Thank you for being a far better person than I, in that you actually give enough of a fuck to remember at least one specific, named person who was murdered in the way I was described.

This is not sarcasm it's a genuine emotional appreciation. I don't have it in me to remember, since all the shit news day in and day out just all blurs together and is too much for me to cope with if I tried to remember, but I'm glad someone is.

So... Same as it's been since the war on terror began in 2001?

Oh, now they can assassinate white people in first world countries, not just drop bombs on weddings in mideast countries. I see. Totally makes all the difference.

(I am feeling very cynical here haha, I get this is a big significant legal precedent for the USA but yeah)

She did the request for her own info because she suspected staff were dragging their heels with her other requests, and the request for her own info proved her suspicions were well-founded.

Asking for information on how a section of government operates should be commended, not discouraged. The government works for the people and their operations should be transparent. Doubly so when they act like they have something to hide.

But, Ive been a staff member who had a bad day and found a customer's legitimate request frustrating - "this is the last thing I needed" - so I have some level of sympathy for the staffers too.

I was such a fan of the original RTW. It was such a shame how bad the launch of II was, and to this day I've never played it. By the time it was fixed, there were other games out that were never broken to begin with.

In my country we've had these electronic labels for many years, using them was part of my first real job a decade ago. And here they definitely can be updated centrally, and in near real time.

I used to drive past their factory every day on the way to work. Should have taken a photo for all those sweet internet points, rip

Tbh though you can barely tell it's their factory from the outside, if not for their vans parked around you'd never know.

Wangs of Witchers. Gotta keep the alliteration.

1. Mayor says the city will stop using tech by the end of 2024.

2. Tech is still operational in April 2024 (8 months before the end of 2024).

3. Breathless expose article showing that the tech is still in use.

4. Profit???

He says "action nirvana" but I think he means "pay to win, $ucker"

So, a corporation fucked a guy over, and when he retaliated using the same method they fucked him over with, he gets punished by the law while nothing happens to them?

Not saying he was right to do what he did but I understand why he'd feel aggrieved by them. And fuck the "rule of law" that so blatantly supports corporations over people.

For anyone wondering, yes the plane is a Boeing 787-9...

If one owned a real switch would that alter any of the steps? Like, I imagine whatever keys you need would be on it?

For the record I know nothing and am just guesstimating based on 90's PS1 emulation.

Just when I thought they couldn't shit on DnD worse than they already have 😭😭😭

This behaviour is why I roll my eyes when the edge fanbois are all like "iTs AlL cHrOmE aNyWaY".

Fuck any company that uses their power to try trick people into using their software, yes including google.

Link gives me a 404 error, am I the only one?

Suuuuuuuuuure. I entirely believe that.

If they can't work out how to use the internet to stream a video, maybe they should be banned from operating cars which rely on remote control video operation once a mile?

Only tangentially related, but I just realised that now when I read "X got death threats", the assumption I jump to is that X is a terrible person/company trying to deflect from their terrible decisions/actions.

Not seemingly the case here, but Im left pondering how often this claim has been misused as an easy cop-out. WoTC, , etc.

More like, OpenAI has said "so what if we were speeding, everyone does it" (did that work last time you got a ticket?)

Relevant exerpt from the article: "The company recently made a similar argument to the UK House of Lords, claiming no AI system like ChatGPT can be built without access to copyrighted content."

Not the person you're replying to, but I would second what they're saying. I recall many years ago reading a post from the Tor browser team explaining that they customise the UA and even browser window size to avoid fingerprinting. It's not the UA alone, but that in combination with other values the site you're visiting can detect.

User agent is also the very first thing checked on the below fingerprinting site. I was surprised to see that 0.00% of me have the same user agent as me!

https://www.amiunique.org/fingerprint

The homeless guy down the street reckons the hospital was bombed by the aliens who live in his ballsack. Are they going to do an article reporting on that next?!