Wirlocke

Wirlocke , 2 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to 196 in yikes rule

It may be understandable to view the novel as high art using pedophilic themes to craft an intriguing story, with no intention to titillate.

Then you check out the author's other work...

Wirlocke , 16 days ago to 196 in but Power Word Fart and Fireball are still allowed? smh rule

"But council I was merely casting the humble and fun Balloon Animal spell targeting penis"

Wirlocke , 27 days ago to Technology in ISPs seek halt of net neutrality rules before they take effect next month

The infrastructure would be things like fiber cable wired to each house.

But in this scenario, the ISPs would be manning the servers that your connection is routed through. So they'd still have massive influence on the speed and data.

If the government owned the servers, they could block and track down anything against state interest.

Not saying they can't do that anyways, but at least the third party makes the process more difficult, less seamless, and gives the chance of new competitors.

Wirlocke , 27 days ago to Technology in Microsoft to test “new features and more” for aging, stubbornly popular Windows 10

So they're ending support but will use the remaining users like test guinea pigs.

Great...

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in Sorry you were lied to by a shitty 90s thriller movie rule

My favorite fact about all this is that Spielberg insisted on the giant raptors during production. Around the same time the Utahraptor was first being studied, an actual giant raptor about the same size.

Less fun fact, it was gonna be name Utahraptor Spielbergi but it was changed last minute because Universal was suing museums over the word Jurassic. Trademark trolls ruin everything.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in Chose One Rule

Guy on the right, look at his sheer confidence!

He's already won and he knows it.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in important rule

Literally what uprooted my "rational" centrist opinions on everything.

The timetable quote just hit me and my sensibilities like a truck.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in skeletron rule

Yeah but then you get older and it doesn't cut it anymore so you switch to the hardwr stuff.

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/pictrs/image/fe3131c0-0f1f-45da-8962-73f5f590168c.jpeg

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to Technology in Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025

I feel like shorting will always be riskier than normal investing. With stocks you have people at the company doing their best to raise that stock. With Shorts you are betting against a company that's trying to survive.

The chances of the CEO pulling something out of their ass, dubious or not, to maintain their profits is too high.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to Technology in Giving Windows total recall is a privacy minefield

Ironically the business people are terrible at business. I genuinely think LLMs (despite their economic evils) are stunning pieces of technology.

But they are money sinks and the only plans for profit are subscriptions or advertisements. It's Social Media/Streaming/Tech Startups panicked hype investing all over again. Subscriptions and advertising just simply do not pay the bills for huge server and gpu farms.

But sustainability isn't what they want is it? They want the stock to go up to then cash out when it's about to fall. sigh

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to Technology in Giving Windows total recall is a privacy minefield

Microsoft's bread and butter has been selling and servicing to businesses.

So with that in mind, the hell are they thinking? Windows 10 end of life guarantees that businesses specifically will have to switch. Then the next option in line is one that will by default vacuum up all your proprietary information to feed into an AI, effectively "copyright laundering" it?.

Even if there's ways to deactivate the feature, the non-tech savvy managers will just go off of the headlines and the tech savvy ones will recognize the security risk. And government/healthcare computer might just fork Linux into a non-open source version.

Ironically it feels like they're focusing too much on consumers (on extorting them) and shooting themselves in the foot for their business clientele.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in memoriarule

I say Psychosis because I forget the exact mental disorder he had.

I also say "it's not bad" as in I'm not judging him for it.

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in memoriarule

Yup, lol

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in memoriarule

I've met four different people involved in the military and also have met four questionable people.

My dad, never got deployed, was in prison for fencing items, also owned businesses that in retrospect were suspiciously ideal for money laundering. o7

Then my childhood friend, sprayed nazi graffiti around town, went to juvie, now serves the troops. o7

Then a coworker, former military (allegedly), has a psychosis (which isn't bad!), and was harassing his ex at her work based on delusions (which is bad). o7

Then a different coworker at a different place, active military, very authoritarian despite not knowing much and not being our supervisor. Made everyone uncomfortable and frustrated including our actual supervisor. Now he's becoming a National Guard. o7

Wirlocke , 1 month ago to 196 in Rule

Here is an article about it. Even if it's technically right in some ways, the language it uses tries to normalize pedophilia in the same ways as sexualities. Specifically the term "Minor Attracted Person" is controversial and tries to make pedophilia into an Identity like "Person of Color".

It was lampshading the fact this is a highly dangerous disorder. It shouldn't be blindly accepted but instead require immediate psychiatric care at best.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/feb/28/googles-gemini-chatbot-soft-on-pedophilia-individu/