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- Comment on How would you quickly describe Lemmy to a non-fediverse person? 6 days ago:
Haha like saying something is boomer facebook
- Comment on I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles 1 week ago:
Damn, capitalism sure is great and is definitely working
- Comment on I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles 1 week ago:
Well said!
- Comment on I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles 1 week ago:
I suppose if their only source of considerable income was from snacks, then the comparison would make sense. Although it doesn’t make sense from a customer perspective where you’re paying more than 20 $/€ for a ticket (at least in Sweden)
- Comment on I'm not paying $8 for a pack of Skittles 1 week ago:
The largest cinema corporation in Sweden (when asked about why they chose to restrict people from bringing their own snacks) infamously compared bringing snacks not bought at the cinema to brining your own food to a restaurant.
- Comment on Magic is real, we just know how it works and call it technology 4 weeks ago:
What if humans are actually remotely controlled by small alien ants?
- Comment on ‘I’m a modern-day luddite’: Meet the students who don’t use laptops 5 weeks ago:
Not using a laptop because it can distract you is like shrinking your stomach because you can’t stop eating. Oh, wait…
- Comment on UK | Man arrested in dawn raid after sharing Facebook posts backing Palestine Action 2 months ago:
Where’s all the “free speech supporters” now? (like the one who taught his dog to do a nazi salute)
- Comment on A handful of people are slowly killing over 8 billion people, but we're expected to sit idly by and let it happen 2 months ago:
“You have to respect the democratic process, otherwise you’re literally a terrorist!”
- Comment on Allie, an AI chess bot, learns to play like humans from 91 million Lichess games 2 months ago:
So they made an intentionally bad chess agent? That also already exists.
- Comment on Fun fact 2 months ago:
Project mayhem vibes
- Comment on Every damn time. 2 months ago:
Scientists are spending time and money to torture mice simply for fun with no practical use? Sounds very believable
- Comment on Have you encountered this? 2 months ago:
Quite obviously through regulation.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 2 months ago:
So Windows 10 LTSC isn’t affected by this?
- Comment on Iron 2 months ago:
Abstracting “meth users” to “drug users” is hell of a leap.
- Comment on Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats 2 months ago:
No need for evidence. The idea of anyone being able to claim anything about a person without proof is inherently flawed. Are you saying that the app has some magical feature which forces everyone to tell the truth? No disgruntled ex can make up things about their previous partner? I would love to see you prove that.
- Comment on Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats 2 months ago:
Would you believe me if I told you some systems are used for other things than what’s intended?
- Comment on Tea app leak worsens with second database exposing user chats 2 months ago:
Arguing that tea was for “telling on predatory dudes” is like saying backdooring encryption is to catch people spreading CP.
- Comment on As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes 2 months ago:
Sounds good to me! With no mention of having to limit our internet usage.
You don’t have the power to decarbonize all electricity or to create and enforce laws to reduce the rate of e-waste. Until this changes, you have the power to limit your bandwidth usage, which is something that would result in less e-waste and less energy usage (and inherently less carbon emissions since all electricity isn’t decarbonized). You’re essentially saying “the paper says you can fix the problem in the future so I don’t give a fuck about the problem now”, which is not very bright.
And if reducing bandwidth waste really were that important, it would have go both ways anyway, with the providers optimising their content (probably forced to do so by regulations in some way).
My god. This might be the most naive thing I’ve ever read. This would be like saying “if carbon emissions were really that bad, oil and coal would be illegal”. Guess what? The climate will be (and has already been) irreversibly damaged if we don’t drastically reduce the amount of carbon fuel being used and no regulations have successfully come close to getting the necessary drastic reduction. Turns out everything that’s bad doesn’t magically get solved by regulations, especially when rich companies which rely on e.g. carbon fuel and bandwidth have major influence over politics due to their massive amount of resources.
- Comment on "Tea cup" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION] 2 months ago:
Saying 4channers suck is very similar to saying Lemmy users suck. Depends on board and instance respectively.
- Comment on Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire 2 months ago:
The payment companies which gave way were American.
- Comment on Women Dating Safety App 'Tea' Breached, Users' IDs Posted to 4chan 2 months ago:
Truly impressive how little america cares about its citizens.
- Comment on As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes 2 months ago:
You do realize that it’s harder to move to renewables if the energy required keeps increasing? Higher bandwidth usage requires expansion of internet infrastructure to account for peak usage which increases the amount of energy used, not only for the manufactured hardware (which will likely turn to e-waste at some point) but also to keep the infrastructure running. I highly recommend reading research about the sustainability of the internet.
- Comment on As Spotify moves to video, the environmental footprint of music streaming hits the high notes 2 months ago:
Youtube and tiktok are video platforms (instagram turned into one some years after creation). Telling them to stop having videos is equivalent to saying they should cease to exist. Spotify is a music streaming platform. Telling them to stop having videos has a minimal impact on their business model, which is evident by the fact that Spotify was widely successful before they started including videos.
- Comment on New Comm at !Lotrmemes@Piefed.social after the Dbzer0 admins banned me! 2 months ago:
This isn’t !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com.
- Comment on I'm doing my part 2 months ago:
When you want to do violence but it’s generally frowned upon so you have to find a way to justify it
- Comment on The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms 2 months ago:
Either way you interpret it, there’s no constructive intention. Simply saying it and not elaborating is an insult, a personal attack or whatever you want to call it.
- Comment on The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms 2 months ago:
You forgot the most important part: no ad revenue from text posts on youtube.
- Comment on The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms 2 months ago:
What is a text post if not written content? You can’t even write properly, I don’t trust you as an authority on what is written content or not.
- Comment on The industry filed false claims against the "Stop Killing Games" initiative | Accursed Farms 2 months ago:
No. Vaguely implying that someone has a problem is very much a personal attack. I understand that you’re upset by my opinions but how about you cry me a river?