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Asking the real questions in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Eh, if they went imperial they would be subject to imperial needs leading to all the usual imperial problems.

Tell Congress To Stop These Last-Minute Bills That Help Patent Trolls in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Funny how Congress "can't just legislate over SCOTUS" but only when it's an issue of human rights. Corporate rights or Capital interests? BULLDOZE THAT DECISION BABYYYY

if you looking for a good alternative for google search, try "SearXNG" in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It strips the tracking data to and from the engines, so if you tuck it behind a vpn, GG.

When corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

By peons*

Totally fine when they do it.

Why do anti-piracy people often treat us as the "villains" of the story? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

I'd argue those people were necessary, what with how public opinion works.

If we're in a tug of war and you're pulling with 10 pounds of force, I can't beat you with 2 pounds of force. In context, you won't beat "ITLL MAKE YOU GO BLIND AND KILL YOU" with "heeey, like, jot always, maaaannnnn."

As always, reality is somewhere in the middle, but we wouldn't have had the progress we did without the other extreme being loud and out there.

When corporations scrape academic papers, it's justified. When individuals do it, it's inexcusable. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

All is legal in the eyes of capital.

Kagi search engine working with Russia in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

I always see unhinged folk making bad faith arguments or outright shit talk shriek about being banned from ml instances for "disagreeing" then turn around and cheer when .world bans you for linking a source or something.

TIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policy in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You: watch Democrats continue and expand evil thing that trump started

HURR DURR DEMOCRATS HEROES

TIL that 1,300 children are still separated from their parents from the Trump era family separation policy in c/[email protected]

Starlink kit found amid wreckage of Russian drone in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Same as it ever was 🤷‍♂️

OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

Get to it then. 🤷‍♂️

Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I got a nice LG C3 on an open box deal, I connected it to run updates and fiddle for a few, then deleted the apps and took it offline.