ClockworkOtter

@ClockworkOtter@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Get ready for something they were doing 20 years ago?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK to “encourage” Apple and Google to put nudity-blocking systems on phones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think it’s anything as sinister from the current government. I’m not saying it’s a good idea, but they’re more stupid and weak than they are totalitarian. British Labour has had an obsession with “tech” solutions for social issues since the start of the Blair years. Sometimes it works, but as often it’s mired in incompetency and corruption.

  I suspect that this recent spate of apparent puritanism is because they recognise that gender-based and sexual violence are “issues” after the discourse around Adolescence, but they can’t/don’t want to do anything actually meaningful (improve welfare, job opportunities, life prospects) so are latching onto what they believe are “easy” solutions. No-one with power actually understands how net infrastructure works, or cares about privacy as a principle, but they do have a group think that also leads them to think that this might make some inroads with “the right.”

  It’s all absolute garbage being slapped together by career politicians who don’t understand anything and are primarily interested either in their next election or their post-parliament careers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Failure is the best teacher⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately, my memory is pretty shit so I often forget how I fucked up when the situations come around again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Louvre says hundreds of works damaged by water leak⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why not both? Digitising isn’t necessarily more secure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Police are feeding passport photo data into facial recognition databases⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Who runs the database, and has access to it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's weird looking back at life, and seeing all the paths I didn't go down⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember my dad saying he regretted having not done a different degree in his 20s. I love him and I know he didn’t mean anything by it, but it did feel like he was saying he regretted having the life that ended up with me in it.

  Since then I’ve tried never to regret a decision, but still to learn from mistakes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ahead of her time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What they aren’t saying is that you need a mass spectrometer to be able to analyse the pinprick of blood.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t see mention of remaining developers protesting, only IWGB and the reading of statements.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Is Postponed Again — to November 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Where is it reported that the remaining staff are revolting?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Assassin's Creed is a "forever brand" because Ubisoft supported huge risks with it, ex director says: "Whereas, say, EA, you get these awful execs and they never made games and they came from toothpaste companies"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Controversial opinion: I like comfort games these days.

  The first AC came out when I was in high school, and my one of my favourite bands for a good few years released their first album around then as well. I may not have as much time or love for either now, but I still get a nice buzz when I engage with a new release - especially when it does something a bit different (even if not revolutionary) compared to previous ones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slrpnk instance is down till mid July; they might relaunch their server on piefed.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll be back when they get back up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wish all mine were as good as the best I’ve had.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, though if the sponsor is doing it on the cheap then they might pick facilities and monitors who don’t care or don’t have the capacity to pick up on all the details, or scrutinise minutiae. The monitor can only QC what’s written down for example, and an investigator can be perfectly capable of having the bare minimum of a consent process and copy pasta as if it was done thoroughly.

  I’m glad all my participants are of sound mind; the idea of navigating the world of incapacity and research gives me the heebie jeebies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FDA Is Approving Drugs Without Evidence They Work⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When it comes to therapies that are likely toxic, e.g. chemo, that’s why the sponsor has to demonstrate through pre-clinical data that there is a high enough likelihood that the benefits will outweigh the harm that it is a legitimate therapy to trial on humans. Even then there should still be thorough, audited processes for obtaining fully informed consent before recruiting patients into these trials, including making certain they are aware the trial may cause more harm than standard of care.

  It’s the burden of evidence required in pre-clinical data that makes me defend animal testing despite being vegan.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Efficient Seed Extraction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure I’ve heard reliable reports of stoma gonorrhoea.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Efficient Seed Extraction⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ever seen someone pick fruit out of an enteric fistula?