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I believe they do this the same way they do traffic jams, by seeing how many android phones are at the location vs. average.

And Onion articles, and other satire.

You didn’t read the article. These are images that appeared in the documentary and were not marked as generated. It was implied they were real photos.

The bridge in Baltimore collapsing after its pier was hit by a cargo ship.

They work better for podcasts than music. For music, they’re better than a phone speaker but worse than cheapo earbuds in terms of sound quality.

I have those exact ones and I love them; I use them for running and when I’m doing stuff around the house but still want to hear people getting my attention. I had a previous version that I also accidentally turned to Chinese but I just learned to recognize the different messages.

These people are saying “we finally created the utopia of Neuromancer.” And I look at them and I go, “I don’t think you read Neuromancer."

–Cory Doctorow

I had a (wonderful) colleague who would call a big fuck up an “opportunity for excellence”.

Nah, flip that around. What’s a random crackhead going to do with a stolen car? Vs an already-organized and knowledgeable business like a towing company who wants to add a lucrative side gig. That’s who’s doing catalytic converter theft, too.

Culture comes from the top.

Because some scammer told them they could fire people if they did.

Or homicidal: https://www.theonion.com/children-gather-at-edge-of-playground-to-watch-as-self-1850013121

If we do, then they shouldn’t have picked a name that most people think does something it doesn’t.

They don’t do it to everyone. Some people get put in test groups that get ‘nice’ algorithms that don’t try to make you angry, so they can measure the effect on their revenue.

You might be in a different test group. They always have a few different groups with different settings to check how well the algorithm is meeting their goals. That’s how they know they make less money if they don’t radicalize people.