RobertoOberto

@RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific Exposure⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  world governments currently waste $13B a year on publication fees -that’s money that should be in labs doing research.

  And only a tiny fraction of that $13B can buy a lot of lawyers, lobbyists, and favors to make sure things don’t improve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM is so expensive that stores are selling it at market prices⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  But now the surveillance capabilities of both the state and large corporations have been ranked up to infinity and beyond. I’m expecting a partnership announcement between Micron and Raytheon any day now, where Raytheon gets free DDR5 and Micron gets armed and autonomous security drones.

  Kind of \s, kind of not

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think most of them will.

  1. Their will use enterprise editions internally, where their IT team will have much more control over behaviors they don’t like at the group policy level than home users do.

  2. The executives at the big software conglomerates have the same AI boners that Microsoft does. They’ll be looking for ways to integrate new Windows features and use them as selling points for their own products.

  3. They don’t care about the privacy nightmare Windows has become because they implement and benefit from the same telemetry and data collection practices with their customers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨proof of wormholes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not concerned about porch pirates at all

  Not everyone has been blessed with the same gift of blissful ignorance that you have.

  I agree that people shouldn’t order Ring, it’s a shitty product for the reasons laid out in this thread and article. But “just be nicer to everyone around you” is not a viable alternative, and suggesting it is dismissive of the realities other people are living.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Ring Cashes in on Techno-Authoritarianism and Mass Surveillance⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re still talking about getting shit stolen off your porch, anyone within driving distance could be responsible for it.

  Do you really think it’s possible to try to become friends with or “help out” every asshole within a 10 minute drive of where you live? Or even identify everyone in that range who might have sticky fingers?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Israel publicly announces genocidal intent⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  who is this message for?

  Everyone watching from the outside. It’s an attempt to convince us that Israel is being fair and giving non-conbatants a fair way out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  …attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could…

  Oh my, if only there were someone with the authority to