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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I don't know about Roku but Google doesn't sell data, just ads. You can't go to Google and buy data about users.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I worked on the original Chromecast and I was told the price point at launch was specifically set at the break even point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Fun fact: Amazon actually have you this option with the original Kindle. They sold two different versions where the only difference was that the cheaper one would show ads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I have yet to find one that isn't lacking basic features like being about to put the device to sleep.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Apple is not your friend.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The old one and the new one are both available as a web site and a desktop app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty obscure reference, at least in English. For those wondering, I found this in a bibliography of Stanisław Lem:

Bomba megabitowa (The Megabit Bomb, 1999) – Collection of essays about the potential downside of technology, including terrorism and artificial intelligence.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

The real mistake was going in Fox News in the first place. Nobody should do an interview on Fox News ever for any reason.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've worked in that area. It was broken back in the 90s and I doubt the crusty old parts of the system have gotten any better. I was tasked with writing a more modern wrapper for part of the legacy system, and when I asked for documentation I was told they had literally nothing to give me.

I was just an intern at the time so maybe someone with more clout could have gotten sometime to dig in a forgotten closet for old technical docs, but it still strikes me as a very bad sign when technical docs for a system every agent uses all day every day aren't immediately available on the company's intranet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It is when safety-critical systems are the target of a cyberattack.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Show us on the doll where Aunt Tifa touched you.

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