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CosmicTurtle

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  • These states:

    • Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming
    • Arizona
    • California
    • Massachusetts
    • New York
    • Washington

  • Amazon's Hidden Chatbot Recommends Nazi Books and Lies About Amazon Working Conditions

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  • At least Amazon is thinking of the shareholders.

  • The GOP can't leave MAGA — "Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party"

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  • No, there is a Republican party. It's MAGA and a large number of voters who vote R regardless of name.

    So many Republican voters simply don't care.

    Source: I worked as an election poll worker. The number of people who asked me, "Who are the Republicans?" on ballots where there is no party would shock you.

  • Schiff says he hopes Intelligence Community ‘will dumb down’ briefings for Trump

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  • Unless it's a law, Trump shouldn't receive any security briefings until he's sitting in the office.

  • Katie Porter's star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future

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  • Katie, I'm going to give you the same advice that Jen Barkley gave to Leslie.

    Get a better job! Don't be the kid that graduates high school and hangs out in the school parking lot. Be the woman who moves away, climbs the ladder, and confidently comes back, and has sex with their hot old English teacher just for kicks.

    We need people like you. Do not give up. If you run for President in 2028, I will volunteer!

  • Amazon "search through reviews" is blindly just running an AI model now

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  • I tried a bunch of questions. It seems okay on giving you instructions on forming a union at Target, Starbucks....but not Amazon.

  • Was Trump supporter Katie Britt caught in whopping lie about graphic sex trafficking story?

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  • Copy it over here for those of us that would prefer not to visit that cesspool.

  • TIL: The ancient Greek philosopher Plato has a IMDB page and is credited as a writer (and actor for some reason)

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  • Oh snap. He's got something new in the works. I hope it's a banger.

  • Giuliani doesn’t want to sue Trump for $2m. His creditors might make him do it anyway

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  • I bet the reason Gulliani doesn't want to sue Trump isn't loyalty. It's because he knows, deep down, that any attack on Trump is going to be seen by the MAGA hats as a threat. Nuance isn't their specialty.

    Gulliani knows he's going to get death threats if his creditors sue Trump.

  • Rooster Teeth Shut Down By Warner Bros. Discovery

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  • RvB was like '00s at it's best.

    "It would be ironic if we were made of iron."

    Hard cut to the next scene.

  • Help with wheelchair software

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  • Edit: I just saw your edit. Great job fixing it! God I hate that you had to do this.

    What is the make and model of the wheelchair and the wheels?

    Links to their official website would be helpful.

    Did your wheelchair come with a regular manual? A link to a PDF would also help.

    If you want to go down a more...questionable route, you could call the wheelchair provider number. Use social engineering by saying you're from a doctor's office and you can't get the wheels to activate.

    It helps to have a friend do this for you. You want a buffer and you want your friend to say "I am not sure" or "I don't know" a lot. That way the company gives him or her more information on what to do next before calling you back.

    This is a terrible situation. Maybe your insurance will spring for the cost. It's so infuriating that if I had access, I probably wouldn't sleep until I figured it out and posted it everywhere.

  • Help with wheelchair software

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  • Jesus fucking mother of Christ.

    Ok, I'm going to skip my indignation.

    I'm not an app developer or a wheel chair person. That said, we need some info to help you better.

    • What phone? Android or iOS?
    • link to the app (and a link it's APK or whatever iPhones equivalent to an APK would be)
    • instructions on how you register, e.g. is registration tied to your phone, the wheelchair, or both?

    Here is some general hacking advice:

    • check online for your wheelchairs "provider" manual. I "hacked" my CPAP machine a few years back. My doctor forgot to turn on heated tubing and the setting was hidden behind a "provider" menu. Chances are good that there will be a similar manual for your wheelchair.
    • if you haven't already, search for the make and model of your wheelchair and see if there are forums or discussion boards
    • typically, physical access is the best access. Depending on how your phone communicates with the chair, you might able to spy on the signals that it uses. My guess is Bluetooth. It probably is encrypted but medical devices are notoriously easy skimpy on their tech security. Might be worth a try
    • If you have the tools and the knowledge, consider taking apart the wheelchair to access the physical components. Information like the processor, chip set, etc will make it easier to understand how it works. While you might expect custom boards and software, more and more devices are going the Raspberry Pi or Pico route because they are cheaper to manufacturer than to do a whole custom board. If it's a run of the mill consumer board, you have a lot more attack vectors.

    Often settings like these are based on PKI(Public Key Infrastructure), meaning that the program on your wheelchair likely knows the public key for the company and will test any input to change the settings will require the private key. Again, generally speaking.

    But also generally speaking, medical equipment, especially consumer equipment, has to deal with the lowest common denominator, meaning people who don't have apps, who don't know what a smart phone is, etc. Because of that, my hunch is that the setting is in plain text and you just need to change it.

    You also have to remember that the people setting this up are often in doctors offices, which means it must be easy to do because time is of the essence. The doctor would not recommend their product if it takes more than a few minutes to set up.

    I'm sorry I can't give you better more specific advice but hopefully you can figure this out.

  • First over-the-counter birth control pill in US begins shipping to stores

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  • I'm no expert on medicine but probably prevent the release of an ovum by tricking the body into thinking it's already pregnant.

  • Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack

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  • then we would have seen decades of retaliation from red states removing all democrats for any reason.

    You say this with an optimism that I wish I had.

    I guarantee you that so long as we have a shit judicial bench, red states are going to fuck around. Not because they can. They always could.

    But because no one is going to stop them.

  • Trump supporters target black voters with faked AI images

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  • I'd actually like to see someone take these photos and use them the opposite way. "Look at Trump giving hand outs to Blacks!"

  • Roku’s Ultimatum: Surrender Jury Trial Rights or Lose Access to Your TVs

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  • I've requested confirmation and have only gotten it once or twice.

    What I've started doing is actually just sending them their same exact terms via their corporate registered address (regardless of their instructions) with the arbitration clause and jury trial waiver and just about anything I don't agree to removed. I tell them so long as they continue to provide the services to me, that they implicitly agree to the terms I'm sending them, with any further updates requiring them to send a registered (not certified) letter.

    I intentionally do not provide any way for them to identify my account except for the return address.

    I figured if I ever had to go to court, one of these things would happen:

    • judge finds that the original terms are enforceable, which means I'm no worse off
    • judge finds that my amended terms are enforceable, which means it worked
    • judge finds both terms unenforceable and I can continue to sue them

    So far, no company has ever written me back or turned off my access to the site.

    I suggest everyone do this because these forced arbitration clauses are very anti-consumer and we need to start clawing back our rights.

  • Missouri Bill Makes Teachers Sex Offenders If They Accept Trans Kids' Pronouns

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  • Political correctness: I can't say what I want!

    Conservatives Later: it's now illegal for you to say what you want

  • White Rural Trump Supporters Are a Threat to Democracy

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  • The GOP has shown, and proven, they will use any and all means necessary, including violence, to gain power. This isn't theoretical anymore.

    I'm so tired of my family members and other people that identify as "centralist" saying that both sides are bad.

    No....only one side has used violence to overthrow an election. And that side's political leadership said it was "normal political discourse".

    If both sides are the same, then you should be upset that "both sides" are violent.

  • There's no hate like Christian love

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  • Thus proving your point.