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I was assuming this was a retirement announcement from the editor.

Sadly, not the case. The site has ceased publication as of this story, though content and the forum will remain up for an indeterminate amount of time.

It launched in 1997, the same year I wrote my first HTML, having started college and suddenly having access to hosting.

It sucks to see a pub that has adhered to its goals for the most part (we all make mistakes) for 27 years get shut down by a corporate owner.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

I wasn't expecting anything Earth-shattering coming out of this given that everyone at Fox News was salivating for fresh meat. Problem is, not having a straight answer for anything now becomes the narrative.

This was not a great look for either of them (as little time as Walz got).

If you haven't seen it, links below:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

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submitted 2 weeks ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/usnews@beehaw.org

Interestingly, also the only thing consultants won't try.

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Here's a great example of dystopian tech being rolled out without guardrails. Brought to you by Axos, which you may know as the company that rebranded after Taser became a liability as a name.

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Surprising absolutely no one ...

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Reporting on court proceedings is not politics. Please restrict comments to the news aspects of this story in this community; we're all aware he's primarily running to stay out of prison, but that is not this story. /soapbox

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

I did see this trailer or at least part of it somehow and thought they were joke quotes. The ChatGPT connection isn't really the issue here, it's fucking lorem ipsum in production (that's why it's used; this is what inevitably happens otherwise). They don't have an AI problem; they have a process problem if there's no editing or at least fact checking vendor collateral before it goes live.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/politics@beehaw.org

I've never actually seen one of Trump's sales ads. I'm speechless for a number of reasons. How big is that dude's jacket? Somehow, the second one is even worse.

Clips of the first NFT "issuance" made it to late night, but this is some next-level cult shit. Unless I'm misunderstanding, $7,500 gets you invited to no-expenses-paid visit to Mar-A-Lago, where I'm sure you'll be expected to pay for dinner, for the chance to shake his hand and be scammed yet again? Is this what's being sold?

I share this because it's rather eye-opening what he thinks enough people will fall for to be worth it for a handsome profit. There's not much need to watch the analysis after the second ad, but if, like, me you are too stunned to form your own coherent thoughts, it helps on the come down back to reality.

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This was a surprising area to see novel approaches being tried, though it doesn't seem to remotely solve the problems around cocoa beans.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 53 points 2 months ago

Here's an idea: How about zero days?

I admittedly don't get how this is even a thing, having bought unlocked phones for prepaid service going on 14 years now. Wait for a sale on a phone, get a high-end device for like $800 (financing always available), and pay $200 once a year for service.

It's appalling to me that people think more than $17/month for cell service is reasonable.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 51 points 4 months ago

Poorly thought-out Facebook posts are forever; coverage of city council malfeasance from two years ago, not so much.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 48 points 8 months ago

For an article that tries to push a groupthink narrative to work, the people using the "discouraged" product need to believe the "encouraged" one has feature parity with zero downsides.

I guarantee that no one is accidentally using Firefox because they're unaware of the alternatives.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 44 points 8 months ago

This is the sort of deep learning I can see benefiting society, as opposed, to say, summarizing Great Expectations for an essay.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 50 points 9 months ago

At this point, the goal is to normalize the rhetoric. He's been very effective at being able to downplay things by having said them for years. We know his playbook; he's continuing to follow it.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 63 points 10 months ago

So, IBM walks into a Nazi bar, and after six drinks, slurrs to the bartender, "What's with all the swastikas?"

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 102 points 10 months ago

Friendly reminder that Thunderbird is a great way to handle multiple email accounts on the desktop.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 46 points 1 year ago

As to conspiracies, it's not really the businesses, it's the property.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 38 points 1 year ago

Last Adobe product I used was CS6. That's what the company stuck with, presumably, to avoid shit like this.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 46 points 1 year ago

"Not enough people are paying at $11.99. We need to charge more."

Just because landlords think they can push through 16% price hikes doesn't mean everyone got a 16% raise. So they're trying to steer people from uBO by ... enticing them with higher prices?

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 54 points 1 year ago

Raising the payroll cap has always been the sane, easy solution. The notion that after a certain point you make too much to be taxed is one of the most glaring examples of fucking the working class via regressive policy.

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 66 points 1 year ago

Amazon's argument seems to boil down to "we sell products, not ads, so the law shouldn't apply to us." The EC response seems to be "what you would like the law to say is not what it says."

Regardless, the fact that Amazon doesn't like the law means it was written to protect consumers from corporations. In the states, we've completely forgotten that government is supposed to do precisely that.

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