yucandu
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- Comment on Microsoft announces new Windows changes in response to the EU's (DMA) Digital Markets Act for EEA users, including Edge not prompting users to set it as the default unless opened 5 days ago:
I’m convinced the whole “your computer will instantly turn into a botnet that cripples children’s hospitals the moment you disable Windows Update” thing is part of Microsoft’s internet propaganda.
Like there are sysadmins for pretty big industries that schedule updates, sometimes once a month or even less frequently. Why aren’t they worried about all the 0-day remote code execution exploits that supposedly exist every single day?
- Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 5 days ago:
Why doesn’t China, North Korea’s biggest trading partner, pressure them to be less authoritarian?
- Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 5 days ago:
They’re definitely among the worst.
- Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 5 days ago:
frequently stopping young people on the streets to inspect their phones and review text messages for banned language
I’m really tired of people saying “both sides are the same” when it comes to western capitalist exploitation vs eastern totalitarian authoritarianism.
It’s ironically so privileged to even make the comparison because if it were the same, you wouldn’t have been allowed to make this comment.
- Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 5 days ago:
BBC is a pretty reputable source.
- Comment on The solution to many problems 1 week ago:
I thought you guys were talking about processed foods. Like potatoes > bread, that kind of thing.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
In Canada we were told that putting execs in jail would “hurt jobs” and we had to pass a law that said they just get a fine instead.
The execs in question were caught selling hookers to Qaddafi’s son.
- Comment on YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. 2 weeks ago:
We studied it in Canada, including how it was used in Australia, and it was the only electoral systems out of all the ones listed that actually widened the gap between voter intention and seat distribution from FPTP.
www.ourcommons.ca/documentviewer/en/…/page-174#49
Specifically here, where it is called “Alternative Vote”:
www.ourcommons.ca/content/…/image002.gif
I’m mostly just frustrated about how it keeps getting renamed.
But it is entirely possible to invent an electoral system that is worse than what we have now, and it seems politicians might have done that with IRV.
- Comment on YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. 2 weeks ago:
In most contexts, we’re mostly talking about Single-Winner elections.
In the context of electoral systems, “Congress” and “Senate” are multi-seat legislatures. Hence the talk about proportional representation, IE how many Americans vote Democrat vs how many Democrats get elected. Without that discussion you’ll never get a 3rd party elected.
- Comment on YSK that in 16 States in the USA has banned Ranked-Choice voting, including 5 that has just banned it in 2025, and 6 of those bans happened in 2024. 2 weeks ago:
Really bugs me how americans talk about “ranked choice voting” because you guys seem to mean STV, which is a form of proportional representation with multi-member districts.
But in Canada, “ranked ballots” meant IRV, which was basically FPTP with a ranked ballot, and ironically exacerbated the worst parts of FPTP like the trend to a two party system.
Stick with the real names of electoral systems!
- Comment on I'm baffled 2 weeks ago:
It’s the LONGEST song ever. Folks were like “Hey Leonard, this song is great!” and he took that to mean “I should write some more verses”.
There is no setting where it is appropriate to play the entire full length song.
- Comment on And sir cumference, the sphere 3 weeks ago:
Sir, I come from France.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
The “english” setting does nothing.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
Sweet I’m already using PostgreSQL because it’s the only thing Blynk supported!
- Comment on The best thing *you* can do for the fediverse is *just be kind* 2 months ago:
Because there’s fewer foreign bots trying to make you hate everyone in your country, and fewer social media engagement bots trying to make sure you stay online arguing with someone.
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 2 months ago:
Why not? They were fixing Windows XP remote-execution exploits all the way up to 2017.
And that stuff is only used to take down children’s hospitals, they don’t waste 0-day exploits on some rando’s home PC.
