There are some instances where Reddit is still a great source of information just due to the sheer size of the community. But there’s a lot more shit to wade through after the exodus a couple years back. I haven’t signed back in for years.
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Technology@lemmy.world•US adds web and gaming giant Tencent to list of Chinese military companiesEnglish
43·11 months agoWhile China is considered part of the global south, its economy is so massive and it is so influential globally it really shouldn’t be.
Edit: Also in China’s case, that was the UK, not the US.
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Technology@lemmy.world•FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals CourtEnglish
43·11 months agoLieberman wasn’t a Democrat.
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Technology@lemmy.world•FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals CourtEnglish
181·11 months agoYeah mate, he tried. Congress didn’t pass single-payer and he didn’t anticipate that level of Republican hostility because it hadn’t happened on that scale in the modern era of politics. So we got the ACA instead, which has likely saved thousands of lives just through no denial of coverage for preexisting conditions, let alone everything else it did.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Serbian authorities using spyware to illegally surveil activists, report findsEnglish
1·1 year agoIt’s true, Sabra’s zero-day exploits must be stopped!
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Technology@lemmy.world•U.S. officials urge Americans to use encrypted apps amid unprecedented cyberattackEnglish
3·1 year agoOk but no one is arguing Windows is encrypted. Google is specifically stating, in a way that could get them sued for shitloads of money, that their messaging protocol is E2EE. They have explicitly described how it is E2EE. Google can be a bad company while still doing this thing within the bounds we all understand. For example, just because the chat can’t be backdoored doesn’t mean the device can’t be.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The GuardianEnglish
73·1 year agoIt’s actually kjnd of the opposite: America has the dominant culture going back generations. It’s just that culture is very materialistic, so people try to find something deeper. That’s my theory anyway. Besides, most of us are immigrants and I think a lot of Americans want some connection to their place of origin.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Concerns about medical note-taking tool raised after researcher discovers it invents things no one said — Nabla is powered by OpenAI's WhisperEnglish
8·1 year agoIt’s a more complicated version of that feature where Gmail offers suggested responses like “let me look into that” and “thank you.”
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Technology@lemmy.world•Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With BotsEnglish
31·1 year agoShe was a journalist who used the Panama Papers to expose high level corruption in Malta. Galizia did not break the Panama Papers story, she’s impressive enough without people making stuff up about her.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Internet forums are disappearing because now it's all Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.English
20·1 year agoDidn’t he tour with Mastodon?
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Technology@lemmy.world•How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping WorkEnglish
11·1 year agoI don’t see anywhere that you can’t also just buy a battery and charge it yourself if you’d prefer that over a subscription.
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Technology@lemmy.world•How One Chinese EV Company Made Battery Swapping WorkEnglish
62·1 year agoSort of like how you pay over and over for gas, without which your car doesn’t work?
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Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube looks to be testing server-side ad injection to counter ad blockersEnglish
7·1 year agoEveryone I’ve spoken to about it has noted that it’s become a very different place. I’ll still use it for reviews and getting tips for serious things like privacy and some basic DIY. But a lot of that advice will be obsolete in a couple years and very few people are replenishing it. Who’s going to give a shit about the best home theater setups of 2023 in two years?
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Technology@lemmy.world•A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers sayEnglish
1·2 years agoIt’s a fairly routine argument by the defense (we’re being singled out/the regulations are unclear). And regarding federal enforcement, there’s a lot of hamstringing by Congress.
All that to say, this is arguably a good sign of the FTC properly enforcing, not a reason for pessimism.
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Technology@lemmy.world•A Ticketmaster hack spilled sensitive data for 560 million customers, hackers sayEnglish
2·2 years agoI’m not sure how that’s indicative of the FTC not being serious? You’re quoting a defense argument, of course they’re going to argue the agency is wrong.
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump ends speech to 'mostly boos' after going 'off prompter' and 'making fun of' his host
17·2 years agoFun fact: most libertarians don’t want to be left alone. They don’t want to be regulated. They still want a society with rules, they just want those rules to be whatever they decide works for them, without regard to whether those rules would fuck over someone else.
Some so-called libertarians actually do want to live apart from society but at that point they’re just antisocial. Because being libertarian means you need to be part of a group, which is antithetical to the ethos of being left alone.
Both of these cohorts are no fun at parties.
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Technology@lemmy.world•Male birth control breakthrough safely switches off fit sperm for a whileEnglish
2·2 years agoIt’s medical ethics, not the Hippocratic Oath. Most doctors swear to an ethical standard. Besides, “first, do no harm” is a bit unhelpful if you’re a surgeon.
Otherwise you’re right, the risks of pregnancy outweigh the side effects of birth control, which is why birth control for women doesn’t have as high a standard for mitigating other consequences.
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politics @lemmy.world•RFK Jr. accuses Biden and Trump of 'colluding' to exclude him from debates
101·2 years agoIt’s the network’s rule:
Kennedy has already hit CNN’s 15% polling threshold in two out of four qualifying polls. But the network also announced that participants must “appear on a sufficient number of state ballots to reach the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidency prior to the eligibility deadline.”
I think as a bare minimum requirement, being able to appear on the ballots of enough states to actually have a chance of winning makes perfect sense as a rule. With all the things to shit on the parties for, why make up a strawman?
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Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit embracing all out enshittificationEnglish
4·2 years agoI was very similar, heavy Reddit user that quit over thr 3PA shitshow last year. Not sure if you’ve noticed the same effect, but my attention span has gone way up.


Mate, it’s a cheese quesadilla. It’s two tortillas, cheese, and heat…
Joking aside, there are a few out there. A lot of people are surprisingly into figuring out copycatting popular fast food.