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What: Data Privacy and Security Specialist
# Not legal advice, just Hot Takes
There are a lot of folks looking for jobs right now, For anyone Interested Reddit Security is Hiring. job-boards.greenhouse.io/reddit?depar...

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April 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You don't need to be a lawyer, legally trained, or an attorney to understand History. This is a really good Wired QA, very well timed.

History Professor Answers Dictator Questions| Tech Support | #WIRED
youtu.be/vK6fALsenmw?...
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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March 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I normally stay out of politics online. But trade wars with our closest allies -like Canada- is absolute idiocracy.

This is not the America I wanted or believe in and I think what Canada is doing with retaliatory tariffs takes guts. Good for Canada.

youtu.be/q1qEaCQa6_w
Canadian PM Trudeau announces retaliatory tariffs on US
YouTube video by ABC News
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February 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Is Black Friday really a deals holiday when retailers seem to bump up prices then add promos on top to make consumers *feel* like they are getting a deal?

Add-ons like Honey clearly show price over time and I just haven't seen good deals these past few shopping holidays ... My recent example:
Ian Wardell, J.D. (@cytechlaw@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image Deal hunting at this point just ends up being raised prices with illusory discounts. This trend has definitely been increasing. The left and right are the same parts from the same ...
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November 30, 2024 at 4:27 AM
My thoughts on learning about APCs #Enshittification of Powerchute, 3D print of my UPS mount printing for attention mastodon.social/@cytechlaw/1...
November 26, 2024 at 9:30 PM
Sora + VoiceCraft = a cool future for short films. mastodon.social/@cytechlaw/1...
April 2, 2024 at 3:15 AM
Facebook might have outages, but starlink works in the Alps. mastodon.social/@cytechlaw/1...
March 5, 2024 at 3:51 PM
My airport firewall experience and anti boredom mastodon.social/@cytechlaw/1...
March 2, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Minimally competent ? Doesn't seem so www.theregister.com/2024/02/24/c...
Judge not okay with law firm using ChatGPT to justify fees
Use of AI to calculate legal bill 'utterly and unusually unpersuasive'
www.theregister.com
February 25, 2024 at 6:59 AM
If you didn't know now you know: Micky is now in the Public Domain - time to Chatgpt your own Mouse story!

Learn more about Copyright and Public Domain Day 2024! publicdomainreview.org/blog/2024/01...

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Attached: 1 image If you didn't know now you know: Micky is now in the Public Domain - time to Chatgpt your own Mouse story! Learn more about Copyright and Public Domain Day 2024! https://publicdom...
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January 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM
If you market a product as having features, it better be able to do it, especially when people trust it with their lives. This ruling shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, except those that think Tesla can do no wrong. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

See www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Judge finds ‘reasonable evidence’ Tesla knew self-driving tech was defective
Ruling clears way for lawsuit brought against company over fatal crash in 2019 in which Stephen Banner was killed near Miami
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November 23, 2023 at 1:54 AM
#Microsoft released OpenAI's GPT4, and now DALL-E 3 to the public for free. If you haven't tried it yet it's pretty powerful. The designer can create stills and videos. For example drawing a promo for a free migraine tracking app, or drawing scenes straight out of Starwars.
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October 22, 2023 at 10:40 PM
Political meme of the week? Biden joined Truth Social and used the Dark Brandon meme as his profile picture. "Because we thought it would be funny" - and it is.

www.axios.com/2023/10/16/b...
October 17, 2023 at 4:26 AM
#newyorkcity has put all officers in uniform for tomorrow 10/13. If you're going into the city I recommend watching out because the city threat level is higher than normal. #FridayThe13th www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/n...
October 12, 2023 at 11:56 PM
There are some things that are hard in life, like correctly complying with financial and health regulatory environments plus privacy laws, and then there is trying to finish your Luke Skywalker Comic Con by Wednesday hard, which you totally forgot about because you were super busy at work. 😭
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October 8, 2023 at 2:10 AM
#Google has released new tools to control your Privacy online. Check them out , use them, #PrivacyMatters blog.google/products/sea...
October 6, 2023 at 7:30 PM
I noticed a bit of a blip with #signal today. I'm not sure if it was just my friends and I, but messages definitely stopped sending/receiving for a minute. #glitchtober downdetector.com/status/signal/
Signal app down? Current outages and problems. |
Real-time outages and problems for the Signal app. Can't send messages? No server connection? Here you see what is going on.
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October 3, 2023 at 11:13 PM
Someone made a Task Manager clone for Linux systems , and I love it. #Linux news.itsfoss.com/mission-cent...
October 2, 2023 at 8:15 PM
#PSA if you use #reddit don't forget to update your privacy settings! The new rollout deprecates the original setting. #privacy #NOTICE #squirrels 🐿️

Also yes I use #boostforreddit
September 30, 2023 at 2:33 AM
#tiktok shows just how illusory the "USDS Review Board" is, and how mass US user data is sent overseas. [Blind] Tumult Tok: An Inside Look at TikTok from a 3 year employee (Tech Industry) #PrivacyMatters www.teamblind.com/us/s/p8tUgOGQ
September 22, 2023 at 4:15 PM
That's a lot of leaked messages for #Microsoft .

What's the lesson? - " it all goes back to one misconfigured URL, a reminder that human error can have some devastating consequences, particularly in the burgeoning world of AI tech." #privacy #dataleaks futurism.com/the-byte/mic...
September 22, 2023 at 1:39 PM
PSA for the day: "Warranty Void If Removed" seals are not enforceable or legal in the USA. Removing these as a consumer cannot void your Warranty! ( and a ref to one of my favorite 🌶️ on YouTube ) youtu.be/zy5I2CnM_38?...
Asrock should be fined for breaking the law
Citation for fine per violation: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/06/ftc-takes-action-against-harley-davidson-westinghouse-illegally-...
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September 19, 2023 at 7:11 PM