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    Negotiating Atlantic Broadband bill

    Has anyone had success in negotiation with ABB to lower their bill? Mine shot up to $75 a month just for internet which is ridiculous for the terrible service. My mom alone pays about $30 more a month for parallel gigabit service, tv with drv and phone from fios so the ABB cost is just...
  2. Yooper

    Google’s ReCAPTCHAs Also Capture Your Private Information

    I guess I shouldn't be surprised. But I really am. Am I the only one (to be surprised)? As in, this was common knowledge? https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/google-recaptcha-captures-private-information/ --- End of line (MCP)
  3. Yooper

    Interesting Website URLs

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  4. Yooper

    The Dark Forest Of The Internet

    Part 1: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1 Part 2: https://onezero.medium.com/beyond-the-dark-forest-a905e2dd8ae0 Here are the opening paragrpahs of Part 1. The articles will, I think, resonate more if you've read Liu Cixin's "Three Body Problem"...
  5. Yooper

    A Virtual You Lives At Google & Other Techs

    Well, isn't this special.... Click on over to read the entire article and links to the presentation the above quote has been snipped from (a 1-hour tech talk which has been posted on Youtube). Link: "Your phone isn’t really spying on your conversations—the truth might be even creepier" ---...
  6. Yooper

    War In The "Cognitive Age": China Seeks To "Play" In Yet Another Domain

    CDR Salamander discusses a whopper. Here's a tease: Not at all in my wheelhouse, so this seems very concerning. At least at first glance. More to the story...? In any event, both links (below) are jarring and I was floored. CDRSalamander (link): "If Your Economy is Based on Information, at...
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