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What movies can you rewatch often and not get tired of? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 48 minutes ago

Usual Suspects.

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Snapchat Reserves the Right to Use AI-Generated Images of Your Face in Ads (www.404media.co)
 

Snapchat is reserving the right to put its users’ faces in ads, according to terms of service related to its “My Selfie” tool (formerly “AI Selfies”), which allows users and their friends to create AI-generated images trained on their selfies.

Users have the option to opt out of this by toggling off a “feature” in the app called “See My Selfie in Ads,” but according to 404 Media’s testing this feature is on by default.

When was the last time you felt guilt about something, as in that emotional pit you noticeably feel in your stomach when you have done something wrong towards someone? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago

We were going to a concert and my partner dressed fancier than I thought made sense. I made an offhand remark about just dress like every day and that made her feel bad. She just liked having an excuse to dress up and I accidentally (because it wasn't my intent) robbed that from her. I felt super shitty about it. I won't ever say anything like that again.

Old school rig in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

She needs better lighting or she'll go blind.

What is your favourite breakfast food? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Toasted bagel with cream-cheese and a sunny-side-up egg on top. Two eggs for the two halves of the bagel. Eat with hands knowing that some of the yolk will get on your fingers. It's awesome. I made it for my partner once and she now makes it for herself when she's eating alone.

How serious are you guys when you talk about punching nazis? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

I have a good life and don't wish to encounter physical harm, so thanks for offering to do it for me. Too bad you won't be there if / when I encounter a nazi. It would have been great to have you fight on my behalf.

I'll have to rely on my handshake in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They earned every one of those medals.

How serious are you guys when you talk about punching nazis? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I am serious that they should be punched. I am a non-violent person, so I hope that someone better fit for the job does it. If faced with a nazi that I think I can take or one that I think I can sorta take, I might punch them myself.

I didn't think this way until I read, Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy, by Talia Levin. After, I am firmly in the "punch a nazi" camp.

Fuck Hilton: Black Hat USA 2024, DEF CON 32 attendees treated like children – or criminals – with invasive hotel room checks in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

What are you talking about, that's mine scumbag!

Reminds me of the bash.org Napster entry. For posterity:

#104052 + (14264) - [X]
<NES> lol
<NES> I download something from Napster
<NES> And the same guy I downloaded it from starts downloading it from me when I'm done
<NES> I message him and say "What are you doing? I just got that from you"
<NES> "getting my song back fucker"
In what videogame you're currently stuck and you gave up or drop it for a while? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not right now, but on the original Baldur's Gate, it autosaved when I had like 1% health right before a boss. There was no chance of getting around that. Totally screwed me over and I gave up.

Arguments why Telegram is not a good idea for anyone in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

It's a great idea for the Right! They're too stupid to notice that group chats are not encrypted and they conspire to commit crimes right out in the open. Don't take that away from us!

When did the Pirate Bay become full of malvertising? in c/[email protected]
When did the Pirate Bay become full of malvertising? in c/[email protected]
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When did the Pirate Bay become full of malvertising? (lemmy.sdf.org)
 

I hadn't been to the Pirate Bay in quite some time. I occasionally pop over to look for old videos. I went today and a big popover for a dubious software upgrade came up. Then, another saying that my system is infected and offering to clean it. That's obviously fake, but it was blocking my access to the user interface so I wasn't able to complete my search. Closed it. That's unfortunate.

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“Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X (arstechnica.com)
 

Pot: Kettle

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Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying (arstechnica.com)
 

My father told me he wanted to make USB flash drives of all the scanned and digitized family photos and other assorted letters and mementos. He planned to distribute them to all family members hoping that at least one set would survive. When I explained that they ought to be recipes to new media every N number of years or risk deteriorating or becoming unreadable (like a floppy disk when you have no floppy drive), he was genuinely shocked. He lost interest in the project that he’d thought was so bullet proof.

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TIL that climbing the full height of Everest means starting at sea level (en.wikipedia.org)
 

Climbers typically ascend only part of Mount Everest's elevation, as the mountain's full elevation is measured from the geoid, which approximates sea level. The closest sea to Mount Everest's summit is the Bay of Bengal, almost 700 km (430 mi) away. So to approximate a climb of the entire height of Mount Everest, one would need to start from this coastline, a feat accomplished by Tim Macartney-Snape's team in 1990. Climbers usually begin their ascent from base camps above 5,000 m (16,404 ft).

It’s obvious once you think about it, but at what point would you consider it in daily life?

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WaveCore runs right through a concrete wall with gigabit-speed network signal (arstechnica.com)
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Hacker trap: Fake OnlyFans tool backstabs cybercriminals, steals passwords (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
 

Lumma is an information-stealing malware-as-a-service (MaaS) that has been rented to cybercriminals since 2022 for $250-$1000/month and distributed via various means, including malvertising, YouTube comments, torrents, and, more recently, GitHub comments.

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Ahsli Babbitt if there was such a place (lemmy.sdf.org)
 
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Oprah’s upcoming AI television special sparks outrage among tech critics (arstechnica.com)
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End of the Road: An AnandTech Farewell (www.anandtech.com)
 

This is sad news. End of an era. One of the best technical review sites of its time.

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Commercial spyware vendor exploits used by Kremlin-backed hackers, Google says (arstechnica.com)
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Revised Raspberry Pi 5 chip comes with unexpected power savings (arstechnica.com)
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