Cavemanfreak
@Cavemanfreak@lemm.ee
- Comment on PayPal implements default data sharing with third parties: users must manually opt out 1 month ago:
I assume so, but I’m not sure where. I’ll have to Google it later
- Comment on PayPal implements default data sharing with third parties: users must manually opt out 1 month ago:
Also based in the EU, and mine were turned on
- Comment on Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected 6 months ago:
Yep. But I guess it was already banned on government phones right? (not from the US, so I’m not all that up to date…)
- Comment on Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected 6 months ago:
The section Methods on the Cambridge Analytica wiki page explains it pretty well. While it’s not proven to be able to directly influence voting, it’s effective at swaying people’s opinions and emotions about subjects.
- Comment on Dell warns of data breach, 49 million customers allegedly affected 6 months ago:
The thing with tik tok isn’t only with the data China can gather from US residents. It’s also how they can use that information to influence the populace and send them propaganda, for example influencing the election results.
- Comment on Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) 6 months ago:
Nope. I have filtered both grad and hexbear out of my feed though, I don’t need their shit there. And don’t forget that many instances already are defederated with them, so there’s also fewer of them through that!
- Comment on Mullvad VPN: Introducing Defense against AI-guided Traffic Analysis (DAITA) 6 months ago:
I was planning to, but ultimately didn’t. I have handed out personal blocks to obvious trolls and a brunch of hexbear users that spammed gifs in every single thread though.
- Comment on Helldivers 2 community manager says internal discussions are ongoing regarding mandatory PSN account link 6 months ago:
Since Sony is publishing this everything you buy for PS is supporting that behaviour.
- Comment on YouTube's war against third party apps is just as ridiculous as its war on adblockers 6 months ago:
For those wondering, ReVanced launcher short after that and is even better than Vanced.
- Comment on 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok 6 months ago:
but it doesn’t mean we ignore guns.
Uuuh, you sure about that? It seems like that shit keeps happening and nothing at all is being done about it.
- Comment on The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco 6 months ago:
Hey, don’t mix orcas in with sharks! They don’t attack people. (their boats, close to the mediterranean, have not been as lucly lately though…)
- Comment on Roguelite atrategy 6 months ago:
I spent 80 hours with it in the beginning of the year and it’s really a blast!
- Comment on Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? 7 months ago:
I finished Dave the Diver this weekend, great little game!
Now I’ve jumped board the No Man’s Sky train again, for the first time in six (!) years. And so far it’s been really fun and chill!
- Comment on Balatro Hits One Million Copies Sold In Less Than A Month, Mobile Port Incoming 8 months ago:
Yeah. Kinda. Sometimes if you press slightly in the wrong place you get the cursor instead, which can easily lead to misclicks. But it’s definitely playable! A mobile port would be really dope though
- Comment on Attacking the big problems 8 months ago:
Yeah. For example, Strongman gives a 2 page loop.
- Comment on How Disney and Warner Bros. Are Causing Internet Piracy to Boom | Platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Disney+ were supposed to do away with pirated media. Instead, they may make them stronger than ever. 10 months ago:
I have pirated a few games due to cost, since my SO is studying at the moment, and one of us has basically always been on parental leave the last 3.5 years. I bought both Elden Ring and Baldur’s Gate 3 when I could afford it though, since both of them brought me more than 100 hours of fun.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 10 months ago:
I’ve spent close to 20 hours in Jedi: Survivor. It runs surprisingly well on medium with my 1060 6GB, getting 30-40 fps except when in the desert. The game itself is really fun, an improvement on basically every aspect of the first one.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 10 months ago:
Ah jeeez, I’ve totally missed that… Might have to dive in again after I’m done with Jedi: Survivor then… I think Update 5 was the last time I played now.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 10 months ago:
Is there any word of Update 8 to stable yet?
- Comment on Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. 11 months ago:
You should look into Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. I think the biggest fear is that they have so many users that they will just flood all instances with their stuff. This can, in time, lead to a situation where they can defederate from everything else and bring a lot of people with them, since most of the content will have come from Threads.
- Comment on Epic win: Jury decides Google has illegal monopoly in app store fight 11 months ago:
But that won’t necessarily change with this ruling right? Your government doesn’t need to change how their apps function because of this.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 11 months ago:
I can see myself getting burned out in a few weeks as well. But so far the combat is really fun, and the stories are interesting enough to keep me playing.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 11 months ago:
I’ve actually started playing Genshin Impact, and it surprised me how fun it is! And it’s nice to be able to play on the phone when travelling/sitting in the sofa, and then hop on the PC when the kids and wife has gone to bed.
- Comment on Fallout TV Show - Trailer 11 months ago:
Wheel of Time is not bad imo. At least not season 2. The thing with that series is that it’s not possible to adapt every single thing from 14 books to 8 seasons with 8 episodes. I went into it as a new turn of the Wheel, and while the first season didn’t do much for me, with the second one I can actually see the beginnings of something that can become really good. I’m cautiously optimistic about the coming seasons now.
- Comment on Reactionaries have you used the same talking points to shun progress throughout history. 11 months ago:
Oooh, didn’t even notice that… Nice catch!
- Comment on EA working on player-voiced characters in games, patent shows 11 months ago:
I think it’d be really cool, and they could always make it so that the data never leaves your computer looks at the title and realising it’s EA we’re talking about Oh wait…
- Comment on Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption 11 months ago:
Aaah, nice catch! I also thought of diesel first, but came to the same conclusion as you.
- Comment on Toyota boasts new battery technology with 745-mile range and 10-minute charging time — here’s how it may impact mass EV adoption 11 months ago:
“among those respondents who did purchase a car or truck in the last 12 months, only 3.71% bought a new fully electric model, compared to 27.32% who got a gas combustion vehicle and 13.53% who opted for a new hybrid.”
Where are the missing 55%? And only 27.32% went for an ICE?? Something doesn’t add up.
“Used vehicle buyers chose to buy gas-fueled cars, per the study. According to response rates, 41.91% preferred to buy a car or truck with an internal combustion engine, whereas 4.51% and 9.02% went for used fully electric and hybrid varieties, respectively.”
Does this take into account how the market for used cars looks like? It seems like there would be tons of more ICE cars than electric varieties, since they’ve been even more popular in the past.
- Comment on What were your top favorite video games as a kid? 11 months ago:
Ooh, there were a couple of them.
Pokemon Blue/Yellow/Gold Theme Park World (never see this mentioned anywhere??) Diablo II Warcraft 3 Mario Kart Double Dash Super Smash Melee XG2 (Extreme G 2) Screamer 2 F-Zero GX Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit
These are the ones I can remember right off the bat, might add some more if I remember them.
- Comment on The Weekly 'What are you playing?' Discussion 11 months ago:
After playing a few story heavy games I’m now playing modded minecraft, so that I can watch a show on my second monitor. I’ve also started trying out Genshin Impact, mostly on mobile. It’s surprisingly fun so far!