cookies are just text. they could literally contain an ip address or a hash or other identifier that refers to one.

spotify can’t directly obtain data from a linkedin cookie. but ad networks and other ‘third parties’ could provide ‘targeting’ or even identifying information to them.

use a different browser profile, or better–an entirely different browser–for vpn browsing.

what factories, dumbfuck?

and most of 'em don’t have a fucking thing to do with ‘official’ duties

i don’t recall democrats ever ‘fighting fire with fire’. they ‘play nice’ as to not offend the ones that weren’t ever gonna vote for them in the first place–then they lose next time around… and then the republicants dig an even deeper hole from which democrats have to try to climb us all out of when it’s ‘their turn’ again. thus is the downward spiral of the two party fptp system.

shit-filled and a huuuuge splash radius.

how long will it take an ‘ai’ chatbot to spiral downward to bad advice, lies, insults, and/or promotion of violence and self-harm?

we are blessed here to have the noise in the winter, too. more than three flakes of snow and there’s sure to be a legion of leaf blowers clearing off precious pavement in neighborhoods all over town. the guys that do it at 4-5am are the true treasures.

“86” means “ged rid of”, not kill.

the latter could be denoted by 18747.

we aren’t supposed to be taking medical advice from him.

“I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me.” --Robert F. Kennedy Jr

i am evaluating endless os (basic install, not the kitchen sink version) right now. i have bunch of soon-to-be obsolete desktops and laptops i need to find something other than windows to load. i am very impressed so far. it’s nearly everything i’m looking for for these systems and their future home users.

it’s nearly as ‘simple’ as a chromebook but is based on debian, so it can do more than chromeos. but because of the ostree base, verified flatpak applications, and simplified desktop and ui, it’s a lot harder for a typical home user to ‘break’ than windows.

the ‘full’ endless install with lots of extra programs and offline content might pick up a few fans, too. parts of my area still don’t have faster-than-dialup internet available.

i had been set on peppermint for the lowest spec’d systems (things like c2d 4gb/hdd) and cinnamint for the others (mostly 2nd-6th gen, 4-8gb, some have sata ssd), but endless might just end up on everything unless someone specifically requests different.

i sure hope they aren’t still the same specs (ancient celeron 2gb/32gb flash) for $1100+. but kinda suspect they might be.

endless os is somewhat chromeos like, but based on debian. read-only ostree debian stable base, flatpak applications, simplified desktop and ui.

use the 4gb ‘basic’ installer iso unless you want a lot of extra programs and offline content included right out of the box. and note it’s definitely not those who like to tinker and change everything. endless is locked down pretty tight so it’s harder to break, but that means less flexibility and very few customization options.

i just finished a single month here, first one in a couple years. ran out of stuff by week three. it’ll be at least another 2-3 years before another binge month, if i ever go back at all.

they already make significantly more profits off of each ad-tier sub than they do the ad-free… yet it still isn’t enough. greedy fucking bastards.

already not looking forward to the next updates on a few systems.

we could have had bob or clippy instead of ‘cortana’ or ‘copilot’

you mean, doin’ what microsoft and their ai ‘partners’ do to others?

Also, as Microsoft appears to have recognized scraping for AI training as a problem, are you seizing your own scraping activities on public code and the larger web or is this a case of double standards?

that is not an acceptable ‘solution’ and opens up an entirely different and more significant can o’ worms instead.

i’ve hit it many times so far… even as quick as the second page view (first internal link clicked) after more than a day or two since the last visit (yes, even with cleaned browser data or private window).

it’s fucking stupid how quick they are to throw up a roadblock.

Move fast and break things

that’s really all they were after. fuck the system up and destroy as much as possible before anyone can stop them…

bonus points if something trashed benefited or supported women, lgbtq, immigrants, or anyone not white and male, in any way.

extra bonus points if campaign mega-donors or the ultra-wealthy or administration officials can personally profit off the destruction.