Tries to steal electron for Trump: 5 years probation
Steals and distributes Trump's tax records: 5 years prison and the judge wishing they could throw more against the terrorist to democracy
I accidentally pirate crap I have legitimate access to because I can't be bothered to figure out which damn platform its on. I have access to quite a few through work due to my industry at no out of pocket costs.
The times I try to actually search for something, it'll be listed on multiple platforms but 0 to 1 of those platforms will actually have what I'm looking for included with the subscription forcing me to manually check each one.
It is easier to just pirate.
When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.
- Goodhart's law
Advertisers made it a target to have a high review score so now they are just another advertising cost.
SEO did the same to the web.
Bots and now AI are infecting social spaces as users figured out reviews are now shit and would turn to special interest groups.
"High five" instead of "paw" for two dogs which wasn't the accident. The accident is they learned to associate high five with wanting something. When they want pets, food, bones, or toys they obsessively high five at you.
My cat does it now too. Maybe they learned it from the cat who saw they got treats for high fives. My wife hates it. I think its hilarious.
Photosynthesis - provided by the OG solar cells.
Yeah it won't power my computer, just found the irony comical.
Yeah, there are better arguments for a flat earth. I wonder if this could be used to convince the nutters to reduce carbon emissions. #KeepEarthFlat
Roughly 4 out of 5 companies I've seen that have received investments in my industry in the past 5 years have been Israel R&D startup companies.
Not my wheel house, but if I had to guess, the ruling class in the states has a lot of investments tied up in Israel.
Take with a grain of salt, as this is just an anecdotal observation.
import gravity; gravity = None
edit: of course there is an xkcd: https://xkcd.com/353/.
It's a font, there is no risk of data collection...
TeamViewer checks for a font their app installs when visiting their website to fingerprint you.
For the low price of billions and a decade of work they could build out hollow core fiber coast to coast to get the last 1/3 c.
Aye, the right to free speech does not mean the right to an audience.
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1098624.When_I_Say_No_I_Feel_Guilty
Its dated and probably misogynistic given the period, but when I did read it many many years ago, the broken record technique is probably the one thing I do remember. It also had some role play dialog for how others may try and break the loop. I found it helpful at the time.
I think I read/heard something similar in one of the Love and Logic parenting books/ebooks. "Maybe so, but " comes to mind. Acknowledge the statement that attempts to break the loop, don't add any new information, and repeat the assertion.