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Monetization / Big Tech to EU: "Drop Dead" | Electronic Frontier Foundation
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 02:02:43 PM »https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/05/big-tech-eu-drop-dead
Good read, but one point bothers me;
I don't like “Pay or Okay” but it seems to be a reasonable offer by a vendor. There has to be some sort of monetization that'll pay the bills.
Good read, but one point bothers me;
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Meta’s answer to this is a “Pay or Okay” system, in which users who do not consent to Meta’s surveillance will have to pay to use the service, or be blocked from it
I don't like “Pay or Okay” but it seems to be a reasonable offer by a vendor. There has to be some sort of monetization that'll pay the bills.
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Water Cooler / America Takes Its Biggest Step Yet to End Coal Mining - Slashdot
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 01:50:38 PM »4
Economics & Investing / Re: >8 billion people, 6 billion jobs.
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 01:49:03 PM »>I'm guessing UBI and work week limitations are going to get more popular.
The godfather of AI agrees, LM.
"AI would increase productivity and wealth, the money would go to the rich and not the people whose jobs get lost and that’s going to be very bad for society”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnd607ekl99o
AI 'godfather' says universal basic income will be needed
The godfather of AI agrees, LM.
"AI would increase productivity and wealth, the money would go to the rich and not the people whose jobs get lost and that’s going to be very bad for society”.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnd607ekl99o
AI 'godfather' says universal basic income will be needed
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Web Development / Re: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Last post by rcjordan on Today at 02:09:41 AM »>different, unrelated content now
That's a problem within AMZ now. A vendor will discontinue a product and substitute another --sometimes similar, but often not related-- product. I come across this when I go to 'buy again' from past orders.
That's a problem within AMZ now. A vendor will discontinue a product and substitute another --sometimes similar, but often not related-- product. I come across this when I go to 'buy again' from past orders.
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Web Development / Re: 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Last post by buckworks on Today at 01:40:20 AM »A related problem is old URLs which still exist but have different, unrelated content now.
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Water Cooler / Re: NOAA declares a G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storm
« Last post by rcjordan on May 18, 2024, 02:36:16 PM »> keep messing around with G5s
BBC: More Northern Lights soon as Sun storms strengthen
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c163j8551ygo
BBC: More Northern Lights soon as Sun storms strengthen
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c163j8551ygo
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Water Cooler / Population: High levels of glyphosate found in more than half of sperm samples
« Last post by rcjordan on May 18, 2024, 01:31:57 PM »https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/glyphosate-weedkiller-sperm
High levels of weedkiller found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds | Herbicides | The Guardian
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014765132400486X
Glyphosate presence in human sperm: First report and positive correlation with oxidative stress in an infertile French population - ScienceDirect
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Monsanto shills program to parry negative online comments
http://th3core.com/talk/marketing/monsanto-shills-program-to-parry-negative-online-comments/msg74205/#msg74205
High levels of weedkiller found in more than half of sperm samples, study finds | Herbicides | The Guardian
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014765132400486X
Glyphosate presence in human sperm: First report and positive correlation with oxidative stress in an infertile French population - ScienceDirect
<related>
Monsanto shills program to parry negative online comments
http://th3core.com/talk/marketing/monsanto-shills-program-to-parry-negative-online-comments/msg74205/#msg74205
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Hardware & Technology / Re: How to live your life in text files
« Last post by rcjordan on May 18, 2024, 01:19:33 PM »10
Web Development / 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later
« Last post by rcjordan on May 18, 2024, 01:14:38 PM »https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/17/when-online-content-disappears/
Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages | Pew Research Center
Link Rot and Digital Decay on Government, News and Other Webpages | Pew Research Center