Shyfer

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Technology in Facebook snooped on users' Snapchat traffic in secret project, documents reveal

But then it just comes off hypocritical and disingenuous if you selectively apply pressure. Then it just looks like you're trying to give a competitive edge to US evil social media and preventing youth from learning about the situation in Palestine.

Shyfer , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Memes in There sure are a lot of them

A protest is not the same as a coup. A coup is a coordinated attack to replace one regime with another, a sudden, violent overthrow of political leadership by a relatively small group of people. The business plot, Jan 6, Brooks Brothers Riot, were all about that.

Even if it turns violent, a protest is not the same as a coup. A protest is basically where you try to affect change or public opinion through large public demonstrations. It's trying to appeal the public or leadership to listen to you. Meanwhile, a coup doesn't really need the public. You're forcefully attacking the levers of power or the process to change leadership itself (ex: stopping elections, disrupting people counting votes, stopping electors from voting or swearing in, etc.). Meanwhile, even if some hooligans burn a police car during a BLM protest, that doesn't suddenly turn the protest into a coup.

Occupy was mostly peaceful anyway. The whole joke at the time was that it was a bunch of dirty hippies doing drum circle in the park and in front of finance buildings, like that they were peaceful to the point of not being effective, just annoying. That and their demands weren't clear. There was no criticism of them because violence that I remember at all.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Memes in Are we the baddies?

Basically every war we did during the Cold War was about "sharing" the greatness of capitalism over communism, too. We're still pretending our embargo against Cuba is just for the same dumb reason.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Privacy in EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments

OK that's pretty cool actually. I hope it works out without the pitfalls of Bitcoin and other crypto.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Privacy in EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments

But is it still deflationary? I may be wrong, but I feel like any currency that is deflationary over inflationary encourages hoarding instead of spending.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Privacy in EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments

I think that's a big reason I'm so pro-privacy. I'm sure if the US weren't a couple steps ahead of you guys towards fascism, I'd prioritize other things, too. Hopefully you all can stop the march towards the right of your government before it gets worse.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Privacy in EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments

How does Monero avoid the problem of Bitcoin? Of just being used for investment and not currency?

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Privacy in EU moving towards total monetary surveillance and banning all anonymous payments

Anonymity is important for various reasons. You can't predict everything bad a government will try to do to stifle freedom that a person may want to avoid. Off the top of my head, I could see someone trying to pay for an abortion or something like that in a southern state where it's illegal, for health reasons to save their own life.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to solarpunk memes in The straight pride flag looks gay AF

I thought that it was a pretty good, obvious joke. People are too sensitive or here sometimes.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to 196 in TikTok Rule

Zionist and Jewish are not the same thing, they're not even euphemism like (((globalist))). There are Jewish people protesting against Zionism, and Christian people fighting hard for it. It's not the same thing and no leftist thinks it is. Every now and then some Nazi tries to conflate them, and leftists do need to see it and shut it down, but that's a different issue.

Shyfer , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to 196 in TikTok Rule

The US government is controlled by the same interests and lobbbyists that control the government, so it's similar although not the same thing. Just because their interests align at this moment because the billionaires don't want competition and the government has a hard-on for Israel doesn't mean their right.

And for the record, I don't even use Tik Tok, and I personally think social media and shortform content is bad for young brains and probably causing a lot of ADHD and impairing my ability to read. But I find this whole bill very fake and performative and probably done for the wrong reasons. It's weird that we finally got an international perspective unfiltered by US media companies that bow to AIPAC and of course it's getting banned.

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Technology in Is TV Dead? Global TV Shipments Hit a Decade Low in 2023

Same. I'm barely in my office anymore since I started even just a hybrid work from home schedule. It's good to separate the work space from other spaces imo

Shyfer , 3 months ago to Fediverse in I am extremely grateful to everybody involved with Lemmy. That includes you!

Well, software devs haven't exactly been known for being good at communications lol. Hence the need for the people guy in Office Space.

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Shyfer , 3 months ago to Fediverse in I am extremely grateful to everybody involved with Lemmy. That includes you!

Ya this has kind of pushed me to donate to my instance admin. Ya'll work so hard. That includes you users making content and responding to posts with comments! Love you!

Shyfer , 4 months ago to Technology in Linux market share passes 4% for first time

I'm going to guess that everything else became so expensive, like food and rent, that people have less money to spend on a computer, and there's is particularly expensive. But that's just my guess.