And in exchange, an infinite loop of CAPTCHAs
We live in a capitalist dystopia
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Update on the above: MS rolled it back after it blew up
And now for something not completely different:
www.joanwestenberg.com
And now for something not completely different:
The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs
I had coffee last year with a guy - I won't use his real name - who told me he was "building a business." I asked what it did. Dropshipping jade face rollers. I made him say it twice. Jade face rollers. He'd found them on Alibaba for $1.20
www.joanwestenberg.com
I wonder if, on some level, part of why this works is that the marks have already written off the idea that there's any future in real. That every niche that exists to be filled already has been, that 90% of the economy already runs on grift in some form, so why not grab your own slice of the section of the pie that nobody else deserves any more than you do.
Because the one thing that seems to be infinitely self sustaining is cynicism. A word that happens to mean both "extreme pessimism" and "willingness to take advantage of others", and I don't think that's an accident.
Because the one thing that seems to be infinitely self sustaining is cynicism. A word that happens to mean both "extreme pessimism" and "willingness to take advantage of others", and I don't think that's an accident.
I'm not sure the marks are wrong about that. They were wrong about this being a viable solution, but the problem is real. What's left to do that doesn't already a dominant player, and/or doesn't have insane barriers to entry? Local service jobs? Okay, but try being the new guy with 0 reviews when there's a dozen options "near me" that have hundreds of reviews with a 4.9 star average.
Amazon Luna Removing Paid Games And Offering No Refunds
You have until June 10 to enjoy the games you purchased on the cloud streaming service
kotaku.com
Hope you were all smart enough not to pay for streaming games.
No, but I‘ve been claiming the GOG codes, though!
Physical media hoarders win again.
At some point people are going to catch on and just say no to these streaming services, right?
At some point people are going to catch on and just say no to these streaming services, right?
It's hardware dependent right now: and computers are expensive. A potato with a streaming service looks pretty good when you can't afford the 4K for a middle of the road PC.
Third option: buy a potato computer and make it suffer.
Dude... what did potatoes do to hurt you?
Amazon Luna Removing Paid Games And Offering No Refunds
You have until June 10 to enjoy the games you purchased on the cloud streaming service
Hope you were all smart enough not to pay for streaming games.
While its not great, the article seems be written in a way to intentionally make it sound worse than it is. Looks like in most cases the games can be downloaded from an alternate store front, and if that store front offers streaming they can still be streamed from there.
‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
www.thewesternedge.media
"The best thing we can do is go on with our daily routine."
The latest addition to our cyberpunk dystopia world:
infosec.exchange
Article: https://www.wsj.com/business/a-star...-high-schools-to-stop-mass-shootings-a7800ade
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Brian Greenberg :verified: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image A startup is putting military-style drones in high school ceilings. Ceiling-mounted. Charging. Waiting. And when something happens, a pilot in Austin, Texas, decides whether to deploy pepper gel on your kid's school. I'm not saying the problem isn't real. It absolutely is. But...
infosec.exchange
A startup is putting military-style drones in high school ceilings. Ceiling-mounted. Charging. Waiting. And when something happens, a pilot in Austin, Texas, decides whether to deploy pepper gel on your kid's school. I'm not saying the problem isn't real. It absolutely is. But read that back.... in schools. We've taken a Ukrainian battlefield tactic against Russian soldiers and ported it to Deltona High School in Florida. The co-founder literally said the idea came from watching drone videos of the war in Ukraine. The chief pilot described it as "cheating in a video game after you die." These are children.
Here's what's not in the headline:
🔒️ The drones use an encrypted connection — but the article notes they're potentially vulnerable to cyberattack. A compromised drone in a crowded hallway isn't a security tool; it's a weapon pointed in the wrong direction.
Mithril reserves the right to act independently during an attack, without waiting for law enforcement. A private company operating remotely is making use-of-force decisions at a school.
💰️ Florida and Georgia approved $500K+ each for this. A group of Texas parents raised $200K more. That's real money going to ceiling drones instead of mental health services, counselors, or de-escalation programs.
The ACLU said it plainly: when force becomes a zero-risk remote action, it gets overused. Axon tried a Taser drone for schools in 2022, and its own ethics board killed it. Mithril is picking up where that got dropped.
I teach cybersecurity. I've spent years in boardrooms helping organizations think through risk. And the risk calculus here isn't just about whether the drone works. It's about what we're normalizing when we turn schools into drone-monitored combat zones and call it progress.
"This is the future," said the sheriff's captain.
I hope not.
Article: https://www.wsj.com/business/a-star...-high-schools-to-stop-mass-shootings-a7800ade
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Yeah, really don't need to read more than the prompt here. There's nothing of value after "cheating in a video game after you die". They are psychotic; instead of actively dealing with the underlying social issues and the fundamental gun problem: they want MORE GUNS in schools, and this time put it in the virtual hands of skynet.
The litmus test for this would be "If you have it in schools, put it in the capital house", and see what people say.
And the rebuttal to everyone who claims it doesn't need to be anywhere else get to hear that one clip from robocop on loop. You know which one I'm talking about.
The litmus test for this would be "If you have it in schools, put it in the capital house", and see what people say.
And the rebuttal to everyone who claims it doesn't need to be anywhere else get to hear that one clip from robocop on loop. You know which one I'm talking about.
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