Duamerthrax
@Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
- Comment on Kid gave a reasonable answer without all the math bullshit 4 hours ago:
I had a HS teacher say the the 2nd to 5th richest people were the Walton(of Walmart) family heirs. I knew this wasn’t right because at the time, Steve Balmer(of Microsoft) was the 5th or something. I printed out the Forbe list and brought it in. The teacher coped by saying that if you combined the Walton wealth, it would rank that high. He was a POS teacher for more significant reasons than that though.
- Comment on How Crunchyroll became a global anime streaming empire | BBC News 1 day ago:
There was actually an overlap period when they were licensing anime, but still has pirates titles in their site. It was bizarre that the Japanese companies didn’t notice.
- Comment on How Crunchyroll became a global anime streaming empire | BBC News 1 day ago:
Step 6: Buy out or get bought out by various companies over time so there’s no serious competition or choice for consumers.
The only ethical consumption is piracy.
- Comment on do you think freewill truly exists? 3 days ago:
No, because you can just ask and pay for the one you want.
- Comment on Little miracles 5 days ago:
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No. Bikers do not have a “complicated history” with Nazi iconography. Maybe some WWII veterans could have an excuse because there killing Nazis and were displaying their captures, no one today has any excuse.
You know what you call a non-white person wearing Nazi symbols? A Nazi.
- Comment on Does this look like a Metri Pack-150 2-pin connector? 6 days ago:
Never mind. Apparently changing the search from “metri pack-150” to “metri-pack 150” brings up a very different set of results. I was able to find smaller kits and prewired ends.
- Comment on Half-Life 3 Has Been Designed to be ‘The Final Chapter’, It’s Claimed 6 days ago:
I would like to know how Marc Laidlaw was going to end the story. Well, we have Epistle Three, but it’s not the same as if he had stayed on board. Entropy: Zero Two is staying closer to what Marc Laidlaw’s laid out in Epistle Three then anything Alyx decided to do.
Hell, I’ve become disinterested in the Halo franchise because of the revolving door of writers constantly throwing out the previous team’s ideas. The moment new writers come in, the line between canon and fanon starts blurring.
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- Comment on WaaaaAAALLLEEEeee 6 days ago:
Windows PC or Linux PC? Cause Windows PC aint gonna run shit with the build quality of the hardware and OS of the average PC.
- Comment on Half-Life 3 Has Been Designed to be ‘The Final Chapter’, It’s Claimed 6 days ago:
All their games are tests for different technologies or business models. In hindsight, Gabe has never cared about the story of Half-Life. He just happened to have hired a good writer for HL1 and HL2 by accident. It’s why I’m more interested in the fanon then the canon at this point. Half-Life: Echoes and Entropy: Zero are criminally underplayed.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 6 days ago:
Can’t limit yourself to twitter, facebook and google. Hell, I think those sites are the riskier ones.
- Comment on Tamil Nadu: 3 Dalit manual scavengers die cleaning septic tank without safety gear 1 week ago:
If it’s anything like I see in America, people who aren’t willing to be taken advantage of are seen as weak and not knowing their place.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 1 week ago:
If you’re that vulnerable to shady URLs, you may want to rework your blockers or even spin up a VM. If you’re that venerable you phishing, just don’t give them your numbers.
- Comment on Your help needed: PhD research on why people choose to self-host 1 week ago:
um.si is for University of Maribor in Maribor, Slovenia. It looks legit.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies 1 week ago:
Four, hardware requirements delaying would be purchasers.
- Comment on Half-Life 3 Has Been Designed to be ‘The Final Chapter’, It’s Claimed 1 week ago:
If Alyx required a VR headset, Half-Life 3 is gonna require that brainchip.
- Comment on Fire Warrior (2003): Warhammer’s First Dip into FPS 1 week ago:
It’s quite.
- Comment on you are now witnessing the peak of online discourse 1 week ago:
Apparently this is all about bird feed. Does this stuff normally have expiration dates?
- Comment on Kangaroo 'tries to drown' man in Australian floodwaters 1 week ago:
I think there are several movies about this. We should stop burning fossil fuels.
- Comment on >:)> 1 week ago:
5000 years could mean bones rather then fossils.
- Comment on A real American 1 week ago:
Oh no.
- Comment on Who needs it? 1 week ago:
Ever notice how any time a Chinese app gets highlighted as being for data harvesting, there’s a bunch of people crawling out of the woodwork to claim “whatabout american apps!?”, but whenever an American app gets the same exposer, noone ever goes “whatabout Chinese apps apps!?”
Highly personalized, targeted ads are more dangerous because they can create tailor made political ads. This was happening with Cambridge Analytica and it’s why having any political discussion online is impossible anymore because you’re never really sure what the other person “knows” anymore. Before that shit, everyone got the same speeches, news and ads.
You also have the blackmail factor. I do consider Chinese officials getting blackmail material on American politicians and businesses more dangerous then American companies doing the same. It’s a small margin, but there is a difference.
The best I can do is minimize how much they get from me, give them bad data and block any ads. The few times I see targeted ads seems to imply they think I’m a conservative woman. Who the hell else would want Concern Carry Yoga Pants?
These data harvesting creating fake profiles to sell to ad companies are not my concern. Let these shit companies cheat each other.
- Comment on A Medicaid researcher attacked by Elon Musk's DOGE just killed herself 1 week ago:
This is just authoritarianism. I’m not a fan of capitalism, but this would look the same regardless of whether it was Trump or Stalin.
- Comment on Who needs it? 2 weeks ago:
Considering the few times I’ve seen targeted ads, it’s never actually relevant to me, I doubt their profile of me is in anyway accurate.
I use blockers so facebook doesn’t know what websites I’m visiting.
- Comment on Wet your hands with clean, running water, turn off the tap, spread cheeks, and apply soap. 2 weeks ago:
Someone should sharpy a ring on the finger.
- Comment on Who needs it? 2 weeks ago:
And if I don’t use facebook?
- Comment on Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store 2 weeks ago:
Doesn’t change that I wish people cared more about when companies shutdown games that they paid for. It cost Epic pennies to keep the master servers running.
- Comment on Apple executives ban Fortnight from the App store 2 weeks ago:
Wish people cared this much when Epic shutdown the servers for the Unreal Tournament games.
- Comment on Student Demands Tuition Refund After Catching Professor Using ChatGPT - Slashdot 2 weeks ago:
I checked it out again when reddit did their api fuckery. The progressives left and the libertarians are all that remain. I didn’t stick around long enough to get a better feel for the situation.
- Comment on Bungie confirms it stole art once again, will undertake a 'thorough review' of Marathon assets 2 weeks ago:
This is just parading a corpse around. Glad I never got into Destiny.