Interesting that their CTO was also laid off. Makes me wonder if he was deemed ‘AI-hostile’ by others in the C-suite because he was enforcing human employees. But purely conjecture on my part with that.

Yes, at least that’s been my experience.

Wasn’t this exactly by design? Get lots of supporters to buy in, get the price to surge, and then sell at a profit (the good old ‘pump and dump’)?

What are some good alternatives to Protonmail? I’m talking companies that don’t exploit their users and also that don’t support unsavory politicians. I’ve been looking for one (I was not impressed with that post from the Proton CEO either). Thanks.

One problem with Signal is that it can be difficult to connect with someone who is on there.

I’ve run into this a couple of times myself. And I’ve had friends run into it too. We know for a fact someone is using Signal, but you can’t find them in the search, even though you have them in your contacts with the correctly formatted number.

Personally, this issue has become a stumbling block for getting people I know to use it more.

From a consumer perspective they are okay and can be helpful.

From a business perspective they use their position to coerce companies into giving them money to expunge both real and perceived mistakes. Which is a very sketchy practice.

And a hugely overpriced pastry/cookie company.

My wife gets the occasional Starbucks gift card from work of friends, so she saves them up and then me, her, and the kids go there (so it used to be about once every 9-10 months).

Used to be that you could get small coffees, hot chocolates and a little snack for each person for about $30. Now to get that same stuff it’s like $50. Suffice to say, we’re going there even less often now. Which I’m fine with, since I don’t like Starbucks.

The fact that Infantino believes Trump shows yet again just how stupid he (Infantino) is. I never thought FIFA could do worse than Sepp Blatter. Man was I wrong!

To anyone out there’s who isn’t aware, do not take your car to a dealership or auto shop with no idea why the check engine light is on. Instead used a Fixd diagnostic device or something similar to get more details. At least that way you are arming yourself with information and are less likely to be ripped off.

They’d swear it was chocolate and lap it up.

For me? Nothing.

Problem is my kids share my computer, and Linux doesn’t easily support some of the stuff they like playing. And I don’t want to have to spend a bunch of time finagling to get that software running via Wine or whatever.

Ngl I feel bad for Kinsky. As if making the catastrophic career decision to sign for the spuds wasn’t a big enough burden to carry, now he’s stuck with a traumatic performance (that wasn’t completely his fault considering how other players were slipping out there), and the ignominy of being subbed off after just 17 minutes.

Tottenham 4-1 down after 40 mins, rofl. It’s going to be another Crystal Palace situation at this rate.

This is exactly why I just bought a laptop for one of my kids. He’s been asking for one for a while, his birthday is coming up, and sharing my computer is causing some tension. Trying to get ahead of the crazy price hikes that are inevitably coming down the tracks.

And with the indirect repercussions of this whole Iran/oil situation, transportation and freight costs will probably add to this whole pricing mess/exploitation a little.

Those are fair points. They don’t need to block all targeted traffic. They just have to be enough of a threat/pain in the ass for transportation and insurance rates to go up to an uncomfortable level. It’s all about threat and perception.

Sure, the US air force and navy could bomb the shit out of their artillery placements. But given how (relatively) cheap and effective drones are, that might not be as effective as it seems at first.

I’ve been wondering the same thing.

It’s a baller thing to say. But if they’ve lost air superiority (or even if it’s compromised) then it doesn’t mean much.

Nope. Man Citeh away. I’m already so bored of playing them. And we have at least 3 more fixtures to go.

Edit: Wait, I was lied to apparently! Southampton away isn’t too bad. They are flying high right now and are a decent side. But it’ll be a refreshing change from Man City.

If they look closely at trades, I expect they’d notice that a lot of the administration’s inner circle have made a tidy profit via short sells over the last few weeks.

Does that mean stickers of Trump pointing upwards with a speech bubble saying “I did this!” are going to start appearing at gas pumps?

Are we winning yet? /s