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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    I can't use Discord because I don't like anime

    but Butters-chan, you are an anime

    uguu~

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    DepressperadoDepressperado I just wanted to see you laughing in the pizza rainRegistered User regular
    nani?!

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    webguy20webguy20 I spend too much time on the Internet Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    Bit the bullet and finally ordered a new apple watch. With the health problems ive had lately being able to track heart rate and o2 will be very useful. Also ordered an at home blood pressure tester. I go back to the doc in 4 weeks and im hoping having some data to present will be useful.

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    ToxTox I kill threads he/himRegistered User regular
    New Android update.

    Do not like it

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    MidniteMidnite Registered User regular
    Tech thread I need help:

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    What is this awful shit? Why did this appear when I restarted my pc? How do I make it go away forever? Whose idea was this and why aren't being tried in The Hague?

    (Not the search bar, the clip art like I'm working on a fucking Leapfrog laptop)

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    godmodegodmode Southeast JapanRegistered User regular
    Right-click the taskbar, go to the Search menu, click on “Show Search Highlights” to remove it.

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    MidniteMidnite Registered User regular
    Thanks!

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    furlionfurlion Riskbreaker Lea MondeRegistered User regular
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

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    MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Global gossip.

    As it once ruled the neighborhood, it now rules the world.

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    DisruptedCapitalistDisruptedCapitalist I swear! Registered User regular
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Global gossip.

    As it once ruled the neighborhood, it now rules the world.

    But it seems more than that to some? Like a lot of content creators use it as a way to find new business for example. Like furlion, I don't get why other communication methods don't work, but if you want to make a living in the post-web2.0 world, it seems like you need to have Twitter or Instagram AND Twitch or Discord.

    "Simple, real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." -Mustrum Ridcully in Terry Pratchett's Hogfather p. 142 (HarperPrism 1996)
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    JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    twitter is one of the less nakedly fucked up social media sites out there, i think thats part of its appeal

    1) you have a fairly high degree of control over what you see

    2) you can more or less disable the algorithms entirely with a button right on the main page, something nearly no other site allows you to do

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    edited April 2022
    Jasconius wrote: »
    twitter is one of the less nakedly fucked up social media sites out there, i think thats part of its appeal

    1) you have a fairly high degree of control over what you see

    2) you can more or less disable the algorithms entirely with a button right on the main page, something nearly no other site allows you to do

    they keep trying really hard to disable both of those features

    just trying to do anything they can to remove a linear chronological timeline of the posts you've requested

    instead would you like to see this controversial take from some jackass you don't follow or even know about Johnny Depp and Amber Heard

    I think you'll engage with it

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

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    NarbusNarbus Registered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    I do not follow this. If Musk posts something on Twitter that violates the law and it affects Tesla's stock price, he's still open to fines and shareholder lawsuits.

    I have no idea what you're suggesting here

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    schussschuss Registered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    Twitter weren't the ones that fined him.

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    MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Global gossip.

    As it once ruled the neighborhood, it now rules the world.

    But it seems more than that to some? Like a lot of content creators use it as a way to find new business for example. Like furlion, I don't get why other communication methods don't work, but if you want to make a living in the post-web2.0 world, it seems like you need to have Twitter or Instagram AND Twitch or Discord.

    But isnt that the same as telling everyone in the neighborhood what you can do and one of them goes oh I need that?

    Its just a lot bigger pool of people.

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Narbus wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    I do not follow this. If Musk posts something on Twitter that violates the law and it affects Tesla's stock price, he's still open to fines and shareholder lawsuits.

    I have no idea what you're suggesting here

    As I understand it, taking Twitter off a public exchange takes his Tweets off the SEC's radar. Shareholders would have to fight him directly in court which I imagine would be preferable to Musk.

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    BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    Twitter is still a public avenue of communication, which is the part the SEC cares about

    Is Musk saying shit that affects stock values in a public place broadcast to many people? Then it's relevant to SEC rules. The ownership status of the media he uses to make that speech as a publically traded or privately held entity is not relevant.

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    NarbusNarbus Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    Butters wrote: »
    Narbus wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    I do not follow this. If Musk posts something on Twitter that violates the law and it affects Tesla's stock price, he's still open to fines and shareholder lawsuits.

    I have no idea what you're suggesting here

    As I understand it, taking Twitter off a public exchange takes his Tweets off the SEC's radar. Shareholders would have to fight him directly in court which I imagine would be preferable to Musk.

    You misunderstand it. Whether or not the platform is publically traded has nothing to do with, and I cannot see a reason why it would. What Elon got in trouble for was publicly lying about company finances so hard that it affected investor behavior. Where he did it, and how that place is funded, doesn't matter for shit.

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    minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    Narbus wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    I do not follow this. If Musk posts something on Twitter that violates the law and it affects Tesla's stock price, he's still open to fines and shareholder lawsuits.

    I have no idea what you're suggesting here

    As I understand it, taking Twitter off a public exchange takes his Tweets off the SEC's radar. Shareholders would have to fight him directly in court which I imagine would be preferable to Musk.

    No, that's not the case. It's still a public statement. Just like if he wrote it on Medium, or Mastadon, or where ever else.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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    MorninglordMorninglord I'm tired of being Batman, so today I'll be Owl.Registered User regular
    edited April 2022
    He could sit in his own house and shout it. If it was loud enough, and it effected the stock market, hes in the shit.

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Then I stand corrected.

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    NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    Then I stand corrected.

    Were you sitting when you typed this post though B)

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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    Naphtali wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    Then I stand corrected.

    Were you sitting when you typed this post though B)

    Gottem

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    ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    Now I understand the appeal of Trumpism. I will never admit I'm wrong again.

    You did this, Naph. All that happens now is on you

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    NaphtaliNaphtali Hazy + Flow SeaRegistered User regular
    Butters wrote: »
    Now I understand the appeal of Trumpism. I will never admit I'm wrong again.

    You did this, Naph. All that happens now is on you

    yes hello I am jack chaos, here to kill chaos but in actually, cause it

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    HefflingHeffling No Pic EverRegistered User regular
    Narbus wrote: »
    Butters wrote: »
    furlion wrote: »
    As someone who doesn't have Twitter, I don't see why Twitter is such a big deal. I know it is, and I know I must be missing something, but I have no clue what that is.

    Musk has had to pay tens of millions in fines for harming his own Tesla shareholders with mad tweets. If he successfully acquires Twitter and takes it private, he can theoretically short his company's stock without consequence.

    I do not follow this. If Musk posts something on Twitter that violates the law and it affects Tesla's stock price, he's still open to fines and shareholder lawsuits.

    I have no idea what you're suggesting here

    Musk is buying Twitter so he has greater control over his messaging. He doesn't care if something he tweets is illegal, because he can afford ANY fine the government will levy against him. At this point, paying fines is the cost of doing business.

    And being fined for tens of millions doesn't mean a fucking thing at all when you're net worth is north of $250,000,000,000. $250,000,000,000 - 99,999,999 = 249,900,000,001.

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    JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    edited May 2022
    Someone please set up a service where you can enter someone's phone number and they'll get an anonymous text telling them to stop texting live photos that are just a three-second loop of them trying to take a still photo of their dinner.

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    MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/05/stung-by-3-court-losses-isps-stop-fighting-california-net-neutrality-law/

    GET SHIT ON EVERY MAJOR ISP IN EXISTENCE.

    So what this stands to do is the same thing that happens when California sets its own EPA standards: vendors choose to comply with California rules instead of the federal bare minimum because it's both easier and is the only way to access the state's very lucrative market. Shame we had to do this rather than the goddamn FCC who STILL HAS NOT CONFIRMED A 5TH DEMOCRATIC MEMBER TO BREAK THE 2-2 STANDOFF IT'S ONLY BEEN ALMOST TWO YEARS BIDEN CAN'T BLAME REPUBLICANS FOR THIS ONE..

    So yeah a bit of good news for once. The Internet remains neutral.

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular




    Coinbase's stock is doing the worst it has ever done. Down over 30 percent today. Down over 50 percent this past week. Down over 84 percent since its IPO. Revenue is down, users are down, total trading volume is down. It won't stop saying #WAGMI though
    I can’t even speak…

    Coinbase is the biggest exchange in the U.S. This will have ripple effects around the world. The number of people who will lose everything.

    This is what journalists and critics have been worried about.

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    BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular
    wait who's that looking through the window

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    minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    All day today my idiot crypto-bro acquaintances have been feverishly posting about how this is the best week ever for crypto because a big crash means they can buy way more and get rich when it rebounds.

    I mean, I know none of them will ever admit they were wrong because no one gives up the grift, but it sure would be nice to see just once.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    What in the fuck does WAGMI mean

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    KwoaruKwoaru Confident Smirk Flawless Golden PecsRegistered User regular
    The secret to financial success is to buy low and also buy high because you were late and then hold the dip because its going to go high and also hold the peak because if you sell you will lose money when it goes higher

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    Kane Red RobeKane Red Robe Master of Magic ArcanusRegistered User regular
    What in the fuck does WAGMI mean

    "We are gonna make it" I think.

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    minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    edited May 2022
    What in the fuck does WAGMI mean

    "We're All Gonna Make It"

    It's a crypto bro saying, like "Diamond Hands" and "To The Moon" and all that dumb shit.

    I've literally never seen a crypto bro talk about selling. It's constantly buying. Buying the dips, buying the peaks. I don't know how they get rich, exactly, but it seems like questionable advice.

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    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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    minor incidentminor incident expert in a dying field njRegistered User regular
    JK, I know the actual reason they never talk about selling is because they can't have other people getting any ideas about dumping their coin. Gotta keep pumping up that market.

    Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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    DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    I wish crypto would crash into worthlessness

    Especially when crypto bullshit is goddamned everywhere right now

    It would be really amusing

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