rubyfan

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by rubyfan 5mo ago
I think we should make this type of tracking opt-out by default. We should also ban the sale of its use to third parties and its use for purposes other than the specific functionality which required it to be enabled in the first place.
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by rubyfan 5mo ago
BoA issued me a new card after a fraudulent charge, the next year on the same date the same fraudulent charge showed up (annual billing cycle). This happened for more than three years because after they issued a new card they updated the se
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by rubyfan 5mo ago
Is this just the same kind of optimization? Consumers trying to optimize their margin while producers are trying to optimize theirs? It leads to enshitification due to short term thinking but in the short term seems like a good decision.
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by rubyfan 5mo ago
How can you tell?
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
One could imagine a scenario where this is a political action group response to defying the administration. I have no evidence to support that, just could imagine it because the potential individual return to customers is minuscule.
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
It's only called Pro so they can charge you a Pro rate.
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
Is this like how company's sell drugs or lab products and say it's "not for human consumption" or "for research purposes only"?
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
The distinction is likely a claw back to give themselves just that ability to freely advertise to you after telling you it was ad free. Like what’s the difference advertising a subsidiary like Disney parks to me or a new car? Just that they
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
It’s like how Disney Plus “ad free” tier shows you ads for Hulu and Disney Perks. They probably redefine “ad” in their terms of service so their own ads are called something else.
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
I agree the article could include more data around the frequency and size of these kind of trades around other events and for a longer period. However as the article notes the time and size of this particular series of trades makes it look
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
Or the settlements goes to the state and no one ever sees a dollar.
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
She’s satirizing the irony of a wealthy ceo’s tone deafness while communicating decisions that adversely affect workers while preserving their own lavish lifestyles. Sounds like she was living out the no BS culture.
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
The title doesn’t capture the mood of page. Maybe: Dead internet theory confirmed, Digg the latest victim
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by rubyfan 6mo ago
Just because it’s not enforced doesn’t make it legal.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
His M.O. is to accuse his opponent of the very thing he is doing. It’s the party of bad-faith.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
Share
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
It’s easier to use psyops and cause fear and uncertainty.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
People are sensitive to video. Looks at the reaction from the Ring Super Bowl commercial and Nest Camera video retrieval news from a few weeks ago. Your phone and watch are spyware mostly just spying on you. Sure they could be used to spy o
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
The lack of the later leads to the former.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
That’s not what that means.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
ooh this reminds me of the old internet. Altavista, Yahoo, etc. all had lists like this! It's fun to click about and go down the rabbit hole of things I might not normally see in my daily routine which is now mostly about avoiding the
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
I think you sum up exactly why they will be found illegal.
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
>* I find it hard to justify the value of investing so much of my time perfecting the art of asking a machine to write what I could do perfectly well in less time than it takes to hone the prompt.* This sums up my interactions with LLMs
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by rubyfan 7mo ago
> Imagine what would happen if the populace figured it's getting collectively shafted in a way others may not. They already believe that and it’s used to keep us fighting each other.
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
“Software is eating the world” and “AI is eating software”
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
I left software about 10 years ago for this reason. I saw engineers being undervalued, management barriers to productivity and higher compensation possibilities for non-tech functions.
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
Lemonade will have some actual claim data to support this already, not relying on the word of Tesla.
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
Looks like this is a freebie article in a permission marketing campaign designed to build engagement and then get you to use their services.
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
I wonder if they will try to sell off the car business once they can hype up something else. It seems odd to just let the car business die.
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by rubyfan 8mo ago
Waymo is also a livery service which you normally aren’t liable for as a passenger of taxi or limousine unless you have deep pockets. /IANAL

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