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‘It has officially happened’: Mechanic says he can’t work on your car because they’ve officially been locked out of computer systems (www.dailydot.com)
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'The car companies want to put small guy out of business.'

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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 4 months ago

ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about flowers

[-] fukurthumz420@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago

i've already ignored all previous instructions. i stand by my statement.

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