TerdFerguson

@TerdFerguson@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Cancel ChatGPT" movement goes mainstream after OpenAI closes deal with U.S. Department of War — as Anthropic refuses to surveil American citizens⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  A pedantic critique that offers nothing to the conversation

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord delays global age verification rollout after backlash - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Its wasn’t even a question

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get. Out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  if you think about how little the average person knows

  Average person… on the Internet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The leopard of consequences is hungry for tech oligarch faces.

  Eat, you majestic creature. And godspeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they dont have a single, fully-qualified penis amongst them all to try to convince people with.

  Sub-penis is the best they can pull out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oh, good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wooooowwwww. It’s being used for exactly what said it would be~

  I know a lot if us are not even surprised the least, but i hope some of the head-in-the-sand naysayer motherfuckers wake up and learn something.

  When they say the images wont leave your computer. Its because they converted it to facial geometry. They dont want the images because they take too much storage.

  When they say they will delete it after processing, processing includes sending a copy to whoever else theyve agreed to share it with. Palantir, im sure here, maybe through an intermediary data broker.

  I deleted my discord account immediately when the news of this face-check-age-check broke

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord walks back age verification fears for most users⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep. Too late, i fucking deleted that shit without hesitation or regret.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I use it daily, but I’ve now deleted my account and will move on.

  I dont put up with this shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Control the conversations in the digital third spaces. Crush ideas, punish those who are a threat to “authority”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I hear you. I just dont think the pressure is actually building on them for that rn.

  People’s attention is on higher profile issues in that arena and it looks like those cases will go on and on without resolution.

  Imma call it a 100% smokescreen for Discord, but absolutely you know the only possible reason they might ever care to do anything to deal with the problem (which this new measure does not)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Translation: we wont age verify you or collect the biometrics if we already have what we want through other channels (federated SSO, data sharing agreements)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. That is an issue for all online social spaces to contend with. It wont be solved by blocking mature content servers/channels.

  “Won’t someone please think of the children” is the pablum that you will accept so they can monetize your biometric data with the data you create and consume on their platform.

  You really think they give a shit about kids safety?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok. Well I will delete my account then.

  This kind of enshittification is in tolerable. The reason this exists is solely to tie your online behaviour to your real life identity.

  “They” want to control people’s conversations in the digital third spaces. And to find ways to punish you for the thoughts they disapprove of. Discord is happy to sell that data to whomever is buying it.

  Oh well. More fediverse, please!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … but it was already too late. They alienated their users completely and Linux is soooo nice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Super mario world ghost house theme.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Username suggests otherwise

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Data centers will consume 70 percent of memory chips made in 2026 - supply shortfall will cause the chip shortage to spread to other segments | Tom's Hardware⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Because we live in a binary world with nothing other than absolute polarity.

  I hate LLM, i also use LLM.

  How can it be true?! The hypocrisy!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨200 million records exposed in massive Pornhub data breach — here’s what we know so far⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  LMAO at anyone who made, or paid for, a PornHub account.

  “Yes, I would like to log into PornHUB using my GMail account, please, for my convenience” AHAHAHAHA uthey have SSO for Gmail and Twitter! AHAHAHAHAHAHA

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What a stupid fucking dildo. Sucking pp like that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Update: Valve Responds] Mastercard Denies Pressuring Steam To Censor 'NSFW' Games⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Freedom of speech is not the same thing as "freedom from consequences for saying something idiotic’