L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoAn entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attacksea.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-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@Walnut356@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-28 months 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@ShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•8 months agoThey could have easily fit “the entire state of Maine”.
minus-square@Walnut356@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months 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.