Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
14 May 2024, 10:44 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 623
Google & Apple
I don't understand why so many people use Google in the first place. I find Bing works so much better. And, as a company, Google has shows itself to be so creepy.
How Companies Like Google...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
14 May 2024, 10:33 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 534
A.I. and our coming doom
(I must say, I love the illustration with this!)
Among the A.I. Doomsayers
Some people think machine intelligence will transform humanity for the better. Others fear it may destroy us. Who will...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
14 May 2024, 10:30 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,226
I'm sure you're right that Klein must get more...
I'm sure you're right that Klein must get more email than "ordinary" people, but besides my posting it for the mention of Hey, I've also posted it in more general forums to remind people that just...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
14 May 2024, 10:25 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,708
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
26 Apr 2024, 11:31 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,741
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
26 Apr 2024, 11:26 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 3,667
I'm confused, because I'd never consider...
I'm confused, because I'd never consider something like GMX to be "local" to me in the U.S.
But I'm stunned that anyone in their right mind would provide bank information as ID.
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
26 Apr 2024, 11:23 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,066
110 "monumental" films
Why is this forum so dead? Other chat websites have very lively off-topic sections with all kinds of interesting things.
Okay, for movies This is actually a pretty good list, better than most,...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
26 Apr 2024, 11:20 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 3,226
There's a Better Way To Do Email
Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
There's a Better Way To Do Email
By Ezra Klein
There is no end of theories for why the internet feels so crummy these days. The New...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
22 Apr 2024, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,721
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
22 Apr 2024, 09:43 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,277
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
22 Apr 2024, 09:40 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,362
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
9 Apr 2024, 11:21 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,277
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
9 Apr 2024, 10:55 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,741
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
9 Apr 2024, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,867
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
12 Mar 2024, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 2,741
Privacy and power in tech
What Google’s multibillion payment to Apple says about privacy and power in tech
By Zeynep Tufekci
Companies expect users to accept what they’re given, not know their options or not have the...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
12 Mar 2024, 09:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,721
I am the eye in the sky, looking at you...
When eyes in the sky start looking right at you
By William J. Broad
“This is a giant camera in the sky for any government to use at any time without our knowledge,” said Jennifer Lynch, general...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
12 Mar 2024, 09:13 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 274
The Search for a New and Better Internet
The Search for a New and Better Internet
Can the Internet Be Governed?
Amid worries about what Big Tech is doing to our privacy, politics, and psyches, many stakeholders—from activists to...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
12 Mar 2024, 09:05 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,044
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
12 Mar 2024, 09:03 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,150
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
12 Mar 2024, 09:01 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 7,412
I thought Vivaldi vanished long ago.
Requiring...
I thought Vivaldi vanished long ago.
Requiring your participation reminds me of being in school - demanding that you speak up in class as well as do the homework. One factor would be what exactly...
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
12 Mar 2024, 08:56 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 922
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
12 Mar 2024, 08:54 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,924
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Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous
30 Jan 2024, 10:08 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,801
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
30 Jan 2024, 10:07 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 392
Geoffrey Hinton, Godfather of A.I.
For anyone seriously interested...
Why the Godfather of A.I. Fears What He’s Built
Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn. Now he worries that artificial brains are...
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Forum: The Off-Topic Lounge
30 Jan 2024, 10:05 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 674
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