The algorithms in social media, media platforms, and search engines are all designed to keep users engaged so that ad revenue can be generated and user data can be harvested.

Adding to that, a lot of these misogynistic creators leverage predatory practices that manipulate marginalized people into sycophantcy.

When this and other factors come together, we wind up with mindless drones which are easily manipulated, constantly angry, and always searching for a way to “get back” at those that who marginalized them.

This exactly!

It would be whelming. Just so.

Unless you saw a person do this, I would assume that the stranger is the sun.

Sun damages the clear coat, causing it to bubble. The bubbles continue to expand and then crack. When you drive, the turbulence from wind force pulls the flaky clear off.

happy, go, lucky

Moron, made, slide

Ol’ Dorky D has principals, I suppose.

There would be no teachable moment for an aggressor in this confrontation.

You never show a gun until you are in a situation where you have no choice but to employ it. Never brandish. This isnt the movies.

GrapheneOS.

Putting a comment here to commemorate when I initially interacted with the time travellers.

I’ve seen this episode of Black Mirror.

I was there. In the ancient times.

A hypothetical person could gather up about 10 boxes of microwave popcorn.

That peraon could then gather up as many microwaves as possible from the shelves.

He or she coukd evenly distribute the microwaves across the store. They coukd even place two or three around the HVAC intake ducts.

That nefarious individual could remove all filters from the HVAC intake ducts.

If lead to do so, the person could put 1 bag of microwave popcorn in each microwave.

Feasibly, they coukd also start each microwave on high for 60 minutes.

The anecdotal smell of burnt popcorn would permeate and last for months. If you think burnt popcorn wouldn’t be that bad, then I would wager that you’ve never been in an office building that was evacuated for the burning chemical smell of one bag of popcorn left too long.

Only works until the initial sludge is cleared. I would bet it would be relatively clear water by head 3.

Now, if you take that scissor lift and attach something that can rip the head off, attach the same thing to ALL heads, and then attach those to one forklift and drive out of the building… that would do it.

Are you sure they didn’t shit their pants and drop the undies down in the trash?

Don’t forget massive cuts to Social Security and a hit on any pension money the organization can get its hands on.

Trumper shocked Pikachu.

Every person has a massive profile (table / database) built all about them. This isn’t conspiracy. This is big business. There are a few data brokerage companies focused on people:

-Acxiom (worlds biggest broker, pretty much every piece of junk mail you get drives from a company purchasing data from them)

-TransUnion (credit, such as if you pay the minimum bill or are late on payments)

-CoreLogic (all real estate purchase information)

-FourSquare Labs (location broker which i find to be particularly insidious)

There are also databases built specifically for business entities, such as Data Axle.

And companies will purchase packages from ALL of these data brokers when they want to target a specific audience.

I would immediately download more RAM. No hax. Really works.

My problem is the algorithm. There is no way to browse categories and drill down into the features to find what you are actually looking to find.

You search for xxx company Product, and you may get that product on the first page, but it will be surrounded by dozens of cheap alternatives. I find a lot of those alternatives aren’t comparable to the one I actually seek.

If you don’t know the specific product you are looking for, you will never be able to sort the wheat from the chaff.

Do the commands CTRL+C, CTRL+X, CTRL+Z, and CTRL+V work the same?

If so, I’m in.

And everything that you are supposed to target is red, as it should be.

I remember “learning” many years ago that all barrels that are red are obviously explosive. Just Cause dialed that up several notches.