• Re: OT? - Coming to their Senses?

    From bfh@21:1/5 to George.Anthony on Fri Dec 29 14:54:01 2023
    George.Anthony wrote:
    I doubt it but with unintended consequences far outweighing intended consequences, it could happen. I don't understand how this could have
    gotten so bad in The Garden of Oregon, though.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/enormous-mistake-business-leaders-residents-fed-blue-state-drug-laws-issue-2024-ultimatum


    damn. Now even Fox News wants me to sign up (allegedly it's free) to
    read certain
    articles - like the one above.

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    I expect that would result in undesirable consequences - such as
    unwanted emails at the least. Has anyone signed up, and what were the downstream consequences?

    And here are the frickin' Terms of Service/Use: https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use

    I allege that I think I might ask an AI to summarize it for me.

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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to bfh on Fri Dec 29 14:03:13 2023
    On 12/29/2023 1:54 PM, bfh wrote:
    George.Anthony wrote:
    I doubt it but with unintended consequences far outweighing intended
    consequences, it could happen. I don't understand how this could have
    gotten so bad in The Garden of Oregon, though.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/enormous-mistake-business-leaders-residents-fed-blue-state-drug-laws-issue-2024-ultimatum

    damn. Now even Fox News wants me to sign up (allegedly it's free) to
    read certain
    articles - like the one above.

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    I expect that would result in undesirable consequences - such as
    unwanted emails at the least. Has anyone signed up, and what were the downstream consequences?

    And here are the frickin' Terms of Service/Use: https://www.foxnews.com/terms-of-use

    I allege that I think I might ask an AI to summarize it for me.


    I haven't signed up but I thought the headline would be enough to make
    the point. I meant to mention that when I posted the article but, having
    a short term memory as small as a liberal's brain, I forgot to add it.
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  • From George.Anthony@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 29 13:20:27 2023
    I doubt it but with unintended consequences far outweighing intended consequences, it could happen. I don't understand how this could have
    gotten so bad in The Garden of Oregon, though.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/enormous-mistake-business-leaders-residents-fed-blue-state-drug-laws-issue-2024-ultimatum
    --
    "There are none so blind as liberals who will not see"

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