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brucek
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Airbnb host implements "no-cryptomining" policy after receiving $1,500 electricity bill
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A three week home rental was less than $1,500?
Friday at 2:44 PM
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$100,000 in 3 weeks using only $1500 of electricity? Something about the numbers here doesn't add up.
Friday at 2:39 PM
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Aww, the poor recruiters! They must be so overwhelmed with all the resumes that their AI screening, keyword matching/rejecting software...
Thursday at 2:57 PM
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Employers/recruiters have been using keyword searches and whatever passes for "ai" at the time to filter applications for decades...
Thursday at 2:57 PM
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Former Google CEO blames work-from-home policy for company lagging behind OpenAI
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Wall Street Journal now reporting he "misspoke": Eric Schmidt, ex-CEO and executive chairman at Google, walked back remarks in which he...
Wednesday at 6:21 PM
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Former Google CEO blames work-from-home policy for company lagging behind OpenAI
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Interesting thesis, but if Google's work from home policies are a problem, then why is it that it is struggling only in AI? Shouldn't we...
Wednesday at 12:11 PM
brucek
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White House wants to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up
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That's awful. Do you still have copies of your cancellation letters and their replies? While it's probably not strictly worth your time...
Tuesday at 3:24 PM
brucek
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TikTok is pushing fake news alerts about Taylor Swift and Shohei Ohtani as "Breaking"
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Not enough detail here to know exactly what's going it, but if a platform is publishing its own content (or reasonably appears to be?)...
Tuesday at 1:29 PM
brucek
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White House wants to make canceling subscriptions as easy as signing up
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It used to be you could "lose" your credit card, resulting in issuance of a new credit card number, which was a handy way to do it. IIRC...
Tuesday at 1:23 PM
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I'm sure if they paid $5000 for that $30 controller this issue wouldn't happen...
Tuesday at 12:02 PM
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$50 million wrongful death lawsuit against Titan submersible operators highlights use of $30 Logitech game controller
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I don't know about that particular controller, but if they had chosen one of the mainstream Xbox or Playstation models it would probably...
Monday at 2:41 PM
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Intel promises microcode update for crashing CPUs won't affect performance
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I don't know what this means, but my first guess would be that Intel's offer is for the part only, leaving the PC seller on the hook for...
Aug 10, 2024
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A husband's quest for justice unmasks a global smishing operation
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We need to stop treating mass economic disruptors as ordinary criminals. There's a point at which the matter should no longer be a...
Aug 10, 2024
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A husband's quest for justice unmasks a global smishing operation
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Should go double for a private actor attempting to recover or seek justice over his own loss, as it was in this case, at least...
Aug 10, 2024
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The same travesty everywhere nowadays - treating criminals as altar boys, and whistle-blowers as criminals. No wonder, nobody wants to...
Aug 10, 2024
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