I think he’s just saying the headline is (potentially maliciously) ambiguous. I certainly assumed “told not to testify [or else]” when I read it.
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Realtrain@kbin.socialto
Videos@lemmy.ml•The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility
1·3 years agoThere are some fantastic gems of videos that still get released, but they’re really hard to find amongst the YouTube crap videos.
Realtrain@kbin.socialto
Videos@lemmy.ml•The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility
6·3 years agoLinus LOVES corporate buzzwords. He certainly never fails to remind critics that he’s just running a business.
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Videos@lemmy.ml•The Problem with Linus Tech Tips: Accuracy, Ethics, and Responsibility
212·3 years agoHe’s said before that he hates it, but including one of those thumbnails boosts viewership by 30%. I certainly don’t like it, but it would be really hard for me to resist that extra income too.
And not even as a genericized term. (Google and Xerox HATE that they’re used as verbs.)
“Tweet” is only ever used to describe posting to Twitter. It’s a very unique position that’s about as ideal as it gets for a company brand.
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Android@lemmy.world•Google's messaging mess continues: Chat app now wants to be the next WhatsApp
12·3 years agoI just realized that “Google Chat” and “Chat Messages” are to complete different things. Insane.
Every new computer should have 32GB
My parents do not need 32gb of ram to browse the internet.
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News@kbin.social•Workers at over 150 US Starbucks stores to strike over Pride decorations
1·3 years agoI think that Walmart employee that was murdered by and anti-mask but really opened people’s eyes to how real domestic terrorism is in the US to these companies. Whether they’re doing this because they want to protect their employees or want to stop backlash against them is still up for debate, but either way it’s clear that terrorism works.
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News@kbin.social•Putin’s plane has left Moscow for St. Petersburg. Looks like he is fleeing from the advancing Wagner Group military column
2·3 years agoI thought he only rode crackers? Putin on the Ritz
It kind of makes sense. Reddit is one of the most visited websites in the world. It has more DAUs than Twitter.
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World News@beehaw.org•Mark Zuckerberg Accepts Elon Musk’s Offer To Fight In A Cage
1·3 years agoDo we have a magazine version of r/nottheonion?
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Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Reddit activated a word filter that whenever you say "fuck spez", your comment won't show up for anyone else. I just tested it on ModCoord. they're also deleting spez memes from the subs they nuked lo
30·3 years agoThe board must be getting tired of this by now. He’s showing that he doesn’t know how to handle their user base.
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Reddit Migration@kbin.social•Is this the beginning of the next tech bubble bursting?
4·3 years agoIt’s even worse. Sometimes it’s “oh, profits are only 120% of last year? SELL SELL SELL”
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World News@beehaw.org•ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband construction
4·3 years agoThat’s like asking Whirlpool and Kenmore to pay for water and sewer expansion.
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World News@beehaw.org•ISPs say US should force Big Tech firms to pay for broadband construction
3·3 years agoCan confirm, we have it and it’s fantastic. Super reliable symmetrical gigabit for $60/month
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Chat@beehaw.org•Whatever happened to federal student loan forgiveness?
8·3 years agoThat’s the loan payments pause, not the forgiveness program
I’ve had RIF on the same part of my home screen for over a decade. That muscle memory will be very hard to break.
we need a WorkReform sub in here.
Just please for the love of god actually call it “WorkReform”, not “Anti-Work”
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News@kbin.social•Here are key things to know as Supreme Court nears decision on Biden's student loan forgiveness
12·3 years agoIf nothing else, student loans should no longer be exempt from bankruptcy. Makes no sense that any basically any debt can be forgiven except that one specific type for some reason.



It literally wasn’t. He paid way more than what the stock was worth. (Hence why he desperately tried to get out of it, and why the board desperately tried to make sure he had to go through with it.)