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on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
And also choose not operate in the nations whose laws they are flouting in most cases; EDIT: a few weeks ago EU posters here were describing how ERCOT was preventing access to the company's public facing website, citing not wanting to comply with GDPR
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on: Griddy Is Shutting Down
Out of curiosity can you point me to where that's stated in plain English by the parties involved (if there is such a place)? I must have bad info/assumptions
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on: ISO 8601: a better date format
You could even say "The Fourth" and almost all Americans would understand. I think that's why; [begin speculation] it's such an exceptional date it necessitates saying it differently.
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on: An Interview with Sci-Hub’s Alexandra Elbakyan on the Delhi HC Case
I'm willing to bet publishers understand that will make any remaining good will they have with the people who generate their content evaporate
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on: Canada's parliament votes to label China's persecution of Uighurs as genocide
Where's the line between the Chinese population and the Party's indefensible acts? Will more expensive food in China help to resolve this [or are Canadian ag exports re-exported]? I say this because I'm not convinced sanctions have been effective in cases like Cuba, Iran, etc
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on: Abundant Capital
You can also "dump" your service when the money pump won't stop flowing; ie operate at a loss and offer it at rates that competitors cannot beat. EDIT for context: this is illegal internationally when it comes to physical goods in almost all circumstances I'm aware of.
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on: Diablo II: Resurrected
Grim Dawn is another alternative, without much of PoE's online functionality
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on: Amazon documents reveal company’s strategy to dodge India’s regulators
Depending on which side of the bed I wake up on, I can lambast the US status quo as crony monopolists who own the government as well; yet I'm still nervous about the move "fast and break things" philosophy when it comes to real world markets, societies, and governments.
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on: 'New car smell' is the scent of carcinogens
Surely there must be at least one federal or state judge who quietly whispers to himself 'I am the state' every time he/she signs a court document in that way
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on: What’s interesting about the Florida water system hack is that we heard about it
Normally they jail people for releasing "state secrets" not the other way around
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on: 90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about slow internet
I have seen a variety of "IHate[SoAndSo].com" websites advertised on highway billboards. I can't say I've ever followed through to investigate the source of anger but I'm impressed with the commitment.
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on: Fully convolutional naturalistic video reconstruction from brain activity
If I'm not mistaken the source material actually has a probe wielding alien of some kind, you may be seeing that
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on: McKinsey to pay $573M to settle claims over opioid crisis role: source
I have worked for a startup operated by a McKinsey alum; he was totally incompetent, throwing buzzwords around constantly without understanding what they meant. I have come to realize his entire strategy was to purchase the company, dress it up in new clothes (without understanding tailoring or fabric) and sell it to another rube.
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on: India proposes law to ban cryptocurrencies, create official digital currency
Very optimistic outlook for you to take towards a government which has taken even more drastic steps in the past aimed at corruption to (from what I can tell) limited effect and great disruption to non-corrupt citizens -- thinking specifically of demonetization. This seems like "big stick" policy to me, a hammer looking for a nail.
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on: Dark Patterns at Scale: Findings from a Crawl of 11K Shopping Websites (2019)
I had great results switching my payment method to recurring via PayPal and then using the PayPal interface to cancel the recurring charge, FWIW. Any time a merchant with recurring charges lets you use PayPal you can usually cancel the subscription in that way.
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on: Navy “UFO Patent” Documents Talk of “Spacetime Modification Weapon”
You don't need a working gizmo to get a patent.
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on: Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger
I believe the implication was it was lost in the Dark Ages and re-discovered in 19thc. No reason to suggest plywood is not in use today
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on: Lobster shell patterns make concrete stronger
Isn't concrete an engineered composite material to begin with? It's ancient. AFAIK plywood is an 19th century invention.
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on: The people the suburbs were built for are gone
Quit being a jerk please. EDIT: Really, why do you think something like that is appropriate? You have no idea how I make my money.
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on: Solar is now ‘cheapest electricity in history’, confirms IEA
Going to guess it starts something like this:
Step 1: Have lots of healthy debates
