ManOMorphos

@ManOMorphos@lemmy.world

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I replaced all my comments with the same phrase before deleting them with PowerDeleteSuite. The comments were fully restored and visible through a google search (but not visible through the user page). My posts were not restored, AFAIK.

This was during the whole 3rd party API thing. Maybe it was just something done during that time, but they certainly got around the edit replacement trick before.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, it looks like verification photos might be useless now.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The “holes” on her cheeks are easy to miss but seriously unsettling close up. They’re not like freckles or blackheads but more like what termite tunnels look like in wood.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Study: At Least 15% of All Reddit Content is Corporate Trolls Trying to Manipulate Public Opinion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
A lot of the shill marketing is very hard to prove. A lot of the dialogue gets mixed in with commentors that have genuine brand loyalty.

It’s far too easy for a marketing team to acquire a high karma account and blend in. We’ll never get a truly clear picture of how much Reddit is astroturfed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that chiropractors are not medical doctors and "Systematic reviews... have found no evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective"⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Some chiropracters are more or less “bootleg” physical therapists that use the same treatment. Of course, there is no guarantee that a given chiropractor will use effective and proven treatments like a licensed PT practitioner.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keep in mind that social security is set to run out in 10 years time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I seriously doubt it will ever pay out enough to be a primary retirement method, but there isn’t enough evidence yet to say it’s likely to be 100% gone either. As the fund stands now without any legislative input, it’s set to run out after 2035 the earliest.

It would be a long and difficult road, but I think it’s still possible to keep SS running and/or a meaningfully sufficient replacement. It’s not as though the money required doesn’t exist. It’s just that oligarchs want to help as little as they can possibly get away with.

The moment we accept that terminating a fund that keeps people alive is tenable, they will be emboldened to do so. Personally I won’t accept it. Hopefully this generation will have enough political power to keep it, but I’m not going to rely on SS to retire either.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Absolutely true. Best practice is to assume your Google Drive is effectively public regardless of permissions. It is very easy for a Drive to get hacked in my experience, not even considering the surveillance from Alphabet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Keep in mind that social security is set to run out in 10 years time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
That’s only true if we let Republicans axe it for real. This is a often-repeated line, but assuming all is lost multiple years in advance isn’t the right way to go about this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex Users Fear New Feature Will Leak Porn Habits to Their Friends and Family⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Many have caught onto the “boring name” thing and will click on any folder with a mundane name even slightly out of place. Encrypted ZIP files still work though, lol.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The pirates are back - Anew study from the European Union’s Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggest that online piracy has increased for the first time in years. In fact, piracy rates have bee...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Is paid ProtonVPN good for this? It’s got port forwarding and is apparently private, but I can’t tell how willing they would be to provide details to others in a bad scenario.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CEO Bobby Kotick will leave Activision Blizzard on January 1, 2024 | Schreier: Kotick will depart after 33 years, employees are "very excited."⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Stock price charts account for all splits/reverse splits, so it wouldn’t be a factor when comparing price over time.

I agree with the first point though. Even just performing slightly below the market with such a massive company would make Kotick very desireable as a new CEO, unfortunately. Maybe some corps would not be fine with his reputation, but I doubt he will struggle to find a position in a new board room.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
I can’t speak for the others, but I’m just curious as to why iMessage’s quirks are heavily put up with. With the options of messaging apps nowadays, the “green bubble” stuff seems like an arbitrary problem.

Sure, it’s stock software, but plenty are willing to switch off Edge/Safari for Chromium browsers. I understand that there’s strong social pressure to conform to using the same messaging service.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pressure grows on Apple to open up iMessage⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
If you’re that concerned with security, shouldn’t you be using Signal and try to convince others to do so? iMessage is E2E encrypted but Signal is platform-agnostic and has better security/privacy.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BBC will block ChatGPT AI from scraping its content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:
Reuters is pretty good. No autoplay vids, only 1-2 quiet ads an article, and is mainly cut-and-dry news.

No news source is 100% reliable, but I can easily see AI picking up bad information or misinterpreting human text. Nothing wrong with AI news by itself, but it’s a good habit to verify any source by yourself.