BrianTheeBiscuiteer

@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned more about their paid services from this one post than in the last 5 years of using their browser. Not that their browser should be constantly inundating you with ads for their other services but dang.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not to panic⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why they haven’t floated the idea of some kind of subscription or one-time payment (though a subscription might be just as infuriating). I’m not above paying for software and if it was a reasonable price, say $10 one-time, I’d much prefer that over it becoming the new Chrome.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨25 arrested in global hit against AI-generated child sexual abuse material⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  On one hand I don’t think this kind of thing can be consequence free (from a practical standpoint). On the other hand… how old were the subjects? You can’t look at a person to determine their age and someone that looks like a child but is actually adult wouldn’t be charged as a child pornographer. The whole reason age limits are set is to give reasonable assurance the subject is not being exploited or otherwise harmed by the act.

  This is a massive grey area and I just hope sentences are proportional to the crime. I could live with this kind of thing being classified as a misdemeanor provided the creator didn’t use underage subjects to train or influence the output.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Caesars Palace, MLB stadium, an ice cream truck: DOGE reveals how schools spent billions in COVID-relief funds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So they’re suing school districts for fraud or was the Trump era program (see CARES Act) full of loopholes and not willing to admit those were basically blank checks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly, you probably want a 3rd party to handle the money exchange part. Doesn’t mean a Fedi app can’t facilitate everything else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know what Mafia-led grocery stores you use but if I put in a pickup order at my local store I trust them to actually have what I asked ready at the time, place, and cost we agreed to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is some Azula-level irony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, if their content was signed you could verify the authenticity of the certificate. Usually the business name appears in the cert.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can we please make a viable (federated!) amazon alternative? I have an idea!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Accepting payments and creating “contracts” over the Fediverse is no bueno at the current time. I think it would require some kind of 3rd party, almost PayPal-esque (PayPal has its own controversy) service that would create the obligation and associated penalties that come with an online transaction. Could be the instance itself but as you said that’s a risk most instance owners wouldn’t take.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media users grapple with anti-LGBTQIA+ policy changes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Stay strong. If they feel that strongly about using platforms that support the oligarchy they either want one or are putting profits above people. That’s literally what all of this is about: screwing over people out of insatiable greed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Social media users grapple with anti-LGBTQIA+ policy changes.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’d be nice if things on Meta or X just stopped sucking but giving them exactly what they want (views and clicks) isn’t the way to change their policies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to 2030. I own nothing, have no privacy, and life has never been better⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Notice it’s “you” will own nothing, not “we”. 😳

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Regardless I’m not buying a new laptop. My 15 year old netbook is chugging along and if it suddenly died I’d sooner rehab another used one rather than make this economy look in any way good by buying new.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer CEO⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Guess I’m 10% less likely to buy one then. If crashing consumer confidence is the goal you’re well on your way Mr President.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zuckerberg's rightward policy shift hits Meta staffers, targets Apple⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  At this point just look for a company that either still has DEI or explicitly asserted its place in the org. Besides kowtowing to the new admin they’re painting a target on their back so they’re probably not doing it out of laziness.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Onboarding experience needs to be simpler for mass adoption⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think there could at least be some kind of button or check box that says, “I don’t need to know how the Fediverse works, just sign me up!” and it would randomly choose one of the big instances.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is once again advertising on X after more than a year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  PinePhone any good? Sounds like it’s still a bit of a hobbyist device but if it can do the basics of texting and calling that’s all I need.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bad UX is keeping the majority of people away from Lemmy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Using Boost for Lemmy and it’s almost like I never switched.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The End of an Era: Exploring the Final Sony MiniDisc Walkman Models⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If they made the data drives more widely available I’d probably still be using one today. They’re effectively CD-RWs with a built-in case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(ROOST) Robust Open Online Safety Tools: Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord raised $27M+ to provide free, open-source tools for improving child safety online.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow! Pretty much the “who’s who” of companies I’ve don’t trust!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Really took the wind out of my satirical comment that Musk wanted to bring back the Pinto.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s kind of inevitable right now. The most important thing is making sure Trump and the GOP get the blame.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google abandons 'do no harm' AI stance, opens door to military weapons⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do harm others before others harm you

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I definitely would’ve considered Tesla as my first EV but as of now they’re dead to me. If he was completely gone then that actually becomes a selling point for me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Merit-based” hiring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Give permission. Don't give permission. They know where you are anyway⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine an ad blocker could prevent this data going out, unless the hosts were generic and the game/app simply won’t work without allowing those connections. I’ve never seen an app be [obviously] broken from my ad blocker but I am interested in running a similar experiment to see just how much data is going out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. So I don’t imagine lawmakers will quit there. And my previous posts weren’t to say, “It’s only crack. How bad can it be?” But more to say, “Let’s define the problem before we try to fix it.” Stating the problem as, “Kids are looking at porn,” is oversimplifying and misses the cause and effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m asking is the response proportional to the damage? I never said I thought it wasn’t harmful or that we shouldn’t regulate access. Obviously many people are upset with the adult verification methods that these states are using, but is this a necessary evil or virtue signaling? All we know is that kids shouldn’t view porn, so how far does that get taken? All the way to a complete ban? What’s the measure of success even?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not advocating for universal access to porn or anything but is there any linkage or study showing a detrimental affect of porn on kids? A few things I’ll say from my own experiences. I first saw porn around 10 years old and I thought it was gross and didn’t have any desire to search for more. Later, in my early teens, I did search out porn but only softcore, because I thought vaginas were ugly. I did get a porn obsession for a long time and it did negatively impact at least one relationship, but that could’ve gone differently if my girlfriend was into any kind of porn (some girls are).

  It’s a vice and can easily become addictive but I could also see video games filling the same role.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I only tip if the staff performed some actual service, not just calling my name for me to pick up my own order from the counter. Tipping in those situations (all situations actually) will allow the employer to pay shit wages longer and avoid a union to get them the benefits they deserve.