Viewing source their wordpress for sure has been hacked.
Obfuscated JS at the bottom of every static js file. Must be something random that it targeted me. cant seam to make it trigger again.
I use Firefox and it automatically downloaded a .zip file and shown a page with instructions to update Firefox for 'better user experience'.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetaCreations
[1] It was surprisingly hard to find a copy of the logo on image search.
[2] https://browserengine.net/wp-content/uploads/metastream3plug...
[3] https://twitter.com/Salliemeta/status/1454571901381058562/ph...
Nothing new under the sun...
Separately, some various Kai Krause related links.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kai_Krause
https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/unbound/digicult/dc970... (Aside: it's kinda neat that this Atlantic archive from 1997 maintains a period-correct look.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryce_(software)#/media/File:B... (An example of the kind of UI Meta software had.)
It was sad to see the company disintegrate due to mis-management, but the diaspora has gone on to all the top companies and have continued to do strong work elsewhere.
Trademark law is pretty clear about protecting a brand name within a given market. "Apple" and "Meta" are just words, yes, but if a second computer company named "Apple" were to appear, this would pretty clearly infringe on the Apple trademark, as opposed to say Apple T-Shirt Company.
Which is exactly why Apple was called Apple Computers, Inc for a long time, because Apple already existed in computer space and Apple Computers was constantly sued by the original Apple until they finally came to an agreement and the original Apple gave the trademark to Apple Computers.
Not sure where I'd put "Meta" here though, it's so generic for anything.
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Meta means about the thing itself. It's seeing the thing from a higher perspective instead of from within the thing, like being self-aware.
Long live Meta[adjective].
Maybe FB could pivot to MetastasiXed, would be a more suitable name for the stage FB and Zuck have reached.
That won't cause any confusion.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ai.art.nft...
It's slightly more complicated than that.
It has to be a name that hasn't already been registered to cover one of the pre-existing business categories for your state.
And, it also has to be a name that isn't registered nationally to cover one of the federal pre-existing business categories.
It's possible, and very common, to register a trademark within a single state only. I've done it about a half-dozen times in two state. You do it if you have a product or service that you never expect to go national.
It's how you can have multiple unrelated "#1 Quick Mart" and "Danny's Cleaners" in different parts of the nation.
However, in this case, the complainant is in Iceland, so the American rules you and I know don't apply.
Exactly why I hope Facebook looses this case. Every other startup is being forced to come up with weird unique names, Facebook shouldn't get a pass just because they're big.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer#1...
One may notice words that come from the original Greek meaning if they start with meth or met + some vowel except a (although words with this original sense) and modern words (eg in zoology) also exist based on the old Greek meaning, as well as other irregular constructions (in geology words beginning with meta relate to metamorphosis).
Notwithstanding the broken origins of the sense you describe, it is indeed a good word/prefix.
either way they should go with 'Metaspace' or 'Fluppy pups International' since everyone loves puppies
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Without any rhyme nor reason
This short meta verse.Some people seem to spend more time in the meta-game of coming up with the ideal strategy than they do actually playing the game. People who just copy the latest strategy aren’t really playing the meta-game, but English is ambiguous and playing the meta is obvious from context.
It’s not as bad as the people who use IP as a synonym for documentation.
[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
Meta is a renaming. There is no "Facebook" company anymore. It's all Meta. Meta has a product named "Facebook", not a company named "Facebook".
Alphabet is a holding company. "Google" still exists as a standalone company, it's just owned by Alphabet.
And anecdotally, IG users seem to feel very positively about it in a way that isn't true for fb or Twitter users. Most of the handwringing about IG that I've seen comes from commentators
You are right about WhatsApp though, it aslo largely has a very positive image till now