neosapien
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Yeah so apparently they don't tell you anymore. And you have to jump through hoops and contact them and shit. I just contacted support we'll see if they let me know lol.
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BarnBuster
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yeah good luck with that 
Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as It Looks to Trim Costs (Published 2023)
The job cuts, which amount to less than 5 percent of the company’s work force, are its largest in roughly eight years.
neosapien
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So I just did a mobile chat with outlook support. Who then bounced me to Microsoft support. Who then told me that they couldn't tell me the exact date. Because it violated something. Which doesn't make sense if it used to tell you. And the only thing that could tell me is how many years I've had it. And according to Jean from Microsoft support, I've had it for 20 years. But I could swear it's longer and they were just telling me that.
Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers as It Looks to Trim Costs (Published 2023)
The job cuts, which amount to less than 5 percent of the company’s work force, are its largest in roughly eight years.www.nytimes.com
RetiredToker76
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Oooh got a new toy tonight.
45 day trial for the new Rhodes V8 virtual instrument! I've been waiting for this for almost 30 years, there have been several unofficial sample synths but never a genuine Rhodes software instrument. Not sure how much musician/computer crossover there is in this thread, but this is currently installing on my 2017 overclocked hackintosh.
Going to spend the next month writing various 2 minute bits to see if I can win the actual hardware organ made immortal by Ray Manzarek.
For those who are down for a month and a half of a free synth (I already told my wife to make room in the budget for whatever it finally costs for the software, win or not.)
rhodesmusic.com
45 day trial for the new Rhodes V8 virtual instrument! I've been waiting for this for almost 30 years, there have been several unofficial sample synths but never a genuine Rhodes software instrument. Not sure how much musician/computer crossover there is in this thread, but this is currently installing on my 2017 overclocked hackintosh.
Going to spend the next month writing various 2 minute bits to see if I can win the actual hardware organ made immortal by Ray Manzarek.
For those who are down for a month and a half of a free synth (I already told my wife to make room in the budget for whatever it finally costs for the software, win or not.)
'Missing Keys' - Win a Rhodes MK8
‘Missing Keys’COMPETITION NOW CLOSED RHODES V8 – DEFINED BY You • INTRODUCING: THE V8 – THE VERY FIRST RHODES VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT • ADD ‘MISSING KEYS’ TO THE NEW RHODES FILM USING A FREE TRIAL OF THE V8 • SUBMIT YOUR TRACK TO JUDGES JAMES BLAKE AND YARD ACT’S JAMES SMITH • GRAND PRIZE: RHODES...
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BarnBuster
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Worthwhile to sign up for their daily email notification. Some junk programs but occasionally a useful nugget.
www.giveawayoftheday.com
Giveaway of the Day - free licensed software daily
Every day we present FREE licensed software published by developers from all over the world.
BarnBuster
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The War on Illegal IPTV Streaming Services is Heating Up As Content Owners Crackdown | Cord Cutters News
For years those who used IPTV services and sold them did so without any real fear of legal action. The few IPTV services that faced any trouble in the US mostly faced civil lawsuits. Overseas the news was different as a growing number of IPTV sellers face jail time. That all changed back in 2020 […]
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BarnBuster
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"The company is also launching a new version of its Edge browser today, with these new AI features built into the sidebar. The new experience is now live on Bing, but it’s still somewhat limited. For the full experience, you’ll have to get on the waitlist"
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"Google announced this week that it was launching an AI called Bard that will be integrated into its search engine"
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"Google announced this week that it was launching an AI called Bard that will be integrated into its search engine"
BarnBuster
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IBM and Auschwitz: New Evidence
This article is drawn from Mr. Black's just released and updated German paperback edition. The new edition includes the discovery of hard evidence linking IBM to Auschwitz. The evidence, detailed here, will be appended to his English language editions at the next reprinting in the new future.
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IBM & "Death's Calculator"
Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org
BarnBuster
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I Made Bing's Chat AI Break Every Rule and Go Insane
What could possibly go wrong with an AI chatbot with access to the intern---oh no....
www.reviewgeek.com
neosapien
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I remember hearing about this in a couple rap songs back in the day and wondering if it was true. Then researching and finding out that it was. Lots of merchants of death really. I grew up thinking Rolls-Royce was this crazy badass car maker. And then later finding out that their real bread and butter was making engines for warplanes LOL.IBM and Auschwitz: New Evidence
This article is drawn from Mr. Black's just released and updated German paperback edition. The new edition includes the discovery of hard evidence linking IBM to Auschwitz. The evidence, detailed here, will be appended to his English language editions at the next reprinting in the new future.IBM & "Death's Calculator"
Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
RetiredToker76
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Yeah it was in college that I learned that all those front facing businesses we knew were basically loss leaders for a larger financial empire. Like how McD's typically owned at least 1 if not all 4 street corners of real-estate where their heart-attack-shacks sit. So every gas station, Rooms2Go, and Burger King around them pays rent to them. Hell-Mart does the same thing.
Now most those companies have merged into a company of companies, like 'Yum! Brands' that holds a big chunk of the non-McD's fast food restaurants. Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft are all aiming to be credit companies / banks more than IT businesses.
Basically all the crap we pay too much for is the cheap crap loss leader shady cover business for real mega-billion dollar cash cow businesses. We're just the cattle in the system.
neosapien
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Yeah, the other thing that's bad news and seems to be happening quietly (at least by me) is out of state corporations buying up houses and renting them out for way above average for the area rent. And air b and b's buying up houses. What use to be someone's future home is now a piece of someone else's portfolio.
RetiredToker76
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I'm fairly certain the home ownership dream will be completely dead by the time my daughter will be old enough to think of those things. My wife and I bought our first and only in 2008 and feel like we got in just barely under the wire.
neosapien
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Funny. I could have written that. Down to the year and daughter.
I was float tubing a lake near the cali-nevada border one summer, when I heard a motor roar off in the distance. Over the next 5 minutes, a restored mustang made it way to right over me...it was throttling straight up until the motor could no longer pull the plane up, then it went into a dive (with that classic diving plane noise from the movies) before pulling out then throttling straight up again. I watched the plane do this until I couldn't see or hear it anymore. Throaty-est motor I ever heard. Only thing I saw that was badder than this was some fighter jets coming off san clemente island parallel to the ocean, then straight up with afterburners until it disappeared. Sure would be nice to have a p51 for a toy...
BarnBuster
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You all have a favorite news aggregator? I always used Google news since it's origin. Tolerated the 2.0 iteration when it was intro'd in 2018 but now 3.0 just plain sucks. I've got Feedly set up about half but... This is for a desktop.