shadysus

@shadysus@lemmy.ca

• Simple way to get emails for new Lemmy or Mastodon posts?
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• What prevents Linux from being installed on mobile devices?
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In the Hamas/Israel war, why does Palestine have "hostages" but Israel has "prisoners"?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen this posted elsewhere, and while it’s a valid thing to talk about it distracts from the bigger issues

  Others here have explained the difference between someone who’s taken as a prisoner (they are being held because of something they allegedly did) and someone who’s taken hostage (someone who’s held as security for some other purpose). From what I can tell, even Hamas isn’t saying the hostages are guilty of anything. It seems like those involved in the situation agree that the terminology is appropriate.

  The more important discussion imo are:

  • Whether the charges against the prisoners are appropriate, or if there’s a history of charges, arrests, and detention without justification or evidence. I think this is the point people are trying to make when they bring up hostages vs. prisoners, but if you aren’t specific about it you end up going in circles and arguing about the wrong thing.
  • Whether those are being held (both hostages and prisoners) are being treated with respect and dignity. If their needs are being met and if they are being tortured / otherwise suffering unjustly.

  There is also some more important discussion around terminology, such as one group being called “women” (implies humanity) and another “females” (more formal, scientific, and a term that’s also used for animals).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Maps will finally be getting offline downloads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea that would have been a dealbreaker for me. I’ve used offline maps while traveling fairly often. That’s one of the main advantages of GPS, not needing to send any signals to determine your position. The device calculates it locally based the timing of info that arrives from GPS satellites

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  That is a current problem with Twitter as well:

  theguardian.com/…/twitter-saudi-arabia-human-righ…

  Saudi authorities illegally requesting data from Twitter / flipping twitter employees to figure out who is posting opposing views. Some of which lead to arrests, torture, imprisonment, and death sentences.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta deletes Al Jazeera presenter’s profile after show criticising Israel⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  al jazeera is a wholy qatari owned propoganda mouthpiece for ismalic jihadis

  … what?

  Al Jazeera is Qatari, and so I don’t go to them for content about Qatar in case there’s a bias. However it’s a pretty large organization and they do decent investigative work on stuff happening in South America, Africa, & Asia. New organizations pick topics they think the readers want to see, and so in Canada (and likely the US) there’s often little to no coverage on stuff in these parts of the world. Al Jazeera puts out decent investigative pieces and documentaries about these places.

  TLDR: Al Jazeera isn’t unbiased, and I avoid them on certain topics. However I DO go to them for other stuff.

  This article specifically sounds like a bad thing: