[-] timewarp@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

So they need to just have plans or they have to be wealthy already to get grants?

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Was it about how to live without Google or how to bypass ads on YouTube?

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Such a security risk though, but still better than curling scripts into sudo

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Telegram isn't made to be a full E2EE messenger. They have things like public channels which you can't do with E2EE. What kind of idiots thought that Telegram was intended to be a fully E2EE messenger? People use it cause it is native and good for its purposes. It has secret chats if you need them at times. Why all the hate from the Signal CIA fanbois?

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

The comment where everything's made up and the points don't matter

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 30 points 2 weeks ago

I heard him say she's more beautiful than Melania.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Accuse? They need to fucking sue them into oblivion and arrest some of these corrupt immoral assholes. They better have an antitrust & RICO lawsuit ready to go.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 47 points 2 weeks ago

She's still married to him. If he loses the election and the Republican party turns against him, and if he ends up having to pay half a billion in damages from his court cases, she'll run to the media with some sob story about how she felt she couldn't leave him sooner.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

He's mad cause the Democrats are absolutely crushing it. They went from being over 3 points behind in most polls with Biden, to now being almost 4 points ahead on average. He's ignored the advice of all his campaign advisors... he really couldn't help himself. Now he's relying on Elon to help him "win" the election and it isn't working as expected. All they have left it is perpetuate conspiracies & lies and hope that Twitter (X) has enough reach to change the outcome of the election. Musk isn't even hiding that he's manipulating the algorithms and allowing bots to run rampant anymore. THAT is their strategy to try to win. If he loses then Musk will immediately try to sell if he can, but X is now worth a small fraction of what he paid for it. I'd be surprised if he could get 2 billion for it. This was in 2023:

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/according-elon-musk-own-math-204413573.html

Musk will have literally thrown away $40+ billion if Kamala wins.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 22 points 2 weeks ago

Microsoft won't even let you setup Windows now without an online account, unless you modify the installer or enter the terminal during installation. I don't like Google but for God's sake the issue isn't just with Google. We need better laws and regulations in the US. Going after Google when other companies are just as corrupt or worse solves nothing. It just paves the way for worse actors. You can't even remove your Microsoft Store apps once they've been downloaded from your library. At least with Google I can remove that and manage lots of privacy settings. Google isn't an angel but there are bigger demons out there that seem to be getting a free pass.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

Biden obviously wouldn't send them more money after this would he?

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About a month ago I got a notification that my subscription had been refunded and then another email that my account was terminated:

You are receiving this email because we have identified suspicious activity on your account. In order to protect our platform, we have refunded and canceled your subscription. You will no longer have access to ChatGPT Plus service.

This was after using the service for two months. I emailed and sent them a message almost immediately since I could prove my identity, but they haven't responded back in almost a month. Their customer support appears to be non-existent.

I keep wanting to sign back up, but I'm still pissed about it. I'm guessing it is because I used a virtual card when I signed up and they don't stay active for very long so I have to create a new one for each month of service. Usually I just get a failed payment notification and update my payment info with a new one which pulls from my bank account.

It sucks not being able to use the service though because it was so helpful at helping with programming tasks and Bard isn't nearly as good. Has anyone had any luck getting through to support?

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