cosmic_cowboy
@cosmic_cowboy@reddthat.com
- Comment on IRS says its number of audits is about to surge. Here's who the agency is targeting. 6 months ago:
The opposite of dystopian, this seems like a great thing. And this isn’t even raising tax rates; just enforcing the laws we already have.
- Comment on Bark Air, a new luxury airline for dogs, launching flights in May 6 months ago:
I just want universal healthcare. Please…
- Comment on FCC fines big three carriers $196M for selling users’ real-time location data 6 months ago:
Nothing will change until they start jailing people. Fines are just the cost of doing business in the modern era.
- Comment on The walls of Apple’s garden are tumbling down 6 months ago:
Switched over to Pop!_OS from MacOS a few years ago. While there aren’t a ton of open source mobile options, I decided to go with GrapheneOS over iOS. Fuck walled gardens.
- Comment on I mean have they seen our stipends 6 months ago:
That 10% off at my coffee shop goes a long way towards affording rent.
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 6 months ago:
I definitely understand your view on crypto, and I hate to be an apologist, but here’s a view you may not have considered:
I think mainstream society has gotten far too comfortable with the lack of privacy in our everyday lives, and this extends to finance. A company has no business tracking the data about my purchases, let alone selling it. The government doesn’t need to know everything I spend money on either.
As with most topics relating to privacy, it’s not that I worry about what I have to hide. I worry about your intention with that information. As one example, if I were needing to buy Plan B for an emergency contraceptive, there is a not insignificant portion of our government and the general population that frowns on that, and could paint me as a target in the future if it was known.
- Comment on Come on, science! 6 months ago:
What OS are you running on your tablet? I am running Graphene on my phone, and the battery isn’t bad, but I bought a Pixel specifically for the purpose and don’t have a baseline to compare it to.
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 6 months ago:
Horrifying privacy implications aside, AI has really become the new cryptocurrency.
Don’t get me wrong, both technologies are interesting, but it’s tiring to see both be forced into applications that functioned just fine without them.
- Comment on [deleted] 6 months ago:
The only thing that keeps me tied to any Meta platform is the Facebook marketplace. It is the de facto method of buying and selling used goods in a sustainable fashion.
If there was any alternative, especially a federated one, I’d switch over in a heartbeat.
- Comment on How working for Big Tech lost 'dream job' status 6 months ago:
Family pushed college as the only possible way for me to lead a happy life and make money.
The kids from my high school who went into the oil fields are making double my salary.
- Comment on Come on, science! 6 months ago:
Instead of making phones thin enough to shave with, just give me a battery that could last a few days.