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Web Development / FTC bars five companies from blocking negative consumer reviews
« on: August 19, 2019, 11:10:19 PM »
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/ftc-bars-five-companies-from-blocking-negative-consumer-reviews-081919.html

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Water Cooler / US: Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas
« on: August 17, 2019, 07:22:25 PM »

https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/08/wind-power-prices-now-lower-than-the-cost-of-natural-gas/

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Marketing / Sexist ads for Volkswagen and cream cheese banned over gender stereotypes
« on: August 14, 2019, 11:52:41 AM »
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it showed a woman "engaged in a stereotypical care-giving role."


 the men were portrayed as somewhat hapless and inattentive, which resulted in them being unable to care for the children effectively


https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/14/media/uk-adverts-banned-gender-stereotypes-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

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Water Cooler / Recycling Is in Crisis. Could These Innovations Be the Answer?
« on: August 12, 2019, 01:28:14 PM »
The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/world/australia/recycling-plastic-trash.html

Debbie's filtering rule: For any headline posed as a question, the answer is "No."

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Water Cooler / Some DSLR cameras can be infected with ransomware
« on: August 12, 2019, 12:50:05 PM »

https://www.techspot.com/news/81395-dslr-cameras-can-infected-ransomware.html

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Hardware & Technology / Transparent color display on a drink cooler in Madrid, Spain
« on: August 10, 2019, 12:49:23 AM »
https://gfycat.com/ediblehilariouscutworm

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Traffic / SpamBots on Instagram
« on: August 07, 2019, 01:01:25 PM »
Interesting. Things have come a long way -downhill- since the early days of captcha.

Instagram’s 'huge booty' problem keeps getting worse
https://www.engadget.com/2019/08/06/instagram-comments-bots-spam-huge-booty-masturbate-facebook/

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Traffic / Google turns EU antitrust ruling into profit: Search providers will pay...
« on: August 02, 2019, 01:08:21 PM »
...to be featured as default choice on Android
https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/08/02/google-turns-eu-antitrust-ruling-into-profit-search-providers-will-pay-to-be-featured-as-default-choice-on-android/

(From our Unintended Consequences Dept.)

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Economics & Investing / BlackRock lost $90bn investing in fossil fuel companies
« on: August 01, 2019, 01:16:59 PM »
The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/31/blackrock-lost-90bn-investing-in-fossil-fuel-companies-report-finds

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Water Cooler / Plastic bag charge: Sales in England fall by 90%
« on: July 31, 2019, 09:48:23 PM »
BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-49185007

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Marketplaces / Amazon to Start Fining Sellers for Using Boxes That Are Way Too Big
« on: July 31, 2019, 12:07:18 PM »
https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/amazon-to-start-fining-sellers-for-using-boxes-that-are-way-too-big/

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Water Cooler / Coke and Pepsi abandon the plastics lobby
« on: July 31, 2019, 12:05:49 PM »
 CNN
https://us.cnn.com/2019/07/30/business/coke-pepsi-plastics/index.html

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Economics & Investing / Spotify reports bigger-than-expected loss, paid subscribers disappoint - Reuters
« on: July 31, 2019, 12:03:06 PM »
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spotify-tech-results/spotify-reports-bigger-than-expected-loss-paid-subscribers-disappoint-idUSKCN1UQ15Z

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Economics & Investing / Richer US Households Fueling a Hot Job Sector: 'Wealth Work'
« on: July 30, 2019, 05:20:08 PM »

https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-07-30/richer-us-households-fueling-a-hot-job-sector-wealth-work

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Water Cooler / Lightening fried ISP
« on: July 25, 2019, 12:00:27 AM »
I'm having to use phone browser while the cable company sorta maybe thinks about fixing it.  So NO userscripts and no page-ripping.  This sucks.

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