Brad

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Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants in c/technology@beehaw.org
Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants in c/technology@beehaw.org
VPN firm says it didn’t know customers had lifetime subscriptions, cancels them in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 55 points 1 week ago

The provider the article is taking about is VPNSecure.

DOJ: Google must sell Chrome, Android could be next in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 12 points 2 months ago

Worst case scenario, one of tr***’s cronies ends up in control of Chrome.

That's absolutely going to be the plan for anything Google is forced to sell.

German voters head to polls facing world of change as far right waits in the wings in c/news@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 5 points 3 months ago

We failed in the US, Germany needs to fight this one back!

Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There is no content on Reddit valuable enough that I would pay for access to it.

Reddit Blames Google Algorithm Changes For Not Hitting User Growth. in c/technology@beehaw.org
New Google TV update will track your movement in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago

Now it's all just done for... idk

Money. This is capitalism. The answer is money.

We can now watch Grace Hopper’s famed 1982 lecture on YouTube in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I know which city used to be Constantinople, thanks to They Might Be Giants!

Do stores use bank account info to analyze shopping patterns? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

It's absolutely possible. It would depend on the store but I'm guessing a store that has a loyalty program is interested enough in analyzing customer data that they would use your credit card as a unique identifier of you as a customer, especially for transactions where there wasn't a loyalty number entered.

Let's discuss: Monkey Island in c/gaming@beehaw.org
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How appropriate. You've aged like a cow.

What bizarre misconceptions do people have about your field? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[–] Brad@beehaw.org 22 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Similar to that, just because someone works in IT, doesn't mean they can fix your computer problem. I've worked with a lot of developers who were great coders but couldn't resolve networking or random OS issues.

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What do you all do on your phones that isn't doom-scrolling or mindless mini games? (beehaw.org)
 

I find myself checking out pretty often and just making myself feel bad about the state of the world, or killing half an hour on stupid games that I could 100% live without. This is probably pretty common, and I'm wondering what other people have found as a way to do more productive things with their phones in the downtime.

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