Some of the companies involved that are mentioned in the article:

• Service providers (Comcast, Charter, Cox)
• Entertainment (Disney, AMC, Paramount, Warner Bros. Discovery
• Those connected to advertising (Google, Netflix, Amazon, Meta, Vizio, the NFL)
• Home security (ADT)

As another comment said, I also dropped everything and read the article. So yeah I guess that’d mean Streisand effect is coming into play.

Regarding the topic at hand: I don’t care what these companies say at this point. The fact is that in the past, I have used their services, clicked the “free” button, did some things, and then ended up having to pay them money.

Until the day comes that I get a letter in the mail from the government saying, “Here’s how much you paid in taxes, if you’re cool with that then please disregard”, I will not be satisfied.

The warriors of the resistance to the AI-pocalypse will wear red sneakers and wisecrack like it’s 1994.

I hate to post because I have loved and trusted Wikipedia for years, but the fact that there are folks out there who equally trust what AI tools generate just baffles me.

Screen capture while the video is running, like the VCR days of yore

What if this was just a scheme to get everyone free monitoring

Hey at least I know it gets the job done

I appreciate this thread’s nuanced discussion of how file deletion works from a technical standpoint depending on storage medium. But as a user, when I delete something, it should go away forever. I don’t care how.

Gboard swiping is okay, but I agree, there are still some annoyances. Random mid-sentence capitalization is a big one for me.

And no matter how hard I try, no matter what the settings are, no matter how slowly and deliberately I motion, it will absolutely never output the word “fuck” when swiping. It will say “fucking”, it will even say “fuckin”, but it will never say “fuck”.

Gucci. Duck. Tick. Duck. Rick. Dick. Gigi. FICO. Guck.

This was barely funny back in 2009, now it’s just embarrassing. WTF even is “guck”.

Wow, that is a coincidence. But nah I’ve never heard that song before lol

“How can this invention help us sell more sugar water?”

Creativity is hot. That makes more sense, thanks.

I still don’t understand.

What’s the y axis?

I copied the list straight from the article, so excuse the awkward phrasing. But yes, the implication is that you could totally use “password1” on some websites.

Now that’s a pee four dollar sign dollar sign omega zero are dee right there

The article focuses on password requirements that websites implement, not user behaviors. Common bad practices mentioned:

• Permit very short passwords
• Do not block common passwords
• Use outdated requirements like complex characters

when did SMS go out of style?

This is kind of sad. I’ve been using the site a fair amount recently to help get through some depressive episodes and the social withdrawal/isolation that come with them. Granted, about 50% of conversations were bots, and 40% were guys just looking for girls to send them nudes, but the other 10% or so was pretty interesting conversations.

I guess this will be the impetus to get back out and socialize IRL again. Or to find a new chat-with-randos service. Or to keep spiraling deeper into depression. We’ll see.

Edit: It was also kinda nice to be treated like a woman without being treated differently for being trans.

Oh gosh. Did my critique of ads just become an ad?