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lripplinger
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Musk's conversations with Putin raise concerns over tech, diplomacy, and national security
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Oh noes, the russians are coming, the russians are coming!
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T-Mobile and AT&T warn that FCC's proposed unlocking rule could increase phone prices
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Screw buying locked phones. I bought my Samsung A53 from Samsung directly. They even gave me a trade in on my old S7 Galaxy.
Tuesday at 11:27 PM
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The Samsung Galaxy A15, one of the phones that T-Mobile mentioned, is currently $200 straight from Samsung's online store, and $228 from...
Tuesday at 11:25 PM
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I buy unlocked phones on sale at Amazon, for less than the carriers price for the same model. I picked up a Pixel 7a on Prime day for...
Tuesday at 11:25 PM
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Somehow Verizon (in favor of the rule!) manages to offer promotions to compete with T-Mobile and AT&T. So I find it difficult to believe...
Tuesday at 11:25 PM
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Locking doesnt make the phones cheaper. All it does is allow you to gouge customers and lock them into your carrier. I had that run in...
Tuesday at 11:24 PM
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There should be a substantial fee paid to the federal government per locked device sold. If Google and Apple must allow other stores on...
Tuesday at 11:24 PM
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When I buy a phone from SAMSUNG, the fact that ATT and TMobile have to unlock them has nothing to do with MSRP. Just shut the hell up...
Tuesday at 11:24 PM
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Squadron 42 gameplay video is out as Star Citizen dev is "confident" single-player will launch in 2026
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This is still a thing after how many years or is it a decade now?
Tuesday at 11:22 PM
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The Army wants Microsoft to "substantially" lower the price of its $80,000 HoloLens-based goggles
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One Trillion dollars a year spent on the U.S. Congressional Military Industrial Complex, and they are squabbling over $80k for a VR headset?
Tuesday at 3:32 PM
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Management fees? And the assistant manager that the manager has managing the whole job now so that they don't have to actually do any...
Tuesday at 3:30 PM
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The army, which pays more than 80k for a single shoulder-mounted rocket, which is way cheaper and simpler to manufacture. Why would...
Tuesday at 3:30 PM
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Typical DoD project. $80k for something that would be put together elsewhere for one fifth of that, at best. Getting taken for a ride.
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People buy a house next to a power plant then complain about the power plant. Sadly this happens a lot. There was a reason the house...
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The worse thing about race tracks is when they build neighborhoods around them and the people who move next to them complain about the...
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