AwesomeLowlander

@AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  There were MPs of both genders in the haka…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Three Maori MPs suspended over 'intimidating' haka⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the current context though, I suppose it’s definitely not meant respectfully?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We are seeing some vote manipulation⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody can see it. The info is very lightly hidden behind, and available to anybody with an ounce of interest.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cuban students call boycott over mobile tariff hikes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  It was not immediately clear how many students heeded the call for the protest.
  

  It’s university. The only students who showed up were the ones who didn’t hear they had a legit excuse to skip class.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verified fact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Does their anticheat stop it from working or something?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verified fact⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk what you’re on about, just block everybody and pretend you’re playing singleplayer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy,Mbin, piefed, what even are those?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  ActivityPub*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No, why would I care one way or another which instance they were on? People like you are why we have ‘morality’ laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not a sin, it’s just inappropriate. God you’re a judgemental dick

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My mom tells me I should cut dad off for cheating on her, am I a bad person for not wanting to do so?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Says the man posting from lemmynsfw. Things in your second marriage must be going super well

  Ah yes, you’re one of those who think porn is a sin. Explains a lot about your attitude in the comments here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Malaysia moves to clean up its street food scene with shiny new kiosks topped with solar panels⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why the heck are these stalls solar powered? They’re not in the middle of nowhere, and they’re not mobile. They could just as easily have pulled a power cable to them. Some dumbass politico wanted to seem green without thinking it through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Material scientist wet dream⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Well now I want to know what they were being pedantic about…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to manage cables is a very 80s thing that we still have to do in 2025.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  An elegant technique, for a more civilised age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Having to manage cables is a very 80s thing that we still have to do in 2025.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Cables being the main way of power transmission, they’re not going away anytime soon. In fact they’re proliferating, given the increasing number of devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why console makers can legally brick your game console⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Threat? Have you not seen Nintendo suing their customers the last 4 decades or so?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthropic's new AI model turns to blackmail when engineers try to take it offline | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To elicit the blackmailing behavior from Claude Opus 4, Anthropic designed the scenario to make blackmail the last resort.

  Today’s breaking news: LLM prompted to blackmail, attempts blackmail. Who woulda thought?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL blocking users on Lemmy is nothing but a placebo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s one of the factors causing echo chambers to form online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL blocking users on Lemmy is nothing but a placebo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not that I doubt you, I just don’t understand how a user bidirectional block works when other instances don’t support the feature.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me more about this apple up your ass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo CEO says AI is a better teacher than humans—but schools will exist ‘because you still need childcare’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell me more about this apple up your ass

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL blocking users on Lemmy is nothing but a placebo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How does that work from a technical perspective? Do non-piefed users still see you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re dodging the question. HOW would this reduce deaths?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would you like to explain HOW it would reduce deaths? Because no would-be mass murderer would ever sharpen a knife or, just, pick up another weapon?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Southport attack survivor calls for kitchen knives to be blunt tipped⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, would-be mass murderers everywhere will be deterred by the fact that knives will no longer come pre-pointed. Society will be saved!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FLAT IS JUSTICE⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m confused, somebody explain the ending?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL blocking users on Lemmy is nothing but a placebo⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure how or why it hasn’t been mentioned yet, but one reason blocking is the way it is, is because in a public forum like this, blocking somebody else from seeing your content is extremely open to abuse, while providing no real benefit from a protection perspective. As accounts are essentially free and unlimited, any malicious user can logout or spin up a new account to bypass your block.

  On the abuse issue, it was previously shown with some testing on Reddit that by posting something offensive and controversial, then blocking everybody who responded in a negative manner, you could within 3 - 5 rounds of blocking reach the point where you could post practically anything and have it seen like a popular opinion, since everybody who disagreed with you and was willing to call out your bullshit couldn’t see it any more. Hence technical reasons aside, there are very good systemic reasons the blocking mechanism works the way it does.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The most powerful laser in the US recently produced 2 quadrillion watts of power⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The article linked to a list of applicable research. …umich.edu/…/most-powerful-laser-in-the-us-to-be-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time Stop⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Projecting much?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Would have thought it was an obvious play on the headline, but I accept that sheer stupidity does exist.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … c/whoosh?