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Does%20%u201CIt%27s%20the%20old%20people%22%20explain%20everything%3F

Does%20%u201CIt%27s%20the%20old%20people%22%20explain%20everything%3F am fascinated by your takes on old people. What makes it so interesting is that, the more that I think about it, "it's the old people" explains everything (read on if curious, or just bail if not): Premise 1: Old people would prefer higher profits now (and thus juiced 401ks) than lower, sustainable profits with investment in the future. Explains Disney and more. This was basically the undoing of Boeing: when Boeing merged with McDonnell Douglas, the suits at the latter supplanted the engineers at the former, focused on juicing share prices rather than innovating—and we got the 737 MAX, rushed to production because Boeing had _no_ new narrow body jets in development when Airbus dropped the A320. Today, Boeing does not have a single new models in development—and it takes a decade to bring one from the drawing board to the assembly line, so no new Boeing models until the 2030s. My great grandmother f...
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IPA%20%7C%20IPA%20issues%20response%20to%20King%u2019s%20Speech%202024 : The%20IPA%20has%20issued%20its%20response%20to%20some%20of%20the%20elements%20announced%20in%20the%20King%u2019s%20Speech.%20These%20include%20the%20announcement%20of%20legislation%20to%20restrict%20the%20advertising%20of%20less%20healthy%20foods%20to%20children%2C%20reform%20to%20the%20Apprenticeship%20Levy%20and%20of%20changes%20to%20employment%20rights.%0A%0ASays%20IPA%20Director%20General%20Paul%20Bainsfair%3A%0A%0A%u201CWe%20very%20much%20welcome%20Labour%u2019s%20Growth%20agenda%2C%20as%20highlighted%20in%20the%20King%u2019s%20Speech%20today.%20As%20we%20know%2C%20advertising%20is%20a%20lever%20for%20growth%20and%20so%20we%20look%20forward%20to%20working%20with%20them%20to%20progress%20our%20mutual%20success.%0A%0A%u201CWith%20regards%20to%20some%20specific%20points%20made%20today%3A%0A%0A%u201CWe%20worked%20with%20the%20previous%20Government%2C%20and%20look%20forward%20to%20working%20with%20the%20new%20one%...
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Teen handed discharge over prank to invade pitch

Teen handed discharge over prank to invade pitch i Rosie Shead 25 July 2024 423 words English IIND 5 © 2024 All Rights Reserved. COURTS A teenager admitted "foolishly" invading the pitch during the Champions League final at Wembley as part of a prank to get £300,000 from an online influencer. At Willesden Youth Court yesterday, the 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted running on to the pitch shortly before the 8pm kick-off of Borussia Dortmund's match against Real Madrid on 1 June. The boy had never attended a football game before the incident and "doesn't care" about the sport, but was encouraged to invade the pitch at the final by an online figure named Andrey Burim, the court heard. Emily McNally, for the defence, said that Mr Burim had been known to "exploit and groom" his followers and "incite people" to "further his own personal brand". Mr Burim, who goes by the name Mellstroy online, has 3....
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%u2018Art%20%26%20Copy%u2019%20Film%20Reveals%20Stories%20Behind%20Classic%20Slogans%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times

%u2018Art%20%26%20Copy%u2019%20Film%20Reveals%20Stories%20Behind%20Classic%20Slogans%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : Gary%20Gilmore.%0A%0AMr.%20Gilmore%2C%20the%20notorious%20spree-killer%2C%20uttered%20the%20words%20%u201CLet%u2019s%20do%20it%u201D%20just%20before%20a%20firing%20squad%20executed%20him%20in%20Utah%20in%201977.%20Years%20later%2C%20the%20phrase%20became%20the%20inspiration%20for%20Nike%u2019s%20%u201CJust%20Do%20It%u201D%20campaign.
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Why Jerry Seinfeld Hates AI - by Blaise Lucey - Litverse

Why Jerry Seinfeld Hates AI - by Blaise Lucey - Litverse : AI%2C%20on%20the%20other%20hand%2C%20is%20the%20most%20embarrassing%20thing%20we%u2019ve%20ever%20invented%20in%20mankind%u2019s%20time%20on%20Earth.%20Oh%2C%20so%20you%20can%u2019t%20do%20the%20work%3F%20Is%20that%20what%20you%u2019re%20telling%20me%3F%20You%20can%u2019t%20figure%20it%20out.%20This%20seems%20to%20be%20the%20justification%20of%20AI%20%u2013%20I%20couldn%u2019t%20do%20it.%20This%20is%20something%20to%20be%20embarrassed%20about.%20The%20ad%20campaign%20for%20ChatGPT%20should%20be%20the%20opposite%20of%20Nike.%20You%20just%20can%u2019t%20do%20it.
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Footballers%u2019%20union%20starts%20legal%20action%20against%20Fifa%20over%20Club%20World%20Cup%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Footballers%u2019%20union%20starts%20legal%20action%20against%20Fifa%20over%20Club%20World%20Cup%20%7C%20Football%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : European%20member%20unions%20of%20Fifpro%2C%20which%20represents%20footballers%20across%20the%20world%2C%20have%20started%20legal%20action%20against%20Fifa%20over%20the%20expanded%20men%u2019s%20Club%20World%20Cup.%0A%0AFifpro%20said%20the%20unions%2C%20led%20by%20England%u2019s%20Professional%20Footballers%u2019%20Association%20%28PFA%29%20and%20its%20French%20counterpart%2C%20had%20on%20Thursday%20submitted%20a%20legal%20claim%20with%20the%20Brussels%20court%20of%20commerce.%0A%0AIt%20follows%20through%20on%20threats%20to%20take%20such%20action%20over%20the%20scheduling%20of%20a%2032-team%20Club%20World%20Cup%20in%20the%20United%20States%20next%20June%20and%20July.%20Fifpro%20said%20it%20was%20%u201Cchallenging%20the%20legality%20of%20Fifa%u2019s%20decisions%20to%20unilaterally%20set%20the%20international%20match%20calendar%20and%2C%20in%20particu...
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Donald%20Trump%20news%3A%20For%20years%2C%20I%20couldn%u2019t%20say%20what%20he%20did%20on%20The%20Apprentice.%20Now%20I%20can.

Donald%20Trump%20news%3A%20For%20years%2C%20I%20couldn%u2019t%20say%20what%20he%20did%20on%20The%20Apprentice.%20Now%20I%20can. : Considering%20this%2C%20Bienstock%20wisely%20chooses%20to%20record%20these%20off-camera%20briefings%20in%20case%20the%20FCC%20ever%20rolls%20up%20on%20us.%20Rather%20than%20blurt%20out%20who%20they%20think%20should%20get%20canned%2C%20the%20two%20producers%20of%20that%20week%u2019s%20episode%u2014each%20following%20one%20team%u2014are%20coached%20to%20equitably%20share%20with%20Trump%20the%20virtues%20and%20deficiencies%20of%20each%20member%20of%20the%20losing%20team.%20This%20renders%20a%20balanced%20depiction%20of%20how%20and%20why%20they%20lost.%20There%20are%20obvious%20choices%20of%20whom%20to%20fire%2C%20but%20we%20want%20it%20to%20be%20something%20of%20a%20horse%20race%2C%20to%20sustain%20the%20drama%20and%20keep%20people%20watching.%0A%0A
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%u2018He%20couldn%u2019t%20wait%20to%20join%u2019%3A%20thousands%20of%20young%20Russians%20die%20in%20Ukraine%20war%20%7C%20Russia%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : Last%20week%20his%20family%20and%20friends%20gathered%20in%20a%20small%20town%20in%20central%20Russia%20to%20receive%20Yermolenko%u2019s%20casket%2C%20which%20was%20draped%20in%20the%20Russian%20flag.%20A%20military%20orchestra%20presided%20over%20the%20ceremony%20where%20the%20casket%20was%20lowered%20into%20the%20ground.%0A%0AYermolenko%20is%20the%20only%20recorded%20Russian%20casualty%20so%20far%20to%20have%20been%20born%20in%202006%2C%20making%20him%20the%20youngest%20known%20soldier%20to%20have%20died%20since%20Putin%20ordered%20his%20troops%20into%20Ukraine%20more%20than%20two%20years%20ago.
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Book%20Review%3A%20%u2018Free%20and%20Equal%2C%u2019%20by%20Daniel%20Chandler%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times

Book%20Review%3A%20%u2018Free%20and%20Equal%2C%u2019%20by%20Daniel%20Chandler%20-%20The%20New%20York%20Times : Chandler%20deserves%20credit%20for%20refusing%20to%20relegate%20his%20book%20to%20the%20airy%20realm%20of%20wistful%20abstraction.%20The%20last%20two-thirds%20of%20%u201CFree%20and%20Equal%u201D%20are%20given%20over%20to%20specific%20policy%20proposals.%20Some%20of%20them%20sound%20familiar%20enough%20%u2014%20restricting%20private%20money%20in%20politics%3B%20beefing%20up%20civic%20education%20%u2014%20while%20others%20are%20more%20far-reaching%20and%20radical%2C%20including%20the%20establishment%20of%20worker%20cooperatives%2C%20in%20which%20%u201Cworkers%20decide%20how%20things%20are%20done%2C%u201D%20and%20the%20abolition%20of%20private%20schools.
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The Scholar of Comedy | The New Yorker

The Scholar of Comedy | The New Yorker : You%20can%u2019t%20have%20anybody%20in%20the%20room%20who%20doesn%u2019t%20have%20the%20same%20brain%20disaffection.%0A%0AWhat%20does%20that%20mean%3F%0A%0ARegular%20people%20need%20courtesies%20and%20respect%20to%20converse%20and%20socialize%20with%20them.%20You%20can%u2019t%20say%20hostile%20things%20to%20them%2C%20to%20their%20face%2C%20but%20comedians%20love%20that.%0A%0AYou%20don%u2019t%20get%20offended%3F%0A%0AThe%20offense%20is%20if%20it%20wasn%u2019t%20funny.%20That%u2019s%20the%20offense.%0A%0A
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The%20French%20aristocrat%20who%20understood%20evolution%20100%20years%20before%20Darwin%20%u2013%20and%20even%20worried%20about%20climate%20change%20%7C%20Charles%20Darwin%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %20This%20article%20was%20amended%20on%208%20April%202024%20to%20include%20a%20reference%20to%20Charles%20Darwin%u2019s%20fellow%20naturalist%20Alfred%20Russel%20Wallace.%0A%0A
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Election Day (Fact And Story Mix) Lyrics by Arcadia

Truth is not to be found in facts Because facts took place in the past. And for each fact there's a counter-fact. Truth can only lie in the future. The only truth is a cri, or belief A belief in a better future. Eliminating crime and anti-social behavior And aiming at the improvement of the human race And by voting for those political candidates Who do have these goals. Election Day (Fact And Story Mix) Lyrics by Arcadia : Truth is not to be found in facts Because facts took place in the past. And for each fact there's a counter-fact. Truth can only lie in the future. The only truth is a cri, or belief A belief in a better future. Eliminating crime and anti-social behavior And aiming at the improvement of the human race And by voting for those political candidates Who do have these goals.
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Leading%20adviser%20quits%20over%20Instagram%u2019s%20failure%20to%20remove%20self-harm%20content%20%7C%20Instagram%20%7C%20The%20Guardian

Leading%20adviser%20quits%20over%20Instagram%u2019s%20failure%20to%20remove%20self-harm%20content%20%7C%20Instagram%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CI%20can%20no%20longer%20be%20part%20of%20Meta%u2019s%20SSI%20expert%20panel%2C%20as%20I%20no%20longer%20believe%20that%20our%20voice%20has%20a%20real%20positive%20impact%20on%20the%20safety%20of%20children%20and%20young%20people%20on%20your%20platforms.%u201D
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Gen Z Is Saving Money by Living With Parents; It's Going to Cost Them

Gen Z Is Saving Money by Living With Parents; It's Going to Cost Them : Clark is not alone. There are 620,000 more adults living with their parents in the UK than a decade ago. In the US, the percentage of young adults living at home has climbed 87% over the past two decades, according to the US Census Bureau. Now more than half of 18- to 24-year-olds in America are living with their parents. And in a recent survey by RentCafe, 41% of adult Gen Z respondents who lived with family said they thought they'd be living with other family members for at least another two years.
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Uncovering The Dark Underworld Of Illegal Sports Streaming And PiracyByOmar

https://sportsjournal.io/uncovering-dark-underworld-illegal-sports-streaming-piracy/ According to Sports AI company Sponsorlytix, there were 622.4 million visits to sports piracy websites and mobile app downloads / activity in 2023. And close to a billion in 2022 due to the FIFA Qatar World Cup 2022. Advertising on illegal streaming sites, mobile apps and fire-sticks subscriptions is estimated to be worth $350 million globally. The illegal streaming of sports tournaments, leagues and events can cost the industry between $500 million to $1 billion annually in lost sponsorship, advertising and tv broadcast subscription revenues. In 2023, the English Premier League began a crackdown against illegal streams after police raided 1,000 homes, jailed a gang (that sold fire-stick subscriptions), who had earned more than $9 million from subscribers. But as per our research, those numbers do not add up. Top 5 Illegally Streamed Sports Tournaments 2023 Illegal Streams (m) 0 100 200 300 400 FI...
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The Business of Football: Infantino vs EA Sports and speed-dating on Planet FIFA - The Athletic

The Business of Football: Infantino vs EA Sports and speed-dating on Planet FIFA - The Athletic : %u201CThe%20new%20FIFA%20game%20%u2014%20the%20FIFA%2025%2C%2026%2C%2027%20and%20so%20on%20%u2014%20will%20always%20be%20the%20best%20e-game%20for%20any%20girl%20or%20boy%2C%u201D%20he%20said.%20%u201CWe%20will%20have%20news%20on%20this%20very%20soon.%u201D%0A%0ASeveral%20delegates%20told%20The%20Athletic%20that%20this%20is%20what%20he%20told%20them%20last%20year%2C%20too.
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%u2018All%20of%20Denmark%20is%20crying%u2019%3A%20Danes%20react%20to%20Margrethe%20II%u2019s%20abdication%20%7C%20Denmark%20%7C%20The%20Guardian : %u201CIt%20was%20a%20real%20shock%2C%u201D%20said%20Ebmark.%20%u201CShe%u2019s%20been%20there%20since%201972.%20Since%20I%20was%20born.%20She%u2019s%20taken%20care%20of%20us%20for%20so%20long%2C%20it%20was%20%u2026%20emotional.%u201D%20Morten%20Pelch%2C%20who%20works%20in%20PR%20in%20the%20Jutland%20city%20of%20Vejle%2C%20went%20even%20further%3A%20%u201CI%20cried.%20And%20then%20I%20watched%20it%20back%20and%20cried%20again.%20We%20Danes%20have%20the%201992%20Uefa%20European%20Football%20Championship%20and%20now%20we%20have%20yesterday%3A%20we%u2019ll%20always%20remember%20where%20we%20were.%20She%u2019s%20the%20mother%20of%20our%20country%2C%20she%20tells%20us%20when%20we%20should%20be%20doing%20better.%20And%20she%u2019s%20been%20there%20since%20I%20was%20little.%20So%20today%2C%20all%20of%20Denmark%20is%20crying.%u201D
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guidelines to provide for the prevention and regulation of dark patterns, namely

CENTRAL CONSUMER PROTECTION AUTHORITY NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th November, 2023 F. No. CCPA-1/1/2023-CCPA -(Reg).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019), the Central Consumer Protection Authority hereby issues the following guidelines to provide for the prevention and regulation of dark patterns, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement. —(1) These guidelines may be called the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023 (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions.- (1) In these guidelines, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) “Act”- means the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (35 of 2019); (b) “Advertiser” shall have the same meaning as defined under the Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022; (c) “Central Consumer Protection Authority” shall mean the authority established u...
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The internet of maps and oracles - by Matt Locke

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