You didn’t ask the same thing.
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Thanks. I guess I’m just too isolated from mainstream communication.
Is it just my impression or is this another protest with a short notice? I think it’s really important to let people properly plan ahead and be involved before going to the streets.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
2·8 months agoI’m very sorry for you. People might not realize how traumatizing having to deal with it can be. It definitely shouldn’t be the responsibility of people without proper support or training.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Like to drive fast? Virginia has an anti-speeding device for you.
12·8 months agoI’m pretty sure this is one freedom US people won’t let technology take away in the name of safety and ease of use. The roads and the culture are the problem. You can go fast and people will say going as fast as you can the whole time is the right way to drive.
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Politics@beehaw.org•Trump Sick And Tired Of Mainstream Media Always Trying To Put His Words Into Some Sort Of Context
1·9 months agoHow long till they report something that’s true by accident?
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Technology@beehaw.org•EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow AirDrop alternatives - GSMArena.com news
8·9 months agoHeadphone manufacturers need access to system functionalities such as proximity auto-pairing and automatic audio switching.
If Apple were a restaurant, they wouldn’t provide tableware for free and would charge you for bringing your own while tying one of your hands behind your back.
Hey, as long as the competition is reasonable, you can be as unreasonable as you want and say the customer has options. Curious they never say their customers appreciate what they do as a defense.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Games can no longer use virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases in the European Union
2·9 months agoConsidering you can’t sell platinum for money, you could add complexity by converting it to another currency when exchanging hands. No value lost, exact same ratio. You buy platinum, you spend it on the store or it decays when you give it to another player. Platinum carries real world value, decayed doesn’t. Would that work? The only reason for doing that would be to obfuscate the fact platinum has real world value. The players being constantly aware of the fact might mess with the economy.
Honestly, their monetization is really something I could never criticize.
Reading the discussions and some of the disagreements, a correction is needed to be more precise.
Some XX people will be Assigned Male At Birth. Some XY people will be Assigned Female At Birth.
https://youtu.be/om5E4K1bCLw?si=9ue5MZ7VOTYDl-7j
This is to create a Suicide Safety Plan. Something to have for those bad days and moments. Unfortunately, it just occurred to me that I don’t have a text only alternative.
I don’t know if I’ll be able to help, really. My energy levels fluctuate, but we are a community, so I hope others will pick it up from wherever one stops.
First question is: What do you need? You might not know, but it’s good to have in mind.
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I’m not sure if I understand your story. Why does the award bother you? And the dealer calling all those people is meant to show that they didn’t answer?
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Technology@beehaw.org•Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says
6·9 months agoMy cynical take is that Facebook wants the money from ads target at children, but not the responsibility of vetting the apps they might download because the trust the platform they are in. Google and Apple just want to pass the responsibility to developers and create laws that punish them for misusing tools they want to provide so other people deal with the complaints.
Still being cynical. It’s not that big corporations can’t do anything. They just can’t do anything without using their own money.
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Technology@beehaw.org•OpenAI calls for US government to codify 'fair use' for AI training
3·9 months agoThe conflict that people that hate both copyright and exploitative AI had just got resolved. It’s nothing new, but I still get surprised by how shameless the justifications can be.
“Your honor, if I hadn’t stole all that money, I couldn’t be investing to make myself more money. Think about it, it was so much that I had to hire people to help me, so I created jobs.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•US Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google
1·9 months agoGoogle control the browser most people use and that browser could be defaulted to use a different search engine, which controls what you see when you have a question. They can take control from google and allow a real ally to buy it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits [404 Media]
7·9 months agoI think that is a little backwards thinking. Common folk are at these events taking the pictures. Common folk are producing high quality content. I’m pretty sure the celebrities themselves wouldn’t have as much information on their peers as the collective of researchers do. Far from mere spectators.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
5·9 months agoIt wasn’t true. I wasn’t even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don’t care. I put an edit above now.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
2·9 months agoMy oopsie. Clarification above.
Curious. When talking about scams, I would say everyone, even scam experts. Maybe there’s the fact that specific populations are targeted based on how much one will profit from their efforts.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
15·9 months agoLet me spin that for you so you see the problem.
Mastodon, the social network backed by terrorists. By signing up, you put your name on a FBI watchlist as well.
edit: I didn’t make it clear that this would be the spin that would be possible to use against mastodon. It’s not true, but it doesn’t have to be to cause harm.
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Gaming@beehaw.org•Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Pre-Order TrailerEnglish
3·9 months agoLots of people complain when the game is called a walking simulator, but I got very excited seeing all the different environments we’ll be able to traverse. Hoping to have a little bit of Lockne / Mama somehow. The mechas were something curious, then they doubled down at the end.












Do you think that’s universal or only applied to the USA? And how does the article support your opinion?