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Re:On Losing Work on Friday May 20, 2022 @05:41AM (#31445206)
Thanks. I managed to see it as something of a blessing in disguise in the end but it took me a while to get there! Hahaha. Thanks for reading.
Interoperability is a dying concept sadly.
Re:Man Against Marketing on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:58AM (#27193127)
They say the devils greatest trick was making humanity believe he didn’t exists.

And advertisers greatest trick is making you think that ads don’t work on you.

We like to think we are above it all (I know I do) but why do I drink one brand of vodka as opposed to another. Objectively they are all identical. Clearly at some point some piece of branding breached my defences, you know?

Re:Man Against Marketing on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:56AM (#27193120)
YouTube refs are great for music, but awful for any kind of ‘content’
Re:Man Against Marketing on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:55AM (#27193115)
Thanks for this.
Re:Man Against Marketing on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:54AM (#27193108)
There is more than a hint of ‘They Live’ about the whole thing.
Re:Man Against Marketing on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:53AM (#27193106)
Yeah, how Musk is generally a hero in the popular imagination of the internet rather than a Bond Villain is beyond me...
Re:Science Has Been Corrupted on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @09:19AM (#27129992)
Sadly it does bring to mind Pandora and her box.

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