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Platonicsolid posted:I'd assume they're following the Uber approach where "breaking the law is part of the business model" What's frustrating about that model is that I'd be more likely to be criminally punished as an individual for pushing over an illegal locker obstructing the pathway than they would be for blocking it in the first place.
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welp time to switch to Hydrox or store brand oero ripoffs.
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Time to stop eating junky snacks and have a banana.
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VideoGameVet posted:Time to stop eating junky snacks and have a banana. And live longer in this hellworld? Let people enjoy their junkfood.
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VideoGameVet posted:Time to stop eating junky snacks and have a banana. Im allergic to bananas
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What if people... made their own crackers and cookies? 
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Remember that California proposition that Uber spent over $200 million on so that they didn't have to provide employment benefits for their https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1428902200701558787 
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Doggles posted:Remember that California proposition that Uber spent over $200 million on so that they didn't have to provide employment benefits for their https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CQeezCdF4mk
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CommieGIR posted:https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1428514875416924163?s=20 This is so stupid. Did they suddenly not think his account was actually run by Danny DeVito or is the blue check just a status symbol. Rhetorical question - I know Twitter blue check is just a loving "I'm better than you" bullshit
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starkebn posted:This is so stupid. Did they suddenly not think his account was actually run by Danny DeVito or is the blue check just a status symbol. it's twitters way of saying you've changed man we don't even know who you are anymore
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starkebn posted:This is so stupid. Did they suddenly not think his account was actually run by Danny DeVito or is the blue check just a status symbol. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/danny-devito-briefly-lost-his-twitter-verification-it-wasn-t-n1277255 quote:In a statement to NBC News on Friday, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed DeVito lost the prized blue check mark. But, the spokesperson said, "his account was debadged temporarily because the account’s information was incomplete."
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https://twitter.com/GustavoTurnerX/status/1428862579997241346 The degree of involvement of various individuals and motivations is unclear, but it’s rich that Ackman is playing the “think of the children” card. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 07:09 on Aug 21, 2021 |
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Bill Ackman has a history of shorting companies and then smearing them, right? These companies (such as Herbalife) are potentially deserving of the smearing of course, but that's his M.O. It wouldn't surprise me if he's doing the same here.
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I'd think that using your influence to pressure the payment processor of a company you're shorting to effectively kill that company's business model would cross the line into something the SEC would investigate?
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'd think that using your influence to pressure the payment processor of a company you're shorting to effectively kill that company's business model would cross the line into something the SEC would investigate?
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'd think that using your influence to pressure the payment processor of a company you're shorting to effectively kill that company's business model would cross the line into something the SEC would investigate? Wikipedia tells me that Bill Ackman is a billionaire. So if that is indeed what he is doing, it is de facto not illegal for him to do it.
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Kyte posted:Of course, it's just coincidence that it only mattered right then and there am i right. That happens to verified people all the time though
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PhazonLink posted:my two cents on the onlyfans shitbomb. Lol at soooo many internet golden gooses killing or hurting their goose because they're too lazy too mod themseleves. OnlyCAI doesn't have the same ring to it Doggles posted:Remember that California proposition that Uber spent over $200 million on so that they didn't have to provide employment benefits for their  Activist Judges! Lead out in cuffs posted:I'd think that using your influence to pressure the payment processor of a company you're shorting to effectively kill that company's business model would cross the line into something the SEC would investigate? The SEC doesn't prosecute the wealthy.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:I'd think that using your influence to pressure the payment processor of a company you're shorting to effectively kill that company's business model would cross the line into something the SEC would investigate? They'll investigate just like how they investigated elon musk when he tweeted that he was taking tesla private at $420, funding secured
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Volmarias posted:The SEC doesn't prosecute the wealthy. Well, with one caveat, if you rip off other wealthy people.
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CommieGIR posted:Well, with one caveat, if you rip off other wealthy people. Madoff had to turn himself in for the SEC to actually do anything. They had repeated warnings he was running a ponzi scheme that they flat out ignored. And in the end, it was an estimated 60 billion dollars when he could have been stopped at one or two.
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Platystemon posted:https://twitter.com/GustavoTurnerX/status/1428862579997241346 lmao, of course it's some rear end in a top hat billionaire throwing a tantrum/doing a market manipulation
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eXXon posted:Speaking of Amazon moving more into low-tech space, they're apparently just installing lockers on sidewalks in public parks because ??? looking forward to seeing the after pics
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Anyone here ever dealt with Adobe Creative Cloud? It's a subscription based graphic design software. Some time back, they went from installation DVD's to an "always online" model and it loving sucks. They "upgrade" this poo poo every year whether they need to or not, adding new features no one gives a poo poo about, moving tools all over the menu and changing keyboard shortcuts that I've committed to muscle memory. Adobe actively makes my job harder when the entire premise should be the opposite. You're constantly sort of walking through a mine field. I deal with a lot of "designers" files, 80% of which are total amateur hour level stuff that needs a decent amount of work to get it to print. Thing is, Adobe gives these artists just enough tools to be dangerous and almost every time there's a production problem, it has to do with some new "feature" that Adobe just jammed in there or something they changed for no loving reason. It's hard to explain but here's a simple example. The shop I work at runs a lot of repeating jobs where we take a previous file, make some changes to it and print a new version. Well, for some reason, Adobe just randomly decided to "upgrade" their "text engine", meaning that the way the software renders and flows fonts is different now - resulting in different spacing and text flow. So, a 144 page book that we reprint all the time suddenly distributes characters with a new text layout. This results in copy being cut off entirely, flowing over onto the next page and stuff like covering up graphs or pictures. Depending on how the layout was done, this can result in every loving page being completely different. It also means that depending on which version of the software you're using, an artist can provide a file that, for no reason at all, looks different on my screen than theirs. It can gently caress up something as simple as a business card. Very frustrating. So, the above part of my post might open up on my CPU looking like this: adobe posted:Paragraph Headline Gets Cut Off for Some Reas(x) The (x) is when there is additional copy inside of a text box. *next page* means that text is now on a different page. Also, the always online subscription based fucks over my freelance work. I don't get ENOUGH side jobs to justify the monthly fee, plain and simple, so I use older versions on an old Mac that work fine but which ADobe is actively trying to gank. If they detect older versions running, they can brick those. So I always have to work offline. Conversely, if I DO have the current Creative Cloud and my internet goes down or gets spotty for any reason, then I can't work at all. Every time they update their software, it's a 50/50 shot that all my settings, workspace and preferences get reset too. Like, imagine if you had a video game that you had tweaked all the sliders and settings to where they're optimal but Neversoft or whoever just updates your game and now you're back to default options or different controls and hot keys. Adobe is the poster child for what happens when competition gets eliminated and they treat their user base like poo poo. They're also eliminating ALL support for "Open Type" fonts soon, which are quite ubiquitous and used in thousands of not only our files but by designers everywhere. Printing and graphics are WAY more complicated than people think. The amount of poo poo I have to know and learn to anticipate would really surprise most people. For some reason, and this is not hyperbole, Adobe goes out its way to make my job harder though. They really don't even NEED to update stuff. Well, they DO but they never fix the broken poo poo and just add on new stuff. I get to do quality control and beta testing for them in the form of making mistakes at my job. Jesus Christ, Adobe, just polish the product, fix the bugs and then sit back and count money. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Aug 23, 2021 |
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The Sausages posted:looking forward to seeing the after pics They were removed, so enjoy.  BiggerBoat posted:Anyone here ever dealt with Adobe Creative Cloud? Can't you roll back to specific versions, assuming you can find out which one the artist used? A google search suggests that you can. Not that that isn't a pain in the rear end, but hopefully less so than the alternative.
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eXXon posted:They were removed, so enjoy. To an extent, yes. But then your shop can't open any newer files, the process is complicated, my boss is in a loving hurry and trying to track down which specific version some rando used is a bitch. There's also compatibility issues with the software used to impose and process files from older versions and the propensity is to always be updating. Because "newer" is always "better" as we know here in this thread.
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I remember when adobe switch to creative cloud as a result of all the rampant piracy (because they charged thousands of dollars per license and no one could pay)
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Of course it did absolutely nothing to stop the  but guaranteeing a long-term revenue stream from paying users is a happy coincidence
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I'm still baffled how piracy just kinda stopped. I mean, I know its still around, but I have seen zoomers ask how to use torrents when a decade ago everyone had a torrent client or a friend who was running a seedbox
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BiggerBoat posted:Anyone here ever dealt with Adobe Creative Cloud? I was just bitching about Fusion 360 yesterday, for all of the exact same reasons. And that's FREE for non commercial use. But the "always cloud, always updating for no reason" bullshit is actually pushing me to pay for something that doesn't do that, just so I can get the very occasional work I need to do in it done without it being a whole ridiculous production each occasion I need to just change one simple thing and poop out another STL.
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The hot new trick is Googling <movie name> + "parent directory". It pulls up unsecured network-attached storage.
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More about the OnlyFans stuff: https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1429576130374234113?s=20 Turns out the Religious groups who pushed for the payment processor restrictions are realizing this is getting more coverage than they thought. https://twitter.com/mikestabile/status/1429576151236714498?s=20 CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Aug 23, 2021 |
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RFC2324 posted:I'm still baffled how piracy just kinda stopped. I mean, I know its still around, but I have seen zoomers ask how to use torrents when a decade ago everyone had a torrent client or a friend who was running a seedbox it just changed forms. Megaupload links, Plex servers, ad-crusted streaming sites. Plus with music you kinda don't need to if you don't care about local copies - the streaming services are basically a white flag on that poo poo.
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TheScott2K posted:it just changed forms. Megaupload links, Plex servers, ad-crusted streaming sites. All those things existed beforehand. No, the reason was that it became a lot easier to not pirate. All the tv shows and movies were on Netflix, music on Spotify or apple. It was a dark time for piracy. Now you need to buy 5 different services to watch what you want, and wow, piracy is up again. But a lot of the knowledge is lacking, so the old scams are working again.
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TheScott2K posted:it just changed forms. Megaupload links, Plex servers, ad-crusted streaming sites. Plus with music you kinda don't need to if you don't care about local copies - the streaming services are basically a white flag on that poo poo. Not to mention nearly every streaming site also has a downloader app/site you can rip the media to local
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exmachina posted:All those things existed beforehand. No, the reason was that it became a lot easier to not pirate. All the tv shows and movies were on Netflix, music on Spotify or apple. LoL a decade ago Plex was an odd alternative to XBMC whose selling point was that it'd transcode for playback on your 360 because it showed up in the console media browser as a server. When I say "Plex servers" I'm talking about ones that disseminate among remote users who either kick in a buck or two or just enjoy the party until it unceremoniously dies and they find another one on one of their forums/SM pages. Zoomers aren't nearly as married to having a personal library as the rest of us. "Piracy" to a lot of them doesn't mean possessing media outside the normal channels, it means gaining access to a browsable streaming library. Their paradigm is more akin to pirating a service than a particular piece of media.
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