MasterBlaster

@MasterBlaster@lemmy.world

This is a remote user, information on this page may be incomplete. View at Source ↗

⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Firefox and hardened forks, possibly Cromite. All you can do is harden your defenses as much as possible and try not to go “oooooo shiny” when looking at extensions.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Unfortunately, they’ve been so successful, we won’t be able to get our kids to read this report.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This gave me a sudden flashback to the days when I had a program on VAX VMS that would spit out ASCII art to a chat console from a collection of dozens.

This was also huge on the old WWW III and other BBS Systems over various networks like FIDO. What a time.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I’d love to hear the logistics of making that work well in the current world.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
TIL Sortition. Thanks. Your since you don’t believe in democracy, what form of governance do you feel is best?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, you were serious! Well, I think what they need is Democracy first, then unions. Communism theoretically eliminates the need for unions, but the reality is that it’s just a dictatorship. Unions in China would likely either be co-opted by the Communist party through subterfuge, or through “reeducating” the misguided leadership and defining the unions - thus landing them right where they are, with a new bureaucracy.

Unions represent the spirit of the checks and balances envisioned in the U.S. Constitution. It is only by being of near equal power to the company that employees can negotiate for fair compensation and treatment. Without that, they’re just resources.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Oh, I forgot to address the Dr. Strangelove reference. Did you know that was parody and sharp criticism of not just The United States, but of the power structures of the whole (first) world at the time? If that kind of criticism were made in the U.S.S.R. or China, Cuba, etc., of their leadership, the film would be banned and everyone involved would be imprisoned or disappeared. We’re allowed to criticize stupidity in leadership over here (for the moment). We believe it is a useful tool to try to make things better, or at least a bit more sane.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Hey, how come you didn’t get the snide arrogant insults for saying the same thing I did? I’m jealous! ;-)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I was implying nothing about any other type of societal organization. However, since you mention it, I will point out that Capitalism (which is an economic, not political philosophy) can become horrific for the same reasons Communism becomes horrific - People. Communism was a response to naked, mercantilist Capitalism. Marx’s heart was in the right place, but he was describing a Utopia.

I think Democracy (in its many forms) designed with checks and balances is a viable answer to the problem. It ain’t magic, though. People still need to ensure it remains balanced. We’ve been having some trouble with that lately. It took fifty years of planning for the authoritarians to get us here. It’s a good sign it was so difficult, but now we have to work hard to fix the mess.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yes. I simply found it somewhat ironic that someone would point out that a Communist nation would need unions given the definition of Communism. It was to me a Monty Python level of dry humor to suggest that, and I felt my response should match that dry humor.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Thank you for the assist. You are correct. I made the fatal assumption that most people discussing such things would have the context of Mao, the long march, the various purges, the decades of poverty, the suppression and outright murder of minorities under their belt and would recognize that the statement was so obviously false that it could only be taken as sarcasm. Unfortunately, I didn’t account for people having arrogance and a sense of other people being ignorant morons by default.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
sigh. I know what communism is. I also know it’s never been implemented in real life and never will be due to the nature of a subset of humans inflicted with various personality traits like Narcissism, Psychopathy, and Sociopathy… not to mention simple greed and basic envy.

I find it interesting that you first assigned to me the characteristics of ignorance and arrogance, and then pegged me to a certain nationality, thus revealing your uninformed bias against an entire nation containing over 300 million people - many of whom probably fled whichever morally superior country you call home - simply for living there.

Now, as for the assertion that government control of the means of production is the antithesis of communism, I give you first a description of Karl Marx’s vision:

Karl Marx envisioned communal ownership on a large scale through the abolition of private property, particularly in the means of production, advocating for these assets to be owned collectively by society. He believed this would lead to a classless society where resources are distributed based on need rather than profit.

Now, has it ever crossed your mind how this could possibly be implemented? I mean when you literally have millions of people collectively owning everything and therefore whatever is needed must be somehow made available wherever it is needed. Where will things be stored, and who will manage it? Who will ensure nothing is stolen from the people? Who will ensure item or resource “A” is transited from somewhere to the place it is needed? Word of mouth? Telegraph? What if nobody feels like manning the telegraph or decides not to relay the message to the next person? Heck - how do they know who the next person is?

In any sufficiently large group of people, some form of “government” has to exist merely to facilitate meeting the needs of the people being governed. So, I put it to you that the U.S.S.R. was in fact “implementing communism” by being the “people’s government” and thus, by their logic, everything is “owned” by the government. They have to know where it is, how to protect it, how to ensure there is enough of it to meet needs, etc… Unfortunately “power corrupts”. Or in the case of the Red revolution, it decapitates a revolution for freedom and democracy the moment it wins power and takes its place.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Sounds like American Evangelism. I bet they coordinate.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Malicious VS Code AI Extensions Harvesting Code from 1.5M Devs⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Damn, I took a quick look and I knew those two were shady just by the names and publishers.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Didn’t you hear? China’s been one gigantic people’s union since 1949. That’s the whole point of Communism. As you can see, it’s working swimmingly well.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How many containers are you all running?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is the way.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosted coding assistant?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Use AI, learn the methods, tools, uses. Then keep working through the process yourself like you do now with AI as a partner who sometimes flakes out.

Remind yourself of the tenents of critical thinking regularly. Never just accept what AI tells you. seek proof behind the answers. Think through those answers to ensure you understand the logic behind them.

Fight complacency.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Selfhosted coding assistant?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
We can’t ignore this. We need to know how it is done if we want to earn salaries. Reality rarely makes a dent in the corporate herd until years later.

By then, careers are obliterated.

There are ways to protect your mind in the meantime.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unifi Teleport⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is the first time I heard of it, so I’m going to read up. I set up openvpn on my NAS, ensured only the one port is open, and connect to the vpn when I need to access my local network.

Inside, I configured a DAVX volume and use DAVx5 on the phone for file transfer. The vpn uses a certificate and pwd for auth.

I have KDE Connect as well.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
You forgot, “Copilot is mother, Copilot is father”. I suppose it’s an obscure reference now.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
With added sexual excitement to keep things interesting?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Another angry upvote for you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Angry upvote. This is the case when they are serious about it. See my other comment for how I feel Texas approaches it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
It is because of who is running Texas. We don’t believe them. It’s either kabuki, or a means to extract something from the corporations while blowing smoke up our asses.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Yes, I couldn’t find one when my old LG from 2012 died. I did not activate wifi, added TV antenna. I already have Chromecast TV so I’m tracked enough, thanks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Since this is Texas, I’m predicting the suit will be settled once they secure a contract that ensures they get copies of every collection in Texas, indexed by name, address, and if available, SSN in perpetuity.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Soon Aadhaar could be needed to enter restaurants, housing societies as govt plans offline Aadhaar push⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
But, I thought Modi was a leader for true Hindi! I thought he was not at all authoritarian! It can’t be true! (Yeah, /s, just in case)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adguard DNS: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Most would know them through the infamous name “palantier”.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adguard DNS: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
I got a notification on my phone, opened it, and was hit with the privacy practice update. Clicked deny, was hit with a warning my device would be crippled. Port forwarding and other features would no longer work and I would not get feature updates.

I’m getting ready to install the Merlin asuswrt ROM to give them a huge “fuck you” and possibly get access to features I chose not to use due to the data collection they have. Basically, they probably noticed that few activated the honey pot features and chose to just force the surveilance on us all.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adguard DNS: Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
There’s a part of me that wants to cringe from the conspiracy thinking clear in this response. Unfortunately, the logical, observational part of me is much bigger. I see the patterns on this one.

I just this morning got a privacy update from my Asus router. They’re going to start collecting my usage. I clicked disagree, and it went to another popup warning that I will lose most of the features I rely upon, with a button “re-read”. How is this not extortion?

Now I have to go through the traumatic process of installing wwdrt and hope I don’t brick my internet access entirely.

Several months ago, my brother scanner software would not work until I gave it permission to send my scans to their server. I no longer use that software.

The surveillance state is expanding at an exponential rate. We are amidst the " great reset" the right wingers warned of, but it is driven by their “great” leaders.