The Whore of Blahbylon
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nixCraft đ§đŻ vcs and tech bros act like they cured cancer with Gen AI. Lmao. In reality, they just stole every thing out there while causing large amount of environmental damage to build a slop machine and slop OS.
Raymond Camden@keawade it's my stupid assumption that most people are generally nice - but most people probably arent upper management at oracle ;)
Can someone explain to me why Oracle is holding on to the JavaScript trademark? No one actually pays them for it, right? It matters less than nothing in the real world and just comes off petty as hell.
Ars TechnicaRFK Jr. ally Casey Means faces Senate for Surgeon General confirmation hearing
Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/rfk-jr-ally-casey-means-faces-senate-for-surgeon-general-confirmation-hearing/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Casey Means holds no active medical license and promotes alternative medicine.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/rfk-jr-ally-casey-means-faces-senate-for-surgeon-general-confirmation-hearing/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.
Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/02/could-a-vaccine-prevent-dementia-shingles-shot-data-only-getting-stronger/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
2026 Subaru Uncharted first drive: FWD might be the biggest selling point
Subaru has a new EV using the platform it shares with Toyota, starting at $34,995.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/2026-subaru-uncharted-first-drive-fwd-might-be-the-biggest-selling-point/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Subaru has a new EV using the platform it shares with Toyota, starting at $34,995.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/2026-subaru-uncharted-first-drive-fwd-might-be-the-biggest-selling-point/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Pops, whines, and roars: xAI accused of torturing neighbors of noisy power plant
âTemu sound wallâ not enough to quell fury over xAIâs power plant.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/pops-whines-and-roars-xai-accused-of-torturing-neighbors-of-noisy-power-plant/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
âTemu sound wallâ not enough to quell fury over xAIâs power plant.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/02/pops-whines-and-roars-xai-accused-of-torturing-neighbors-of-noisy-power-plant/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@thedarktangent I am a bit shocked I did not know that until recently. Looking for it now, this was known for years (e.g. https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/amazon-customer-warns-alleged-scam-120000272.html from 2023).
I can imagine someone in Amazon raising this as a potential problem, and someone else calculating the potential impact to Amazon, and approving this method. Customer-centric my ass!
I heard about stories from friends and colleagues buying stuff from Amazon and getting fakes. Sometimes it's in the description and the brand name. The "fix" was to buy from the official brand store at Amazon. Happened to me once (as far as I know) and put it as an exception. Should have ordered from the official shop instead. Right?
Well, turns out that this would not have helped as Amazon co-mingles all "same" products together, whether they come from seller A or seller B. If seller B sells fakes with the same UPC, you might items from A or get a product from B.
Obviously mixing "same" items is cheaper for Amazon. But I guess they figured out that this was a bad decision, so they stop it by end of March (see https://sellercentral.amazon.com/seller-forums/discussions/t/106d0747-e5c6-44d8-86f3-7669f11238fe)
Does not mean you don't get fakes starting in April as what is co-mingled, cannot be un-mingled easily.
The question I have: what else does Amazon do which benefits their bottom line at the expense of the customer? Somehow I am sure this is not the only one.
