runefehay
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- Comment on Google Kneecaps Loads Of Very Big Websites After SEO Change 6 months ago:
Mozilla wouldn't be struggling if another monopoly (Microsoft) hadn't destroyed their company.
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 6 months ago:
As I recall, the guy who makes Pixelfed (dansup?) is also working on a vine clone called loops. It looks like the site is https://loops.video/ Doesn't appear to be operational yet.
- Comment on A photography depicting the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza - 2565 BCE. 6 months ago:
The moon is made of cheese. Are these blocks from the moon? They are, aren't they. Wow! The Egyptians took giant blocks of cheese from the moon and made pyramids!
- Comment on Sex-ed content creators discuss shadowbanning and censorship on Meta platforms 7 months ago:
Yes, but Meta/Facebook is essentially positioning itself as a monopolistic utility by buying out all its smaller competitors and leveraging itself as one of the few players in the market. There are a lot of people, who if you want to talk to them or see what they have to say, you have to get a Facebook account. This includes politicians and small businesses.
- Comment on Sex-ed content creators discuss shadowbanning and censorship on Meta platforms 7 months ago:
And in the early days of the telephone, switchboard operators would listen in on conversations and cut off anyone they didn't like. Then in civilized countries, they required phone companies to be common carriers and required police to get warrants if there was anything illegal suspected, to listen in on someone.
Similar thing with the postal service.
- Comment on Sex-ed content creators discuss shadowbanning and censorship on Meta platforms 7 months ago:
The phones are run by private companies. Should they be allowed to restrict what you say over the phone (or sms)?
- Comment on Researchers unlock fiber optic connection 1.2 million times faster than broadband 7 months ago:
Isn't the phrase they use "up to" the promised speed? So if it is 300bps, that is not above 5Mbps, so they technically met their promise.
- Comment on degree in bamf 7 months ago:
Isn't there an infamous Usenet post where someone did that to the creator of Perl?
- Comment on Microsoft waited 6 months to patch actively exploited admin-to-kernel vulnerability 8 months ago:
It is part of the SSSCA / CBDTPA / "Trusted" computing initiative. The large corporations want to control what you are allowed to do with your computer. This is where the phrase "digital rights management" comes from.
- Comment on Roku disables TVs and streaming devices until users consent to new terms 8 months ago:
I have a Sceptre tv. I use it as a TV and computer monitor. I don't remember exactly when I bought it, but it has been at least several years-maybe a decade, and it works great.
The only issue is I think I damaged the screen slightly a year or two ago while cleaning. Most of the time the damage isn't visible and is very small, so I don't worry about it. Well...and I had to replace the remote once as some buttons stopped working properly. Otherwise I have been using it without problem.
- Comment on What Amazon Kindle? Here's an Open Source eBook Reader 11 months ago:
It looks like it is powered by a microcontroller. Maybe it isn't powerful enough to support epub?
- Comment on Android app maker Simple Mobile Tools acquired by ZipoApps 11 months ago:
Any good substites on FDroid? Specifically SMS and file manager?
- Comment on Sponsored listings are a ripoff…for sellers 11 months ago:
This seems to be the reason why I don't use Amazon very much anymore. Almost every time I search for something, most, if not all, of the results have nothing to do with what I wanted. I can't be the only one who has stopped using them because of this.
Anyone have better recommendations for online shopping?