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- Comment on What is wrong with the architecture of the Internet? 1 week ago:
That it’s based on trust.
- Comment on The Hitchhiker's Guide to Online P̶r̶i̶v̶a̶c̶y̶ Anonymity 1 week ago:
No, DON’T PANIC.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 1 week ago:
As in, their connections rather than just simple trips? Why is that necessary for buses and not for cars?
Remember our whole transport network and all others worldwide used to be plan services prior to centralised tracking. Most would think services have worsened, not improved despite increasing population density and worse car traffic making public transport more attractive.
So, the tracking they already do doesn’t seem to be improving service. However, that’s subjective.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 2 weeks ago:
It doesn’t need facial recognition. If it’s for statistical purposes, it only need numbers in and off, not to track us. That’s the point.
- Comment on Here’s why some people still evade public transport fares – even when they’re 50 cents 2 weeks ago:
They could quite easily do this with a driver manually counting on and off passengers. It wouldn’t need to be accurate, they could ballpark any numbers above 5. It could also be done with surveys are stops or on board, or with security camera footage. All without the infrastructure need. We also seem to be able to plan roads and spend even more than in public transport, without any need for registering trips.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 2 weeks ago:
Yes, my interpretation of what they said was that it wasn’t a meta posts, but I agree, it was likely on a different instance. However, I also asked for clarityabout what was said and the user hasn’t clarified. I couldn’t find the comments they were talking about in their history of their first weeks. I did see other bans, from beehaw, but generally a pretty normal post history.
So, the mystery remains.
- Comment on trump puts 25% tariffs on Aussie steel and aluminium 3 weeks ago:
Just American ones. There are multiple non us alternatives.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 3 weeks ago:
Great, do you want to clarify what happened? I’m sure it was innocuous, but it may not have been, from their perspective.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 3 weeks ago:
I interpreted differently. I assumed the thread was on blahaj but was not a meta thread about blahaj. However, you’re probably right.
If they were on another instance and just had a disagreement with a blahaj user about the term, then I’d say that’s over moderation to block them unless they were being abusive, or a dick about it.
I could also see how a mod could block him and accidentally block him from the instance if it was a year ago as mod tools weren’t great. Although I don’t use them.
However, as you say, depending on what the comments were, it could be the blahaj user was the one being the dick here.
- Comment on Blahaj? I'd be curious what led to this decision. 3 weeks ago:
It may not be a gendered term for you, but it is for some. Standing your ground means being asked to stop by people who found it offensive, likely by feeling misgendered. I’m not surprised you were banned when you go to what’s meant to be a safe space and misgender people despite being asked to stop.
That’s kind of the point of federation, though. They can have their space with their rules of moderation and language. Someone else can have a more open experience. Those that want a more complete experience but push their values on other instances will be banned from those instances. Blahaj has great content, but it’s often niche, and can be a little too moderated sometimes, but better to err on side of caution when many of the community have less ptions for where they jump to.
- Comment on PlayStation Network Currently Suffering Major Outage 3 weeks ago:
It’s back up for me in Australia.
- Comment on Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ 3 weeks ago:
While I don’t disagree, I’d say gamer culture is pretty misogynistic and unwelcoming for minorities. So, it’s more of a risk than in other communities.calcukated risk, I’m sure.
- Comment on Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News 3 weeks ago:
Is this in an imaginary world with no power from anywhere else, including international interchange? Total battery power is a society ending event. It’s hard to speculate on a power situation that doesn’t exist.
Costs are based on supply and demand. At current demand battery power back up is cheaper than non environmentally friendly forms of energy. Should that change due to supply issues, we can recalibrate.
Howevwrx the smart money, which happens to also benefit the environment, is on green energy.
- Comment on Why are energy bills going up, if there is more green power? - BBC News 3 weeks ago:
Cost for wind and battery back up is cheaper than nuclear Similar for solar. So when people talk about the need for back up they don’t mention that the cost including back up is still cheaper than nuclear, which is cheaper than fossil fuels.
- Comment on what are “female jocks” called? 3 weeks ago:
Cheerleaders if you mean like a subculture clique?
- Comment on Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League Devs Just Removed DRM From Their Failed Game 4 weeks ago:
It was free on ps+ and I haven’t played it.
- Comment on Wetherspoon boss Tim Martin blames 'dinner party classes' for pubs crisis 5 weeks ago:
Certain foods and drinks considered essentials don’t attract vat. Hence Jaffa cakes arguing they were not in fact a cake. Any prepared food is considered a luxury item, which would include drinks that are served.
I think alcohol should attract vat in supermarkets, not reduce vat in a pub.
- Comment on Microsoft bundles Office AI features into Microsoft 365 and raises prices 1 month ago:
Hopefully lots of people cancel which makes other companies wary of trying similar.
- Comment on ByteDance to sidestep US sanctions by renting Nvidia GPUs in the cloud 1 month ago:
No, they didn’t want tik tok scooping all the data up for the Chinese government. Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp are meant to do that for the American government.
- Comment on Facebook and Instagram to Unleash AI-Generated ‘Users’ No One Asked For 1 month ago:
I think employment is based on those seeking work. So if you take time off, you wouldn’t be counted. It’s a balance in the market that stops wage rises and inflation when there is unemployment. It’s obviously not desirable for the individual.
- Comment on The loyalty tax shoppers willingly pay despite push for supermarket competition 2 months ago:
Aldi don’t stock niche products. You don’t need to buy canned products like that weekly. Their entire business model is less stock, higher turnover and own brand for most things to control the supply chain more.
In a cost of living crisis, you can olan your shop around what’s in store. If you save, what looks like 25% at Aldi, if enough people shop there, it puts pressure on Cole’s and woolies. Personally, I shop in Aldi, and can get most things there, ut if they don’t have something, I pop into another shop. I had the same experience with woolies and Cole’s. Woolies has a wider selection but it’s still not infinite and store dependent. They might have 5 types of things I never buy, but they don’t necessarily have what I need for my recipe.
- Comment on Tsunami alert after 7.0 quake off California coast 2 months ago:
The warning is no longer in effect.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 3 months ago:
Nanotechnology exists. Not in vaccines, but it’s still a thing.
- Comment on Oopsies 3 months ago:
Yes, you can choose to lay out your wishes. Many do, just like opt in or opt out organ donation. However, if you don’t lay out your wishes, you will still end up buried or cremated or something similar without consent.
I’m not saying that’s wrong. We can’t just leave dead bodies where they lie. It also provides comfort to families to practice burial rites. My point is that technically you are still making decisions about what to do with some odors body parts without consent, as they can no longer consent. Is there really a difference? If they care that much, will they just opt out?
I know some countries, they used to let you specify which organs, but then people opted out of eyes. So they removed the option and it was just donor or not. People still consented, without opting out of eyes. Is that better, or is that manipulating consent?
- Comment on Oopsies 3 months ago:
We don’t get their consent to be buried or cremated or whatever else people do with the remaining bodies of their loved ones. It’s just opt out. Why should organ donation, which provides a societal and personal benefit be different?
- Comment on Microsoft stealthily installs Windows 10 update to nag you to upgrade to Windows 11 – and not for the first time 3 months ago:
I’m not an admin but don’t they keep changing them so that you can’t prevent these updates with group policy alone.
- Comment on Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he and Donald Trump 'see eye to eye' on Iran 3 months ago:
He doesn’t abandon them. He was never with them. He is only for himself and expects loyalty but never offers it.
It’s crazy how many people have been suckered in with the hope of riches, only to have their lives destroyed.
- Comment on D-Link refuses to patch a security flaw on over 60,000 NAS devices — the company instead recommends replacing legacy NAS with newer models 3 months ago:
Which is likely why they are not bothering to fix it.
- Comment on Amsterdam bans all protests after attacks on Israeli football fans 3 months ago:
We’re the same people that attacked the taxi and the flag the same people who were attacked? If they were the same people, it’s anti dickehead behaviour. If it’s other supporters, connected only by their nationality, then calling it antisemitism is not a stretch.
- Comment on Who was our worst Prime Minister and why? Any notable state leaders we need to add? 3 months ago:
Albo is less honest than we’d all like, but scomo hasn’t told a truth in his lifetime.