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[–] [email protected] 638 points 1 year ago (48 children)

"They're the same picture."

Also, that does not explain why:

  • Chrome users who use an adblocker don't get the issue
  • Firefox users who do not use an adblocker get the issue
  • FIrefox users who use an adblocker, but change User Agent to Chrome, don't get the issue

Now, if only we knew who made Chrome and YouTube... The mind boggles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From the article we're commenting on:

There is no law requiring AT&T to store decades’ worth of Americans’ call records for law enforcement purposes. Documents reviewed by WIRED show that AT&T officials have attended law enforcement conferences in Texas as recently as 2018 to train police officials on how best to utilize AT&T’s voluntary, albeit revenue-generating, assistance.

And I have voted, I voted for Biden to "not be Trump" and he's doing okay at that. I'm personally still waiting on protections for queer people, major laws against police brutality, higher minimum wages, healthcare reform, decriminalizing cannabis, codifying Roe v. Wade, or anything else that was planned to win over voters but still don't have the time to do anything about.

But i guess we have the political capital to:

Violate 26 federal laws to continue building the wall that Trump wanted

Have bipartisan support to enstate a formal dress code because a Senator wore a hoodie

And I don't recall ever voting to support Israel's bombing of Palestine, not in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, or any other election year. There isn't some referendum of "Hey maybe don't play geopolitical chess that gets hundreds killed" that I can vote on. Joe "Nothing WIll Fundamentally Change" Biden said to Congress in the State of the Union, to a nation filled with people protesting police brutality We need to Fund the Police to a roaring clap from both parties.

Please tell me more to vote harder to stop the genocide of Ukrainians, Palestinians, Yemenis, and everyone other oppressed people. Please tell me to vote harder for milquetoast candidates who pay lip service while they allow fascism to grow openly and easily, because "they need to reach across the isles and compromise".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Raccoons go though what others would see as trash, and make it their treasure!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Libby often had any popular books often taken up by other users, so I couldn't read until someone else "turned in their copy".

I get libraries in real life that have limited stock of books, but it's a epub file hosted somewhere. The only limit is the server space and bandwidth costs.

Also the app was so laggy on even my (at the time) midrange device, that it felt like I was browsing books on molasses.

If they've fixed that, that's incredible. I haven't used it since, it left such a horrible impression. Trying to limit an endless digital supply, like making ebooks into early NFTs.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Yeah they changed from "We can't do evil" to "If we do evil, that's on you to report". That's exactly the same.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_be_evil

"Don't be evil" is Google's former motto, and a phrase used in Google's corporate code of conduct.

The original motto was retained in Google's code of conduct, now a subsidiary of Alphabet. In April 2018, the motto was removed from the code of conduct's preface and retained in its last sentence.[6]

Please explain how verified facts is false information.

EDIT: Also, why did you not contest the claim from others who proved you wrong, if they are all wrong?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Do you own stock in Alphabet or are you a bootlicker for free?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

"Stop spreading this false rumor" and then gets proven wrong by a simple link to Wikipedia found in 5 seconds on google. I'm curious if they own stock in Alphabet, as I wouldn't give a shit about their internal code of ethics when they don't seemingly obey them.

Also "false rumor" is kind of a needless statement. A rumor is false until proven true. Like an "unsolved mystery" is always unsolved, if it was solved, it would not be a mystery.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Netbooks could have been great if they were started in 2015 and not 2005. Modern day ARM and perhaps future RISC-V could make them miles ahead.

I currently use a Chromebook for "on the go but needing a bigger screen and keyboard", as my thinkpad is too big for that task. I do however consider getting something like an X230 frequently, so I'm not stuck to Chrome OS because mine is not supported by any of the community "Chromebook to usable laptop with Linux" methods.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a neat idea, and the name is so good. I even saw on an .onion site that had it told in plain text, and the visuals were ASCII recreations.

There is a (conspiracy) theory that the writer was actually working for a government since a lot of the instructions don't work, or would potentially kill the person making it. Thus anyone who tried to follow it would not get results or die from making a project at home.

Seeing as it was published in 1971, and the FBI's COINTELPRO ended that year, it's not impossible. They hated anarchists and anyone too "un-american".

That said, zero proof. Hence the conspiracy in conspiracy theory.

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