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    Ivorythumper
    wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 22:48 last edited by
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      Mik
      wrote on 28 Apr 2022, 22:51 last edited by
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      Elon wants to make sure all Twitter accounts are actual humans. he hates the spam accounts. Not a bad idea.

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/elon-musk-wants-to-authenticate-all-real-humans-on-twitter-here-s-what-that-could-mean/ar-AAWHZiO?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=ad072a5761474587b0a2cf4a092a2add

      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        George K
        wrote on 29 Apr 2022, 21:44 last edited by
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        You needed this.

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          Axtremus
          wrote on 30 Apr 2022, 12:51 last edited by
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          https://www.seattletimes.com/business/a-day-after-musk-moves-on-twitter-tesla-loses-126-billion/

          Tesla wiped roughly $126 billion off its valuation Tuesday as the stock fell 12% on investors’ concern that Elon Musk may sell shares to complete his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

          The electric-vehicle maker’s market capitalization is now down more than $275 billion since April 4, when Musk disclosed that he increased his Twitter stake. That’s a drop of roughly 23%. The dollar value of Musk’s 17% stake in Tesla has shrunk by more than $40 billion, almost double the equity portion he pledged in the Twitter transaction.
          ...

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            Doctor Phibes
            wrote on 30 Apr 2022, 13:28 last edited by
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            It must be nice to have so much money that you can lose or make billions simply by trolling.

            I was only joking

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              George K
              wrote on 30 Apr 2022, 23:21 last edited by
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              @jolly, @bachophile !

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              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                George K
                wrote on 2 May 2022, 20:39 last edited by
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                "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  Mik
                  wrote on 2 May 2022, 22:41 last edited by
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                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    Friday
                    wrote on 3 May 2022, 00:50 last edited by
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                    That TansuYegen thing was pretty funny.

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                      jon-nyc
                      wrote on 4 May 2022, 11:42 last edited by
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                      Interesting

                      You were warned.

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                        Axtremus
                        wrote on 4 May 2022, 13:43 last edited by
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                        Still challenging to identify professional propaganda accounts that disguise themselves as casual users.

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                        • A Axtremus
                          4 May 2022, 13:43

                          Still challenging to identify professional propaganda accounts that disguise themselves as casual users.

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                          Ivorythumper
                          wrote on 4 May 2022, 18:34 last edited by
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                          @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          Still challenging to identify professional propaganda accounts that disguise themselves as casual users.

                          I'm not at all in the tech field, but that seems like a rather simple thing to solve for as a general condition. It needn't be perfect to be very good.

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                          • I Ivorythumper
                            4 May 2022, 18:34

                            @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            Still challenging to identify professional propaganda accounts that disguise themselves as casual users.

                            I'm not at all in the tech field, but that seems like a rather simple thing to solve for as a general condition. It needn't be perfect to be very good.

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                            Axtremus
                            wrote on 4 May 2022, 21:02 last edited by
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                            @Ivorythumper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                            I'm not at all in the tech field, but that seems like a rather simple thing to solve for as a general condition. It needn't be perfect to be very good.

                            Cat and mouse game. You try to up your game at piercing through their disguise, they try to up their game at improving their disguise.

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                              Jolly
                              wrote on 4 May 2022, 21:46 last edited by
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                              Biometrics.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                4 May 2022, 21:46

                                Biometrics.

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                                Axtremus
                                wrote on 4 May 2022, 22:18 last edited by
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                                @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                Biometrics.

                                Oh, sure, now that Elon has bought one Internet company, you want all the the Internet companies to have everyone’s biometric data.

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                                • J Jolly
                                  4 May 2022, 21:46

                                  Biometrics.

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                                  xenon
                                  wrote on 4 May 2022, 22:21 last edited by
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                                  @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                  Biometrics.

                                  Is it time for the government to roll out a digital ID for all it's citizens? (Replacing the primacy of driver's licenses, SSN, passport, etc.)

                                  Everyone gets one - the government foots the Bill to maintain and secure it and allows other entities to verify it.

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                                    4 May 2022, 22:21

                                    @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    Biometrics.

                                    Is it time for the government to roll out a digital ID for all it's citizens? (Replacing the primacy of driver's licenses, SSN, passport, etc.)

                                    Everyone gets one - the government foots the Bill to maintain and secure it and allows other entities to verify it.

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                                    George K
                                    wrote on 4 May 2022, 22:22 last edited by
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                                    @xenon said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                    the government foots the Bill

                                    You misspelled citizens.

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                      Doctor Phibes
                                      wrote on 4 May 2022, 22:42 last edited by
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                                      I trust Elon Musk about as much as I trust the government.

                                      At least I can opt out of Twatter

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • G George K
                                        4 May 2022, 22:22

                                        @xenon said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        the government foots the Bill

                                        You misspelled citizens.

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                                        xenon
                                        wrote on 4 May 2022, 23:20 last edited by
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                                        @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        @xenon said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        the government foots the Bill

                                        You misspelled citizens.

                                        Some citizens.... I'm trying to think through the pushback to ID laws, which is that they're not "equitable". (The citizens for whom they're not "equitable" would not be paying)

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                                          4 May 2022, 22:18

                                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          Biometrics.

                                          Oh, sure, now that Elon has bought one Internet company, you want all the the Internet companies to have everyone’s biometric data.

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                                          Jolly
                                          wrote on 5 May 2022, 00:30 last edited by
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                                          @Axtremus said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          @Jolly said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                          Biometrics.

                                          Oh, sure, now that Elon has bought one Internet company, you want all the the Internet companies to have everyone’s biometric data.

                                          I use biometrics to unlock my phone. I use it to log into my online banking. Why not your Twitter account?

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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