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shalafi

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  • Xbox Game Pass Lost "Millions Of Subscribers" After Last Year's 50% Price Hike

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  • Basic economics? Drop your low-value customers for high-value customers, make more money for less support and infrastructure (and accounting and HR and payroll and...) This is Business 101. Two things kick my ass: 1) No one seems to get this thing. 2) Everyone acts like these leaching services are a necessity.

    Drop them and move on! Choose an entertainment ecosystem that fucked you? Lesson learned. Move on. Still want it? Steal what you can. I have no idea what's on broadcast, cable or subscription TV. My home-rolled VPN is $6/mo., done.

  • TIL out of all gemstones, diamonds are the most common

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  • And where can this sentiment be found?

  • Trump Mobile Site Reportedly Exposing Customers' Private Data

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  • Was gonna go for it but it's been patched. :(

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    Barnes & Noble CEO backs selling AI-written books in stores

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    Billionaires are trying to lull us into AI complacency. Don’t let them

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  • The GOP dropped the "party of fiscal responsibility" over under George Bush. I haven't heard them spout that bullshit in nearly 2 decades.

  • Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."

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  • You got an economic system in your back pocket that doesn't allow money to funnel upwards? Bring it out! It's not capitalism you're complaining about, it's plutocracy we're living under.

    Adam Smith would be horrified at our monopolies. 1980s conservatives would be horrified! Yeah, the economy has always served the wealthy, but it wasn't anything like today.

  • White House Says We Had to Bomb Iran Because Trump Had a “Feeling”

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  • He can't. The strict command and control structure between POTUS and launch keys will break down, just as it did with 3 or 4 events during the Cold War.

  • one water please

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  • That and many other simple laws. I've been saying these DCs are a local government problem. Nearly every one of these building permits could be denied by city and county goverments.

  • The Department of Homeland Security Is Demanding That Google Turn Over Information About Random Critics

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  • Nah, SCOTUS pushed back on Trump, first time around and this time as well. The administration had a solid run of Supreme Court wins for several months because they only brought cases they thought were slam dunks. Now that we're getting into meaty subjects like birthright citizenship, the justices look to stand firm. Too little, too late, I know.

  • How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

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  • Among other reasons you've been given:

    • The figured MN folks would be peaceable and lay down.
    • No open carry of weapons.
    • Didn't think they'd show out in deep winter. (HAH!)

  • Found her in the wild

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  • I bought one! Not that brand, forget what I have, but I can't afford to replace the carpet so I need it.

  • ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

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  • You and I wouldn't be able to use jargon or talk procedures. It would be immediately obvious we were faking. Come up on me and tell me you're in IT, see how that goes. :)

  • ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

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  • ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

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  • We still need people doing ICE's former job. Bet there's not a country on the planet that has zero internal immigration enforcement mechanisms.

  • ICE agents pull guns on police officers 'of color' and demand papers: MN chief

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  • You can buy everything they wear, even POLICE patches, on Amazon, eBay and Etsy. That's where I get my outdoor and gun gear.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • What do you get when your search "terminal"? My home rig defaults to PowerShell, but I likely changed something years ago.

  • What a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OS

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  • I'm a Windows sysadmin, this is the exact explanation. The only other thing, and this is going way out on a limb, is that terminal was installed through the Windows Store and something related is busted. I've never even heard of a company utilizing the Store for installations.

  • Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

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  • Could not have written my exact take as closely as yours.

    Only thing I'd add is using it to screw around with personal photos. ChatGPT is cleaning up some 80s pics of my wife that were atrocious. I have rudimentary PhotoShop skills, but we'd never have these clean pics without AI. OTOH, I'd gladly drop that ability to reclaim all the negatives.

  • Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

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  • Very few laymen have noticed or give a shit about RAM prices. My young friend across the street and I are likely the only people on the block who know what RAM does, let alone are able to build a PC.

    Business purchasing is where we might see some backlash soon. I've bought all the IT goods, hardware and software, for my last two companies, and I'd be screaming.

    Boss: What the hell? Weren't we getting these laptops for $1,200 last year?!

  • memes @lemmy.world
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    OC

    SMH, not even baseline

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    My combat boots lasted 4-years. Is that reasonable given hard use?

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    Apparently I've forgotten how to pack in calories. How can I get proper food for a physical labor job?

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    So... Did c/Resist@fedia.io get smoked? All I see is a crater.

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    Follow up on leaving IT for Lowe's. Started today! Still sound like a sane move?

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    Don't know a better place to ask, but is this iron ore? (More in post)

    imgur.com /a/zPPfwab
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    Creative ideas for a bunch of railroad spikes?

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    It's my 54th BD, left a $83K IT job last summer, interviewing at Lowe's tomorrow. Is it weird I'm looking forward to it?

  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Biden administration bans unpaid medical bills from appearing on credit reports

    apnews.com /article/biden-harris-medical-debt-credit-reports-d914b690602a14348d7d25508fa8f890
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Do I care about phone security and updates?

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    Good Android mapping/GPS app?

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    Why does Mississippi issue different plates for each county?

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    Being that you can read blocked or deleted posts by simply clicking "source", what's the point? Looks like a great way for mods to call attention to posts they don't want seen.

  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
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    Where can I post a short story and get some serious review?

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    So Kissinger must have had use to someone? What did he do right and for who?