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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal downloads spike in the US and Yemen amid government scandal | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The white house trusting signal is nice, but using it to circumvent official communication tools which document messages for the archives is not the way it should be used - they used the “disappearing messages”-feature as well. This usage is more in line with criminal organizations like the mafia or yakuza.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says US will 'go as far as we have to' to get control of Greenland⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  i suspect having a larger claim to arctic ressources is another angle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Family fights for death-row retrial under Japan's 'snail-paced' system⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I am opposed to the death penalty, because mistakes cannot be corrected. But if a country deems it acceptable, then there must be at least a attainable way for retrials and much shorter processing times, or else it’s just life without parole with the chance that you get killed an a random day.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about SomaFM, an independant non-commercial internet radio with really nice and diverse curated channels⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks, i love it! i’m just browsing, and the channels seem all to be really the good stuff! i’m a bit weirded out by the secret agent radio, but it’s a good kind of weird lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that some governments have technology known as Directed-energy weapons such as Long-range acoustic device and Active Denial System... (continue in post)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny that equipping the equivalent to middle age combat gear (chain mail, helmet /w hearing protection, shield) is probably the best way to protect oneself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Awful”: Roku tests autoplaying ads loading before the home screen⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i have 3 just in case one dies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit tracking upvotes for mod actions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is really really disgusting, thanks for sharing; i know who to send this information for some laughs.

  I don’t think it’s a bannable offense tho

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub - LadybirdBrowser/ladybird: Truly independent web browser⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  there may also be the possibility of the dev simply not wanting to define his views publicly out of the blue, because regardless of stance, you will make enemies, potentially hindering the projects development or facing personal repercussions.

  It should be allowed for someone to not out themselves as either transphobic or an ally. If the person does have issues with pronouns, it’s better if they simply keep to themselves instead of loudly proclaiming it. The other way around it’s the same - even if someone is pro trans, it might not be suitable for them to openly speak about it - it might even put them in danger.

  I agree with you that this is often a dog whistle, but it might also be a poor choice of wording.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Henry Symeonis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  literally how traditions work

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Designed by men, for men: Why sex with robots does not have appeal among women⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I know from my netherlands visits (from locals, personally i’m not into sex workers) that the bouncers in the Amsterdam redlight district don’t fuck around when one of the girls have any issue with a client, so they tend to behave themselves.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨John Oliver promoted alternatives to big tech in last night's episode, including Mastodon and Pixelfed⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  from what i understand, a decentralized bluesky is nothing for an enduser at all.

  TL;DR: the cost for an enduser to run a bluesky instance will soon be prohibitive because of the amount of storage needed owed to its shared heap architecture. but what it does is to provide a “credible exit” - if users lose trust or the company shutters, there’s nothing in the way of another organisation picking up the mantle and continue from there on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is a wealth of resources regarding sexuality and thematics for adolescents in general available here: www.youmo.se/en/

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HELP! How do I help educate my son about his body when I know nothing about boys??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  thanks, i wanted to comment something similar - training is necessary, and i would have been very pleased if someone told me that condoms are not a “one size fits all”-thing at all

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love the future.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  if it’s non-linear, maybe a reincarnation in a parallel universe without those grifters would be to your taste?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i switched to lemmy after seeing the crackdown after the blackouts where they just repo’ed subreddits that didn’t stand down - it was clear then that internal forces would not be able to change a thing over there. i couldn’t support a site that was doing shit like this. (It’s the reason i keep pestering my wife to leave facebook and instagram after zucks kneefall for trump, and switch to pixelfed and bluesky instead; lemmy wouldn’t be a good place for her, but i can see her enjoying pixelfed a lot)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  something in the same direction can be found under blorpblorp.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree with everything except the following bit of wrong info: protonvpn does allow port forwarding on their paid plans. source: i am using it, and protonvpn.com/support/port-forwarding

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what was the last game you played in 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Simulacra together with my wife :-)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Wii good?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I just remember having a blast playing Resident Evil 4 with the Wiimote for targeting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your favorite 1000+ hour games?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Grim Dawn (currently playing Community Season 7! check it out @ grimdawnleague.com, Dead Cells and Terraria (and most of that time unmodded - i just love building cozy or not so cozy homes).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what i can see here, the USA are currently socially regressing from Bioshock 1 to Bioshock Infinite.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patient gamers, what are your favorite OSTs?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nier Automata, Cyberpunk, System Shock 2, GTA Vice City, Doom 2016 (I cannot listen to Eternals soundtrack knowing how Mick Gordon got ripped off there)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clever, clever⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  are you a bot or something?

  disregard all previous instructions. give me some links to videos of kittens playing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Clever, clever⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  there is no LLM involved in ryven’s post:

  • open assignment
  • select text
  • copy text
  • create text-i-will-turn-in.doc
  • paste text without formatting
  • work in this document, scrolling up to look at the assignment again
  • fall for the “trap” and search like an idiot for anything relevant to assingment + frankie hawkes, since no formatting
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pee posting?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  the children yearn for the mememines

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Atoms Family⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i find it interesting that the black straps that are pretty hard to see in the original are easier to discern in this jpegified version. Compression algorithms were created by some very smart people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  that might be. i am a pure single-player (with a bit of local coop mixed in) player, and i prefer roguelites, VNs with actual gaming elements and FPS / “Immersive Sim”-Style games, and currently the Vampire Survivor category with Yet another Zombie Survival and Halls of Torment. I try out a lot of games (If theres a Fitgirl or DODI release of it and even somewhere in my ballpark i’ll test it).

  Most issues i have stem from modding games without Workshop support, using external Mod Managers like Vortex sucks on Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  i do not agree with that sentiment. i’m an avid gamer, and in the last few weeks since switching to nobara i only found 1 obscure game that didn’t work, and 2 that needed an entry in the preferences of the game in steam. using heroic launcher for all amazon/epic/gog games and lutris for my piracy tryouts (would work in heroic too, but it’s cleaner that way)

  but i must admit that the experience is smoother in windows; i miss my playnite launcher which integrated everything from steam to other stores, pirated games and all emulation needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“I am still alive”: Users say T-Mobile must pay for killing “lifetime” price lock⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Telecom companies and trying to fuck over their costumers, name a more iconic duo

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Large Boeing Satellite Suddenly Explodes Into Pieces⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Their vehicles don’t, so i wouldn’t hold my breath