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Olgratin_Magmatoe

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Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

That'd be well and good if they didn't have a monopoly.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

I guess, no one NEEDS a video streaming platform.

Nobody NEEDS social media, but when a social media does something harmful, they need to be regulated.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Getting shot in your own home during a no knock raid isn't a culture problem.

A PR disaster: Microsoft has lost trust with its users, and Windows Recall is the straw that broke the camel's back (www.windowscentral.com)

It's a nightmare scenario for Microsoft. The headlining feature of its new Copilot+ PC initiative, which is supposed to drive millions of PC sales over the next couple of years, is under significant fire for being what many say is a major breach of privacy and security on Windows. That feature in question is Windows Recall, a...

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Why wait?

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

many of which wirh anti cheat, it’s not worth making the switch just yet.

I get that. Shit like that is the only reason I stick with a dual boot.

Also, I got a NAS recently with OpenMediaVault and I only have the time to tinker with one thing at a time :P

I also get that. My self hosted gaming server can be a bit of work sometimes.

Any advice on the switch though, or tools you use lmk!

Two things, I'd go with Linux Mint Debian Edition if I we're you. I've found it to be the most compatible with my games, (like 9 out of 10 or so), and have had zero major issues/glitches with it. Plus it avoids the drauam surrounding ubuntu.

The second thing is to keep a separate "home" partition for your documents/pictures/game saves/etc. Mine is [Name]_STC, with the acronym being a nod to wh40k's Standard Template Constructs. The idea being it isn't named something generic like "home", or worse using the home folder.

And anytime I need to back up shit, I just zip the whole partition and put it on a separate drive. If something happens, I copy my standard template construct.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

if they don’t serve a purpose, then where are we supposed to live when we’re only staying in a place for a few months or years?

A non-market housing unit. Basically, a non-profit org that only charges the actual cost of the housing & maintenance.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Good. Now make it work for everyone's tax situation.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

The solution for large scale behavioral problems isn't telling loads of people to do better, it's systemic change, and in this case that means infrastructure for safe biking. That includes traffic calming measures, separated and protected bike lanes, regulation to reign in vehicle sizes and weight, etc.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

For sure, that is still a big part of this.

But a blanket statement pointing to cyclists as the source of the problem is just ridiculous.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

What a terrible age to have eyes.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

I have no horse in this race, but the fact that you're being communicative and taking any responsibility means you're probably a better mod than most. Admittedly, it's a low bar but still.

Probably best not to do it again though.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Agreed. I have zero regret.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Everything is bigger in Texas

* Except the paycheck

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

If I genuinely believed Trump would bring about a peaceful dismantling of the American Empire, I’d have to campaign for him.

He is straight up using Hitler's play book.

https://www.snopes.com/news/2023/10/04/trump-poison-blood-quote/

If you at all care about the lives of trans people, black people, women, latin american people, and the other many targets of Trump & the republicans, then you must recognize that under no circumstances should Trump be given power.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Which ends up being an acceptance of the worst option, because the boomers who vote for Trump always vote every election.

It's a trolley problem. The trolley is flying down the tracks. The boomers are itching to vote for Trump.

Standing by and doing nothing makes you complicit.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

. A choice fostered upon me at the threat of violence is not a choice at all. I refuse to participate and therefore legitimize such a farce.

Life is full of choice forced upon you, thats unavoidable short of choosing to stop existing. I am forced to choose between where to work. If I say "fuck it, I'm not going to legitimize this capitalist system, I'm making no such choice", I've still made a choice, one that will end up with me being homeless. The threat of violence came true anyways.

It's in my best interest to choose, and in the meantime work to dismantle the capitalist system that is threatening me with homelessness. But when it comes to voting, it's worse because the lives of others are on the line.

You don't have the luxury to stand by and do nothing when people's lives are on the line.

How many trans people will die as a result of suicide or outright killings as a result of Trump coming to power? Their blood will be on your hands, how much are you ok having on your hands? You have the opportunity to vote for a candidate that isn't going to ban GAC, who isn't going to condone or pardon violence against trans people, who isn't going to shift the culture towards more hatred.

And you're choosing to stand idly by and let the harm happen.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Both matter. We need to do both.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Your argument relies on hordes of people suddenly, magically changing their behavior in a cohesive and coordinated way. Have fun with that.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

fines that don’t scale with income are a sneaky way

Same goes for owned wealth. Rich people like to do all sorts of shenanigans to make their income $0, all while getting rich in other ways.

Both income and wealth should be factored in.

‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)

*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

If somebody gets access to your system, they could use that to blackmail you, and/or frame you for distributing said media.

"Give us $X, or we leak and distribute Y media on your behalf, and you will get sued by the corporate goons for shit loads of money"

The only real solution is to completely overhaul IP law, and/or nationalizing funding for the arts. If we're gonna keep corps that own/produce media, then they should have a very short and limited amount of time to distribute it before it becomes common property of the people.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

True, but the keys of power, the ownership, the control are in the hands of capitalists.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

To me it is ridiculous that companies can even own other companies. The only real purpose of doing so is to play shenanigans with regulations, obfuscate responsibility, and generally deceive.

And for the "corps are people" crowd, owning people is wrong.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

That's probably not possible, and it would be ineffective. The fossil fuel industry is still actively killing the planet, and will continue to do so for as long as they are allowed. The motivation to pollute will still exist even if we make carbon capture profitable.

Here are some actual solutions:

  • A carbon/pollution tax. The cost of carbon pollution isn't reflected in the price of oil barrels. Fix that, and then people will start switching away from fossil fuels. You can't let the externalities be externalities, that's how we got into this mess in the first place.

  • Ending the subsidies the fossil fuel industry receives, as well as tax breaks. Instead give that money to renewable energy sources

  • Fix our shitty ass transportation system. We are too dependent on cars & planes. Bikes, trains, and busses need to be viable, but they aren't with our current infrastucture/lackthereof

  • Higher density residential building with mixed use zoning. How are we going to have a green world when it takes a half hour car ride to walmart to get groceries?

Of course, none of these are really possible with money still in politics, and with voter apathy. But this is the pathway forward.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

I agree with everything you said except for your last paragraph. Scientifically speaking, it is not to late. Politically it is, but politics can and have swung wildly. Our best bet is the younger generation shows up to the polls and votes in green candidates. My local area has had some good success with this at least.

As for the geoengineering, I can see that being the unfortunate case. I'm concerned it's going to be a far dumber and dangerous version of it though, like intentionally nuking a remote islands a couple times to start a mild nuclear winter.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

If they weren’t 10 times as slow I would never fly.

We have the tech for high speed rail, we just refused to build it because of lobbying (bribery), regulatory capture, and forced dependence on cars and planes.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

The problem is that we have a lawn, when we shouldn’t have one in the first place. Instead we really need biodiverse native gardens.

Don't just kill the corps responsible for it, we need regulation and a carbon/pollution tax.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Given that multiple other commenters in the infosec.exchange thread have reproduced similar results, and right wingers tend to have bad security, and LLMs are pretty much impossible to fully control for now, it seems most likely that it's real.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

Given the amount of force and level of violence it would take to make that happen, I'd think the needle would get destroyed or pushed out of place pretty quickly.

You'd need to embed the needle halfway through the tube, and it would have to be flush with the rest of the tube. And it'd need to be a thick ass tube.

You're also going to need to strain the bones and cartilage out, and pulp them.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Camel juicers are too expensive nowadays though. It's better to build it yourself.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

We've jokingly tested it at work. Yes, you can, at least with gitKracken.

But don't lol

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman

Please, for the love of God, VOTE! (pawb.social)

I don't like Biden either, but anyone with half a brain knows there are two choices in the 2020 election. If we had a sane voting system, voting third party might be worth it, but as it stands, no one but you knows your favorite candidate exists and unless you want to become their campaign manager that will still be true in...

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

You may as well be saying "MAGA or bust".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_splitting

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

it’s citizens have more rights than ever so forgive me for being a little bit skeptical.

How's those rights to bodily autonomy going?

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

I'm a different user. I'm talking about your claim about the U.S. having more rights than ever, not the other claim.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

Because I'm talking about a different thing, and I was asking a question.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

We no longer have free press, not to any meaningful degree:

https://mronline.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cfr-media-network-hdb-spr.png

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fnb11lryl6ca01.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=66706af54416ed9715c6fe1c54e8a84c2dd19eecbeeb601c6bbfe64bdfa63dc2&ipo=images

European version:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f7/00/1b/f7001bf2e14e9446b64a83b0f296c1db.png

Given that the freedom of press is a requirement for a healthy democracy, and corporations owning all of these subsidiaries prevents that, I think it is well past time that we ban corporations from owning subsidiary companies.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

And even if a newspaper is part of a big conglomerate, doesn’t mean that they are not free

Sure it does. If the CEO of a news organization doesn't want something published, it doesn't get published. That's why you never see articles on the Washington post that are critical of Bezos/Amazon/etc. And so when you get huge swaths of the media controlled by just a few people, it is no longer free.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

I wonder if some kind of hidden visual data could be embedded within AI images - like a QR code that can be read by computers but is invisible to humans.

Said protection would also be hilariously weak. It would be easy for malicious actors to strip/alter the metadata of the image. And embedding the flag in the image itself is something that can be circumvented by using a model that doesn't apply any flag.

We're about to live in a world where nobody can tell truth from fiction.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

That's a fair assessment, but I think it's going to get a whole lot worse.

Before, to the degree that nobody could figure out the truth, it was largely due to lack of information/evidence. The future will instead have evidence manufactured for whatever opinion you like.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

CTRL + U opens the page source code

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

That works too. There are so many ways to get around this.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Don't worry, the rich always get golden parachutes.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

I disagree. Ukrainian style suicide drones combined with autonomous robot dogs carrying guns with thermal sensors are the weapons of the future, and it is a horrifying future. Governments will absolutely use both.

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

If I had to guess, the government has had this tech since at least the early 2000s. The CIA has been doing shady ass shit since their inception, and shit like that is probably only the tip of the iceberg of what they currently have. Though they're probably using something closer to grenades than in that film, as 1 drone to 1 kill probably isn't enough.

That short film is one of only a few that has stuck with me.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

Jammers only work against remote controlled drones. Autonomous ones have no such issue. And jammers are never a problem against civilians, which tech like this will eventually be used on.

196 Stands with Palestine, but those of you in the US should still vote in the general election.

I've been seeing a lot of anti-voting sentiment going around. Can't believe I have to say this, but you need to vote. Not only is there more to the election than just the president. (State policy, Senate, house), but not voting is not an act of protest. C'mon guys

Olgratin_Magmatoe ,

Everyone should vote for a third party imo.

How to split the party vote and hand Trump the presidency in one easy step.

Olgratin_Magmatoe , (edited )

I agree that the democratic party is a shit show. I hate it too. But if the goal is progress, handing Trump the presidency is wrong move.

The correct move is to begrudgingly vote Biden in and work on election reform at a local level. In no way am I suggesting sit around doing nothing and letting the status quo persist.

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