boatswain
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- Comment on Trump Admin Will Garnish Struggling Borrowers' Wages as Student Loan Payments Resume 2 days ago:
Why would this be a bad thing? I assume that’s the connotation for posting it here
Because people who are struggling financially already shouldn’t have money taken out of their paychecks by the predatory student loan racket.
- Comment on Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force may not be needed but not ruled out 3 weeks ago:
It’s also about control of the Northwest Passage IMO; that’s why he’s interested in Canada and Greenland.
- Comment on Windows 11 is closing a loophole that let you skip making a Microsoft account 3 weeks ago:
What games do you play? I’ve been gaming exclusively on Linux since Windows 7 went EoS, and especially since the Steam Deck came out, I’ve had very few problems. That said I don’t play competitive stuff, which is what tends to have anti-cheat rootkits.
- Comment on Toward a Passwordless Future 1 month ago:
Anyone who starts off telling you that they’re the most popular and trusted should probably not, in fact, be trusted. Especially if they’re calling for not using password managers. Passkeys are interesting in theory, but my understanding is that most of the implementations are just another way for big tech to track you.
- Comment on The future of the internet is likely smaller communities, with a focus on curated experiences 1 month ago:
Oh my God, the Something Awful forums are still up: forums.somethingawful.com
- Comment on Lending e-books in the EU just became a lot more complicated as libraries move to closed ecosystems 2 months ago:
I don’t think this is a case of trying to make more money.
Sure it is: the only reason for DRM is to make more money.
- Comment on Reddit plans to lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says | Reddit executives also discussed how they might introduce more ads into the social media platform 2 months ago:
What we’re seeing with Reddit is just the first stage of enshittification: making things worse for the end users who have been captured by network effect and what used to be a good service, in order to benefit advertisers. The second stage is making things shitty for the advertisers who have been captured by all the captive users. Paid subs are probably a harbinger of that kind of thing, but I don’t think advertisers are locked in enough to be really stuck yet.
- Comment on YSK: The CIA's Simple Sabotage Field Manual Is Publicly Available 2 months ago:
With the U.S. government now in total control of a political party …
The quoted text means that the government controls the party. I believe what you mean to say is “With the US government now totally controlled by a political party …”
- Comment on Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school 5 months ago:
My understanding is that intention is not uncommonly litigated; I believe the question of “intent to deceive” is central to trademark law, for example. That’s also what the the “degrees” of murder etc are about.
Disclaimer: I’m not a lawyer. I do read an awful lot of contacts and talk to lawyers.