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[#] Sun Jul 18 2021 05:51:19 EDT from darknetuser

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2021-07-10 14:00 from Nurb432
LOL

Rules for thee, but not for me. Serfs. Get back to work!

https://www.cnet.com/news/googles-hypocritical-remote-work-policies-an

ger-employees/


"News of HC6lzle's relocation especially stung because he has been particularly vocal against remote work, employees said"

Classical corporate leadership assholeism. I wonder why this is even news.


Lots of IT seem to be bent on denying work from home positions for some reason I cannto understand. Some big firms I know off have had most of their employees asking for work from home policies since BEFORE the pandemic.

[#] Sun Jul 18 2021 08:13:38 EDT from Nurb432

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What is wrong with that?

Sun Jul 18 2021 05:44:45 AM EDT from darknetuser
Yeah, then cheer for their deaths using a PDP-8 to connect to some BBS via analog modem! YAY!

 



[#] Mon Jul 19 2021 06:55:48 EDT from darknetuser

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2021-07-18 08:13 from Nurb432
What is wrong with that?
Sun Jul 18 2021 05:44:45 AM EDT from darknetuser

Yeah, then cheer for their deaths using a PDP-8 to connect to some
BBS via analog modem! YAY!


Nothing, in fact I think it is awesome.

[#] Mon Jul 19 2021 09:46:02 EDT from nonservator

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"Yeah, then cheer for their deaths using a PDP-8 to connect to some BBS via analog modem! YAY!"

I'd use carrier pigeons if I had to. However, Silicon Valley has long passed the point where they contribute anything of value to Western civilization.



[#] Mon Jul 19 2021 10:02:30 EDT from Nurb432

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of course that analog modem is being converted to digital along the way :) 

 

I assume the carriers are not blocking anyway.. not hard to detect a modem



[#] Fri Jul 23 2021 14:22:28 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Again, it's a false dichotomy.  Choose between destroying Gates or Page/Brin, or choose between destroying Microsoft or Google.

If we're eliminating a founder, I'd choose Gates, no doubt about it.  If we're eliminating an entire company, Google would be a far more worthwhile kill, because Microsoft isn't nearly the threat they used to be.

Remember though, that whoever ended up on top would be the most evil anyway.  Wealth and power attract evil people.



[#] Sun Jul 25 2021 15:55:50 EDT from darknetuser

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2021-07-23 14:22 from IGnatius T Foobar
Again, it's a false dichotomy.  Choose between destroying Gates or
Page/Brin, or choose between destroying Microsoft or Google.

If we're eliminating a founder, I'd choose Gates, no doubt about
it.  If we're eliminating an entire company, Google would be a far
more worthwhile kill, because Microsoft isn't nearly the threat they

used to be.

Remember though, that whoever ended up on top would be the most evil

anyway.  Wealth and power attract evil people.


Consider yourself thumbed up.

Wait, does that count as an insult in this place?

[#] Mon Jul 26 2021 22:08:39 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I'd argue that the evil committed by the wealthy and powerful just tends to be more vivid. 

The vast majority of evil, by definition, in the world - is caused by the lower 98% of the population, in much the same way that insects represent far more biomass on Earth than all of humanity. 

And the science backs this up. The LOWER you are in that bottom 98% - the more likely you are to be involved in criminal activity. Violence, drugs, sexual exploitation and abuse, theft, fraud... the lower economic levels of society globally are far more engaged in the majority of EVIL than the 1%. 

But you just very rarely see it. 

 

Sun Jul 25 2021 15:55:50 EDT from darknetuser
2021-07-23 14:22 from IGnatius T Foobar
Again, it's a false dichotomy.  Choose between destroying Gates or
Page/Brin, or choose between destroying Microsoft or Google.

If we're eliminating a founder, I'd choose Gates, no doubt about
it.  If we're eliminating an entire company, Google would be a far
more worthwhile kill, because Microsoft isn't nearly the threat they

used to be.

Remember though, that whoever ended up on top would be the most evil

anyway.  Wealth and power attract evil people.


Consider yourself thumbed up.

Wait, does that count as an insult in this place?

 



[#] Wed Aug 04 2021 16:45:59 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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Wait, does that count as an insult in this place?

That's a good thing! :)

[#] Fri Aug 06 2021 18:21:00 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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OOOOHH! Google has been found guilty in some sort of class action lawsuit regarding privacy and Google Plus profiles.

As a member of the class action, I have been awarded $2.15 !

[#] Sat Aug 07 2021 09:48:25 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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Yes, but sleep well knowing that a group of attorneys made millions getting you that $2.15. 

 

Fri Aug 06 2021 18:21:00 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

OOOOHH! Google has been found guilty in some sort of class action lawsuit regarding privacy and Google Plus profiles.

As a member of the class action, I have been awarded $2.15 !

 



[#] Sat Aug 07 2021 11:40:51 EDT from Nurb432

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I was ( unwillingly ) part of a class action like that.

Company i worked for, the board ran a scam on the IPO, made millions then went bankrupt 6 months later. They pocketed millions.  As they had been around since the dark ages, we all bought stock when we were given the chance just before IPO.

 

Fast forward 15 years i get a letter in the mail "class action, the board is now in prison, we won the suit and you are entitled to get get a refund for your stock purchase, if you have your *original* sales receipt.  All unclaimed proceeds by default go to the attorneys who represented you in court"  "oh, and you have 7 days to comply"

So we got screwed twice. 

Sat Aug 07 2021 09:48:25 AM EDT from ParanoidDelusions

Yes, but sleep well knowing that a group of attorneys made millions getting you that $2.15. 

 



[#] Sat Aug 07 2021 21:20:10 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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I won a voucher for a free Epson ink cartridge. 

 



[#] Sun Aug 08 2021 16:48:54 EDT from zelgomer

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Sat Aug 07 2021 21:20:10 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I won a voucher for a free Epson ink cartridge. 

 



That makes sense.  Google wronged you, so you're entitled to a free tracking device.



[#] Sun Aug 08 2021 23:53:56 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

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Exactly. 

 

Sun Aug 08 2021 16:48:54 EDT from zelgomer

 

Sat Aug 07 2021 21:20:10 EDT from ParanoidDelusions

I won a voucher for a free Epson ink cartridge. 

 



That makes sense.  Google wronged you, so you're entitled to a free tracking device.



 



[#] Mon Aug 09 2021 20:34:29 EDT from IGnatius T Foobar

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That makes sense.  Google wronged you, so you're entitled to a free
tracking device.

At this point they ought to be giving the hardware and bandwidth away in exchange for the tracking data.

[#] Fri Dec 24 2021 11:26:30 EST from IGnatius T Foobar

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YouTube's "free with ads" movies are nice, if you have an ad blocker :)

I hope they put on more of them.

[#] Fri Dec 24 2021 12:27:30 EST from Nurb432

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Son in law pays for 'youtube tv'.

Was over there a couple of months go, couldn't find one thing interesting, to me.

Fri Dec 24 2021 11:26:30 AM EST from IGnatius T Foobar

YouTube's "free with ads" movies are nice, if you have an ad blocker :)

I hope they put on more of them.

 



[#] Thu Feb 17 2022 10:24:01 EST from DutchessMike

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I was trying to catch up on all the things I missed since I was away, and someone mentioned KiwiFarms - a site I never heard of.  Then I went down the rabbit hole of reading all of it.  Not sure who provided the reference (I can't find the post) but *thank you*!  Hours of ridiculous reading.



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