Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971

Re:Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971 by smogcutter on Sunday July 05, 2020 @12:27PM (#23739848)

It’s part of the eventual fallout of Gawker Media getting whacked by Peter Thiel/Hulk Hogan. The group of blogs that Jalopnik is part of is now owned by a private equity group that only cares about wringing out every possible penny. The site has gotten increasingly unreadable, especially on mobile. (also, RIP Deadspin).

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Re:Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971 by starpilot on Sunday July 05, 2020 @01:16PM (#23740232)

I am 100% on Thiel's side for destroying Gawker. It was and is trash, and Thiel performed a public service.

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Re:Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971 by jacquesm on Sunday July 05, 2020 @02:09PM (#23740616)

I'm not. Thiel is a terrible person who uses his capital in ways that simply buy the kind of justice he wants for himself, he just just used Hogan and the justice system as private tools to serve his goals.

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Re:Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971 by beervirus on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:07PM (#23742514)

Why do you think he's a terrible person? Gawker didn't exactly come out of that whole thing smelling like roses.

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Re:Cassette tape-based navigation system from 1971 by gchamonlive on Sunday July 05, 2020 @01:15PM (#23740229)

That is sad. That also highlights the dangers of tying your site/blog to an specific, private vendor.

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