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Most of the things you interact with online are tracking your location, your device type, and your digital footprint to predict exactly how desperate you are to buy something. If the algorithm thinks you have money, or simply lack options, it alters the price in real-time.

To prove how widespread "surveillance pricing" has become, I decided to see if I could outsmart it. This involved exploiting corporate registry loopholes to create a fake corporate entity, hiring an improv actor off Craigslist to establish a completely separate digital identity, and strapping a burner phone to a drone to make purchases from the airspace above the wealthiest gated community in Minnesota.

I was super stressed about it (still is, thanks for all the help and good words in the knives instances) I guess I will see if I did good on my next camping trip.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/inforeport/p/1271550/2-u-s-service-members-killed-1-missing-after-iranian-attack-in-jordan

Giuliani, that name sounds familiar...

Of course the players can say what they want, nobody is saying they can't. It just so happens that they are voluntary members of an organization that has a set of rules which is not related to the US constitution.

This is prime political shithousery

This sign can be seen all over Haida Gwaii, along with "Danger of bear attack" signs.

Genuine picture I once took when I was messing around with Google Translate back on... checks file September 4th, 2020- jeebus I've had this saved for a while.

Hey Boss, look here!

I made a magical X-ray app that displays our code as wiring.

Here is the shiny, neat program that Bob wrote 15 years ago, right before he left us:

And here is what it is today, after Tom took it from Bob, and Jane from Tom, and Mick from Jane, and me from him, porting it to roughly four new platforms, and adding about 240 features from customer requests (150 of which were urgent):

If wonder if the US government will try to block out the sun?

This is a subtle nod to the fact that Fred has a severe case of main character syndrome despite just being the mascot.

Cat tax: Charleen

Hey so I'm looking for some recommendations for a compact camera. Ideally one that is actually compact and fits in your pocket. Of course I want to get decent quality pictures out of it but nothing crazy.

I don't know anything about photography. Just want to point and shoot, the same way I use my Samsung Galaxy phone currently.

My budget is around 300€ (can stretch a bit).

The context is I want to get rid of my smartphone but I still want a camera to take to trips and stuff. Thanks in advance for suggestions!

Edit: Just to clarify, the pictures don't have to be as good as a Galaxy S25, but still ideally decent quality as I said.