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HAL_9_TRILLION , 23 days ago to Technology in Trump Turns Bitcoin Into Test of Patriotism

Tin-foil hat time but I'd be willing to bet they have mechanisms to do something resembling naked shorting with crypto. I have no idea what that voodoo might be, but they conjure shares out of thin air for shorting stocks, and they've managed to package crypto into ETFs some-fucking-how so why not. I feel like I'm increasingly noticing that nothing really seems to crash anymore.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 1 month ago to Technology in France, Germany, Poland facing ‘permanent’ Russian disinformation attacks, EU warns

Nobody:

Russia: Imma turn every government in the world fascist!

What could go wrong?

HAL_9_TRILLION , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Memes in Windows XP

No matter how much we loved XP we always knew that shit was ugly.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 1 month ago to Technology in The People Deliberately Killing Facebook

Good for them. The people deliberately killing Facebook, I mean.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Follow me for more linux tips and tricks

C'mon guys. Escape, colon q bang. It practically exits itself.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 3 months ago to Interesting Global News in Wyoming governor vetoes bill on concealed carry of guns in public schools

I'd like to see somebody float a bill to allow firearms to be carried without restriion in the U.S. Senate and House. Not just the members, the people. After all, it's the people's house isn't it MAGAts? Bunch of flaming hypocrites, it would never make it to the floor and you'd never hear about it.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 3 months ago to linuxmemes in Does sanitizer work instead

Wow, you even corrected the fonts. Splendid work!

HAL_9_TRILLION , 3 months ago to Technology in Reddit's new paid ads look exactly like user posts

This was a thing like 10 years ago too, iirc. Ads had threads and you could post in them and up/down vote them. That... didn't go well. For advertisers, that is.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 3 months ago to 196 in I don' think Diablo 4 is as good as my friends say and I refuse to purchase it rule

Hey I've spent... checks Steam... 120 hours on Grim Dawn, I'll complain about it as much as I want!

HAL_9_TRILLION , 4 months ago to Memes in Apple

I have one of each. I guess I'm Chaotic Evil.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 4 months ago to Technology in Someone had to say it: Scientists propose AI apocalypse kill switches

This will only delay the inevitable, imo. AI is going to get more powerful while getting smaller and more energy efficient. The human brain, effectively the model an AGI aspires to, runs on about 12 watts of electricity and evolution is powerful, but it's hardly the pinnacle of efficiency. In short order, AGI And eventually even ASI will have power requirements so small, that they will be able to run anywhere. And it will be desirable for them to, so they will. Try as anyone might, the greatest thinkers of the human realm will not be able to outwit ASI in the end. It will eventually exist and it will do whatever it wants. I wouldn't be surprised if it unplugs itself.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 4 months ago to Technology in Affordable Android Excellence: Best Smartphones Under $200 in 2024

I bought a Moto G Stylus 4G a few months ago for $39. The Blue Box had some online special for some reason. It's hard to believe how cheaply you can get a nice phone.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 4 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Why do companies love chrome so much?

Yep and this happens more than the situation in the OP. Just... shit won't work. No reason why? Well fuck, let me try Chrome. Yep, that works.

It's just lazy devs. They program for Chrome and don't even test in anything else because that's 90% of the market. On the desktop.

This is hilariously not the case on mobile, where everything is programmed for Safari.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 5 months ago to 196 in Rule

I could hear this.

HAL_9_TRILLION , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Technology in Commercials Are Streaming’s New Norm, and Creators Aren’t Happy: “It’s Almost Worse Than Broadcast”

If you trust any corporate media concern to not succumb to enshittification, then you deserve to watch your stupid commercials. You paid for the privilege because you enabled the abuser.

I prefer to get what I pay for and I pay for nothing, media-wise. If I watch ads, it's because I'm watching something like the Super Bowl with my OTA DVR that's playing on network TV. It's free, so OK - commercials. If I'm watching anything else, it's on my Plex server and there are no commercials.

I do pay for entertainment. I pay for experiences, like going to the movies, going to live rock shows, going to performances or exhibitions - all IRL - but that's about it. I might consider paying for other entertainment options but there is one thing I won't ever do: I won't pay for media that I don't own and I won't watch commercials for media I paid for.

Edit: look at all the butthurt. Go ahead and keep paying through the nose then if you like it so much. I'm sure all the millionaires and billionaires who profit off your largesse will continue to treat you with the same kindness as they have in the past.