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Rentlar

@ Rentlar @lemmy.ca

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  • A NOBLE AND PRAISEWORTHY MACHINE SPIRIT

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  • The top rack is for dangling the medals it will have collected when the robot returns home for a parade.

  • Surveillance protects people from terrorism, and sacrificing some privacy makes us safer.

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  • First a bit of advice. Your post combines two parts that really ought to be separated:

    • A general discussion question whether surveillance is good or not
    • Airing of grievances against your treatment by mods in the lemmy.ml community

    The first part is not well-received here because saying "we can give up some privacy for safety" in a privacy forum is not a popular argument. You're welcome to make that argument, but if you do it in a "here's my view, change my mind" style and act hostile to people that don’t engage directly or don’t take you seriously, it will lead to many downvotes, and possibly removals depending on the instance. You did get some genuine replies which is great, but, I think if you change your approach with the delivery, you will get more.

    Second, next time please put the part about your grievances about the .ml mods doing (the stuff about rational discussuon and mutual respect) in !yepowertrippingbastards@lemmy.dbzero.com, strip out the insults (the meaningless and rational thinking part) and keep only the parts relevant to privacy in your post to !privacy@lemmy.ca . If you want to include the best comments from the other thread, copy them into a single top level comment instead of the post body, and your responses in a reply to that comment. I hope this all helps you.

    My stance on the discussion topic: the only acceptable invasion of privacy to me is one where the information is relevant and specific to the purpose it is being collected, the public and the person who is surveiled are reasonably informed about it. As an example: Having a security camera pointing outside a building (government or private) to record who enters it is reasonable to retain evidence of crime or records of who enters. Having it collect and retain information of who passes by the building on their way to work with no intention of visiting the building is excessive. Having the information collected for the first, reasonable purpose later being sold or seized to be used for other nebulous purposes ("solve terrorism" without a specific incident as to why it is relevant, or to commercially track travel patterns between buildings) is also across the red line for me, however without robust legislation/court enforcement (edit: in the USA, China or anywhere), that's not really within my direct control. I can only control up to the point I can avoid have that information collected in the first place. These general principles of mine you can apply to most of the privacy topics like IDs for age verification etc.

  • Mark Carney has opened a Pandora’s Box with his China deals

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  • We need to make our relationship with China closer to "neutral", as our relationship with the US is forced to become more adversarial.

  • Feeling discomfort driving at night? It’s not you — it’s the bright headlights, experts say

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  • I used to accept that explanation, but even "perfectly adjusted" headlights become super blinding when an oncoming car approaches at even a slight upward hill, which is super noticeable now that most new cars seem to come with LED headlights as standard.

  • Why is the herd mentality so common on Lemmy?

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  • If it's downvotes you're concerned about, I think the fact is that bad scoring aren't hidden by default like reddit which is why unpopular downvoted takes are more visible. People feel strongly here about their opinions but I wouldn't worry too much about the amount of downvotes in general so long as it's not because you're an asshole or troll.

    Social media bubbles are present everywhere, the way the Fediverse is set up I think leads to stronger but smaller echo chambers, which I don't think is necessarily a bad thing because you choose what kind of group you want to be with and which other "bubbles" you will interact with based on how aligned your values are with other bubbles. You get the choice of what things you want to debate and discuss and what you don't.

  • DHS Agents Arrest Man by Pretending to Be Stranded Motorists… A Ploy to Get The “Worst of the Worst” Who are Midwest Nice

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  • Where the fuck is the suspicion, nevermind "reasonable suspicion" behind the use of this tactic? Is helping someone with a broken car a crime, an antifa gang symbol or something to that effect?

    There isn't even the pretense of crime fighting in this clip, just a bait trap to kidnap normal, caring people.

  • The duality of search engines

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  • I use DuckDuckGo which is Bing's results more or less.

  • Bondi criticised after saying all Epstein files have been released

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  • They are done releasing the files they feel like releasing... there's definitely more.

  • Kristi Noem abruptly ends press conference when asked about CBP shooting down a party balloon forcing airport closure

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  • Confirmed this is official D-MOR intel, DHS and the Department of WAR (wimpy asshole regiments) are simply following protocol to achieve 200% OPSEC 🔥.

  • OpenAI has deleted the word ‘safely’ from its mission – and its new structure is a test for whether AI serves society or shareholders

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  • Who has more money? OpenAI needs buttloads of it right about now from all the promises they have made.

  • DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors

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  • Hell, the Mexican colectivo van driver closes the sliding doors on his rattly 20 year old van simply by hard braking.

  • Choose wisely.

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  • $1000 Canadian is around 700 USD for Americans calling ambulances in the Great White North

  • China Is Leaving America in the Dust on Clean Energy

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  • Don't worry, America is skillfully avoiding the dust clouds by running in the fully opposite direction, towards irrelevance!

  • Cubans turn to electric vehicles as US tightens oil blockade

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  • Hm, looks like we need Trump to cut off oil exports to the world, one country at a time. Then everybody will move on from oil real quick (to the USA's detriment).

  • Supreme Court nullifies Liberal MP's election win by a single vote in Montreal-area riding

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  • Going to the courts was the right move, I do think Elections Canada followed their election recount process more or less, but the lower courts rejecting the acknowledge human error as not an "irregularity" is a little bit of a judicial blunder.

  • DHS on brink of shutdown as lawmakers leave DC without a deal

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  • Yeah, here's an opportunity for the Democrats to play "originalist" for once (DHS and subagencies didn't exist in the time of founding fathers, why do we need it now!?!?), see how Republicans react 🤪.

  • Air Transat suspending all flights to U.S. as of this spring

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  • Transat is a mostly South and East flier from the east half of Canada. So this is pretty big that their southward flights from Canada are going to skip touching the ground anywhere in the USA.

  • Bill C-15 is one of the biggest threats yet to Canada’s rule of law

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  • Don't most laws already allow the responsible minister to permit exemptions or deem acceptance to companies' compliance?

    I don't think we want to give companies or entities a diplomatic level of immunity from regulations, be they startups, established conglomerates, or individuals. This power should be heavily limited in terms of how many rules that can be exempter for a single entity, accounting for ownership and subsidiaries, and what regulations can be, etc.

    But if it does go through, I should try making a business whose proposal has AI every third word, and ask the government to exempt me from the Copyright Act and then start preparing databases (for AI, of course and surely nothing else) of Nintendo and Disney content.

  • 🇨🇦 At Davos, Prime Minister

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  • Putin should try flying to Washington if we actually want to see if there's a double standard under Carney. As much as Israel and Bibi can fuck off, this is not a gotcha as is, because by Carney's story 2022 was still during the "old world order" while nations still pretended the the US can protect us all.

  • Fuck Cars @lemmy.world
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    Depending on a car could be impacting your life satisfaction | ASU News

    news.asu.edu /20250124-environment-and-sustainability-depending-car-could-be-impacting-your-life-satisfaction
  • Political Memes @lemmy.ca
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    Canada's 2025 Budget Confidence Vote

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Mark Carney’s first budget projects $78B deficit, program and civil service cuts

    www.sootoday.com /local-news/mark-carneys-first-budget-projects-78b-deficit-program-and-civil-service-cuts-11443413
  • Linux @programming.dev
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    Have you or someone close to you converted to Linux recently (with Windows 10's end of support)?

  • Videos @lemmy.world
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    GamersNexus: You'll Own Nothing and It's Awful | Taking Control of Your Media, ft. Wendell

  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    Battle of Portland, Oregon, USA, 2025, colorized

  • Uplifting News @lemmy.world
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    Toronto ER costs, visits by frequent patients reduced with new housing model - CBC

    www.cbc.ca /news/canada/toronto/dunn-house-toronto-hospital-1.7650086
  • birding @lemmy.world
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    Cormorant and Seagull on Girl in a Wetsuit

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Roshel And Swebor To Manufacture Ballistic-grade Steel In Canada - Canadian Manufacturing

    www.canadianmanufacturing.com /manufacturing/roshel-and-swebor-sign-partnership-agreement-to-manufacture-ballistic-grade-steel-in-canada-311760/
  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 in 100 Finns have signed the European Citizens' Initiative!

  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Number of Signatures on the ECI has passed 1.2M! (now 1.4M)

  • Stop Killing Games @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Number of signatures for the ECI has passed 1.1M!

    www.stopkillinggames.com
  • Reddit @lemmy.world
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    Reddit is being spammed by AI bots, and it's all Reddit's fault - 9to5Mac

    9to5mac.com /2025/06/26/reddit-is-being-spammed-by-ai-bots-and-its-all-reddits-fault/
  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Ottawa and Washington exchange document outlining possible terms of deal: sources

    www.cbc.ca /news/politics/canada-us-trade-negotiations-document-1.7558088
  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.ca
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    What do you think of CBC Power & Politics host David Cochrane with more hair?

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Is Trump’s tariff negotiation strategy backfiring? | About That with Andrew Chang (CBC via YouTube)

  • Lemmy.ca's Main Community @lemmy.ca
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    Noticing some lag spikes (13 May 2025)

  • Canada @lemmy.ca
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    Statistics Canada says Canadian-resident return trips from U.S. down again in April

    www.thecanadianpressnews.ca /national/statistics-canada-says-canadian-resident-return-trips-from-u-s-down-again-in-april/article_9ba2137f-d0b2-563d-aab8-f33168038fa6.html
  • Lemmy Shitpost @lemmy.world
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    Delicious lentil inside

  • Satisfactory @lemmy.world
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    Tips for Mulitplayer Satisfactory server?