I thought that most artists never made much from record sales, it was always live performances. The label gets record sales.

Of course. But their target audience will not consider that for a moment.

What are you disputing? You can dispute inaccurate or fraudulent marks on your credit.

That’s awesome! Just wanted to get you to take a second look in case you were as diligent as my friend but it sounds like you’re right, then!

You sure about that? I have a friend who thought that too but found out 7 years later that only a bankruptcy will disappear after 7 years, not just idle delinquint accounts. He needed to actually file for bankrupcy to make it go away. This was in Usa, NY; maybe it’s different other places.

As a second “data” point: I have some accounts on my credit report that have not been touched in a decade+ yet they are still there (they are not delinquent).

Usenet? Most new media can be found there. The most copyright-contentious files are not on there for long so most folks use automated downloaders.

We’ve already solved this issue without biometrics. The manufacturers just cheaped out on actually implementing it in the affected models.

A library.

What do you mean? I never really see much about RFKjr but I don’t have him tagged as a topic of interest.

I’m not familiar with MBFC. It may be similar but I don’t mind throwing some $$ at any project making these efforts. What I like about Ground News is that all the sources for a given story are aggregated to one page, sorted based on political bias, and rated on accuracy. That information combined with the “Blindspot” feature (which highlights when a story is disproportionately covered more by one side) is very powerful IMO. It looks like the blindspot feed it’s available to non-subscribers but doesn’t include the political bias of the source: https://ground.news/blindspot

Ground News. The blind spot feature gives me great insight to where my “out of touch” family is coming from with their political narratives.

I’m getting full speed (currently 290mbps on verizon 5g).

Thanks for the reminder to switch to merlin firmware.

The suit was filed by PleasrDAO, a digital art collective that purchased the album from Shkreli in 2021 after Shkreli was ordered to fork it over to cover a $7.4 million forfeiture tied to his 2017 fraud conviction. (Shkreli purchased the album for $2 million; PleasrDAO paid double that.) According to the lawsuit, Shkreli violated the terms of both the original purchase agreement and the forfeiture order by allegedly making and retaining a digital copy of the album, playing it during his live streams, and sending it to others.

Thanks for the rec. That whole shop looks amazing.

Yea what are even the implications of being individually “sanctioned”? They can’t travel to Canada now??

I have pre-check but it looks like Clear just cut the pre-check line. Pre-check is more like a pre-911 airport experience. Shoes and jackets typically stay on. If you don’t trip the metal detector you’re good to go.

Are you sure? There is a 6-month+ wait to schedule an interview for the Clear program in most places. It’s not something they can pull you out of line to give you a free trial… There is a background check and in-person interview as part of the process.

I use pre-check because I travel often for work. That registration process involves bringing in more documentation than is required to normally fly, a background check and fingerprints.

They are also pre-screened and interviewed to get into the program.

Correct, it only works when certain conditions are met.

Drivers can activate Mercedes’s technology, called Drive Pilot, when certain conditions are met, including in heavy traffic jams, during the daytime, on spec ific California and Nevada freeways, and when the car is traveling less than 40 mph. Drivers can focus on other activities until the vehicle alerts them to resume control. The technology does not work on roads that haven’t been pre-approved by Mercedes, including on freeways in other states.