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  1. Comment on Dark patterns killed my wife's Windows 11 installation in ~tech

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    Doesn’t the utilman.exe process basically provide root access to anyone who has your computer? Why does it even exist?

    Doesn’t the utilman.exe process basically provide root access to anyone who has your computer? Why does it even exist?

    3 votes

  2. Comment on OpenAI to release web browser in challenge to Google Chrome in ~tech

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    Given how security sensitive browsers are, they are the last thing I would want vibe coded.

    Given how security sensitive browsers are, they are the last thing I would want vibe coded.

    13 votes

  3. Comment on Some ChatGPT users are developing delusional beliefs that are reinforced by the large language model in ~tech

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    I think usually people are suspicious of what they read on the internet, whereas a lot of people assume these LLMs spout the absolute truth.

    I think usually people are suspicious of what they read on the internet, whereas a lot of people assume these LLMs spout the absolute truth.

    9 votes

  4. Comment on Panic in Pakistan as India vows to cut off water supply over Kashmir in ~society

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    Yeah, with an issue like radicalisation, there’s no good solution. You can’t just let the terrorist attacks go and embolden them, but then any retaliation breeds hatred and radicalisation.

    Yeah, with an issue like radicalisation, there’s no good solution. You can’t just let the terrorist attacks go and embolden them, but then any retaliation breeds hatred and radicalisation.

    3 votes

  5. Comment on Panic in Pakistan as India vows to cut off water supply over Kashmir in ~society

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    Not a single attack, but the latest in a long list of attempted and successful terrorist attacks, for none of which there was retaliation. Even if we ignore Kashmir, there is the parliament...

    Revenge against a single terrorist attack?

    Not a single attack, but the latest in a long list of attempted and successful terrorist attacks, for none of which there was retaliation. Even if we ignore Kashmir, there is the parliament attack, the thwarted India Gate attack, and the 2008 Mumbai attack. Despite an entire dossier of evidence, not only was nothing done against Hafiz Saeed, his protection has been increased.

    Realistically, what option do we have left? International pressure hasn’t worked and surgical strikes haven’t worked.

    3 votes

  6. Comment on English is not normal. No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other language. in ~humanities.languages

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    Actually, Bengali is another Indo-European language that has completely lost grammatical gender. Even the pronouns are not gendered (same pronoun for he/she/it). Unless you were specifically...

    Actually, Bengali is another Indo-European language that has completely lost grammatical gender. Even the pronouns are not gendered (same pronoun for he/she/it).

    Unless you were specifically referring to Indo-European languages spoken in Europe ig.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on How many languages do you speak? in ~humanities.languages

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    Tbf the writing system was invented because of illiteracy. Most people weren’t adapting to a switch because they weren’t switching from anything. It’s surprising though that the upper class would...

    Tbf the writing system was invented because of illiteracy. Most people weren’t adapting to a switch because they weren’t switching from anything.

    It’s surprising though that the upper class would be willing to switch.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Chai Tea: fight me about it in ~humanities.languages

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    It’s really just a context thing. Here in India, ‘chai’ is just the default type of tea and then we add modifiers to specify. Like ‘masala chai’ or ‘adrak chai’. In America, ‘chai’ isn’t the...

    It’s really just a context thing. Here in India, ‘chai’ is just the default type of tea and then we add modifiers to specify. Like ‘masala chai’ or ‘adrak chai’.

    In America, ‘chai’ isn’t the default type of tea so people use ‘chai’ itself as a modifier for ‘tea’, ig.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Valve announces accessibility tags for Steam in ~games

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    Those seem like the kind of warnings that would be effectively useless because all games would set them just to be on the safer side.

    Those seem like the kind of warnings that would be effectively useless because all games would set them just to be on the safer side.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Texas officials report that an unvaccinated child has died of measles in ~health

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    How can someone be so indoctrinated that even the death of their own child won’t convince them.

    How can someone be so indoctrinated that even the death of their own child won’t convince them.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Best "complete" anime you'd recommend? in ~anime

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    Completed Adaptations - -Mob Psycho 100 -Assassination Classroom -Welcome to the NHK -Relife -Erased Not complete, but a satisfying ending like stopping point - -March comes in like a lion -Hunter...

    Completed Adaptations -

    -Mob Psycho 100

    -Assassination Classroom

    -Welcome to the NHK

    -Relife

    -Erased

    Not complete, but a satisfying ending like stopping point -

    -March comes in like a lion

    -Hunter x Hunter

    -Psycho Pass S1

    -Uramichi oniisan

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Download and transfer for Kindle books discontinued on Feb 26 in ~books

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    There’s some guides online which link to really old versions of the desktop kindle app. These are from before kfx file type, breaking the drm is trivial through the calibre extension. Can’t link...

    There’s some guides online which link to really old versions of the desktop kindle app. These are from before kfx file type, breaking the drm is trivial through the calibre extension.

    Can’t link to any because it’s been a while since I did this.

    Honestly though, I don’t understand why Amazon is still supporting these versions lol.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Final Destination Bloodlines | Official teaser trailer in ~movies

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    The last time I read about this (several years ago), they seemed to be interested in natural disasters and first responders, looks like that isn’t the plan anymore. I’ll still watch just for the...

    The last time I read about this (several years ago), they seemed to be interested in natural disasters and first responders, looks like that isn’t the plan anymore.

    I’ll still watch just for the nostalgia though lol.

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Used iPhones that have TikTok app installed sell for $14k on eBay in ~tech

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    Why is this the case? Are they worried that they’ll be the ones receiving backlash if they end up having to take it down again for whatever reason?

    However, despite this, Google and Apple still have not reinstated TikTok in their app stores.

    Why is this the case? Are they worried that they’ll be the ones receiving backlash if they end up having to take it down again for whatever reason?

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Cities: Skylines II is free to play until December 9 in ~games

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    I am ootl. What happened with KSP2?

    I am ootl. What happened with KSP2?

    1 vote

  16. Comment on I just bought a 64GB iPad, anything I should know/do? in ~tech

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    Sidestore is a fork of AltAtore that allows you to perform the weekly refresh on the ios device itself, instead if requiring a computer.

    Sidestore is a fork of AltAtore that allows you to perform the weekly refresh on the ios device itself, instead if requiring a computer.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Which content-recommending algorithms are actually good? in ~tech

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    The only annoying thing about Spotify is that there’s no way to indicate you’re not interested in a song/category. I live in a multilingual country and keep receiving recommendations (like half...

    The only annoying thing about Spotify is that there’s no way to indicate you’re not interested in a song/category.

    I live in a multilingual country and keep receiving recommendations (like half the auto generated playlists) from a particular language despite not having that language selected.

    And they don’t take ‘hide song’ into consideration for the recommendation algorithm!

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Disney seeking dismissal of Raglan Road death lawsuit because victim was Disney+ subscriber in ~food

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    Does negative press even affect a company the scale of Disney in the long term, though?

    Does negative press even affect a company the scale of Disney in the long term, though?

    2 votes

  19. Comment on Google Pixel 9 launch event live coverage: all the news in ~tech

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    Isn’t Asus kinda bad at software support for its phones? At least not nearly as good as Google and Samsung. Out of curiosity, why do you recommend staying away from OnePlus?

    Isn’t Asus kinda bad at software support for its phones? At least not nearly as good as Google and Samsung.

    Out of curiosity, why do you recommend staying away from OnePlus?

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Customers didn’t stop spending. Companies stopped serving. in ~finance

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    I’m not sure about Starbucks but I believe there were boycott movements against McDonald’s in certain countries like Malaysia due to their stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

    I’m not sure about Starbucks but I believe there were boycott movements against McDonald’s in certain countries like Malaysia due to their stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

    7 votes