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Well I guess they had to do something with all the money they're getting by using proprietary software and illegal anticompetitive practices to destroy independent repair shops.

But what about rainbows. Checkmate atheists

No, no, listen.. everyone just focus and debate it here, we can definitely settle this whole "theology" and "existence of god" thing right now in a few 250 character posts.

Email screenshot. Subject line "Your Design Has Been Removed From TeePublic." Email body: "DMCA Takedown Notice Dear Rachel Kenaston, We're sorry to inform you that an intellectual property claim has been filed by UnitedHealth Group Inc against this design of yours on Tee Public: CEO Shooter"

Continued email from first image: How This Works Unfortunately, we have no say in which designs stay or go. According to our Intellectual Property. Policy. and the law, we are required to remove designs when a rightsholder sends us a valid takedown request. For more information, you can check out this article or read the DMCA in full here. A Note From Us We know takedowns can be frustrating and at times feel vague, but I hope you can appreciate that we have to comply with the procedures required by the DMCA and similar laws. If you truly believe this was a mistake or want to file a counterclaim, please don't hesitate to reply to this e-mail. Sincerely, TeePublic"

Artist Rachel Kenaston shared an email with me saying UnitedHealth Group filed a DMCA claim to stop her from selling a merchandise with HER artwork of Luigi Mangione. There was no United logo on the design, just Luigi.

How does that infringe on UnitedHealth IP or copyright at all?

That is being the "holding back". It's also the cause of many other problems in politics.

I don't really care about AOC specifically, but no doubt she experiences this obstacle.

A better ex. is dems running "it's my turn" candidates instead of newer, more electable candidates.
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They would literally rather die than admit weakness to themselves or anyone e.g. RBG, Turtleman, Feinstien, etc.

If they can't value people, esp. themselves, for more than just the amount of money and power they command then they can never pass the torch to the next generation.
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I don't think most politicians are anti-youth, even if some are, they're mostly just narcissists who can't fathom letting go of their position.

Narcissists are insecure, craving external validation of their worth like an addict needs a fix. It's never enough and they'll do anything for it.
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If you want evidence of this, the average age of congress you dismiss tells you it is happening. The only other explanation is younger "qualified politicians" don't exist, which is an oxymoron because all politicians are unqualified and clearly there are younger politicians.
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In politics and congress, and honestly more on the left than right, it's not so much that younger people are being excluded as older people are refusing to step aside, like the CEO. Worse, they exploit analogous dynamics, as I did to you, to protect themselves from other (younger) politicians.
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So he just holds onto the role while his competency wanes.
What are those capable, would-be CEOs to do? Go start their own companies? Could they? Sure. Is that reasonable? No. The CEO is holding them back.

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If you needed my knowledge to progress in your career, I can withhold it from you solely for my own gain. Analogous situations exist all over.

Another example would be a CEO who claims there isn't anyone to replace him, despite there being several competent replacements available.
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You might be missing the point - the exchange we had shows I can keep you down by not (as I'm doing now) explaining.
Just because you can, possibly, figure it out yourself, doesn't mean you aren't being held back by me blowing you off.
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Just replace the battery with one that's almost empty

Louis DeJoy's 10 Year Plan to Privatize USPS Joe Biden must act to stop him, argues Porter McConnell.

Louis DeJoy has long planned to privatize USPS. We covered it three years ago, and his efforts haven't been halted in the years since.

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That's common. The "secret" to speed reading is to practice and improve the second type. You pull your focus back and let your visual field absorb all the text at once and process it subconsciously. I doubt it really ever works like hucksters sell it with perfect recall but you get the gist.

Haha I guess this fact is making rounds again.
If this is shocking wait until you hear about aphantasia..

Oh look offering an open source client for use with their cloud option AND they sell a local gateway device for lay people who want to host it all offline.

Meanwhile US tech companies locking bootloaders and hiding chip traces to prevent firmware hacking. "For your safety."

Haha, always critical of the writer's perspective, this post was the point where I knew you knew VCs.. The rich kid also has an MBA though. Best money can buy. The other two are his buds from school or partying, and ime one of them is likely a lawyer not MBA, but close enough.

Wait no it was that the state they were legal in didn't want to renew their contract that allowed them to be used. Maybe that has been resolved... Ah! But if not, the users need to dump them... if the firmware is already hacked maybe it's time to pick up one of these up on ebay..

Isn't that the company that announced it would be going out of business in a year and people who paid like 2k for the plate are just effed?

Just because I could explain it to you doesn't mean I have to Champ. Everyone else gets it, sounds like something is holding you back with entitlement.

Sounds like someone feels entitled to an explanation. Maybe put on your big boy pants and think about it.

These entitled kids...

Wtf. You really don't know what holding people back means? Or specifically how that happens in politics?

Idk if you're just being facetious... Obviously they're typical narcissistic power hungry boomers. They have no idea what else to do, they're not real, mentally developed people. They'll be desperately faking they're not the worthless garbage they are until the second they keel over.

Not that they aren't trash but you can buy many android phones with SD slots still.

A big contribution to the problem is that people will only buy "flagship" phones no matter what they do to them. I get why, but it means no matter what they do to flagship phones it'll still sell more.

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How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils A study warned that people were being exposed to a toxic chemical from kitchen utensils. But the researchers misstated the safe daily limit

Hey, so it turns out that paper on black plastic was a bit blown out of proportion by a simple math error.

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👏 it's tiring to repeat knowing it won't get through to anyone.

That one is all on Mueller for handling the report the way he did. It's hard to not get conspiratorial about how badly that was done, just like how the DoJ conveniently took so long to file charges on Trump for confidential documents.

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