I read the artical and now i’m prety sure my computer got a herpes virus or smoething THANKS OBAMA

I’d complain that there’s another article on Giz with most of the same news, but if anything we should probably have more (anti)trust news coverage, not less, so I’ll just repost what I posted there (with one small edit):

I’m in favor of these two proposed antitrust laws, but I’m also frustrated because we already *have* some decent antitrust laws on the books, they’re just not enforced (or at least very selectively). New laws, old laws, any laws are useless until and unless they’re enforced. So where’s the enforcement? Maybe we need…

The problem of how to define satire, and whether content deemed as satire should be treated as an exception to whatever rules/standards Facebook has regarding hate speech, is an interesting one... BUT I think this discussion serves more to distract from all the hate speech (and worse) that Facebook routinely ignores -…

Never saw Jennifer’s Body, not sure I ever will - Diablo Cody is an amazing writer, but I’m not always into what she’s aiming for. A lot of the dialogue in Juno annoyed the hell outa me. Young Adult, otoh? *chef’s kiss*

First and foremost, I thought this was a great article on the modern state of encrypted communication as it relates to law enforcement, especially in the US.

There’s no doubt that Wells Fargo is awful, BUT I will say that I haven’t had any of the problems you mentioned; not once have I been charged for speaking to a teller for any reason, I don’t think I’ve ever had fraudulent or mysterious fees show up on my statement, etc. On a personal level, the worst thing I have to…

that is the classic example, but iirc VHS won due to some combination of a) VHS tapes (and players?) were cheaper, and b) the porn industry got behind VHS over BetaMax. but yeah, your point still stands.

Couldn’t agree more, with all of that. I just bought about $25 in Cardano (ADA) which is one of those being hyped as “the next big thing,” but/so I’m ok even if I lose every cent of it.

This is absolutely the right call, and I couldn’t be more supportive of this particular move/statement.

I agree w/ all of this, except now i’m not nearly as confident that “cryptocurrency is not the future.” Like it or not, cryptocurrency may actually be here to stay - at least in some form(s) or another. Does it make a shitty currency (in all its various flavors/brands) due to its volatility/instability, no widespread…

me: TO THE WINDOWS! TO THE WALLS!

just a couple things:

oh they may very well take a few (or at least one or two) potshots at him, and he may or may not get them, but the bottom line remains that they’re giving a platform to an erratic and toxic billionaire for no good reason.

Sure, I agree, but Bill has a point too; this is a product review, and usually the whole point of a review is answering questions like “Should I buy this? Does it fit me and my needs/preferences? Does it have what I’m looking for?” So I personally wouldn’t go so far as to complain “a company is excluding [me] from…

exactly

i agree, it’s pretty crucial information, could be a dealbreaker for a lot of people, and belongs a lot higher up.

To his credit, he definitely covered the first, and pretty much the second bullet point here:

In and of itself, you’re right; it’s identical (or nearly so) to “every single post-apocalyptic film in the last 2 decades.” BUT we’re talking George Romero here, and while he made a metric ton of zombie movies (no exaggeration, he really wrote the fucking book on zombie movies), as far as I know none of them took…