plz1 @ plz1 @lemmy.world

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They got nearly $8 billion in the CHIPS act less than a year ago, and they are still laying off? I'm guessing they lit that money on fire with stock buybacks, as is tradition.

Yeah, I agree with that personally, but realistically, "your phone was near a place" is not the same as "you were involved". If they hijack a phone onto a Stingray, they can get way more info than just IMEI.

My favorite part of the Harry Kim joke is that at the end of Voyager, he was a captain, but Janeway rewrote that timeline to save Seven of Nine, so she ended up doing a retcon on Harry's promotions from Ensign. Never my captain, that's for sure.

I feel like it'd be canon for him to be Naomi Wildman's first officer.

Challenge to Google Chrome

Uses Chromium as the base

So basically they are doing exactly what Google is, and what Microsoft is with Edge.

I don't understand why cell phones don't authenticate the towers they connect to. Is this really just a "standards lag behind modern security" thing, or is it on purpose to allow these Stingray devices to be used?

Elon pushes directly to main

It's hard when they hide identifying info

The crappy design here is that this is called Core. Core implies it's a central or fundamental feature. I wouldn't consider that as part of a paid upgrade path.

I don't get the point of this. Is the point to send people to some place so inhospitable that it scares future refugees from attempting to apply for asylum?

No, it was written by smart people with zero empathy and a plethora of conflicts of interest. Don't make these ghouls out to be inept, they are smart, and just awful people.

You had me until the emergency services comment

• Fire department, available
• Police, available, you may end up murdered if you are the wrong skin tone
• Ambulance, available, but you'll be billed for that ride. So what'd taxes pay for there?
• Mental health services, see Police
• Emergency room, available, see Ambulance and multiply by 50-100x

Anyone could've done this. It was obvious that if this shitty bill passed, it was a good bet to ditch the stock as a preventative measure. Whereas if it didn't, it's not like those stocks would surge. This guy is still a scumbag, but this story is burying the lead, which is, Congress just fucked over millions of Americans to again bail out the billionaire class. This is and always has been a class war, and all but the 0.1% are the ones losing.

When elderly folks start losing their homes due to medical debt foreclosures, these people need to be made to own that result.

Rover

I donate to my instance.

If you are getting something for free, you are generally the product, not the consumer.

Crap like this is why I set mine to about:blank

300K is nothing but a taste, for normal usage. I've been using NextDNS on my home network for a few years. I average 1.2 million queries/month. And that's with cache boost (forced minimum TTL) enabled.

$20/year is worth every penny. The amount of time you save in blocking all the ads and surveillance marketing services is worth 10x that.

Dummy's Guide on How to Be a US Senator

For the companies, yup. For the consumers, absolutely not. They'll probably charge even more for the less-adulterated products... Line. Must. Go. Up.

Yes, but she was terminally ill, so it was her taking it on her own terms. Unlike Epstein, whose suicide was committed for him.