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MountingSuspicion

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  • Verizon refused to unlock man’s iPhone, so he sued the carrier and won

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  • Absolutely infuriating. I'm upset the judge did not award the full extent of monetary damages even though it's evident that Verizon is in violation of multiple agreements.

    I know it's not how this works, but since the FCC put those rules in place as a condition of their acquisition of the other companies, and since they violated those rules, the government should be able to nationalize/seize the assets of the other companies. Verizon should not legally have them since they broke the agreement. I'd love to see not just a one time fine but a legitimate punishment. If this guy hadn't done this they'd be knowingly violating their agreement still. The people doing this are disgusting and taking advantage of the people with the least amount of time and resources. I truly wish they all have the day they deserve.

  • this is some sad shit

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  • Love that he thinks "if you know how to tell a great story you will love AI." The whole point of AI is to cut out the telling a story part. In reality it's "if you think you have a good idea for a story but don't know how to tell one you'll love whatever the AI spits out." People who know how to do creative things don't need AI to do it for them.

  • One in 10 Mamdani voters were also Trump voters, study finds

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  • Yes, I agreed that it was a dissatisfaction thing, I was just commenting in the context of the whole thread where some are suggesting it's because people have left the Trump cult or that it's about charisma or whatever. This 1 in 10 figure is pretty standard now. I've made the argument previously that it really is more about ignorance than dissatisfaction, because truth be told I'm probably more dissatisfied than any of those crossover voters and I can actually list real specific reasons. You have to be really ignorant to think that this sort of crossover voting is good, regardless of if the person you're voting for seems like an outsider or not. But yes, long story short, disruption seems to be a big part of it.

  • One in 10 Mamdani voters were also Trump voters, study finds

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  • Not a you specific thing, but I hate when people cite these stats as though they're significant, but in reality they are pretty standard for the past decade at least. I know people mostly do it because the media highlights them without comparable information or context and it just sticks in people's heads. Plenty of people think things must be meaningful or significant just because there's a headline, but this is not a new phenomenon.

    Data shows that in 2016, these [Obama] voters comprised roughly 13% of Trump voters. In 2012, this segment of voters made up 9% of total Obama voters.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama%E2%80%93Trump_voters

    I agree that one of the themes is dissatisfaction though.

  • DoorDasher in Indiana arrested for allegedly pepper-spraying delivery

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  • Not the person you're responding to, but I had the same questions. They didn't come to mind as looking for a justification, only that it could possibly give some additional context. If she delivered there before and they had gotten into a verbal altercation for example, it would shed even more doubt on any excuse she might make. I'm not saying there's no way she did that for no reason or for her cited reason, but it's possible that a motive for doing that might be clear if we had that additional information.

  • Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.

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  • Yes, thank you! My timing was wrong (I'm getting old lol), but this was the exact thing being discussed. Glad other people were able to find the info.

  • Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.

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  • Yes! Thank you for the link! I can't guarantee it but this seems like the exact thing we had been chatting about. The age puts it in time to have made the rounds but still be tech relevant at around the time of discussion.

  • Disney says Google AI infringes copyright “on a massive scale”

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  • Not to support Disney or IP/copyright laws here, but that's not really how that works. A musician can choose to not be on Spotify but be on Apple Music. A movie can be licensed to Netflix and not Hulu. A writer can publish in one paper and refuse to work with another. I think for how these things currently work, that is an important right that holders can claim. If I'm an artist and I want to make an AI generator from just my art, that should not give other companies license to use my are to train their AI.

  • Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon

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  • To a certain extent, isn't it still enshitification? They lowered their standards (making the product/marketplace worse) to capture marketshare/increase profits.

    Also, blaming consumers for being "bad at shopping" is certainly a take. What about the gold plated HDMI cables sold at a huge markup? More expensive doesn't mean better and we can't expect everyone to have the knowledge or ability or time to know about every single thing they purchase. Shitty companies are charging more for less and consumers are being squeezed. Photos are all manipulated and there's no real way to know the quality from a picture. People are trying their best to get good products for their money without being scammed.

  • Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.

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  • Yea. I didn't call it AI because I'm not sure the exact method of generation. It may have been AI or maybe some other generation method.

  • Quilter's AI just designed an 843‑part Linux computer that booted on the first try. Hardware will never be the same.

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  • I may be hallucinating now, but I swear I remember nearly a decade ago there was a paper or articles about how CG PCBs were using some electrical tricks that were non standard to minimize space or something. The design purposefully had arcs or short circuits or something. Maybe it was a temperature thing? I did a more than cursory search and couldn't find much, but I vividly remember having conversations about it. Anyone remember anything like that?

  • If only

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  • I agree with a lot of this but I think it's excessive to say involvement in any ad makes you terrible. Local band puts up flyer at local bar. Karaoke MC says he'll be at bar Y next week and back here same day next month. I don't think that makes them bad people. I certainly don't think it makes the people who designed the flyer bad people. I think ads have become bad and pervasive, but in reality they could and should serve a purpose. If there's something I'd be interested in, I want to know about it, but there's no way for me to subconsciously just get all of that information. Newsletters, another form of advertising, are a great way to do this, but those too have suffered. Ads could at least be somewhat informative, but now they're all just "brand awareness". I think that's one of the big issues. I understand the perspective of wanting a 0 ad life, but I think a lot of that mindset comes from the abuse ads have done. Autoplay video ads? Abhorrent. Small ad on a bar website telling me when happy hour is? Helpful. That's just my opinion, obviously, but I thought I'd mention as an alternative perspective.

  • Instacart Charging Customers Different Prices for Same Products, Study Finds

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  • This was worth the read. I'd like to point out that's it's for shoppers ordering from the SAME store location. Different store locations have different operating costs and often different pricing, but this is from the same physical store. The following quote is also interesting:

    So Instacart’s varied pricing is allegedly part of an experiment that randomly assigns shoppers to different pricing groups, but brands whose goods are available on Instacart can use the company’s data-driven pricing platform to serve different prices based on different demographic data. For the end user, that likely feels like a distinction without a difference, as they are ultimately seeing different prices based on conditions that are outside of their control.

  • YSK: Your library card is probably a golden ticket to free streaming, e-books, and audiobooks.

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  • I have a lot of users tagged as AI/uses AI, but I don't have this one. Did you have them tagged from before or are there obvious AI signs I'm missing in the post?

  • Missing Virginia football coach wanted on child sexual abuse material charges walked into woods with gun, family says

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  • I think it's somewhat relevant because people often make excuses for people who are very good in their chosen field. This might add that context, as people might have been afraid to come forward because the team he's coaching is doing well and people don't want to derail that for the young boys. So it points out that 1) his success possibly shielded him 2) being successful doesn't make you a good person 3) it's possible the team would have been successful without him. I'm not sure if that's why it was included, but that's my take.

  • A still life that I tried to reshoot, ten years later.

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  • Interesting shot. What's the significance of the rotated card? Was there something you were trying to convey?

  • Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

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  • Lol. Thank you. I had definitely just added necromancer by Gordon R Dickson to my list instead so that info really helps. I don't read a lot of cyberpunk, so looking forward to something a little different.

  • Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

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  • Awesome! Thank you!

  • Google's Agentic AI wipes user's entire HDD without permission in catastrophic failure

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  • Not me having already just added Necromancer by Gordon R Dickson to my to read list. Thank you!