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Comment on Why people embrace conspiracy theories: It's about community, not gullibility in ~life
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Comment on Why people embrace conspiracy theories: It's about community, not gullibility in ~life
Eji1700 (edited )Link ParentI have a sort of tangent view of this. Conspiracies mean that bad things are happening because of "bad guys" and not just "bad guys" but "super hidden ultra competent bad guys" who must be fought...I have a sort of tangent view of this.
Conspiracies mean that bad things are happening because of "bad guys" and not just "bad guys" but "super hidden ultra competent bad guys" who must be fought and resisted and so on.
Rather than the much less exciting truth of "it's mostly people just like you". There's very few people who have any idea what they're doing, and even then it's usually in a decently narrow field with all the usual human failings we all have. People with immense amounts of power have lucked into, and ruined, things over waking up cranky.
If you've ever worked with a large group in a company or a government, you quickly become aware how monumental it can be to get ANYTHING done, even if everyone agrees. Adding a ton of money, a license to kill, and super tech to that STILL wouldn't change how absurdly hard it is to just get 100 people to do what you want reliably, let alone the insane amounts of coverup, coordination, and orchestration any of these conspiracies would need.
That said, much like "the devil" or whatever evil force most religions attribute, it creates a common "them" for "us" to fight, and to some extent to offload responsibility.
It's a very understandable thing, but obviously becomes wildly dangerous very fast when you start fighting "them" and are cutting down 5G towers, or just deciding an entire culture/race/religion/region/country/whatever is the evil.
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Comment on Windows 32-bit OS Support being dropped for Steam in 2026 in ~games
Eji1700 Link ParentEh once gaming got better at solving backwards compatibility and emulation (steam/Gog/windows/proton/wine/etc) the last holdout of the "i'll never upgrade" niche of gamers mostly died out. It's a...Eh once gaming got better at solving backwards compatibility and emulation (steam/Gog/windows/proton/wine/etc) the last holdout of the "i'll never upgrade" niche of gamers mostly died out.
It's a group that already trend chases WAY too hard (NO I NEED 8 MORE FPS!) so i'm not shocked to hear that anyone bothering to use steam is also basically up on their tech.
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Comment on The rise of 'conspiracy physics' in ~science
Eji1700 Link ParentThanks for the detail and insight. That's roughly the vibe I've been getting but only since last week. Before that I would've assumed she still had credibility. This is why I like tildes (and used...Thanks for the detail and insight. That's roughly the vibe I've been getting but only since last week. Before that I would've assumed she still had credibility.
This is why I like tildes (and used to like reddit) because it's nice to get insight from people who actually deal with this stuff.
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Comment on The rise of 'conspiracy physics' in ~science
Eji1700 LinkI dislike articles like this because they don’t do a whole bunch to actually help understand where the line is. You can look at what Avi Loeb has done, how his peers have reacted, and tell that...I dislike articles like this because they don’t do a whole bunch to actually help understand where the line is.
You can look at what Avi Loeb has done, how his peers have reacted, and tell that yes, there can be big fucking problems in science selling out and chasing clout with bullshit.
String theory has been argued about as crockery since I was in middle school.
I have 0 doubt that the asshole going on Rogan is bullshit. I have NO idea how much of Sabine hoffsteder is. She seems to have hit on some sensitive subjects and echoed beliefs I’ve seen from others in the field, but like many people who make criticism their career you eventually run out of material and just start being hyperbolic about nitpicks.
Is that correct? Is it worse? I rarely watch one of her videos these days but since she’s offhandedly mentioned in connection with a straight up Rogan grifter I assume that’s the intent?
It would be nice if there were experts in these fields I could trust, but the ones I’ve met personally do have major criticisms of what’s going on. Again just skipping over string theory a more interesting discussion I had in the last 10 years was about how there’s a lot of modern fusion research that may very well be off on the wrong track, but “hey the 10 years and millions of dollars we’ve spent is prooooobably going to dead end or at least be 20x as hard as this new method that requires starting over “ is a tough discussion.
More importantly it’s relatable. Why would all physics research be above the standard problems of clout and money. Hell I know multiple other fields had major discoveries/evidence ignored or attacked basically until the old guard died out. It’s within my parents lifetime that “meteor killed the dinosaurs” went from “don’t be silly” to accepted norm, and that’s not a totally unfair summary of the story if you look into the pushback he got (name escapes me. Made several discoveries across a few fields…)
Oh and all this is before you get into legit scientists weighing in outside their field because smart person must know everything, and they’re VERY easy to spot as full of it then, so how much of the rest of their views can you trust.
This article doesn’t really touch on the underlying legitimate concern and criticism people have. It does remind us that yes Rogan and friends are out there pushing garbage but it seems devoid of detail beyond that
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Comment on What's a setting that you'd recommend? in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkWindows Users: Download/Enable PowerToys. It's not exactly a setting so much as "the rest of the fucking settings" that many people might want. Their "Run" launcher is a nice and quick way to...Windows Users:
Download/Enable PowerToys. It's not exactly a setting so much as "the rest of the fucking settings" that many people might want.
Their "Run" launcher is a nice and quick way to access many things (or the command pallette, whichever you want). Simple and quick math, launching programs(without it trying to search the web or waste your time), quick shutdown/restart, quick access to specific settings, running scripots/commands, searching open windows, etc.
Fancy zones is "we have tilling window managers at home"...sorta. It's still a little too finnicky to work with/get configured but it's wroth having.
Keyboard manager lets you do the all important action of swapping capslock and left control, along with any other remappings you might want because you refuse to follow the GLORIOUS PATH OF BUILDING YOUR OWN!!!
PowerRename is GODLY and allows you to easily mass rename files using whatever logic you want with a previewed output.
Hell just having quick access to the shortcut guide is SO nice because it helps you get into the habit of using these tools rather than messing with them for a week and then forgetting how to use them.
There's a bunch of other tools in there that really are a "oh shit I didn't know that existed" or "oh yeah that one time i needed it I remembered it existed and it saved me a ton of time" tiers. It's all the tools that help between "basic user" and "fuck it i'll write my own script" and even if you're on the higher tier's its a bunch of stuff that saves time.
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Comment on Is OpenWRT worthwhile at home? in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentSeconding this if it’s within your budget and actually fits your use case. I have wired drops to most rooms of my house along with cameras. The ubiquiti stuff has felt top notch and had some very...Seconding this if it’s within your budget and actually fits your use case. I have wired drops to most rooms of my house along with cameras.
The ubiquiti stuff has felt top notch and had some very nice QOL upgrades even since I got it. I’m figuring it the nitpicky stuff on my local server and then probably going to grab their NAS as well and be done.
Making sure my cameras were on a separate network that has very limited access was the biggest part for me, and also lobotomized the few IOT devices I allow to connect at all (a sous vide and a garage door opener.).
I’m now diving into the DMZ section of the firewall zones and setup for my server so I can point it at a web domain and get something up for the relatives but that’s pretty far beyond most people (and easier to do with a VPS).
So all this rambling done id say the main thing to consider is where you already have runs (do you have CAT downstream of the router to various rooms). I doubt you need anything complex but I do always recommend not getting a ISP router for a million reasons.
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Comment on ente.io as a Google Photos alternative? in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentI find this to often be the problem. I'm looking at getting nextcloud set up on my server, but having messed around with a few things now, it's very easy to shoot yourself in the foot or not...There are lots of configurations out there though, and endless use cases.
I find this to often be the problem. I'm looking at getting nextcloud set up on my server, but having messed around with a few things now, it's very easy to shoot yourself in the foot or not notice some setting that you didn't know you needed.
Can't say if that's actually the case for nextcloud as I hadn't really gotten it fully up, but i'm also not sure it's an answer to OP's issues.
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Comment on The nVidia AI GPU black market: investigating smuggling, corruption, and governments in ~tech
Eji1700 LinkFor those who didn't follow what occured, Bloomberg hit the video with a totally fraudulent copyright strike as detailed here. The video is finally back up so if you'd like to watch it you now...For those who didn't follow what occured, Bloomberg hit the video with a totally fraudulent copyright strike as detailed here.
The video is finally back up so if you'd like to watch it you now can, and I do highly recommend it. Further they are of course asking viewers to signal boost that the video is back up, because however many days of 0 views caused by the false strike nukes the video statistically and keeps it hidden. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H3xQaf7BFI
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Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentSeems like a start compared to just demonizing them because of a perceived advantage that absolutely exists culturally but doesn't mean it relevantly applies specifically? It should be pretty easy...Seems like a start compared to just demonizing them because of a perceived advantage that absolutely exists culturally but doesn't mean it relevantly applies specifically?
It should be pretty easy to empathize with poor people in your country if you're poor or even if you aren't. Regardless of skin color or gender. Yes there 100% differences in the struggles they face, but there's also a vast overlap of misery that is shared experience and yet we focus on the theoretical. Someone working 2 jobs who's struggling to take care of their kid and hoping to god they don't have any medical issues because then they're fucked shouldn't need any further description to understand their issues.
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Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentIt also is an inherently hostile message and is absolutely used to bully and attack people who are doing nothing wrong. Its a sad truth that people just enjoy finding excuses to be hostile and the...Messaging towards men to check their privilege and consistently face pushback for being men while having very little in the way of mental health support is spiraling out of control.
It also is an inherently hostile message and is absolutely used to bully and attack people who are doing nothing wrong. Its a sad truth that people just enjoy finding excuses to be hostile and the ugly irony of these kinds of movements is there's plenty of people who use these things to bludgeon others and then seek approval (which they often get) from their in group.
As with all these hostility based movements its "ok" to bully "them" because they "deserve it" often becomes the message, even if it's not the intent.
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Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentReally? People are perfectly fine empathizing with strangers half a world away in all sorts of horrible conditions, but will very quickly decide that their neighbor is undeserving of it because....?It’s hard to empathize with strangers you know little about.
Really? People are perfectly fine empathizing with strangers half a world away in all sorts of horrible conditions, but will very quickly decide that their neighbor is undeserving of it because....?
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Comment on California Governor Gavin Newsom praises Charlie Kirk’s outreach to young men, suggests Democrats do more of their own in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentIt doesn’t even need to erode for millions of young men to still be, in fact, miserable. White men can be poor. White men can be depressed. This has ALWAYS been true. Power dynamics give...Possibly because that has eroded?
It doesn’t even need to erode for millions of young men to still be, in fact, miserable. White men can be poor. White men can be depressed.
This has ALWAYS been true. Power dynamics give advantages on a societal scale but it doesn’t mean that every white male is 100% on easy street. This desire to quantify “fair” and then rank the lives of people is destructive.
People will claim they’ll do anything for change but rarely try simple empathy. Understanding that people can still have tough lives even if society gives them an inherent advantage would go a long way towards actually fixing things.
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Comment on More US employers fire workers over Charlie Kirk posts as pressure from right mounts in ~society
Eji1700 Link ParentI honestly think people forget that threatening to kill someone/calling for someone to be killed can actually be illegal, and even if not your employer has absolutely no obligation to ride that...I honestly think people forget that threatening to kill someone/calling for someone to be killed can actually be illegal, and even if not your employer has absolutely no obligation to ride that out with you.
Between stuff like streamers adding "in minecraft" and getting away with it constantly, the litany of games where that kind of "trash talk" is just expected, and yeah the simple fact that social media isn't really policed for this (from very public stuff like twitter to much less public like discord) lead to people acting like there's no consequences for suggesting violence. Hell eat the rich and guillotine emojis were all the rage not that long ago.
To be fair I'm sure that any police department that spent time investigating people for possible incitement to violence charges or whatever would be outright attacked (maybe justifiably) for wasting time/resources/attacking free speech/etc, but the number of circles I travel in where people will casually drop stuff that's, at the very least, something I'd 1000% expect to be fired for if I said it anywhere near work is huge.
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Comment on iOS 26 is here in ~tech
Eji1700 Link ParentYou're not the target market to be fair. The vast majority of these kinds of redesigns are for trend/clout chasers. And sadly it makes a lot of money.I really don't get the point of this.
You're not the target market to be fair. The vast majority of these kinds of redesigns are for trend/clout chasers. And sadly it makes a lot of money.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentIf the company is uber? Lyft? Microsoft? Google? Amazon? Walmart? Steam? Delta? United? Southwest? American? Hell ISPs + phone providers blacklisting you would be legal and crippling to basically...If the company is uber? Lyft? Microsoft? Google? Amazon? Walmart? Steam? Delta? United? Southwest? American?
Hell ISPs + phone providers blacklisting you would be legal and crippling to basically anyone. How easily can you get by without internet or cellular connection?
What if they start sharing lists so a chargeback against one bans you from all of them.
Hell these are absolutely companies large enough to have entire divisions fuck up and force you to charge back out of incompetence not any intended malice.
At what point does it become “better let them steal from me because I can’t afford to be difficult”
And again, I don’t think they technically need a charge back to do this. As there’s a right to refuse service to anyone nothing really stops them from saying “fuck it” and just banning people every time a RNG seed kicks out a 10.
Arbitrary malice is technically legal, as would be sharing your banned users list, as would all the companies listed refusing service because you’re on that list.
I personally believe this is another huge hole in our laws and it’s only a matter of time until someone takes advantage. Things like social credit scores accelerate that.
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Comment on It’s the little things that make me not fully jump to linux in ~comp
Eji1700 Link ParentEh. I've had that issue with windows, but it's like a 1/10 thing and often a system or environment config that mostly stems from work settings. I've never had a personal windows laptop have those...I am going to HARD disagree with this statement. I have a Windows laptop for work and that thing has no clue which screens are turned on any given day.
Eh. I've had that issue with windows, but it's like a 1/10 thing and often a system or environment config that mostly stems from work settings. I've never had a personal windows laptop have those issues except with very edge case stuff.
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Comment on Is Tildes protected from malicious actors, aka paid trolls, aka bots? in ~tildes
Eji1700 LinkHumans do this too. Given we have no evidence or examples, how do we know someone isn't providing some tabloid as evidence, and it's absolutely right to brush those things off. Context and nuance...like trying to downplay bad actors, saying there’s no real proof they did anything wrong, or pushing the idea that you always have to give them the benefit of the doubt. And when someone pushes back with actual evidence, they just dismiss it or brush it off like it’s fake, basically just trolling.
- Humans do this too.
- Given we have no evidence or examples, how do we know someone isn't providing some tabloid as evidence, and it's absolutely right to brush those things off.
- Context and nuance are difficult on sensitive subjects and you often wind up with people talking past each other. I hate to even bring it up but most people's views on Gaza/Israel is based a lot on which reports they trust. If you're absolutely certain that the UN or Israel can NEVER be trusted, then it doesn't matter how much "proof" is provided. I bring up this extremely difficult subject as an example because it's one where there's 100% evidence of just about ever entity reporting on the war/conflict not fact checking/exaggerating/downplaying/outright lying. It doesn't take bots and malicious actors for people to have disagreements.
So without relevant examples (which I get your hesitation), it's basically impossible to discuss this, which brings me to the logical solution: PM Deimos?
Provide your evidence, let them look into it. Not much of a point to this topic other than I guess your question of "is this allowed" which I believe it's a no, but again that's really a Deimos call anyways.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentI’m not really disagreeing with any of that. The previous commenter said it was like refusing to pay the bill which it is patently not. Again not all chargebacks are even approved and the CC...I’m not really disagreeing with any of that. The previous commenter said it was like refusing to pay the bill which it is patently not.
Again not all chargebacks are even approved and the CC provider gives the company a chance to defend themselves. Chargebacks can be “overturned” or rejected and there are punishments to the credit card user for having that occur frequently.
Either way I’m not sure what you’re getting at given this entire example was given because someone asked for examples of people being “punished” for disagreements with the service provider, and the general behavior of getting a successful chargeback (which again traditionally requires a basic level of proof) leading to banning from their platforms qualifies.
As you already pointed out though, yes, they have a right to refuse service and that right can ABSOLUTELY be used to refuse service over disagreements so long as it’s not a protected class.
Gave a 1 star review they didn’t like on Amazon? They can remove you from the platform (which of course also means losing access to any movies or books you’ve purchased). That, to my knowledge, hasn’t happened, but there’s also no law that says service providers need to be rational. Want to punish people for liking tweets or wearing a red shirt, or any of a thousand arbitrary metrics, you have the right to.
It’s in theory bad business, but I don’t think people get just how easily we could go from apathetic business models to out right hostile ones. If MS, Anazon, and Google started banning accounts it would do a lot of damage to most people and be pretty trivial to find excuses to target the people they wanted to, protected class or not. Hell they could share lists of “bad users” and just wipe you out.
In my eyes the current situation is much like pre Trump politics in that no one of note has bothered to push the boundaries yet, but I don’t think there’s much stopping them if they do.
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Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance
Eji1700 Link ParentTo be fair I think you already pointed out the very very important difference between “what out phones do” and what has colloquially been called social credit. It’s the centralization of the...To be fair I think you already pointed out the very very important difference between “what out phones do” and what has colloquially been called social credit.
It’s the centralization of the information that gets scary fast. Double so if involved in anything government. And the fact that SO MUCH is linked privately already through your criminal history and credit score is absolutely the sort of thing that keeps the poverty to prison spiral going.
Yeah the “in our lifetimes” is one of the big hurdles of humans.
It’s a shame because we can make great change, and have, in increments. Yes sometimes you get crazy bursts but even if you look at progress of humanity before the Industrial Revolution there’s absolutely incredible progress being made.
It just takes time, and I understand the tragedy of that but it’s unfortunate how often a desire to “fix it faster” can sabotage people and causes.