L4sBotMB to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoAn entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attacksea.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square16arrow-up194arrow-down123file-text
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An entire state’s population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.
minus-square@Ensign_CrablinkEnglish191•1 year ago“Maine” is a lot shorter than “an entire state.” I hate this “obscure the most relevant information for clicks” shit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish40•1 year agoThey probably assumed people would know which state they’re talking about. Classic Maine character syndrome.
minus-square@TurboDiesellinkEnglish36•1 year agoAt least they didn’t divide it up into a slideshow, with two lines of the article per slide. I’ve been seeing a ton of those lately.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•1 year agoTHIS. I FUCKING HATE THIS. WHOEVER CAME WITH THAT CAN GET FUCKED.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoMaine hardly counts as “an entire state” by population anyway! 1.3 million? Oooooh, that’s like… San Diego!
minus-square@coffeebiscuitlinkEnglish5•1 year agoThe amount of people doesn’t define what a state is.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoSadly true, that’s why the Senate is so fucking misrepresentative. And the Electoral College. Still, I’ll put up with my lack of equal federal voting power for the benefits of living in California. I was just cocking a snook at the clickbaity headline. And Maine.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-21 year agoTo be fair, “an entire x” does have markedly different connotation than “x”. The emphasis is that it’s, well, the entirety of x. It’s the difference between “i ate the cereal” and “i ate all the cereal”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoFor sure, but as long as clickbait works they’ll keep doing it.
“Maine” is a lot shorter than “an entire state.”
I hate this “obscure the most relevant information for clicks” shit.
They probably assumed people would know which state they’re talking about. Classic Maine character syndrome.
Badum-tsss!
Steven King knows.
At least they didn’t divide it up into a slideshow, with two lines of the article per slide. I’ve been seeing a ton of those lately.
THIS. I FUCKING HATE THIS. WHOEVER CAME WITH THAT CAN GET FUCKED.
Maine hardly counts as “an entire state” by population anyway! 1.3 million? Oooooh, that’s like… San Diego!
And yet it’s still more than 2 Wyomings
The amount of people doesn’t define what a state is.
Sadly true, that’s why the Senate is so fucking misrepresentative. And the Electoral College.
Still, I’ll put up with my lack of equal federal voting power for the benefits of living in California.
I was just cocking a snook at the clickbaity headline.
And Maine.
To be fair, “an entire x” does have markedly different connotation than “x”. The emphasis is that it’s, well, the entirety of x. It’s the difference between “i ate the cereal” and “i ate all the cereal”.
They could have easily fit “the entire state of Maine”.
For sure, but as long as clickbait works they’ll keep doing it.