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  • Why are there so many Christmas songs, yet hardly any New Year's ones?

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  • Seth MacFarlane (Yes, that Seth MacFarlane) has a pair of Christmas Albums, with classic non-religious Christmas songs.

  • Trump Designates Fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction

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  • So I guess that means hospitals cant use it anymore.Sucks for everyone with a major injury.

  • China to build world’s first thorium-powered container vessel by 2035

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  • It's both.Which isn't a bad thing if you view this as a global society with a global problem to solve.In 500 years it won't matter who gets credit.

    If it does matter to you, you still have 10 years to get it done. So get started.

  • Who can relate?

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  • Absolutely

    And I love that a few people have learned this about me.One even once told me "Long enough for your earbuds." It was the best answer I'd ever gotten to that question.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • That's true, I didn't use the word wrong, I only implied it.Sorry for the confusion.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • Yes that's all true. But it's a seperate problem that's happening anyway, 230 or otherwise.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • Yes that's why repealing is the wrong thing to do.As I said amend it.

    The Fediverse doesn't have any black box algorithms that recommend content. With the flat repeal of 230 it would be in danger. With my amendment it wouldn't.

  • Is Google Fi privacy-invasive with regards to mobile data?

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  • I don't know it for a fact, I just know it's true, that Google collects and logs every byte of data that goes through its servers.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • I never mentioned repeal and replace.As I said, don't repeal it, amend it.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • Those who are harmed decide. 230 is about protecting companies from law suits filed by users.

    The whole "end of free speech" issue comes not so much from the government sensor really (that's still firmly restricted by the first amendment) but from companies themselves banning any content or accounts that might get them sued.

    But if that risk is limited only to what they recommend outside a user's direct boolean search and filters, they can still host content without concern. But they need to be sure they know and approve exactly what their algorithms are pushing onto people.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • What crisis did capitalism have in the 60s & 70s?I've never heard of that before.

    As far as I know that was the best years this country has known. Top tax rates were ~90%. The middle class was larger and more prosperous than anytime before or since. We were making huge strides in science and tech, as well as social progress.

    But the greedy NeoLiberals fealt that while things were good and getting better for almost everyone, they were being held back by all the taxes and regulations that helped the unworthy "poors" at their expense.

  • US Senator moves to file Section 230 repeal

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  • Section 230 doesn't need to be repealed, it only needs to be amended.

    It basically says that online platforms can't be held liable for the content their users post.

    However that was put in place before black box algorithms were put in charge of peoples feeds, and literally hacking our brains to keep us outraged, afraid, and engaged.

    It needs to be amended to hold companies liable for content their algorithms recommend to people. It's one thing to allow people to post whatever they want. That needs to preserved. But if a site "recommends " something that's harmful, they should be held responsible for that recommendation.

  • Proton getting big encourages centralization

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  • Historically that's all true, and good reason to keep an eye on them.

    But Proton is very much different than all the previous companies in this space. They're a non-VC funded private non-profit, with a board of trustees made up of scientists and engineers. The buisness model is funded by subscription, not ad sales. And by design, they themselves have no access to any of their users data.

    With all that in place to prevent enshittification, I don't realy see any rational reason for concern.

  • How to Disable Telemetry Across Windows and Popular Applications

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  • I recently discovered ReviOS. I just did a clean re-install of Windows with it. And its been great for the last few days. No dumb bloatware or spyware. Though not so privacy crazy as to break things. Supposedly it's changes can't be rolled back with updates due to the techniques they use. We'll see

  • The biggest problems with Lemmy right now

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  • Not when it gives you a false sense of security.

  • A judge has ordered New York City to rip up the 31st Street protected bike lane in Astoria. This is entirely unprecedented.

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  • I'm asking because you quoted a statement with the phrase hierarchy of kings. But I never used that phrase, so I'm not sure who you're quoting.

    I would say calling anarchy a Political System, is something like calling a blank canvas a painting.Anarchy is the absence of a system. Once a system is in place, there's no longer anarchy.

  • A judge has ordered New York City to rip up the 31st Street protected bike lane in Astoria. This is entirely unprecedented.

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  • Who are you quoting?Are you replying to the right comment?

  • The biggest problems with Lemmy right now

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  • Your privacy is compromised eithor way. That's the point. You just don't want it to be so obvious. Like putting a spare key under the welcome mat at your door, that's a bad idea.

  • The biggest problems with Lemmy right now

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  • Because people don't pay attention to signs.You knowing people can easily see everything you've posted, effects your behavior here, far more than any banner you'd also complain about having to click past every time.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    Why do we use the term Ban when it's temporary? Why not the more accurate, Suspension?

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?

  • Not The Onion @lemmy.world
    Steve @communick.news

    Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2024/09/cards-against-humanity-sues-spacex-alleges-invasion-of-land-on-us-mexico-border/