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LaLuzDelSol

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  • Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died

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  • Isn't that exactly what Repubicans did with the election?

    -Make a bunch of baseless claims of fraud

    -"Look guys we need to do something, trust in the election process is low!"

  • Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months

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  • Was this guy high profile? I'd never heard of him. And he was in the hospital for 2 weeks before dying and nobody seemed to care then. When I read the headline, I was extremely suspicious but the cause of death is just completely incompatible with a hit job.

  • Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months

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  • How WOULD you give someone a MRSA infection of the lungs? Inject it into their bloodstream? Aerosolize liquid with the bacteria in it and then discretely waft it towards them in a public place maybe? That's pretty insane though. The risk to reward just isn't there. And besides, what's the point of killing a whistle-blower who's already blown their whistle, except to "send a message" I guess? And the guy died after being hospitalized for 2 weeks so if he had anything left to say he could still have done it. It's Boeing. It's an aerospace company with shitty, greedy executives. It's not the freaking KGB.

  • Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months

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  • There's some truth to that... scrolling the Lemmyverse front page is kinda like scrolling YouTube while not signed into an account- its amazing how dumb most of YT is. It's honestly a testament to Lemmy being a solid community that it's even palatable to just consume it unfiltered, although there are still some garbage takes.

  • Second Boeing whistleblower dies in less than two months

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  • So they.... gave him a MRSA lung infection without him noticing? I have never once heard of attempted murder in that way.

    Did you read the article? My first thought on reading the headline was "this is extremely suspicious" and most people probably stopped there and went straight to the comment section. But reading the article I see no sign that this was murder.

  • Sportsball Energy

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  • I mean, that doesn't check out if you think about it for more than 2 seconds.

  • Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

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  • US intervenes: "this is imperialism! The US only wants Iranian oil. They don't care about brown people"

    US does not intervene: "the US doesn't care about brown people!"

  • Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

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  • The US government is absolutely working to destabilize the current Iranian government. They would love to see the people take over the country and restore democracy for a number of geopolitical reasons. Also "left wing compared to an Islamist theocracy" is still pretty conservative, the US isn't scared off by that haha.

  • Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

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  • ?? Iran does not have nukes, although they are working towards it

  • Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

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  • I'm not going to say police in the US are flawless but this is horrific stuff, I've never heard of US police officers molesting and then beating to death an underage girl who was already bound and gagged. And if evidence of such an event were to come out there would absolutely be consequences. Meanwhile in Iran this shit is institutionalized. The documents show the guards straight up admit to everything happening to their superiors, knowing they won't face consequences.

  • 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

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  • No I get that, but this is different honestly. Look up rates of teenage depression/anxiety/suicide attempts, it's a stunning correlation with the advent of smartphones and social media. Millenials got out just in time.

  • As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video

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  • It's a fair point. The honest answer might be that with current technology there is simply no way to make Youtube profitable. If Google can't pull this off I don't think anyone can. In which case we will see a slow, but profitable death for Youtube as they make increasingly user-hostile moves, like raising prices, increasing ads, and eventually becoming increasing aggressive about deleting rarely watched videos. This will kill their user base over time of course, but they are still sitting on a massive treasure trove of content. The one thing in their favor is that storing and transmitting data gets cheaper every year. Maybe that's what they're holding out for.

  • As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video

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  • I know that for many years in the 2000s and early 2010s- what many consider to be the golden age of Youtube- they were losing money. That's what I think a lot or people don't get when they claim "enshittification"- the services they are complaining about are unsustainable in their current form. That's what it takes to establish a digital product- grow your base first while bleeding money, then figure out a way to monetize it later. As capital tightens up, the clock is running out for brands like Netflix, Discord, Youtube etc to start making money. That's the part that sucks as a consumer but idk what else YouTube can do if it wants to be profitable. They offer a premium version for people that don't want to watch ads.

  • ‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’

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  • Going to Bali- absolutely an experience Going to Bali so you can show off your luxurious lifestyle to your online following - display of wealth.

    I'd say it all comes down to your motivations. I think travel can be very rewarding and a chance for growth. I also don't have any social media and I don't really care what people think of me outside of my family and a few close friends.

  • TikTok Ban Bill Becomes Law, Gives TikTok 9 Months To Sell

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  • So you would be cool with ISIS rolling out a social media app? All profits go directly to making explosives. All user data, including biometrics is logged to help ISIS plan future terrorist attacks on American soil.

    Edit: sorry I misread what you are saying. But still, idk how you prevent China from using our data when that's the whole point of China owning TikTok in the first place. A forced sale or ban is the only option.

    That's an extreme example of course but I don't think you can just ignore who makes products and where your money (and data in this case) is going. And yes, I don't like American social media companies either. But you will remember that Facebook got into a ton of trouble for selling data to the Russians via Cambridge Analytica. At least we can try to prevent American companies from leaking data to hostile parties. Meanwhile we KNOW that TikTok is giving our data to the Chinese government and forcing a sale of the American branch of TikTok is the only thing we can do about it.

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  • Right but if everyone sends 16 petabtyes a month the internet would collapse. Data caps do absolutely work to reduce bandwidth on a network scale. Bandwidth is measured in mbps. Limit the Mb and you reduce the necessary bandwidth.

  • California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines

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  • Hmm I feel like it would be difficult for a private company to get approved to take over the TSAs job. It would create a conflict of interest- Clear would want to get people through as quick as possible for as cheap as possible.

  • California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines

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  • It really depends on the airport. I flew out of San Diego a month or 2 ago and the precheck line was longer than the regular line. It was like 30-45 minutes. Other times you basically stroll right through.

  • House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill

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  • At least the US government can't harvest US citizens social media data without a warrant (excepting all the patriot act stuff). But there is zero protection for your data from the CCP if it's on TikTok. That's understandably a pretty huge security concern. I can also understand China not wanting data from their citizens in the hands of American social media companies. Idk if any if it is good or bad but it's certainly common sense on a national level.