so shots in quick succession that must've included officers.
Have to wait on more info, but it sounds like at worst they failed to deescalate. At best they showed up and the kid started shooting and they returned fire.
No innocent kids died, so that's a win in my book.
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Kendrick Lamar's company just dropped a limited-edition 'dumb' phone. It's already sold out.
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Why not get a phone that can take, send, and receive pictures and video. It would also have maps, GPS, encrypted messaging, streaming music, audiobooks, e-books, home automation apps, ride hailing, food ordering, decent browser, etc.
Then, stay with me here, don't install social media apps. The lengths people go to so they can avoid social media when it is extremely avoidable is crazy to me.
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Apple finally adds support for RCS in latest iOS 18 beta | TechCrunch
They're also adding a lot more incompatible text formatting and shit to keep Android incomplete with their real chat protocol. Gotta keep those teens bullying Android users. Also E2E encryption would be nice, but the EU didn't force them to do that.
Still great because MMS is garbage and ruins photo and video quality.
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Biden's legal team went to Justice Dept. over what they viewed as unnecessary digs at his memory
"Poor memory" he probably answered a ton of incriminating questions with "I don't recall." Just like any sane person. Selectively forgetting only the points they don't have evidence for demonstrates great mental clarity. Neither side can just say that though.
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Weirdo who can't look a woman in the eye also can't read a poll
Loses and declares victory anyway citing cherry picked information and ignoring everything else. I think I've seen this before. His reality distortion field is weakening though. Only the truly deranged are buying it now.
Oh and "I did amazing and they cheated so I lost." Can't even keep the lie up for a full tweet.
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We're all a little bent
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Neuralink’s human trials volunteers ‘should have serious concerns,’ say medical experts
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Why let you have your memories at all? Each day you remember the doctored history of a happy employee. You're excited for another day of peak productivity with a short break for your favorite meal (the only food you're aware of): Soylent green. Hey where's Steve today... who's Steve... better get back to work.
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Trump Claims He Will Debate Biden 'ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE'
Anywhere AND anyplace? Stable genius. Given his bouts with slurring and dementia I'd like to see him get shredded by Biden.
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Apple told to pay Ireland €13bn in tax by EU
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$13B is 7% of Apple's annual profit in 2022. Not a rounding error. Somebody has to settle for golden yachts instead of platinum next year.
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23andMe's business is basically worthless. Its CEO now wants to buy it.
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If you still have DNA data with them, delete your account and the DNA along with it. It really is valuable and you bet your ass it's going to get sold if it's still there at bankruptcy time.