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Ecurb
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RudyBob's post
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This Indian CEO champions the 70-hour grind, dismisses work-life balance as "Western" concept
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Many studies show that time off increases productivity. 70 hours a week is too much
Friday at 7:13 AM
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FTC study reveals widespread use of dark patterns by subscription websites and apps
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I just had one service give me a free trial, but then charged me for it up front. I cancelled in the trial period and I got the full...
Thursday at 10:26 PM
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toooooot's post
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FTC study reveals widespread use of dark patterns by subscription websites and apps
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Reminds me a coffee company I bought coffee from on subscription. Good coffee, deceiving unsubscribe option. I liked the coffee but...
Thursday at 10:23 PM
Ecurb
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Why you should be suspicious of that verified Amazon customer review
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I felt this way too, I can just return items. Within the last few years Amazon has lost over $250 of my returns (returns through Kohl's...
Thursday at 10:19 PM
Ecurb
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This Indian CEO champions the 70-hour grind, dismisses work-life balance as "Western" concept
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The person who owns or runs a company and benefits directly from the profits is always wanting those who get a fixed salary to work...
Thursday at 5:06 PM
Ecurb
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Windows 11 "Government Edition" is Microsoft's anti-bloatware nightmare
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I like to encourage modding. Assuming anything not directly from Microsoft is dodgey or "illegal" is just FUD marketing by Microsoft...
Jul 6, 2024
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s3thra's post
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I've been using customised answer files when installing Windows to cut out the cruft during installation. No messing around with the...
Jul 6, 2024
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Primey's post
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"Moreover, installing new programs could prove tricky for some since there's no Microsoft Store." Brother, let me tell you something...
Jul 6, 2024
Ecurb
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Almost half of all web traffic is bots, and they are mostly malicious in nature
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Every time I pull up a web page on my browser I've technically 'scraped' that page. That somebody thinks my web site has information of...
Jul 4, 2024
Ecurb
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Man arrested for using evil twin Wi-Fi network in airports to swipe travelers' data
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I run a VPN server at home so when I connect to a public WiFi I tunnel securely to my home server and then out to the Internet secured...
Jul 2, 2024
Ecurb
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Game Pass ads infiltrating in the Windows 11 Settings app is just too much
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Aren’t all ads supposed to be targeted? Isn’t that why they capture all our information to give us relevant information? Naw. The fire...
Jun 29, 2024
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Company cuts costs by replacing 60-strong writing team with AI
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Same thing in the 1980's with "Computers are going to take all our jobs" and then again in the 1990's with "The Internet is going to...
Jun 27, 2024
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I'm not paying attention to this article's questionable lack of attributable details. No personal/corporate names and dates are...
Jun 27, 2024
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These apps track your driving habits and sell that information to insurance companies
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Even with all the spying, I feel Life360 has some uses. When my mom was in the early stages of dementia before Alzheimers set in I would...
Jun 16, 2024
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Godfather of AI Geoffrey Hinton says universal basic income needed in face of AI-related job losses
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Get rid of government human support programs and instead make all those people who had been supported into new government employees...
May 20, 2024
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