kippinitreal

joined 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Title is on point, OP πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Sure it doesn't affect you, but your data is an important statistic to train zuck's algorithm to keep the other rubes, and children, doom scrolling on that shit platform.

In fact, based on a whistleblower testimony zuck would probably sell your data to the CCP to gain access to their population.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure he'll find unpaid volunteers to carry his ass, that he'll sell out once they reach the bunker.

/s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I think you meant "morale", but moral is so much better.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago

Putting aside the dystopian angle for a minute, if you knew your data is valuable, would it change your behavior? e.g. if you behaved exactly the same as the median, would your data be valuable to advertisers? They gain no new info from you. Would you behave erratically just to make your data more valuable?

This kind of makes the theft of personal data even more insidious, IMO. Your data is only valuable if you forgot you're being watched.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

If the tutorial makes you buy things, it's teaching you how to pay to win 🀷

 

From the NotCurses github FAQ

 
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Or as a Norm MacDonald's joke:

"A new study shows that Cheese & snacks needs to be stored on the counter, not the cupboard.

More outstanding research from the University of Scooby-Doo"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

echo your $PATH & site-packages after activating venv. The activation logic does some juggling with the PATH so maybe pandoc slipped out?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

I think Indians are willing to ignore an encroachment on some of their liberties, as long as there is actual improvement in their daily lives. Its the same as Chinese mainland citizens with the CCP. Living conditions for most Indians is improving rapidly compared to their parents for a majority of Indians. In their minds it's ok to not have, say freedom of speech, if you can guarantee food on the table, which wasn't so a decade back.

What most Indians don't realize that this is a deal with the devil. Letting go of too many rights, or adding more gatekeepers to their freedoms, is going to come bite them in the back. The Indian government has historically had a heavy hand on their citizens for protectionism, something they learnt from their Soviet influence. What remains to be seen is will they ease up in the future, when Indians will eventually start to suffocate in these restrictions.

History can grimly predict this, but I have my fingers crossed.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago
 
 

"I play both sides so I always come on top"

 
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