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Americans Are Sharing The "Normal, Everyday" Aspects About The US That Are Actually Dystopian, And I Can't Believe We Tolerate Some Of These in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This Experian FAQ article indicates "thin file" is about number of credit accounts, not amount of interest.

https://www.experian.com/blogs/ask-experian/what-is-a-thin-credit-file-and-how-will-it-impact-your-life/

North Korean hacker got hired by US security vendor, immediately loaded malware in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

My thought on that is that they needed a new location so their image didn't just look like a modified version of another of the victim's public images, so NK searched for a stock photo for a professional looking location. Ars has just located the stock image they started from.

North Korean hacker got hired by US security vendor, immediately loaded malware in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

My guess would be that they needed to get a mid-point between existing photos of the guy whose identity they stole and the guy that would show up in the video interviews.

Redbox's owner files for bankruptcy after repeatedly missing payments and payroll: The company hasn’t paid employees in over a week and owes money to almost everyone in Hollywood ($970M in debt) in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I think it's that the parent company took out huge loans to buy Redbox. And that's the streaming service they setup has ongoing costs and overhead, like licencing. And the loans they took out to make their own content.

Data is becoming too smart for his own good in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

Anybody else spend way too long trying to figure out why there were umlauts over the "n" in the second panel? 🤦🏻

And it just seemed like any other show. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The actress was born in Cleveland, Ohio. So there's that.

Most to least common 4-digit PINs in c/cybersecurity

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure that's not 7931 you're looking at?

7931 are the four corners, so it'd be an easy pattern.

Judge blocks Biden administration rule capping credit card late fees at $8 in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago

The 5th circuit is a treasured location to forum shop to get the outcome the plantiffs are looking for.

https://prospect.org/justice/2024-04-15-americas-fifth-circuit-problem/

Or we could do metric time in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Kodak used this calendar for 60 years. The company's decline started within a decade of abandoning the calendar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

‘Even stronger’ than imagined: DOJ’s sweeping Apple lawsuit draws expert praise in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago (13 children)

If Apple cares about protecting privacy they'd use an open, interoperable, cross-platform standard instead of just making cracks like, "just buy your Mom an iPhone."