Altofaltception
@Altofaltception@lemmy.world
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 3 months ago:
And what are we doing about the others?
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 3 months ago:
Yes but one is treated differently
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 3 months ago:
Right? But we’ve been convinced the Chinese government spying on us through Huawei is a problem.
- Comment on Consumers are so demoralized by inflation and high rates they've given up on saving for the American Dream and are spending money instead, economist says 7 months ago:
Isn’t the American dream intended to feed the capitalists in charge? This would fit right in with the plan.
- Comment on death sentence 7 months ago:
Oh get off your high horse.
We criticize the Chinese government for spying on its citizens. We claim it’s undemocratic to do so. Yet we do the same thing. This is not whataboutism, it’s textbook hypocrisy.
- Comment on death sentence 7 months ago:
Meanwhile in a ”free” country:
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 7 months ago:
Yes, but then the more people can afford to buy EVs. Under the current system you need to be well off to buy one, vs an ICE.
- Comment on Biden really, really doesn’t want China to flood the US with cheap EVs 7 months ago:
Something something free market
- Comment on this picture is 27kb 7 months ago:
Canadians*
- Comment on Cheesing it up 8 months ago:
Meanwhile Canada has a strategic reserve of maple syrup.
- Comment on Gaza Hunger Games 8 months ago:
They have been doing this for a while now. Remember the flour massacre?
Note that Israel will be banning Al Jazeera because they are perceived to be a threat to security.
Certainly, airing videos showing Israelis in a bad light is indeed a threat to their security. You know, people may doubt their intentions.
- Comment on AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames 11 months ago:
Have they tried getting them to play tic tac toe?
- Comment on Alec Baldwin charged for shooting; 11 months ago:
The scene they were filming involved him pointing the gun at the camera. The person who got shot was standing behind the camera.
Alec Baldwin claims he did not pull the trigger, and this was corroborated by the assistant director on set.
- Comment on Alec Baldwin charged for shooting; 11 months ago:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_shooting_incident
The scene involved Baldwin’s character removing a gun from its holster and pointing it toward the camera. The trio behind the monitor were two feet (0.6 m) from the muzzle of the firearm and none of them were wearing protective gear such as noise-canceling headphones or safety goggles.
The trio behind the monitor began repositioning the camera to remove a shadow, and Baldwin began explaining to the crew how he planned to draw the firearm. He said, “So, I guess I’m gonna take this out, pull it, and go, ‘Bang!’” When he removed it from the holster, the revolver discharged a single time.
Halls was quoted by his attorney Lisa Torraco as saying that Baldwin did not pull the trigger, and that Baldwin’s finger was never within the trigger guard during the incident.
This would be David Halls, the assistant director.
- Comment on Alec Baldwin charged for shooting; 11 months ago:
Public scapegoat.
- Comment on Call me an idiot, but I would die laughing even if something like this happened to me 11 months ago:
I swap out my all season tires for winter tires when the weather changes.
- Comment on Steamboat Willie, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon, is now public domain. It's also now a top-traded NFT. 11 months ago:
I live in Canada. Our leader of the opposition is a crypto bro. He is currently leading in all polls (mainly because our current PM is unpopular and not because of anything insightful that the opposition has done).
- Comment on Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? 1 year ago:
Okay. That makes them a bastion of democracy?
- Comment on Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? 1 year ago:
They are spying on journalists, not on other sovereign states.
- Comment on Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? 1 year ago:
An Israeli company makes it because there is a need for the tech. I wonder by whom.
- Comment on milk 1 year ago:
Wonder whose job it is to milk Santa
- Comment on Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? 1 year ago:
Ah okay. I’m not surprised Israel makes tech that can be used to spy on others. That bastion of free speech and democracy.
- Comment on Indian journalists targeted by Israeli spyware again: What do we know? 1 year ago:
India is Israel’s biggest ally in Asia. Says a lot when Israel is spying on India.
- Comment on Shows how out of control inflation is 1 year ago:
Additionally, the 2023 spike is not because of inflation. Inflation was not 63 % in one year.
Why was there a spike in 2023 then?
- Comment on Intel secures $3.25B Israeli gov't grant to build $25B chip fab in Israel amid ongoing tensions 1 year ago:
I’m not in the market for a new computer but will definitely avoid Intel.
- Comment on Heaven's newest angel 1 year ago:
That looks like most depictions of the pearly gates. There’s no fire and brimstone to imply hell.
- Comment on Heaven's newest angel 1 year ago:
The nose is a giveaway.
- Comment on Heaven's newest angel 1 year ago:
How did Nixon get there?
- Comment on Worst person in tech 2023 - semi final 1 year ago:
This is the 2023 matchup, so I guess it would put Musk on top
- Comment on Worst person in tech 2023 - semi final 1 year ago:
To make things slightly easier it’s Musk v Thiel and Bezos v Altman.
In the first matchup, I would pick Musk over Thiel for being a bigger POS in general.
In the second matchup I would pick Bezos for the larger impact he has had on the world.