reksas

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft builds on Recall with Gaming Copilot — fails basic privacy tests⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  such stupid thing to sell that spyware with, makes me think of earlier people “buying” gold and gems from natives for worthless baubles because they didnt know better about value of either. And even if it doesn’t gather any information you care about someone taking, its still taking something valuable for no compensation > the training data and information in general that might be of use to someone at least and thus makes microsoft more money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I went to an anti-tech rally, where Gen Z dressed as gnomes and smashed iPhones. Here's what I learned. | Business Insider⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  misguided. people should be against corporations as they are the ones who make technology a problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder when they start removing being able to make administrator account on regular licences and make you beg the ai for anything that requires elevated rights.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A player before me destroyed a bridge in [the Tides of Tomorrow] demo, so I had to build it again in this narrative adventure where your choices have consequences for others⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Tried it, I like the idea. Demo seemed really short, but maybe that also means there are a lot of things that can be different based on actions of previous players. I think its worth keeping an eye on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  first you download something and it has nothing malicious, then you update it later and then it has something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU Chat Control didnt pass - proving the media got to alot of you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  just like y2k was just a media hoax, since it didnt happen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  wouldnt it be better to get 250w from smaller area than bigger?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  if the component is at its limit, then you can come up with ways to use that component more efficiently. Also reducing the size of the whole thing also increases efficiency singe you can stuff more of them in same area

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Renewables blow past nuclear when it comes to cheap datacenter juice⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  have datacenters get their power only from renewables and limit the amount of area they have to build them and watch renewable efficiency skyrocket as they either have to develop them or be without power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So...how the fuck do I trust *anything*?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I give trust relatively easy, but if anyone ever abuses it or breaks it, they lose it forever. Though there are things i wont trust to anyone unless I ABSOLUTELY have to and then i’ll be very wary and anxious unless its someone i would trust with life of a loved one.

  But i’d say start with people who are critical with the bullshit that is going on (and seem okay people in general, not the moon is made of jewish prezels wackos obviously). Try making friends with someone who supports lqbt rights for example, or someone who is concerned about loss of privacy, or someone who understands how shitty corporations are.

  But yeah, its crazy how nice and sensible seeming people can think that someone like trump or musk is okay people who is just misunderstood or blackpainted to look bad, or just accept this shit. Or how some people seem just plain evil, incapable of even understanding the value of things like empathy. Its like there is somekind of division in humanity where some are good and some are fucking evil, while most are just neutral and cant seem to differentiate the evil from good.

  It might also help if you clarified to yourself what consider to be “good”. Like, when is it okay to tell other people what to do and when its not? are all humans equal? Is it okay for someone to be billionaire, why or why not? This is so its easier to evaluate who might be worthy of trust.

  Most dont seem to bother even entertaining the thought of thinking about such things, why bother when there is new iphone whatever to be bought and new episode of some crappy reality tv to be watched, and news tell you what to think anyway. So its very understandable how you feel about this, especially considering how you have just recently awoken to the realisation.

  For me, i’m on the stage of trying to not care and kind of looking forward to end of the civilization while simultaneously wanting to live current somewhat okay life even though its slowly getting worse too. I want to care, but since there is nothing i can do nor have any community that cares which i could try supporting, there is not much else to be done than fall into involuntary apathy.

  Volunteer work might also help you, that way you would almost definitely find decent people and could also do some good. Though there are some pitfalls even with that one, like red cross is okay and all but its so big organization i dont think it has only helping in mind anymore, not with people on top getting paid big money or them suing other helper organizations (i have just heard they have done this, no idea if it has been justified or not. It just feels wrong if those other groups have actually tried helping people).

  So far it has been quite lonely road, not wanting to tolerate all the shit that is going on in the world and watching people not able to even understand the existence of patterns of the reasons for that shit, or just not caring so much its the same thing.

  I hope you can get at least something out of this mess i wrote.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  i heard there is something called murena

  murena.com/products/smartphones/

  no idea how these are, but i have previous generation fairphone and it has been decent, even if that one has android. I’ll propably get one at some point since i dont want to use android. the price of fairphones is a bit high, but that is how it is when you dont use slavery to produce them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨9 months after its 1.0 launch flopped, an indie dev just learned that Steam never emailed the 130,000 people who wishlisted its game⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  clearly that is the reason the game flopped

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo reportedly gets even more obnoxious about patent law by taking a 'mods aren't real games' stance against a Dark Souls 3 mod that could invalidate its Palworld lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  oh the poor shareholders, i’ll lose sleep thinking about their potentially lost dividends!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IF YOU TAKE ENOUGH YOU CAN SEE *THE PATTERN* BRO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  being a court fool or village idiot have been professions too. The problem nowdays is that too many people look up to the idiots as someone to seriously listen to, not as entertainment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  well functioning linux phone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  the promise i see comes from things that are actually in the game. Though it still needs more to be worthwhile, so i’m not risking my money yet. They just need to add more fun things to do and fix the problems with what they already have and it would already be kind of ok, provided they keep adding stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Replacing forests with solar a net positive, but neighbors bear an outsized burden, study finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What point does solar energy have if one has to live without forests for it? I would rather have entire human society collapse than lose the nature to keep supporting the infinite growth of the cancer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Star Citizen fans sigh deeply, rub their foreheads as developer casts doubt on Squadron 42's 2026 release: 'I don't know if we're going to make it'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  well, they are drip feeding the content as they are still slowly actually adding more stuff to the game. I dont think they intend to scam anyone since they occasionally allow people to play the game for free and without that i would have been inclined to buy it many times now to see what kind of game it is (and would have felt scammed). Now i just keep waiting for them to add enough stuff for the game to be worth getting, but after hearing they might add somekind of p2w shop crap i think i might just forget about the whole thing if it really bad.

  Its too bad if the game collapses at some point since it really has promise. I resent them for first fucking around with the money they were given and making it all seem like a scam even when there is potential for it to not be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  there is a lesson in this, never trust corporations or you will get ruined by them eventually. Either we learn to get by without them or just silently go into the night.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EU has never been closer to agreeing on Chat Control – here's how we got here and what’s at stake⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  we should start pushing opposite law in same way, something which would need to be repealed first to try push the chat control law again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Startup Flock Thinks It Can Eliminate All Crime In America⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  eu is trying to turn into surveillance state too. There is some group that is CONSTANTLY pushing this chat control law, that would make encryption illegal, if i have understood it correctly. They have been held back for now, but they can just keep trying until they succeed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Holocaust Museum LA deletes post saying 'never again' applies to all people⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  they should just post that israel gets a pass for holocaust since that is apparently how it goes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  oh the horror

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is AI Facing a Trough of Disillusionment?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  its so stupid how the companies seem just incapable of doing reasonable things. Either they hung on to old stuff even if it causes more problems or they jump on to some new hype thing. World would be better place if people with no long-term planning capability couldnt get any influence over anything.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle book piracy lawsuit⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  ah yes, a “startup” that has at least 1.5 billion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How OnlyFans Piracy Is Ruining the Internet for Everyone | Innocent sites are being delisted from Google because of copyright takedown requests against rampant OnlyFans piracy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  i hope it does

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How OnlyFans Piracy Is Ruining the Internet for Everyone | Innocent sites are being delisted from Google because of copyright takedown requests against rampant OnlyFans piracy.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  not just internet, they are going to prevent android users from installing any programs they dont approve first. So most likely goodbye opensource

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  bad reviews are how i evaluate the quality of stuff. Positive reviews cant be trusted most of the time but bad reviews might be more trustworthy. Any company that does this gives clear message that whatever they are selling is scam level quality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Over 450 Diablo developers at Blizzard have unionized⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  united we stand, divided we kneel

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  they dont want to make anyones lives better except their own. Pieces of shit like those have been bitter about any improvement to womens rights because they had it good being able to abuse women and want it back. Also minorities are good scapegoat for any problems they cause, so their rights have to go too or the whole thing collapses eventually as people might catch on who is really to blame.