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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are a lot more alike than we are different⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I have been struggling with this lately. I am staunchly anti violence and anti war, and yet, I am conflicted on how far I truly would be willing to go to cull classism, fascism, racism, transphobia , homophobia, misogyny, and pedophilia from the world.

  These things are abhorrent to me, and I wonder how much of my humanity I’d be willing to sacrifice in exchange for even one of these no longer being in existence amongst the ranks of humanity.

  How much help does pacifism give to the world? How much harm does it give.

  Two scenes from media I consume have lately continually resurfaced in my mind. One is this scene from Vinland Saga, where the main character’s father confronts him when he finds his sword. The father is about to go off to war, and somberly asks his son who he wants to kill with his father’s sword. This culminates with the father, who again, is about to go off to war, that there is no such thing as enemies.

  The other is this scene from Star Wars Andor, in which the leader of a burgeoning Rebellion is asked by a spy who wishes to defect to the Empire asks what he sacrifices for the fight against the Empire. The monologue he delivers is chilling, acknowledging he sacrifices all things that make him human, he becomes like his enemy in order to defeat them. When he reflects on the question, and asks, “So what do I sacrifice? Everything!”

  That…is how I feel when I think on the fascism that has come to America. Having no enemies… if only. Truly. Having enemies robs me of my humanity. The thing I struggle with is…am I the one who makes them my enemies? Or are they? And if the only thing we can agree on is that we are enemies…then what choice do we have when they come for me and those I claim as my kin?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Susan⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol. Nicely shitted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Sorry but I’m a web developer and one of my colleagues obviously uses it without checking if it is correct, then bugs me or others when he doesn’t understand why it doesn’t work as expected. It is frustrating as hell and I’ve explained it to him multiple times:

  • Over prompt the AI if you are going to use it. Long lengthy prompts that are very succinct but give as much context as possible.

  • It is highly preferable to check other sources first like Stack Overflow. Even Medium articles can be better than using AI sometimes.

  • Type out what the AI output rather than just copy and paste. As you type line by line, explain to yourself what is happening.

  • Question everything. Do you think this code will work. Why will it work?

  • Test the code. If it doesn’t work as expected, trouble shoot it.

  • Don’t be afraid to scrap the whole thing and start over. Even open another prompt and try again if you really think the AI can answer the question (there are many cases where your problem is just too specific and the AI can’t).

  He does none of these things. I swear he is the laziest developer I’ve ever met, and I’ve met my fair share.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Relationship goals⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. I mean, to each their own, but I’ve been open and tried the gamut of butt stuff more than a few times with a few partners, and I’ve gotta say…just not a fan of either giving or receiving anal. Oral, on the other hand…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix has closed its AAA gaming studio⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, they produced Oxenfree 2 which was a welcome sequel that I enjoyed. But other than that, I didn’t really hear about anything else from them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah, here’s Some More News on that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Girls taking shits is hella hot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Coprophilia is a thing, yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FTC Says Social Media Platforms Engage in 'Vast Surveillance' of Users⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We need you Lina Khan. We need you, but stronger, faster, better. Let’s fucking go.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Terrorgram’ Charges Show US Has Had Tools to Crack Down on Far-Right Terrorism All Along⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What about whataboutism? Gotta protect against that too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨cohost to shut down at end of 2024.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn…this looks really good actually. I’m sad to day I never heard of cohost until now. But I’ll admit I just identify with the founder’s sentiments around the tech industry, and their strict adherence to moral values around how a platform like that should interact with their users. I wish their developers all the best in looking for new work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starbucks' new CEO will supercommute 1,000 miles from California to Seattle office instead of relocating⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well fuck you and your co² farting anus, Brian Niccol!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hey Reddit lurkers! my ad-free, open source Reddit viewer RDX is on Android now⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll second this request. I prefer to get software through FDroid when possible. I use Stealth in combo with Libreddit currently, but this has a nice UI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralised YouTube alternative Odysee no longer serving ads⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can you recommend me more than a few hardcore leftist content creators exclusively releasing content on Odyssee?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Analysis: ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ Season 5 Teaser Reveals Alt Cerritos, ‘Enterprise’ Gag, And More⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh fuck yes. All hail The Giant Koala! Lower Decks! Lower Decks!!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This. Google is pushing MV3 to single out and neuter the more robust and customizable ad blockers, like uBO. They’re trying to appease their advertising investors by force feeding them to you and they’re plugging the leaks.

  If Firefox ever gets popular enough, what do you wanna bet money bags Google, their primary monetary contributor, will put a condition on the next round of funding that they stop support for MV2?

  Stay small and crazy customizable Firefox.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Trek: Lower Decks Returns in New Ongoing Comic Series⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Better than nothing, but man am I gonna miss that voice acting, smooth animation, and brilliant writing. I’m still grieving this show’s cancelation. It deserved 6 seasons and a movie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what is with child names like Aiden, Braiden etc?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It could always be worse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I do wish they incorporated nitter as well, but otherwise it’s got every privacy respecting frontend and has a lot of public instances in their default listings. One of the best extensions I’ve come across.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, reddit’s search engine is okay, but yeah it doesn’t get as exact as standard search engines because I think it prioritizes keywords from the post title over comments and also prioritizes most recent posts over subject relevance. That said, the old reddit posts are still going to be accessible via standard not google search engines.

  I’ll admit this is somewhat of a bandaid fix, as should reddit keep this deal with google going, eventually this workaround will prove less effective than it currently is.

  This workaround just gets you the newest posts related go your query, and otherwise, for older posts, the search term reddit in search engines is still superior. So I don’t know, it’s the best solution I can think of for now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve posted this elsewhere, but it bears repeating:

  Just use ddg bangs if you use Duckduckgo and you can search reddit directly.

  !reddit search term
  

  or:

  !r search term
  

  It still picks up latest posts related to reddit, it just searches reddit directly instead of searching Bing’s results. It’s that simple.

  You can even use a redirect extension like Libredirect in conjunction with this Duckduckgo feature to redirect your search to a privacy respecting frontend like redlib.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google and Brave The Only Search Engines Able To Index Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It gets crazy when you use a redirection extension like libredirect. If you tell libredirect to redirect to a redlib instance, the !r or !reddit bang will try to send your query directly to reddit, and then instead you’re presented with the search results on a no JavaScript frontend. This is what I do, a lot less clutter than reddit’s site.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit changes have blocked all search engines except Google amid AI 'misuse' [U]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use ddg bangs if you use Duckduckgo and you can search reddit directly.

  !reddit search term
  

  It still picks up latest posts related to reddit, it just searches reddit directly instead of searching Bing’s results. It’s that simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google and Brave The Only Search Engines Able To Index Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Even better. Thanks, been a while since I’ve looked up specific ddg bangs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google and Brave The Only Search Engines Able To Index Reddit⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use ddg bangs if you use Duckduckgo and you can search reddit directly.

  !reddit search term
  

  It still picks up latest posts related to reddit, it just searches reddit directly instead of searching Bing’s results. It’s that simple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s annoying. One work around is to use a redirect extension like Libredirect and you can still search via the !reddit bang on DuckDuckGo. Thusly if I type into my search bar which has DuckDuckGo as default:

  !reddit some new post or topic, it will search reddit for the search term, then when it attempts to load the reddit page, the libredirect extension will redirect and show the results.

  Requires a bit of configuring and sure is annoying, but hey, no Google search necessary to get the up to date reddit threads.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox added [ad tracking] and has already turned it on without asking you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same. Librewolf and Mullvad browsers FTW. Librewolf comes with Ublock Origin and turns off a lot of privacy invasive configuration flags by default.

  Combine this with awesome extensions like NoScript (ublock can also block JS, but I like NoScript’s interface better), and Chameleon (spoof your user agent string) and you’re good. Add on LibRedirect to redirect you to alternative front ends like Invidious, Libreddit, Bitter, Scribe, and also paste in a Bypass Paywalls script into Ublock’s filter list, and yeah…there’s a LOT of options to give the middle finger to advertisers, I mean, just look into using yt-dlp with YouTube sponsor block, and you can go far with this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Medical Workers Evacuated From Gaza, but 3 Americans Refuse to Leave⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The staff and patients fear that without Americans in the hospital to serve as political shields against the Israel Defense Forces, the hospital will be destroyed, as the IDF has done to every other hospital in Gaza.

  God that is heart breaking. I understand why those that evacuated did, but I can’t help but greatly admire those that stayed. Fuck this genocide.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What if as I get older, like a Mandela effect, everyone's understanding of what the average life span is increases?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. If you’re gonna put this in any community, this is the one…though I’ll admit the question could use some clarification.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Don’t Want To Spend My One Wild And Precious Life Dealing With Google’s AI Search - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s easy to start. Google is required to send you a CSV of your YouTube subscriptions upon request.

  If you have an Android phone, once you have said CSV file, you can upload it into the Newpipe Application and voila, watch YouTube without visiting YouTube (or supporting the creators, but that’s an aside to this topic). Sadly I know of no way of doing something similar on iPhone.

  On desktop/tablet, you can always use Invidious. This is especially useful when combined with the tool yt-dlp and sponsorblock. If you use an RSS reader, you can “subscribe” to YouTube channels that way, and use redirection extensions to redirect you from YouTube to invidious, after that you can use yt-dlp with a sponsor block flag to download the video directly to your desktop, and watch it in whatever quality you want, with subtitles if you want, and have all mentions of sponsors cut out, and of course, no ads.

  Obviously, this is too much work for most, but this is what I do to not visit YouTube while still watching their content, which is simply more plentiful and, IMHO, higher quality than what you find on other platforms (save for possibly Nebula).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Throwing the lamest capitalist party at the end of the world. Wooo…AI…boo…planet earth?..