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swebs··on 90-year-old man spends $10k on 2 ads in WSJ to tell AT&T CEO about slow internet
That's just an ad campaign for a jewelry store.

https://www.deadlinedetroit.com/articles/22062/why_does_some...

swebs··on CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ransom demand
There were the huge Nintendo leaks last year, but those were mostly for firmware and older games.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nintendo_data_leak

swebs··on CD Projekt Red has been subject to a cyber attack and ransom demand
They recently released a game called Cyberpunk. I haven't played this game myself, but the genre usually involves hackers as protagonists fighting corporations as antagonists.
swebs··on South Africa suspends rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
700 sounds like a pretty decent sample size to me.
swebs··on What Does the Title ‘Esquire’ Mean, Anyway?
This is a poorly written article coated in the author's hamfisted rant on modern US politics. The Wikipedia page is much more straightforward and in-depth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esquire

swebs··on Program teaches prisoners coding so they can land tech jobs once released
They could just check Glassdoor.
swebs··on Nextdoor is replacing the small-town paper
>I don't remember local or small-town papers to [generally] being toxic or cesspools of hate.

My local paper used to publish Tom Tomorrow, which is the most toxic and vitriolic comic I've seen outside the internet.

swebs··on SpaceX says Starlink now has over 10k users
Are you asking a question or making a statement?
swebs··on Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal
Stong disagree. When a handful of tech companies that form an Oligarchy on modern communication decide to systemically oppress members of one political party, that's the antithesis of free speech.
swebs··on The Media and Silicon Valley Are at War
>The author assumes that "the media" are some homogenous lump that all thinks the same and pumps out the same content.

If only you knew how bad things really are.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JournoList

swebs··on Covid-19 rarely spreads through surfaces. So why are we still deep cleaning?
I don't see the downside of UV sanitizers if they're out of sight deep in the ductwork.
swebs··on Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
It probably won't. I love my Pinephone just like I love desktop Linux, and both are great choices for people who keep up with tech, but neither will reach more than a few percentage points of marketshare without a $100m+ marketing push. They would need the help of some tech philanthropist to make it to the mainstream.
swebs··on Element (Matrix chat app) suspended from the Google Play Store
>the only solution as far as I see it, is to extend the First Amendment to social media

I would love this, personally.

swebs··on Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop frenzy
Alex Jones was the test. Trump was their show of force. If you can "cancel" the president of the USA, you can cancel anyone. The big tech cartel sent a message that they're the new dictators of the flow of information.
swebs··on Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop frenzy
As far as I know, its not illegal to use bitcoin.
swebs··on Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
You can post from a VPN or Tor if you have a pass.

https://www.4channel.org/pass

swebs··on Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
Don't know about now, but it was hosted in a basement as of 2012.

https://i.warosu.org/data/g/img/0689/86/1545245294211.jpg

swebs··on Discord bans r/WallStreetBets server, subreddit went private for a while
Which is doubly ironic since, aside from gamergate, 8chan was mostly famous for hosting /leftypol/.
swebs··on Social Media Influencer Charged with Election Interference
We've finally entered the age of illegal memes.
swebs··on Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing
Roma begging in Europe is a lot more aggressive compared to the US where people usually just sit against the wall with a sign. They usually stop you from walking down the street and refuse to take no for an answer the first few times. And it repeats every single day if they set up near your work or apartment. It can also often be step 1 of a pickpocketing scam. Its not surprising that people were bothered enough to make this a law in the first place.
swebs··on Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing
>Still, in a small, wealthy country to which few poor people move, it appears that homelessness is solvable.

I think this is the main takeaway of this story.

swebs··on Finland has slashed homelessness; the rest of Europe is failing
>This stuff might make you feel good, but it is at the expense of the people you are exploiting for your good feelings. Stop being so selfish and accept that the solution to this problem isn'g going to be happy and fun and worthy of instagram posts.

I think a lot more people need to hear this.

swebs··on Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
>interact with local keyrings which aren't compatible across all platforms?

Yes, that's how git does it.

swebs··on DDoS-Guard to forfeit internet space occupied by Parler
So should we also cancel sites like Twitter that don't ban far-left conspiracy?
swebs··on Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of “Orange” (2018)
>In Italian it was originally narancia, and in French narange, though the word in both of these languages eventually dropped the “n” at the beginning to become arancia and orange, probably from a mistaken idea that the initial “n” sound had carried over from the article, una or une.

This actually happened pretty often with some words

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing#Examples_of_false...

swebs··on Twitter locks account of China's US embassy over its defence of Xinjiang policy
>Any kind of governance requires some consent from people

Well no, the whole point of totalitarianism is that the people aren't even allowed a choice in the first place. A lot of people did speak out in Tiananmen Square and it didn't work out so well for them.

swebs··on Japanese people may have gained longevity by balancing their diets
Well did it work?
swebs··on Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies
Yes, CVS MinuteClinic.
swebs··on Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies
>Why are the prices so insane?

Because up until a few weeks ago, people weren't allowed to see what hospitals charged until AFTER getting their bill. It was a ridiculous system, and I'm glad Trump got rid of it.

swebs··on Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients, insurance companies
What country lets non-citizens just walk in to use the health care system?
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