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I paid well over $2k for a TV and years later started getting ads. Inspected the traffic and it connects to at least a dozen different Samsung domains on startup and then periodically. I took it off the network permanently and now I no longer own any TVs.
This doesn't affect nationals eligible for visa-on-arrival.
Re:LLMs Get Lost in Multi-Turn Conversation on Thursday May 15, 2025 @02:32AM (#43992389)
I believe Claude has forking in their web interface.
Re:Life, Death, and Retirement on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:01PM (#41759288)
Many people find it fulfilling to help those in need.
Re:Congress fights to keep AM radio in cars on Sunday October 06, 2024 @02:54PM (#41759238)
That didn't work out very well for consumers buying GM cars that sold their driving data out the back door to insurance companies.
Re:Why I self host my servers (and what I've recently learned) on Friday September 06, 2024 @01:01AM (#41463034)
Unfortunately, you can’t avoid having your information sold by the DMV in California. Likely others too.

How this is legal is beyond my comprehension.

Somehow we always end up punishing the masses for the sins of the few.
I would imagine they do this because it’s a positive ROI.
Re:Apple is launching its own password manager app on Monday June 10, 2024 @04:08PM (#40638259)
Evernote.
Re:Goodbye Auth0 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @08:20AM (#39382329)
You’s case was deliberate corporate espionage, not a disgruntled former employee.
94% of China's population lives in the 43% of the country closest to the ocean.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heihe%E2%80%93Tengchong_Line

Re:Risk Management is not Project Management on Sunday December 17, 2023 @09:12AM (#38672949)
Sure you can! Consultants/contractors are hired for that all the time.
Not quite equivalent. When the feds show up looking for the uranium, I can clearly see if they take my refrigerator with them when they leave.
Re:India official empties dam to retrieve lost phone on Saturday May 27, 2023 @12:19AM (#36092041)
This will almost certainly be activated most often after being dropped into a toilet.
Do those states have year-round beautiful weather? I wouldn’t underestimate that factor.
Sure, but it would be minuscule compared to what Red Bull pays him.
I think that’s a political problem, not a military one.
The military is held to a much, much higher standard than regular law enforcement. Their rules of engagement are much stricter.
Very. It's extremely tourist-friendly. With the exception of grocery store cashiers, everyone I interacted with spoke at least some English.
Re:The Dubai Debt Trap on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:25AM (#30385395)
As someone whose father withheld child support payments to turn the screws on my mother, I disagree.
Re:How Many People Can Someone Lead? on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:10PM (#28504978)
You missed the part where she's criminally underpaid for the work she does.
Re:Big Sur is both 10.16 and 11.0 on Tuesday July 21, 2020 @06:17PM (#23911591)
If I had a dollar every time I had to explain this to a PM or a CISO (!!)...
Re:Show HN: Game of Life in 32 bytes of assembler on Friday May 01, 2020 @01:32AM (#23039394)
It’s turtles all the way down.
Re:I think Catalina 10.15.4 broke SSH on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @12:34PM (#22739318)
The first thing I install on a fresh Mac is amphetamine.
There's absolutely no way that fine will hold up in court.
That starts World War 3.
You'd be terrified to learn that many do this by doctoring their paperwork. At least in the United States.
Correct. I signed up with China Unicom last week, was required to use my passport, and was only allowed a single SIM card. Anonymity is nearly impossible.