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They did (in the US). Bain Capital bled them dry and then sold off the scraps. There have been a few attempts to revive the brand but to my knowledge nothing has stuck yet.

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This is exactly it. But it doesn't fit on a hat or bumper sticker so the details get ignored.

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/829f9a53-a4cd-44e5-a955-7d70bdd0fcb3.webp

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until we come up with a solution to this "infinite growth" problem.

This is why cancer research is so important. But for now, we can try the old standbys of surgical removal and full-system poison.

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Money green, or proletarian gray
Selling guns instead of food today

- John Perry Barlow

A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers say (qz.com)

ShinyHunters posted on Tuesday night in a hacking forum that it obtained data from Ticketmaster and its parent company, Live Nation, including customers’ names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and order details, Cyber Daily wrote. The group is reportedly attempting to sell the stolen data for $500 million....

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Just another Tuesday in our boring dystopia.

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you want reliable? go with LG or GE.

Going to have to disagree based on personal experience (which admittedly has limited value). Bought LG washer, dryer, and fridge when we moved. The washer blew the clutch seal after about 4 and a half years. The dryer sensor is unreliable (leading to taking jeans or blankets out, them still being damp, and having to put them back in on a timer). And the fridge compressor sounds like it's struggling.

The most absurd part is that we replaced the washer with a similar LG model (one with an agitator - I looked into just replacing the part but it was half the price of the washer, the underside of the impeller was moldy because lack of water flow, something no amount of tub clean cycles will fix, and the outer bucket was absolutely disgusting from the leak, with no easy way to hose it out) because everything else was either crap, ridiculously expensive, or both.

I hate this timeline.

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Well I'm glad to hear you had a better experience than I did. I have my fingers crossed that everything holds up on this end, and the washer was a freak occurrence.

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The last application I wrote in VBA/Excel is still running 24/7 on a big screen in the command center of a company that was purchased for several billion dollars.

And yes, there are multiple database sheets. Filled with data scraped from another database. Data that was being written down on paper before I arrived and decided to learn VBA instead of develop permanent hand cramps.

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You mean that sub that saw a huge surge in subscribers, increased bad faith actors, and general chaos ahead of the infamous mod schism that shredded any credibility that might have been hanging on?

As someone who watched it happen in real time, no one will ever be able to convince me that all of that was a coincidence.

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Samsung never met a bad idea they couldn't help but imitate.

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Well if you don't test, you'll have less cases.

crosses a few test results off of a list with a sharpie

And now there's even less!

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He's got to get them from somewhere. They certainly aren't coming from his little piggy brain.

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I request power metal recommendations, please.

Blind Guardian (earlier stuff was primarily speed metal)

Unleash the Archers

Unlucky Morpheus

I hesitate to recommend Iced Earth since the bandleader is a raging POS but they fit the bill

Nightwish is more symphonic than power but they're top notch and might scratch that itch

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The first time I listened to those songs, they were transformative experiences. So freakin good.

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So are mine. I'm bummed that most of my hobbies only have a token presence (if any) on Lemmy. I have a decent sized list of blocked communities to make /all a bit less tiresome. But I'm certainly not posting that list and whining about things not being exactly as I want them. I just upvote (mostly), contribute where I feel the need (no, I do not have the spoons to try and carry entire niche communities), and hope one day enough people trickle in that those niches feel less like ghost towns.

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While they say that misery loves company, I must disagree.

PLEASE STOP. TURN BACK NOW. THIS IS NOT THE WAY.

Signed,
Disillusioned American

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does the math

...welp, I guess I'm doomed.

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Have you ever read anything so absurd that you just start laughing uncontrollably but it's after midnight and you don't want to wake your spouse so you real quick clamp down to hold it in and then your gut hurts from all the heaving?

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You know why. And I'm still mad at you, Dave.

Emotion-tracking AI on the job: Workers fear being watched – and misunderstood (theconversation.com)

Emotion artificial intelligence uses biological signals such as vocal tone, facial expressions and data from wearable devices as well as text and how people use their computers, to detect and predict how someone is feeling. It can be used in the workplace, for hiring, etc. Loss of privacy is just the beginning. Workers are...

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It's easy if you're a sociopath.

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I'd argue that the 20th century already selected for that and we are reaping the "rewards" as we speak.

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