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"Micro chips" cost almost nothing in bulk. They are like a barcode sticker, but sub-surface. Even the scanners are affordable. Plugs right into USB and emulates a keyboard that sends key strokes for the chip ID. Full-size Parmigiano wheel can cost a pretty penny.

I spend a lot of time wondering what "independent media" is supposed to be

People implement this on their calculator during class. This is the kind of thing you would write to learn programming, the definition of entry-level. You're using a device that can execute billions of trigonometric calculations per millisecond to produce code that calculates X and Y coordinates for few dozens of points on a radial trajectory.

What the fuck...

His stock manipulation game certainly has changed lately

How did they verify their bots are talking to humans? Have them solve captcha? You're running a science experiment on fucking Reddit. GTFO

Regulation. Where I'm at, a device capable of making phone calls, must allow emergency calls by any user. Data is all you can get

Bots

A rumor of plans??! Tell me everything!!!

The web is done. You have to go outside now. "Family recipes" will come back

This is so wild. I really don't miss Flash, but since Steve killed it with the iPhone, Web development has spent more than 10 years to reinvent the ActionScript3 environment and make the entire web depend on it. And who solely prevented AS3 as a web standard from happening? Chris Wilson, Web Standards Tech Lead at Google, in his former role at browser monopolist Microsoft.

Today, every single piece of the web is designed by Google to further their business. And all these fucking Electron applications...

Social Media, just like all media, does not exist to "earn money with ads", or even profile you. It is about being able to influence you through controlling the availability of content you don't even realize. It doesn't matter if you interact. All the other bullshit is intentionally published to distract, on media. Chat bots have a bias. They don't exist to help you. They exist to control the responses.

If you keep running out, you're probably consuming too much. You need more past time where you have fun another way. Walk around town and superglue rocks to walls or whatever floats your boat. You really have to enjoy it, and not try to force yourself. Disconnect.