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- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 6 days ago:
He spends quite big sums on healthcare I think? I’m not saying he’s a perfect guy. Maybe the world would be better if taxes were such that nobody could be a billionaire. I just think I prefer Bill Gates to other billionaires, especially the prominent South African one.
- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 6 days ago:
At least Bill gives away a lot of his money, and his stance on politics seems relatively sensible and measured. Whereas the South African billionaire gets a kick out of being stupid and damaging to the US (and beyond the US if you look at his comments on foreign politics).
- Comment on Bill Gates Bought His Daughter A $16 Million Horse Farm As A Graduation Gift — But Ex-Wife Melinda Says The Kids Were Raised Very 'Middle Class' 6 days ago:
I know people want to hate on Bill for being rich, and I can understand that, but I still prefer him to a certain South African billionaire.
Maybe some people will say that’s like comparing a giant douche to a turd sandwich though.
- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 1 week ago:
I know Brits like to joke about the French but I like France. And they’re a pretty similar country to the UK from a geopolitical standpoint. Both countries have their own nukes, both are permanent members of the UN Security Council, and both have very similarly sized populations and economies (both have about 68 million people, while Germany has 83 million people).
So maybe France is a natural European ally for the UK. And of course France is right next to the UK.
- Comment on French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They claim the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them ? 1 week ago:
Maybe we need a new special relationship…
A photo of Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron standing next to each other
- Comment on UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s 1 week ago:
They do those things to some degree, but those things remain banned for under 18s, which I suppose reduces harm, even if it doesn’t fully eliminate harm.
- Comment on UK police chiefs call for ban on social media for under-16s 2 weeks ago:
By that logic we shouldn’t ban anything for teenagers. But we do: smoking, gambling, alcohol, etc.
- Comment on How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto] 3 weeks ago:
That would be great. “Get tae fuck ya wee bawbag” (I think that’s the kind of thing Scots say)
Unfortunately I think they’ll stick with the USA
- How chaotic gang of British 'geeks' launched one of most lucrative gaming franchises of all time [Grand Theft Auto]news.sky.com ↗Submitted 3 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 9 comments
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- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 4 weeks ago:
In both cases you have a person doing something that many people would consider bad. Then this person gets mad when others find out about their behaviour. If you don’t want people to find out you did something, maybe just don’t do it in the first place.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 4 weeks ago:
I think it’s pretty comparable. The guys in the OP are getting mad at Derek but they’re the ones who said bad things in the first place. Their actions caused this. All Derek did was let people know the truth, and maybe it’s good when people know the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 4 weeks ago:
If you find out that someone cheated on their wife, do you have to keep it private to protect the cheater’s “privacy”?
Maybe it’s better if that person’s wife knows the truth.
- Comment on The consequences (of my actions) have been extreme 4 weeks ago:
Good guy Derek
- Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. 5 weeks ago:
Maybe Lemmy is a 2020s version of phpBB (the forum software, which is open source like Lemmy is). Lemmy and phpBB can both be hosted by anyone, but of course the interesting thing about Lemmy is that Lemmy servers can share their content with each other.
- Bluesky made more money selling T-shirts mocking Mark Zuckerberg in one day than it has in two years of selling custom domainsfortune.com ↗Submitted 5 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 148 comments
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- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 1 month ago:
Fair enough. I don’t think I’m convinced of God’s existence myself. But I think freedom of belief is important - we should be free to believe or not believe in God, because I don’t think anybody knows the answer for certain.
- Comment on Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys? 1 month ago:
What evidence is there that proves God’s existence?
- Jobless, isolated, fed misogynistic porn… where is the love for Britain’s lost boys?www.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 29 comments
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 2 months ago:
Fair enough. I will try to read more stuff about encryption.
- Comment on The US Is Considering a TP-Link Router Ban—Should You Worry? 2 months ago:
I listened to more of their stuff on YouTube, it’s pretty cool, I can respect the guy’s anger and pissed off attitude.
- Comment on Starmer says he wants to increase UK defence spending to 3% - and announces foreign aid cut 2 months ago:
I think the 3% target is intended for the next parliament though. The target he wants to hit in this parliament is 2.5% from 2027 onwards.
I guess raising defence spending makes sense so that the UK can better protect itself from threats like Russia.
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 2 months ago:
Fair points. That open letter is interesting. I didn’t mean to be annoying with my responses, I was just giving my view.
I do think the oligarchy in the US is pretty worrying. As for encryption, I should probably learn more about it. I guess my understanding at the moment is only pretty basic.
- Comment on When You Block the Internet on Your Phone, Something Astonishing Happens Mentally 2 months ago:
Interesting idea. I suppose you could start a Lemmy community for meet ups for people in your country. I don’t know how easy it would be to find willing people who are relatively local to you though.
- Comment on When You Block the Internet on Your Phone, Something Astonishing Happens Mentally 2 months ago:
Yeah there’s some truth to that. Working at home can be lonely in my experience. But on the other hand you save all the hassle with commuting.
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 2 months ago:
The stasi would blush at the surveillance foreign corporations and the British government now engage in as a matter of course
My understanding is that the Stasi were very repressive - “using torture, intimidation and a vast network of informants to crush dissent”. I’m not aware of the UK government using torture to crush dissent.
But spying on all of the public all of the time comes at a cost to society I would rather not pay. It quells dissent in the short and maybe mid term, but that extreme intrusion, ultimately drives otherwise moderate people into the hands of extremists
I don’t think the public should be spied on all the time. But if there is some way that illegal communications (like planning murder) could be intercepted, without spying on others, that would be good.
The terrorists win when we sacrifice liberty for temporary security (or whatever that quote was)
There’s a quote by Benjamin Franklin which apparently is: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”. I always thought that quote was a bit weird though, because humans do give up some form of liberty in return for safety. E.g. we give up the freedom to murder other people without legal consequences, because in return we get some safety: protection from being murdered by others.
- Comment on When You Block the Internet on Your Phone, Something Astonishing Happens Mentally 2 months ago:
True. On Lemmy I can still be bombarded by stuff about the two billionaires running the USA, if I look at the active threads on all instances. But I can avoid that by just looking at threads from the instance I’m on, or by visiting particular communities individually.
- Comment on When You Block the Internet on Your Phone, Something Astonishing Happens Mentally 2 months ago:
I’ve been thinking how socialising on the internet with strangers is so hugely different to socialising with people in real life.
In real life you can see someone face to face, you can get a sense of their personality, and you learn to trust them. Those things are harder on the internet. You can’t see a person’s face, or hear their accent. Someone on the internet could be lying when they tell you about themselves, and it’s harder to tell if they’re lying.
Also of course on the internet people are much more willing to be rude and offensive because there are few penalties. If you meet someone in a pub, they probably won’t be rude to you, most of the time. If you disagree about something, you might say “okay, agree to disagree” and move onto another topic. But on the internet people will just be disrespectful cunts because they can get away with it, without negative social consequences for themselves.
In conclusion, internet socialising should be better than it is.
- Comment on Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row 2 months ago:
Maybe I should read more about encryption. I was thinking maybe a company like Apple could just keep the encryption keys stored somewhere. So if needed they could decrypt particular messages. There could be big punishments, prison time, for anybody within Apple who decrypts messages without a court warrant.
