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• On the post: Pro Tip: If Your Game Gets Trashed In Reviews For Sucking, Don’t Blame It On ‘Woke Reviewers’

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2022 @ 09:57am

  How it should have ended

  I always hope that an owner, manager or employee would look at a review and take it upon themselves to improve. But this never happens. Instead the affiliate just doubles down.

• On the post: As UK Government Is Still Interested In Banning Tor, BBC Uses Tor To Get Around Russian Information Blockade

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2022 @ 11:59am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  A number of companies have been working on a TOR based internet where no on entity controls any part of the internet. In addition, there are block chain prototypes that can validate traffic. Example: Brave is including Tor and block chain web addresses.

• On the post: As UK Government Is Still Interested In Banning Tor, BBC Uses Tor To Get Around Russian Information Blockade

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2022 @ 02:50pm

  games too

  Game companies often use torrents to distribute their builds. This reduced traffic and cost.

• On the post: As UK Government Is Still Interested In Banning Tor, BBC Uses Tor To Get Around Russian Information Blockade

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2022 @ 01:59pm

  UK shoots for feet

  Wait until internet 2.0 comes and the UK can't join because they outlawed it.

• On the post: Russia’s Social Media Propaganda Campaign Is Backfiring, So It’s Banning Facebook In Russia

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 12:07pm

  Re Re: Oh, I forgot.

  History is a tyrant's playbook.

• On the post: As Biden Looks To Ban Targeted Ads, Activists Look To Use Them To Get News To The Russian People

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 11:59am

  RE: Why hate targeted ads?

  Having looked into all the data from breaches in the last 20 years, companies know more about you than you think. They know your addresses, your fetlife activities, friends (from shared IP addresses), your phone numbers, sometimes your dark secrets(passwords). Targeted advertising is just the tip. They have already have your data from Facebook, ADP salary histories, cookies, breaches, credit reports and the new consumer credit reports. Nothing is being protected, that's why they're shocked when we get mad about targeted advertising. "If only they only knew." - Corporations The scarier part is governments getting a hold of aggregated and parsed data. If you think targeted advertising is a problem wait till you see the enforcement of thought crimes.

• On the post: Some Known Issues With The New Techdirt

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 11:47am

  RE-re-re: disaster

  Other than the fact that WordPress accounts were merged I would agree. If you have a private life and a business life and suddenly they are now connected, that's no bueno.

• On the post: Some Known Issues With The New Techdirt

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 11:44am

  Wordpress account merge

  My wordpress account and my Techdirt account were merged. This was not really desirable, and cannot be undone.

• On the post: Nebraska Latest State Looking To Roll Back Dumb Restrictions On Community Broadband

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2022 @ 11:40am

  You all aren't listening.

  It's absolutely true - "these efforts always end in disaster" for the telecom industry.

• On the post: It’s 2022 And Bullshit Cable TV Fees Are Somehow Still A Thing

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2022 @ 11:08am

  Fee hikes are comming.

  With official inflation at 7.5% (feels like 37.5%), we can all expect to see the amazing and dazzling spectacle of hidden cost. Between shrinkflation, fee increases, and actual price increases. We can all expect to be paying 50% more for everything.

• On the post: It’s 2022 And Bullshit Cable TV Fees Are Somehow Still A Thing

  

  TheDumberHalf ( profile ), 04 Mar, 2022 @ 10:54am

  RE: Zero fees.

  It's not solved for many, since they have agreements that make their service to only one available. You end up just get gouged on your internet bill instead of TV.