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wenebego··on How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets
Why is it better to punish everyone for past mistakes than it is to make the system better by allowing more workers to immigrate legally, and enforcing labor laws?
wenebego··on How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets
How would you characterize it instead?
wenebego··on [dead]
My thoughts exactly
wenebego··on US man accused of making $1.8M from listening in on wife's remote work calls
More RTO propaganda. You wouldnt want your employees... insider trading... would you?
wenebego··on Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490k swindle
Great idea, but its inconvenient when you need liquidity but the bank doesnt have it. We should let the bank lend out more money than they actually have, and if there's a run the public can just bail them out
wenebego··on Juvenile great apes love to tease and annoy their elders, study finds
Can confirm, you got this
wenebego··on Sabine Hossenfelder, dark matter, FCC, string theory and more
Its the same idea in other industries. You have technical people and you have management. Hopefully there is some overlap. It helps you to figure out how "high level" you need to talk to them
wenebego··on What it was like working for Gitlab
What about western countries using cheap foreign labor? Seems like an asymmetric power balance to me
wenebego··on World surpasses key warming threshold across an entire year
Humans require other animals or vegetation to consume for energy
wenebego··on Tesla Makes It Harder for Investors to Ignore Its Problems
>Anyone thinking Elon Musk is anything short of an incredibly intelligent, talented, skilled, and tenacious entrepreneur and - dare I say - engineer - we have the fortune to see in our era.

So you need to agree with this or you're pushing an "anti-musk" narrative?

wenebego··on Why Rich People Don't Cover Their Windows
I never thought of it as showing [off] the inside, interesting thought
wenebego··on Google is tracking you even in incognito mode, new disclaimer is up
I thought there was already a message along those lines when opening a new private window
wenebego··on Palestinians use eSIM cards to stay in touch the outside world
https://cpj.org/2024/01/journalist-casualties-in-the-israel-...

https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/07/israel-strikes-journalis...

wenebego··on Why are 1,500 Americans still dying from Covid every week?
I mean, obviously. Its still not the topic of the article, or the thread based on the article
wenebego··on The teen mental illness epidemic is international (2023)
To act as if that is all tate is preaching is disingenuous. He also traffics women, and i wonder what he's making them do
wenebego··on Older Americans say they feel trapped in Medicare Advantage plans
What are the difference between the regulatory barriers in mexico and the us that result in such a large difference of out of pocket cost?
wenebego··on The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)
Whatever best supports your claim
wenebego··on The Landlord's Game: Lizzie Magie and Monopoly's Anti-Capitalist Origins (1903)
Can you prove it mathematically?
wenebego··on California Cops Can't Ask Drivers 'Do You Know Why I Pulled You Over?'
"Woule you like me to shine your boots officer sir"
wenebego··on Nearly half of Americans age 18 to 29 are living with their parents
Beginning with the first setence on your first link: "Over the past several years, the housing market has become increasingly unaffordable to families. Mortgage rates have skyrocketed while wages have remained flat, and then sprinkle in supply shortages, the pandemic, and inflation."
wenebego··on TU Berlin Scientists Hack Tesla Autopilot and Discover Secret Elon-Mode
When the punishment for the thing is effectively 0, you dont understand why people are more likely to do the thing?

If speeding tickets were reduced to 0, do you think more or less or exactly the same amount of people would speed?

wenebego··on Nearly half of Americans age 18 to 29 are living with their parents
>largish

Its large. ~40% of homes are 3 bedrooms. ~5% of homes have 5 or more bedrooms.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/206393/distribution-of-h...

wenebego··on Amazon Prime Video starts showing ads in January unless you pay $2.99/month xtra
I frequently grab 720p and hardly notice
wenebego··on Public Facing Dog
As a dog person, i agree. Maybe im actually a delusional cat person.
wenebego··on Gas utilities used tobacco tactics to avoid gas stove regulations
The carbon tax should fund renewable energy sources.
wenebego··on Bluesky posts are finally open to the public
People dress up as animals known as their "fursona" and is not necesarily sexual but tends to be
wenebego··on Record Millions Of US Adults Giving Up On Ever Finding Work (2022)
Youtube uses a - followed by a few alpha numeric characters
wenebego··on Most homes for sale in 2023 were not affordable for a typical U.S. household
Real estate lobby hasnt/wont let that happen
wenebego··on The end of retirement
Ok, so you cant retire if you dont save enough to stomach a tiny downturn.
wenebego··on Text-to-CAD
Yes, our current civilization is capitalist. And no, obviously not.
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