L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前An entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attacksea.mashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down123file-text
arrow-up171arrow-down1external-linkAn entire state's population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attacksea.mashable.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前message-square16linkfedilinkfile-text
An entire state’s population just had its data stolen in a ransomware attack::The attack impacts about 1.3 million people.
minus-squareWalnut356linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·2 年前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”.
minus-squareShunkW@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 年前They could have easily fit “the entire state of Maine”.
minus-squareWalnut356linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 年前For 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.