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DogMuffins

@ DogMuffins @discuss.tchncs.de

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  • Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.

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  • If there was a bot that just flooded All with far right talking points, do you think admins ought to block that or leave it to the users?

    What if it was far right mixed in with cat memes?

    What if it started more slowly like a few posts an hour and then ramped up over 6 months to be 1000s of posts per hour?

  • Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net.

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  • Exactly, I hereby decide that I would like to ignore corporate efforts to undermine this burgeoning new platform. I furthermore reserve the right to complain about the loss of said platform in future years by claiming that it's everyone elses fault for allowing corporate encroachment.

  • YSK the difference between lead and led (and similar-sounding/looking words)

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  • "Well ackshually ..."

    You forgot one, lead as in cord.

    Examples:

  • Lemmy.world removes its rules against discrimination

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  • Was there any discussion about this change? Or is this it.

  • reminder

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  • You're all missing the real kicker here - this sign is only here for the HIPAA auditor. Everyone knows that no one is actually going to mute the thing.

  • EFF urges Chrome users to get out of the Privacy Sandbox

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  • It's pretty masterful marketing by Google really.

    They've re-defined privacy to mean "hidden to everyone but google" as in, "google knows everything about me and does a really good job of keeping that information secure".

    I'm very quickly becoming old and weird for clinging to the belief that no one, including google, should know anything about me other than things I explicitly tell them, and they should only use those things for purposes I explicitly permit.

    Gen Y often talk about "responsible ads". Or threads about "devs need to get paid (through intrusive ad platforms)". It's... exasperating. I got a notification on my Android phone to configure topic reporting for apps a few days ago.

  • Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate

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  • Sorry I don't really understand your position.

    You're rejecting the quotes from the article on the basis of the publication, suggesting a better accusation would be a "scam", and then refuting that accusation as baseless.

    I'm not trying to be an ass, I mean this as kindly as possible, but this is a straw man argument. You should look into logical fallacies. They're well documented tactics for manipulating people and misrepresenting information. Everyone should. It will help you to reason about information and ultimately identify when you're being manipulated.

  • Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate

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  • If the app was banned due to it being a scam (which is not the case)

    The term "scam" is a straw man. "Scam" is subjective, so you could define a scam as "an app that provides no content and steals your money" and conclude that the app in question is not that, and therefore fine.

    The main assertion in the article is:

    the app deliberately targets young men and encourages misogyny, including members of the app sharing techniques on how to control and exploit women. The firm has also claimed that there is evidence to suggest that the app is an illegal pyramid scheme

  • Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy?

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  • First instance of intellectual property piracy?

    Perhaps, but of course there are still significant differences.

    To make these copies you needed a team of highly skilled scribes and their accoutrements, and the ship had to wait in port for several days.

    That is to say, these copies in babylon would have come at a significant cost.

  • What's something that you were surprised to find out a lot of people hate?

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  • JFC. Sometimes people visit us with kids and it's just arrive > open youtube > commence rot > spice it up 9yo twerking.

    My partner is pregnant with our first child. I get the convenience of free child distraction, I also get that I might find myself doing exactly this in several years, but honestly I really hope I can find ways to at least minimise this. It just seems so Orwellian or... wall-e-ian.

    I swear my kids are probably going to hate me because I'll be the most boring dad around that forces kids to play outside instead of doing all the fun stuff.

    I'm sure they only do this while "mummy is visiting" and it doesn't happen at home.

  • Demand for uranium for reactors seen jumping 28% by 2030

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  • This sounds like hyperbole. Nuclear has been powering the world for decades. It may not have enjoyed sexy headlines, but it's hard to believe billions of dollars has been invested in new plants without any research.

  • New Covid wave has begun and masks should be worn again, scientists warn

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  • People were such dimwits about it though. Even if you had a security guard at the entrance to every shop challenging people to wear properly fitted n95s, I'm certain heaps of people would remove it after they walked past just on principle.

  • What's some really unpopular opinion you have?

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  • Is this survivorship bias?

    "Criminals don't consider whatever about committing crimes" doesn't seem representative of people in general.

    I agree that deterence is not a great strategy, it's just an odd way to phrase your point.

  • Why you shouldn't use Brave Browser

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  • it's got crypto.

  • The Mystery of Chernobyl’s Post-Invasion Radiation Spikes

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  • Sooo... who benefits from the manipulation of the data? Ukraine because it makes Russia look bad? Is it that simple?

  • Will airport security (Australia specifically) check for pirated content?

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  • This is my understanding. They can review devices, buy pirate materials are not illegal, so I don't think they would care.

  • Do neurotypicals really not have to do this? I'm seriously asking.

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  • Yeah this. I don't automatically do things without thinking.

    I like to make a cup of coffee each morning. It's a habit. I don't really spend time thinking about whether I'm going to do it first thing each morning because it's so deeply ingrained - of course I will want to do that tomorrow when I wake up. I've performed this ritual so many times that I do know all the steps (although I do occasionally fuck it up).

    However, I'm not going through this process like an automaton free of thought - somewhere between the bed and the kitchen there's still a decision that I'm going to make a coffee. Some mornings I pee before coffee, some mornings it's after - there are decisions being made.

  • You Should Know @lemmy.world
    DogMuffins @discuss.tchncs.de

    YSK: lemmyverse.net is the best way to find active communities

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  • ysk - your account doesn't exist on other instances and communities don't overlap

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  • What you're describing as an "issue" is just the way the fediverse works.

    There's no central authority that determines the ruling /c/gaming instance or whatever.

    If you tried to create one then anyone could just fork lemmy to disregard the central authority.

    Lemmy is not reddit, nor should it attempt to be.