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For my take on those news, check here. Including context. Here I'll solely talk about the comments in that cesspool of idiocy.

[1]All this does if make things worse. [2] Things like banning the sale of personal information would be a step in the right direction.

1: It's too early to know what'll happen. It might make things better, worse, or the same.

2: I agree that the sale of personal info should be outright banned; one's control over their own data should be seen as an inalienable right.

Note currently there's an ongoing law project seeking to assign property rights to individuals over their personal data. IMO a side-step - on one hand it means you'd have an easier time suing megacorpos for stealing your data, on another it means they can still press you to share it.

A big issue here would be defining social media. // Are forums social media? What about reddit? What about YouTube? // I think what we really need is a ban on algorithmic recommendations that seek to encourage engagement or total time spent on the app.

The article 19 of the Marco Civil da Internet - that the STF is getting rid of - does not talk about "social media", but rather "provedor de aplicações de internet" (lit. internet application provider). It's basically anyone providing internet services to a third party.

As such, "ackshyually wut teh definishun of sacial meria" is not a relevant concern.

US Social Media should just cancel service to that territory.

I kind of low-key wish that that happened, those megacorpos are cancer. But it won't - no megacorpos would unnecessarily restrict its own market.

But let's roll with that. The impact of that would be hilariously small: a single month of disruption, then business as usual. For reference check what happened when ~~the dickhead~~ Alexandre de Moraes banned Twitter, almost everybody and their caramel-coloured dog migrated to Bluesky. Once a platform is gone so is the network effect associated with it.

The "right" pronunciation depends on what you take for reference. If you're treating the word as an English one, the woman is right - English doesn't allow this sort of initial cluster, and spelling-wise it's well-established that some initial consonants are mute (see e.g. "knife").

And, if treating the word as a Koine Greek one... odds are both are butchering the word so much that [pə] wouldn't save the day. Even the man is likely pronouncing it as [pə.'tɒl.ə.mi]; the Greek word would be more like [pto.le.'mɛ:.os], or [pto.le.'maɪ̯.os] with a really conservative pronunciation.

I'd take [gb] and [pt] all day over [ŋθ] or [θɹ].

Unless you mean [g͡b] (the co-articulated consonant, often common in languages from West Africa). Then I'm saying noooope.

I don't blame the orcas - have you seen a human? Those things are, like, 1/3 of the size of an orca; they're clearly malnourished, some good ol' seal meat will fix'em up real good!

Serious now. I think it's interesting how they're interacting cooperatively, with an animal of a different species. And it isn't like either side domesticated the other (unlike, say, humans vs. dogs and cats); they don't even live in the same environments, at most you have some humans doing short trips into the sea and that's it.

“What I think in a sense is more impressive is that humans basically give no credit to any other creature for having a mind,” Safina said. Yet many other creatures, including orcas, understand implicitly that humans have minds. “So they understand us, and give us more credit there, they seem to comprehend the world better than we do, in our self-imposed estrangement.”

I feel like this is a step beyond theory of mind already.

This series looks fun, right up my alley. BRB, binge reading all 31 chapters.

EDIT - on the series:

It reminds me "My Death Flags Show No Sign of Ending": boy reincarnates as a game villain but avoids being one. However unlike Harold, Len isn't forced into a certain path.

I don't like the whole maken ex machina thing - he seems to develop a new demon sword skill "conveniently" when he needs it the most. The author could've handled this better, I think. Still, better than having him start even more powerful right off the bat.

On the other hand, I love how the romance with Lydia is developing; sure, it's slow, but it's innocent and heartwarming. The two senpai adventurers are also bro tier, it's refreshing to see them watching out for newbies instead of picking on them.

I'm not sure on the way they handled Chronoa? Okay, having him protect someone who's extremely powerful is cute, but we (readers) already knew she was a big shot right off the bat.

HE STOLE YERKQU'S HORSE!

On ch31: oh boy, Fiona is a rival for Lycia, isn't she? Including mutual acknowledgement of each other's strengths. ... ...I'm still on Team Lycia though.

The monsters being of different species hints a stampede. But I don't know if this story will handle it this way.

Worth noting a small progress is better than no progress at all. Sure, you might not be able to avoid all Meta products, because there's always someone among your acquaintances you couldn't contact otherwise; but by migrating whoever you can, you're at least reducing the amount of info you're exposing to Meta. At this rate might as well treat it by what it is - using a Meta product is to put yourself in a vulnerable position.

And, seriously, the idea of some AI "managing your schedule, anticipating your needs, running your home, helping you make decisions, and maybe even guiding your career" is fucking awful. Even if it was another human being doing it for free, this would be a bad idea - it's losing control over your own life. (inb4 not even secretaries do this - they handle the chores, but the overarching decisions are still up to the boss.) It gets worse when you remember those artificial "intelligence" systems aren't intelligent at all, and they do dumb shit all the bloody time.

I do recommend giving them a shot. Worst hypothesis (you hate it) they're easy to pick out.

One hint I can give you, if making it at home, is to soft-boil them (8min). You want the yolk firm enough to slice, but not too cooked - to compensate for the baking.

enjoy yours tomorrow

Thanks!

The sliced eggs go alongside other toppings; none of the toppings requires a lot of cooking time, so the eggs won't get overcooked.

This is a twist on a common local (Brazil) pizza flavour, pizza à portuguesa (lit. "pizza alla Portuguese"):

Except I'm subbing tomatoes for mushrooms.

I wish [email protected] and [email protected] got a bit more activity, but considering the size of the Fediverse and the relative obscurity of the subject, I think that's expected.

I kind of gave up [email protected] though. Nowadays the comm feels kind of pointless.

I'm also wondering if I should create a comm about something else. The problem is that I'm more of a commenter than a poster, so I struggle to nurture my comm's initial activity.

Assuming some lemmy.world user is from lemmy.ml.

Assuming OsrsNeedsF2P is not in Korea, even after being shown clear evidence they are.

Assuming the user above is a "shill for fascists", based on them saying North Korea doesn't want to use nukes.

They (you?; IDK/DC) don't know it. They're assuming all this shite.

And something needs to be said about their (your?) attitude towards people based on instance: it's both factually incorrect and morally disgusting. What they're (you're?) doing there is acting based on a stereotype.

Based on the modlog, I'm going to take an guess and say that the person in question posted an AI-generated image representing a fictitious but realistic child doing something sexual with an adult, and the removal entry doesn't show in the modlog because it was purged.

"Technically" this is not CSAM, but the difference does not matter here. No sane instance allows images depicting sex with children; doubly so if it can be reasonably confused with CSAM, like AI generated images can. So, if my guess is correct, the user deserved it.

And, if my guess is wrong (it could be - I don't know), the user still deserves a permaban, but under another reason: just look at the modlog. It boils down to the user assuming (i.e. making shit up, lying to know what they don't) things about other users, so they can screech at them. Being an assumer on its own is already bad, but a combative assumer is even worse.

I even left a chair near my desk, just for her

Since I posted Frieda's pic, might as well share my old lady Kika:

She's currently spending so much time on the chair people have joked I found a translation reviewer.