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Marketing group within Cox Communications claims that they can listen in on conversations to better target ads. After a report by 404 Media, CMG removed the page from their website and stated that the claims were exaggerated, and that they're just processing data from other sources.
Report: https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/ Archived claims: https://web.archive.org/web/20231214235444/https://www.cmglocalsolutions.com/blog/active-listening-an-overview

I always appreciate finding examples of novelty architecture that are still standing. And Googie.
"The programmatic architecture of the Fleetwood Center on Ventura Boulevard in Tarzana was designed in 1986 by Lee Oakes based on a 1970s Cadillac Fleetwood."

Between photos taken in different wavelengths than visible light, and photos enhanced to bring out detail, most of the planets are duller in color than the more well-known images you've seen.
Especially Neptune.

"Consumers act more recklessly with the products they own when better versions become available, according to research by Silvia Bellezza, Joshua M. Ackerman and Francesca Gino. This comic by Josh Neufeld explains."

apk add [package_name] --repository=http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/

Crazy stories about working in the spam industry, circa 2002

"they’re simply a symptom of the underlying data hygiene problems. Spamtraps are a sign that somehow addresses are getting onto a list without the permission of the address owner. "

"If you’re sending mail to an address without a legitimate opt-in, then you’re sending spam.
Traps are used as a way to identify senders who are sending mail without permission." Defining spamtraps

Currently it's a mirror of the GitHub repository

"I too keep around (shoe)boxes with the most random things. So I decided to also create my own digital shoebox."
I like this idea of a "digital shoebox" rather than a "random" or "miscellaneous" category.