Questions tagged [internet]
A global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide.
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Would proving P=NP allow you to break almost every encryption in the world?
This question concerns the consequences of a particular resolution to the P versus NP Problem (one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics).
Refer to the following short clip (from a (...
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At Reddit, are unofficial AI bots "posting old content as if it is their own" and "responding to comments"?
Redditor u/Embarrassed-Mouse-49 recently posted the following (current score of 6.9k 13k) to r/YouShouldKnow:
YSK ai bots are taking over reddit. Posting old content as if it is their own with poorly ...
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Did YouTube send YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh an email to: threaten removal of 'Pianogate'?
For those who don't know, pianogate refers to a storm-in-a-teacup incident involving YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh who was livestreaming playing a public piano in London and some Chinese citizens who ...
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Does OnlyFans have a no 'extreme fisting' policy in their terms of service?
YouTuber ADoseOfBuckley recently published a video that discussed censorship and the video subscription service, OnlyFans.
At 6m39, he shows what he purports to be an excerpt from the OnlyFans Terms ...
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Did "MP3" surpass "sex" as the most-searched term online in 1999?
In MP3: The Definitive Guide by Scot Hacker, published by O'Reilly in 2000, the author claims:
In April of 1999, the term "MP3" surpassed "sex" as the most-searched-on term at ...
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Were the Starlink units for Ukraine not paid by Musk?
In reply to Elon Musk's (controversial) peace plan for Ukraine, someone tweeted that
USAID and other paid for Strlinks, you fake philanthropist.
(A tweet with 6000+ "likes", so reasonably ...
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Are seven keys able to turn off the internet? [duplicate]
Are seven keys able to turn off the internet?
I had recently researched the possibility of turning off the internet, and found an explanation in another forum: How to take down the internet?
The ...
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Why is YouTube removing dislikes on The White House Channel? [closed]
The website https://81m.org/ has developed a tool to periodically check the latest videos uploaded to the Official White House YouTube channel using YouTube's API, and counts the increases of likes/...
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Is this 'United Nations New World Order' website affiliated with the United Nations?
I stumbled upon this website: https://unnwo.org/.
The United Nations New World Order Project is a global, high-level initiative founded in 2008 to advance a new economic paradigm, a new political ...
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Did Stack Overflow cut the number of negative comments nearly in half between the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2019 and January 21, 2020?
I read on https://stackoverflow.blog/2020/01/21/scripting-the-future-of-stack-2020-plans-vision (mirror) (emphasis is mine, to match the question):
In the fourth quarter of 2019, we created a large ...
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Does streaming an album 27 times consume as much energy as manufacturing a CD?
According to an article on TheConversation:
So which is the greener option? It depends on many things, including how many times you listen to your music. If you only listen to a track a couple of ...
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Is the internet in Madagascar faster than in UK?
According to this article dated July 30 2019, the island nation of Madagascar has faster internet than the United Kingdom.
If you only know Madagascar because of that animated penguins film, you've ...
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Is there any evidence of a secret level of deeply-hidden web-pages called "Marianas Web"? [closed]
There is a rumour that there is an Internet-based network, similar to the dark web (not to be confused with the deep web) called Mariana's Web (after Marianas Trench.)
The Infographics Show discussed ...
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Do the owners of the typefaces Garamond, Times New Roman and Georgia charge businesses who use them?
I received this in the Product Hunt newsletter today:
Little known fact: your favorite fonts aren't free.
The owners of your favorite fonts – Garamond, Times New Roman, Georgia – charge ...
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Is the Airtel music ad the most streamed song and most downloaded ringtone?
This image was forwarded to me on Whatsapp
The Airtel Music Ad composed by A R Rahman was the Most Streamed Song in the World in the Year 2005-2009. Also it is the Most Downloaded Ringtone in the ...
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How much rational is RationalWiki? [closed]
RationalWiki is a wikimedia platform based website which claimed purpose is (see its mainpage):
Analyzing and refuting pseudoscience and the anti-science movement;
Documenting the full range of crank ...
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Is Arabic the 4th most common language used on internet?
The Wikipedia page, Languages user on the Internet provides two different ways of ranking the most popular languages on the Internet.
By content:
Estimated percentages of the top 10 million websites ...
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Does the F-word constitute a third of all swearing on the internet?
This youtube video (created as part of a series of short programmes for the UK's Channel Four television called Susie Dent's guide to Swearing) claims (around 3:08 in) that the word "fuck" makes up ...
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Was #itAintRape every used seriously to justify rape? [closed]
The #ItsNotRape hashtag has gotten a bit of attention for its supposed condoning of rape.
However, when I checked out the hashtag the only content I could find scanning quite a ways back were tweets ...
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Does Google hire "human filters"?
This youtube video The Worst Job at Google - The Human Filter; claims that Google hire people to inspect content, and determine if they contain illegal contents.
It is based on a 2012 Buzzfeed story.
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Did ABC News briefly report that Hillary Clinton had died in the hospital, and did ABC confirm it on the phone with Infowars?
I'm obviously not asking whether the story itself is correct, I'm asking whether ABC News briefly reported it or whether it's a series of hoaxes.
I saw this alleged screenshot on Reddit just now. It ...
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Can all administrative procedures except getting married or getting divorced be done online in Estonia?
I have read this quote in http://www.businessinsider.com/guardtime-estonian-health-records-industrial-blockchain-bitcoin-2016-3:
Mike Gault, co-founder and CEO of Guardtime, told Business Insider: "...
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Do Lovoo and Ashley Madison use chatbots ("fembots") to flirt with male customers?
Sites such as Ashley Madison and German dating site Lovoo have been accused of creating and programming fake female profiles to flirt with male customers. Although creating a profile for membership is ...
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Can mobile phone cell towers be spoofed in ways that allow interception of calls?
There are multiple forms of evidence that people can spoof cell towers and monitor cells. This Forbes article reports a proof of concept that works for 2G technology. This article from The Register ...
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Does speedtest.net give an unbiased answer? [closed]
Every time I use it, it always seems to give exactly the speed my ISP is advertising +-1%, whereas other services (that actually do something, but happen to report the speed at which they do so) have ...
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