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Syrc ,

I don’t know how viable would that be on a large scale, but they could just ban all China-based companies from operating outside like the US did with Tiktok.

I think that would deal a decent blow on their economy, but I’m far from an expert in those fields so someone who knows better will probably come and debunk me.

Syrc ,

The indipendent thought:

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Here in Italy, the only parties that seem to be favorable to nuclear are right-wing.

And of course, they got elected and didn’t actually do anything towards it.

Syrc ,

Oh, I trust them to do everything I wouldn’t like them to do.

For example, so far they’ve been following through with removing LGBTQ rights and lowering taxes for the rich, just as they promised.

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For me it’s nostalgia and being a sucker for statistics, mostly.

Syrc ,

I use a Logitech keyboard + trackpad and it works great.

But yeah, laptop ones I’ve tried always sucked.

Syrc ,

Five guys and five gals will be arguing they have a right to share DNA amongst each other and make a single kid

…Is that even possible? I thought humans could only have exactly two parents biologically? If I didn’t misunderstand, I’m legit curious about this.

Syrc ,

Still waiting for the Swastika/Manji to be de-nazified. Probably not gonna see it in my lifetime, unfortunately.

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The minute a billionaire bought the company they previously used, because in open source software, they finally see that no billionaire can buy it and control it like they can a closed source system.

I’m genuinely struggling to understand what this sentence means. Is it badly worded or am I just brainfarting?

Syrc ,

Oh, that makes sense.

I think “open source money” is a great idea and I’m sure many here do too, but as others pointed out in the replies, cryptocurrency has a lot of issues at the moment for that to be viable.

Also, a lot of the hate probably comes from all the people shilling for it and the whole “get rich with this!!!” narrative around it.

Syrc ,

Is it this one? I’m far from an expert but it seems like they used a different part of DNA from each woman, I doubt it’s possible to go beyond 3 parents with the same method.

Syrc ,

From Wikipedia:

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.

Propaganda isn’t always fake news, it can also be true stuff presented in a biased way.

Similarly, fake news isn’t always propaganda. Some is just stuff spread by trolls to make fun of people.

Syrc ,

Can it? I searched a bit and all the definitions I’ve found seem to be about swaying public opinion, not simple objective announcements.

It does have a negative connotation even though it can be used for good, but I still don’t think purely objective messages like “a tsunami is coming, get to high ground” should count as propaganda.

Syrc ,

I think that qualifies as propaganda too: its intention is to improve the public opinion of the Cohesion policy by clearing misconceptions.

(About the “project” in the video… what the hell? I had to Google it because I wasn’t convinced it was a real thing. Just why?)

Syrc ,

Yes, I figured but… isn’t that a bit too obvious? Surely there had to be a less blatant way of laundering money than… a treetop walk with no trees?

Syrc ,

They also usually dont do remakes/remasters unless its so new/different it can be considered a new game ( see metroid 2 on 3ds ).

Most of the games on that list fit that definition. Stuff like Zero Mission are extremely different from the original games.

Of course then you also have stuff like BDSP so it’s debatable whether they’ve kept up their policies in recent times, but you could definitely see that in the past.

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“Mario” barely qualifies as a single franchise at this point. It spans a ridiculous amount of genres.

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I googled it and I wish it wasn’t

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Hey, early Yahoo answers was very useful. A de-shittified, federated, stripped down to the bare questions-answers network could be neat.

Syrc ,

The screenshot does have a “dismiss” button, so I suppose if you click there you’ll still be able to see the fullscreen video.

But yeah, those are definitely cumulative with existing ads, knowing the greedy fucks.

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Still waiting on the first corporation to get thrown in jail

Syrc ,

Aren’t playlists still broken? I remember shuffle not working, repeating some songs and then going off with unrelated videos before the playlist was even over.

Syrc ,

They’re not a monopoly, discs for PC sucked and there’s a lot of DRM-free games on there.

Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets (arstechnica.com)

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

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Well, at least for batteries we seem to be going in a good direction

Syrc ,

Unfortunately the human vessel requires nourishment to keep working. Even on weekends.

Syrc ,

Good on you for having the supernatural ability of arbitrarily assigning how much attention you want to give to something!

Unfortunately, that’s not how regular human brains work.

Syrc ,

…what? How did you even assume all of that from two comments? You sure you’re replying to me and not to the strawman in your head? I haven’t said a single one of the things you’re accusing me of.

Syrc ,

you’d rather block your ears than ever admit you might have punched the wrong person

Blocking now. Adios.

Lmao. You really can’t make this shit up.

Syrc ,

Safari allows you to install adblockers, btw. Apple is overprotective but this isn’t really their fault.

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...

Syrc ,

There were other factors, such as the left in Italy generally tending anti-Ukraine

Wait, what do you mean? So far I think I’ve only seen some leftists be against sending weapons (which is still a stupid position to take considering the situation), but nothing explicitly anti-Ukraine and absolutely not the majority. Did I miss something?

Syrc ,

This is a really contrived hypothesis and probably wishful thinking considering the current state of the world, but hear me out:

You know how the Overton window gets shifted? Rightwing voters grew a lot in the US and Democrats had to get more to the right to appeal to them and not keep losing.

We just need to force the reverse. If Democrats keep winning elections Republicans will be forced to put out a candidate that’s more palatable to leftists sooner or later. Someone who isn’t a literal movie villain. At that point, Democrats will lose their only selling point (being the alternative to Satan himself), and they will have to actually push for leftist policies to get people to vote.

This can only happen if Democrats win a lot of times in a row though. Even one Republican win will ensure them that they can keep pushing fascists and have a chance to win.

Syrc ,

We can’t do that if people don’t vote actual leftist in the primaries because “commies won’t win the general”.

Syrc ,

But how do you actually press someone in that position? If Trump didn’t support genocide you could at least try and leverage on that, but he knows we have no alternative.

We’re in a situation where he knows every person with a brain that doesn’t want fascism will vote for him. He can only realistically be pressed to make changes that could appeal to Rightwing voters, and being pro-genocide might actually be a positive for those.

Syrc ,

Do you think if Biden called for a ceasefire or ended his support for a genocidal regime it would cost him votes?

I mean, at this point, maybe? I’m confident while probably both very small groups, the pro-genocide Biden voters are more than the anti-genocide Trump voters. Someone who votes Republican in modern elections doesn’t seem like they would be concerned for the wellbeing of black people on the other side of the planet.

Syrc ,

reading marx, getting armed, building networks, embracing anti-capitalism, and preparing for this country’s undeniably inevitable backslide into fascism.

Voting Biden doesn’t prevent you from doing this, you know. Rather, it would probably make it easier.

Syrc ,

I mean, I feel it’s kinda useless too, it keeps encouraging their “don’t mess with nature” mindset.

In the present, you like men? Go with men. I don’t care if you were “born like that” or not. What matters is you gotta live the way you want to live now (as long as it’s not actively hurting other people ofc).

Even if everything was actually learned it doesn’t mean it’s anyone else’s business what do you want to do with your life.

Syrc ,

I don’t actually know the details of how Pairing or Find My iPhone works, but couldn’t they just have the parts individually report their position since they apparently already “know” which device they belong to?

Syrc ,

If it means reducing waste… okay?

I don’t really need much innovation in my personal electronics, I’d still have an iPhone 3GS if it still worked.

Syrc ,

I mean when they’re on a working device. The device detects that the part is not original and uses the usual system to send the position as if it was the entire iPhone. Is that not feasible?

Syrc ,

Why would it not be good? Doesn’t Find my iPhone already work with the whole network?

Syrc ,

Obviously you’d ask your friends to deregister the part before giving it to you.

And if they already have methods to control internet traffic and prevent the devices from pinging their location why wouldn’t they directly sell the entire phone?

Syrc ,

No matter how much you want to make Biden look bad, the end results are not the same (unless you live in Gaza, but even then I highly doubt strategic actions matter unless you mean straight-up overthrowing the government).

Syrc ,

Yes, we do. But voting third party and potentially handing over a second term to Trump isn’t going to achieve that. It’s just going to bring on 4 years of hell for minorities and encourage Democrats to appeal to Trump voters even more (especially now that, hopefully, Trump won’t be able to be elected a third time).

Syrc ,

Again, Palestinians will suffer in any case. A third party miraculously getting 20% of the voters will mean either of the genocide-supporting candidates still gets elected, and that means 4 more years of genocide will happen anyway.

And again, minorities are going through hell because of Trump-elected officials. The hope is that two consecutive Democrat terms will make the situation better, while if Trump wins that basically assures the next 4 years will be even worse than now, and that the following 4 will still have Trump-elected officials making it hard for whoever gets elected to get anything done.

It doesn’t matter how huge the chunk of voters that need a more left-leaning candidate is as long as the ones voting Republican are bigger. It’ll always make more sense to appeal to the latter.

Syrc ,

And you already admitted it’s unlikely that’s going to happen.

I’d also like to become a millionaire, but that doesn’t mean spending all my money on slot machines makes sense.

Syrc ,

You’re just letting perfect be the enemy of good. And while unfortunately “good” is not really that good, the alternative is way too dangerous to risk it over moral principles. It’s sad, but as long as FPTP stays in place the only correct choice is to vote for the “least bad” of the main two.

Syrc ,

I mean, do whatever you want, it’s clear you’re not going to change your mind. Just keep in mind that if Trump wins, you also contributed to that.

Syrc ,

You contributed to that by not voting for Trump, yes. That’s FPTP.

It absolutely makes no sense but it’s the system in place and there’s pretty much nothing people can do about it short of overthrowing the government.

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