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Comment Same film, different generation (Score 0) 40

Same film, synopsis written in each year: 1998 Some copy editor is a bit pissed off that MS Word Spellchecker kinda makes it hard to justify his worth these days. 2024 ATTACK OF THE KILLER AI How the introdction of AI to the copy editing process has the capacity to kill us all

Comment Re:Prices (Score 1) 165

Maybe it's a vicious circle of higher prices leads to lower volume? I like to buy a book at a nearby bookstore, but they have a limited selection of my kind of books and also charge the suggested retail price. If they offered better selection and reasonable prices I would buy four times as much from them. And it's the only book store within 25 or 30 kilometers.

Depends on the market. For some genres, people just pay. Erotic short fiction for instance gets away with charging enough for a short story that it's almost close to the cost of a streaming service. I know this from stalking reddit when I was investigating the self publishing industry. Doing a search for "data porn" gives fabulous insights.

Comment Copy of email from the bank (Score 5, Informative) 52

This is what the bank in question emailed me today: Dear CommBank Customer, Following recent media reports detailing an incident in May 2016, we want to reassure you there is no evidence of your information being compromised and you do not need to take any action. Here is what you need to know: There is no evidence that any customer information was compromised. In May 2016 we were unable to confirm the scheduled destruction of two magnetic tapes used by a supplier to print bank statements. These tapes contained information including customer names, addresses, account numbers and transaction details. They did not contain passwords or PINs which could enable fraud. We deployed enhanced reporting and ongoing monitoring of customer accounts to ensure customers were protected. These protections are still in place today. This was not cyber-related. CommBank's technology platforms, systems, services, apps and websites were not compromised. CommBank offers you a 100% security guarantee against fraud for all your accounts, where you are not at fault. We cover any loss should someone make an unauthorised transaction. Here is what you can do: Continue using your accounts as you always have. Please remember that CommBank staff will never ask you to divulge your passwords or PINs. We do not send emails with links requesting you to confirm, update or disclose your confidential banking information. If you have questions or would like to discuss, please call us at 1800 316 433. If you would like to find more information you can visit www.commbank.com.au/customerassurance I want to apologise for any concern this incident may have caused. If there is any change in circumstances I will let you know.

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