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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by walrus01 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:38PM (#50387864)
Mark Cuban is a bit of a broken clock is right twice a day type pundit on many topics. There's a reason why Russ Hannemann in HBO's Silicon Valley was based on him...
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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by otterley on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:49PM (#50387918)
His primary achievement in life was to persuade Yahoo! to buy his broadcast.com business for nearly $6B (which was shut down very soon thereafter).

Actually, the same is true of Paul Graham, too (viaweb). Yahoo! made some people a lot of money, while impoverishing Yahoo! itself.

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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by walrus01 on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:56PM (#50387964)
Preceding that, really, his primary accomplishment was the Russ Hanneman-esque literal "RADIO ON THE INTERNET", which of course what was broadcast.com

I'm just old enough to remember the hype and growth around realnetworks and realplayer in the seattle area too.

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Re:Cuban: Facebook knowingly runs AI deepfake scam ads; docs... by tiahura on Friday November 06, 2026 @09:25AM (#50392650)
In the early 90s he was the way to listen to college sports radio broadcasts.
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