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xilliah

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Yeah, but anything you create automatically has a copyright, so for example this comment is not in the public domain. Its use is limited to the context I am using it in; that is, I expect it to be copied for federation purposes, but I wouldn't say that AI is covered in this context, just genuine readership, moderation, and bots that are 'part of the community'.

At least that's the EU stance afaik. Like if I saw this comment on a billboard somewhere I'd see that as a clear breach of copyright and even privacy.

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1000012362

xilliah ,
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Well, it's one thing to say an 'artificial agent' looks at someone's work on deviant art and learns from it. It's another to use that to make money, as I personally can't imagine many of the posters would have been on board with that.

How much is privacy actually worth?

I can't seem to find an actual currency estimate of how much privacy is actually worth. I see a ton of articles talking about why privacy should be worth more to people or what people would pay for privacy services or how much people would sell their privacy for, but I don't see anything that gives a value for the privacy...

xilliah ,
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I'm not sure but I do know that my consent is worth more than my privacy.

xilliah , (edited )
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Lol Facebook was too dumb to even share my father's posts when he joined. Just kept spamming me with rage bait and posts from someone obnoxious I met at a party years before and never really had a real contact with. How is this company supposed to detect anything? To me it's just a cesspool that provides a few people with power.

Let's imagine the error rate would be 0%, anonimity is a right and none of the privacy tools are broken, would you be on board with it? Or are there concerns I am missing here.

xilliah ,
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You mean like a secret power motive? I've never sought that in the EU. Would appreciate any references.

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Hmm I'm not under that impression, at least not from the parliament. I'm unfamiliar with the dynamic between the commission and the parliament but it might be that the commission tends to state what's possible and the parliament then picks what they want.

It's not a backdoor as far as I understand it and it doesn't compromise e2ee, but a scan on a system you trust. Local or on a server you trust.

The only issue I personally have is with the error rate. It seems to be at 80%. Personally I would find any level of error a problem. I don't see any reasonable solution with our current tech.

xilliah ,
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I think we have different information. What I've read showed that the commission had a very broad and extreme proposal just as you just mentioned. I'd definitely not be on board with that.

However the parliament's proposal was way more restrictive. If I understood it right it's the commission that makes proposals but the parliament can react to it and this goes back and forth. The parliament is the one in the end that turns it into law.

I'm still a newbie in this area because I wasn't able to vote due to my circumstances until last week.

As I mentioned before this might just be a standard day at the office for them. The commission makes wide and extreme proposals. Perhaps they even survey that stuff and look at the public opinion and allow time for debate. Eventually they create a reasonable law.

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Afaik it's a thin margin sector. I've even heard of pilots paying to fly during bad periods.

xilliah ,
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Probably installed it for free just so someone can get all that juicy data.

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Librera Reader

xilliah ,
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I like the Dutch consent form for body donation. You can just checkmark what you're ok with and what not. I don't know all the details but I expect that it'll be used responsibly.

I think we can all agree that that's an important topic. Why can't we do that for other, often less important, things too?

Like sure, access my diary if your research is supported by a board but not for security purposes unless you have a warrant.

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FYI data on USB sticks might not last as long as you might expect.

xilliah ,
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Spaceballs clip (inv)

xilliah ,
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FYI data on USB sticks might not last as long as you might expect.

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Bonus: cut it up and entrust it it to trusted people in envelopes. In case something happens they can combine their secrets to get access.

xilliah ,
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Yeah someone in my building lost their fancy mountain bike, eventhough it was behind a thick locked door that only people with a key thingie can get inside with.

xilliah ,
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Pretty sure they wrote that they also did that additionally.

xilliah ,
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Release the crab!

xilliah ,
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The time is nigh that I'll get to see a relevant ad. Finally a system complicated enough to able to store that I'm into pc games.

xilliah ,
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This is such an apt way to put it. It makes it relatable for everyone, as I'm sure we've all experienced prejudice and the like.

xilliah ,
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Compensations should be paid out, watch how security grows

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Pass me the mirror

xilliah ,
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NO WAY 🐣

Meta gave Netflix and Spotify access to users private messages (arstechnica.com)

in 2018, Facebook told Vox that it doesn't use private messages for ad targeting. But a few months later, The New York Times, citing "hundreds of pages of Facebook documents," reported that Facebook "gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages."...

xilliah ,
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Ugh and now it's happening yet again with discord. Everybody seems to want me to be on discord. Just after I managed to get off everything. At least they seem kinda OK for now but we all know it's just a matter of time until dr evil gets his hands on it.

xilliah ,
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Nah I'm just talking

xilliah ,
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I consider most of the stuff I post here to be personal.

xilliah ,
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Finally a website without popups!

It would be amazing if you could pay in the command line. Like imagine when you appreciate a foss library and can easily make a donation. Then you can build all sorts of software on top of that.

Iirc the pirate bay guys made something like that, but only in the browser, and only for very few websites. It gives the content a like button. Periodically it then distributes money over all your likes from a preset pool of cash.

It should be as easy as cash irl.

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I suppose so

xilliah ,
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That's cool! I just wish I could use it with my normal bank account.

xilliah ,
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As far as I understand it inflation is an important tool that allows for redistribution of wealth to where it is needed in hard times. For example when a bank fails.

Then you can say that banks shouldn't borrow out more money than they have, but that would reduce growth.

Then you can say growth is bad but growth doesn't necessarily mean consuming more resources. It's mainly needed for the system to sustain and adapt. For example to climate change.

Which ties in back nicely to Monero, as it uses proof of work which is a senseless waste of resources if you ask me.

Overall I just wish for a cli/api that works regardless of which payment provider you personally select.

xilliah ,
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I appreciate your reply. My UI does not allow for downvoting.

Hmm it seems to be a very political issue. I get the appeal of using technology to make social progress. But personally I feel that political issues are just that: political issues. The US has a bipolar government, and that's an issue that needs solving. I'm not sure if crypto is the way to go there. I also trust in the inherent good of people and that they are open to reason, and that we can't solve issues by being overly individualistic, aka hide behind public keys. That's my perspective, that's all.

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🐔

xilliah ,
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Crazy how politicized the internet is now. Not so long ago nobody gave a rat's ass. I wonder how regulated it will become and if online freedom still exists in say 50 years.

xilliah ,
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Ya I get you but I think in the end it's nothing really new. It seems like everything is just another rehash of something we already had. E.g. instead of killer bots we brainwashed kids into killing on command. Same with freedom.

xilliah ,
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That it might seem like something new that internet freedom is being curtailed, but in a more generic way freedom was taken away from people in many ways already today and before in the past. Likewise how freedom has been gained countless times before will also apply to the internet in some form today and in the future. It just appears novel but it's your every day human power dynamics at work.

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I'd say only the ads are the issue, but the 'more options' button is kinda hidden. As if it's trying to lull you into accepting all. Also good choice to put it in the middle.

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Yes but the other two services are desirable, so I almost clicked accept all. Also the consent button feels like it has a more attractive text than the reject button.

xilliah ,
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At the end of the gray sentence it says it impacts how tailored the service is. It's something that would be valuable to me in this case.

They should've shown a happy kitten instead.

xilliah ,
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😭

Well I'm all for crab trains.

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If you care about the planet, please make sure you sit down before you start reading this post about ExxonMobil.

So.

The CEO of ExxonMobil just said this in an interview: "We’ve waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets in terms of what we need, as a society, to start reducing emissions."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero/

Who's the most influential voice on climate change? Who's to blame for inaction on climate change?

According to the CEO of ExxonMobil, it's environmental activists.

No, really:

"Frankly, society, and the activist—the dominant voice in this discussion—has tried to exclude the industry that has the most capacity and the highest potential for helping with some of the technologies."

Oh, and the CEO of ExxonMobil also apparently thinks consumers are to blame for climate inaction:

"Today we have opportunities to make fuels with lower carbon, but people aren’t willing to spend the money to do that."

Gets better.

He thinks unnamed 'people who generate emissions' should pay for it. (Rather than, say, major transnational oil companies.)

"People who are generating the emissions need to be aware of [it] and pay the price. That’s ultimately how you solve the problem."

https://fortune.com/2024/02/27/exxon-ceo-darren-woods-interview-pay-the-price-for-net-zero/

Worth including a quick reminder here that Exxon-Mobil made a US$36 billion profit in 2023: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exxon-beats-estimates-ends-2023-with-36-billion-profit-2024-02-02/#:~:text=HOUSTON%2C%20Feb%202%20(Reuters),higher%20oil%20and%20gas%20production.

Not gross revenue.

Profit.

So, remind me again. Who knew about climate change before most of the public?

"Exxon was aware of climate change, as early as 1977, 11 years before it became a public issue... This knowledge did not prevent the company (now ExxonMobil and the world’s largest oil and gas company) from spending decades refusing to publicly acknowledge climate change and even promoting climate misinformation."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-climate-change-almost-40-years-ago/

And just who, exactly, stood in the way reducing emissions all these years?

"ExxonMobil executives privately sought to undermine climate science even after the oil and gas giant publicly acknowledged the link between fossil fuel emissions and climate change, according to previously unreported documents...

"The new revelations are based on previously unreported documents subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general as part of an investigation into the company announced in 2015. They add to a slew of documents that record a decades-long misinformation campaign waged by Exxon, which are cited in a growing number of state and municipal lawsuits against big oil."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/14/exxonmobil-documents-wall-street-journal-climate-science

@fuck_cars

xilliah ,
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These are the kind of people we need the international court of justice for.

xilliah ,
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Damn pirates

xilliah ,
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Very useful if you have a legit warrant.

xilliah ,
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We've got laws for that, just takes a while for them to catch up to innovation.

xilliah ,
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In Germany you can get your home hidden on Google maps since the start. So it's possible!

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🙄

xilliah ,
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Afaik that's impossible in our current system, because of big data inferences and lack of control over our meta data.

xilliah ,
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Literally all I had to do to make my phone have a usable performance again was to set the region to France, and the language to English. I should add that it was totally fine before an update.

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