L4sBotB 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
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkAn entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attacksea.mashable.comL4sBotB to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square16file-text
An entire state’s population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.
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.
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.