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On the post: As Elon Is Asking For A $56 Billion Bonus, He’s Demanding Fired Twitter Employees Pay Back Severance

deathspeed ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2024 @ 01:45pm

Snidely Whiplash FTW

This guy becomes more of a cartoon villain with every article I see about him.

On the post: Australia’s Richest Woman Discovers The Streisand Effect In Trying To Remove Portrait She Disliked

deathspeed ( profile ), 28 May, 2024 @ 08:22pm

I did my part

I searched "Gina Rinehart" on both DuckDuckGo and Google.

On the post: Social Media’s Electoral Power: More Hype Than Reality?

deathspeed ( profile ), 20 May, 2024 @ 03:51pm

My thought is that the people who are prone to get their electoral information solely from social media are the same people prone to (or actively seeking) confirmation bias.

On the post: Logitech Launches An “AI” Mouse That’s Just A 2022 Mouse With A Mappable Button

deathspeed ( profile ), 06 May, 2024 @ 06:14am

Snake oil

I've pretty much convinced my parents (I think) that if anyone is trying to sell them anything on the merits of AI, NFT, blockchain, crytpo, or 5G, to walk away. If a product can't stand on its own, none of those "features" are going to add enough value to be worth a premium. It helped my case when a few years ago a salesperson at their cellular carrier tried to convince them they "were required" to upgrade to 5G phones. Mom said "I'm going to check with my son first." I sent her a coverage map that showed 5G was not available in their service area. She turned into Karen and asked for the manager, and walked out with two brand-new 4G phones.

On the post: Italian Government Says Carmaker Can’t Make Its “Milano” Vehicle Outside Of Italy

deathspeed ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2024 @ 05:08am

The best part is this catty response

I loved the press release in response: "Despite Alfa Romeo believing that the name meets all legal requirements, and that there are issues much more important than the name of a new car, Alfa Romeo has decided to change it from Milano to Junior in the spirit of promoting mutual understanding...The Alfa Romeo team would like to thank the public for the positive feedback, the Italian dealer network for their support, journalists for the enormous media attention given to the new car and the Italian government for the free publicity brought on by this debate."

On the post: Panda Express Opposes Trademark For ‘Trash Panda Vegan’ Food Truck

deathspeed ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2024 @ 07:58pm

No association...until now

In my locale, we have used "trash pandas" to refer to raccoons for literally as long as I can remember, well before the chain Panda Express was established. I had not ever associated Panda Express with raccoons, but now I can never disassociate them. Thanks for ruining raccoons for me.

On the post: Carmakers Push Forward With Plans To Make Basic Features Subscription Services, Despite Widespread Backlash

deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2023 @ 03:56pm

I'd rather pay a hacker for a workaround than pay a subscription for a feature I my car already has.

On the post: Developer Of Free Web Game Messes With Sites Embedding His Game With Goatse Image

deathspeed ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2023 @ 08:11pm

I'm glad...

...that I am old enough to know what "goatse" is without looking it up.

On the post: Elon, Who Insisted He Had Solved The Spam/Bot Problem, Now Says He Will Paywall Twitter To Stop Spam/Bots

deathspeed ( profile ), 19 Sep, 2023 @ 12:57pm

He truly is an interstellar genius.

No mere mortal could be so consistently and spectacularly wrong about so many things.

On the post: Paramount The Latest To Pull Titles From Paramount Plus Streaming Catalog For A Tax Cut And To Skimp On Paying Residuals

deathspeed ( profile ), 05 Jul, 2023 @ 05:34am

Other alternative

And they wonder why piracy is still a thing in the age of streaming.

On the post: Microsoft, Staring Down Regulators, Promises To Keep CoD On PlayStation

deathspeed ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2022 @ 06:34pm

The Venn diagram of Microsoft's public promises vs. promises kept looks suspiciously like the one for Google products/services launched vs. those killed off.

On the post: As Elon Gets Ready To Take Over Twitter, Bluesky Takes A Big Step Forward

deathspeed ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2022 @ 10:30am

My world makes so much more sense now

Omg I have been reading that as "bloo-ski," not "blue sky!"

On the post: FDA Streisands NyQuil Chicken Into Being A Thing Based After Moral Panic Press Release

deathspeed ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2022 @ 05:36pm

No no no1 The Tide Pod Challenge was real!

I read about it on the internet, so it must be true!

On the post: U.S. Appeals Court: Amazon Has To Go To Trial To See If Public Will Confuse Fire TV Streaming With Porn

deathspeed ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2022 @ 10:41pm

Just looking for exposure

I had never heard of FyreTV until I read this. And I watch a lot of porn. Uh, I mean, I look it up a lot for a friend. But I I mean he never associated porn with Amazon.

On the post: The Netflix Nickel-And-Diming Is Probably Only Just Getting Started

deathspeed ( profile ), 11 May, 2022 @ 07:10am

Pushed me off the fence

We had been considering dropping Netflix since the last price hike, and this helped make up our minds. We already pay extra to increase the stream limit; we will not pay more on top of that because some of the streams may be at a different address. Even before this we were considering dropping since we were paying more and more for less. Many of the things we watched became exclusives on other services, and I can't remember the last time a movie I searched for was actually available on Netflix. We end up using alternative means to watch anyway.

On the post: ‘Preeminent’ Constitutional Legal Scholar Files Embarrassingly Confused Amicus Brief In Favor Of Texas’ Ability To Tell Websites How To Moderate

deathspeed ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2022 @ 06:57pm

I don't knwo what they are teaching kids these days...

"Constitutional Legal Scholar" is not as impressive as it used to be. Do you know who else claims to be a "Constitutional Legal Scholar"? Josh Hawley.

On the post: Missouri Governor Still Expects Journalists To Be Prosecuted For Showing How His Admin Leaked Teacher Social Security Numbers

deathspeed ( profile ), 31 Dec, 2021 @ 11:18pm

Re:

He already had it, in 2020:
https://governor.mo.gov/press-releases/archive/statement-regarding-governor-and-first-lady-parson-covid-19-test-results

On the post: Exec That Tried To Send Critical Reporters A Dead Pig Blames 'The Drinking Culture At eBay'

deathspeed ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2021 @ 07:48am

Bizarre is right

At first I thought this was yet another FBI entrapment scheme I mean sting.

On the post: Louisiana Drug Warriors Bungle Surveillance So Badly Their Target Catches Them Placing A Tracking Device On Her Car

deathspeed ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2021 @ 04:32pm

The possibilities are endless

She could have had fun by attaching it to any number of things other than a utility pole:

a freight train
a school bus
a garbage truck
the Buick that the little old lady next door only drives to church and walmart
a police car
I'm sure I am missing some.

On the post: Judge Lets False Advertising Case Against Apple Over 'Buying' Music You Didn't Buy Move Forward

deathspeed ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2021 @ 02:14pm

I always find it amusing when large companies say ""no reasonable consumer would believe..." Those companies are so disconnected from the consumers that in some cases they probably actually believe it, rather than knowingly lying to the courts.

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