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Monday, 2 March 2026

Project Code Name

quote [ Why do corporate restructuring plans get code names the way operating systems do? And why are the names often so bizarre? ]

Everyone I know has code names
[SFW] [business] [+1]
[by ScoobySnacks@10:08amGMT] [2 comments]

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

Adobe Is Killing Adobe Animate

quote [ "[?] remains an industry standard for TV animation. [?] And because you can't buy a permanent license anymore, it'll just be gone."
[?]
it sounds as if Adobe is saying that Animate no longer represents the current direction of the company, which is now more focused on products that incorporate AI technologies. ]

1st quote is linked article, lower one via TechCrunch.

See Adobe's own forum discussion on file access and license duration, with people hinting that "the employees most involved with animate are probably hurt more by this maneuver than most of us."

[SFW] [business] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@11:18amGMT] [2 comments]

Thursday, 29 January 2026

Carpenter Media's ominous takeover of local news.

quote [ In just a few years, a publisher based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has become the country?s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn?t the cruelest. ]

Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
[SFW] [business] [+2 Underrated]
[by ScoobySnacks@1:07pmGMT] [2 comments]

Sunday, 28 December 2025

Falling price of cocaine forces drug traffickers to reuse narco-submarines, say Spanish police

quote [ Previously vessels would be sunk once they had completed their cargo runs from South America to Europe ]

Cocaine lines straight even when the subs thumpin' and vibratin
[SFW] [business] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@8:02amGMT] [1 comment]

Monday, 1 December 2025

Break On Through To The Other Side

quote [ On doorbuster deals, and the way that shopping events like Black Friday help channel our deep-seated shopping rage. ]

see you and I'm waiting for Black Friday
[SFW] [business] [+1 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@9:04amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 20 November 2025

What US Tech Did to Ireland

quote [ The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple. ]

Oh, say can you see, to the great tech companies
[SFW] [business] [+1 Insightful]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:00amGMT] [0 comments]

Saturday, 8 November 2025

Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads

quote [ The documents further note that users who click on scam ads are likely to see more of them because of Meta?s ad-personalization system, which tries to deliver ads based on a user?s interests. ]

Almost each pragraph with a new interesting scandal to roll your eyes over.

Thumb via New Old Stock
[SFW] [business] [+4 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@7:02pmGMT] [2 comments]

Thursday, 23 October 2025

?Surveillance pricing?: Why you might be paying more than your neighbour

quote [ Are retailers using AI to access customers' personal data and set higher prices for those they think will pay more? ]

Well, the price of groceries goes up every day
[SFW] [business] [+2]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:46amGMT] [5 comments]

Monday, 29 September 2025

7-OH and American Shaman

quote [ ?Sinister industry?: Kansas City company behind 7-OH & a growing opioid epidemic ]

Kratom with some lemon water, I'm a, I'm a, be alright
[SFW] [business] [+2 Interesting]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:02amGMT] [0 comments]

Sunday, 14 September 2025

One of the world's most sacred places Mount Sinai is being turned into a mega-resort

quote [ The biblical site of Mount Sinai in Egypt is at the heart of an unholy row over plans to build a huge new tourism project. ]

Found a sacred place
[SFW] [business] [+2 WTF]
[by ScoobySnacks@5:00amGMT] [1 comment]

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