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  1. Comment on Crunchyroll announces the removal of its comment section across all platforms to 'reduce harmful content' in ~tech

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    And I understand that, I do, you're pressing for discussion to happen on those platforms designed for it. But that is centralisation - individual sites offloading their commentary and discussion...

    And I understand that, I do, you're pressing for discussion to happen on those platforms designed for it. But that is centralisation - individual sites offloading their commentary and discussion boards onto a handful of big platforms that collectively serve all online public discourse.

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  2. Comment on Crunchyroll announces the removal of its comment section across all platforms to 'reduce harmful content' in ~tech

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    I really don't understand this. You don't want centralization of discussion, but instead of each individual site having a comment section you want all commentary to be on some central discussion...

    I also don't need or want things to be centralized. There's another post here on Tildes about Spotify trying to become or becoming a social media platform. And when I read that, I thought, "great, more centralization of the Internet, just what we need." To me, there's nothing wrong with having the shows on Crunchyroll, but then the discussion on reddit, Tildes, Discord, some random anime forum, wherever.

    I really don't understand this. You don't want centralization of discussion, but instead of each individual site having a comment section you want all commentary to be on some central discussion aggregator, whether that be Tildes, reddit, or a set of forums.

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  3. Comment on ‘We’re living in a nightmare:’ Inside the health crisis of a Texas bitcoin town in ~tech

  4. Comment on In blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's government, Israel's top court rules state must draft ultra-Orthodox into IDF in ~news

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    The state's Arab citizens are exempt by default, though of course some choose to do so anyway.

    The state's Arab citizens are exempt by default, though of course some choose to do so anyway.

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  5. Comment on Bro summer waits for us all in ~life

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    I'm so, so glad that this is an uplifting read about a positive community of Bros after associating the suffix with techbros ("I WANT TO IMPLANT NEURALINK AI IN MY BRAAAIN!") and finbros.

    I'm so, so glad that this is an uplifting read about a positive community of Bros after associating the suffix with techbros ("I WANT TO IMPLANT NEURALINK AI IN MY BRAAAIN!") and finbros.

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  6. Comment on DuckDuckGo AI Chat: anonymous access to popular AI chatbots in ~tech

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    Mine is "trick question, characters are countable".

    I get aswer - it may be simple "What?" or even "Are you crazy?

    Mine is "trick question, characters are countable".

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  7. Comment on Wired's inside investigation into the Titan submersible disaster in ~transport

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    I forgive them that, because it's important to set them aside from a republished or scraped article from elsewhere. They're reminding the reader that it's original journalism (so give us a buck or...

    I forgive them that, because it's important to set them aside from a republished or scraped article from elsewhere. They're reminding the reader that it's original journalism (so give us a buck or two, hint hint).

    10 votes

  8. Comment on Alex Jones files for chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation amid Sandy Hook debt in ~finance

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    He's now sponsored by an identical supplement company owned by his dad instead of himself and repeatedly emphasises on air that it's totally separate and that viewers shouldn't buy anything on the...

    My guess is he thinks he found smart ways to hide his money and also that he is wrong

    He's now sponsored by an identical supplement company owned by his dad instead of himself and repeatedly emphasises on air that it's totally separate and that viewers shouldn't buy anything on the Infowars store anymore because it's going to the creditors.

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  9. Comment on Retailers hate that you buy big things on your laptop in ~finance

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    You realise that, specifically to encourage incoming tourists, Wechat and Alipay both now accept foreign credit cards?...

    I think it is a clear message they don't want foreigners in the country. My gut feeling is Xi wants to return China to a closed off country, hard for people to enter, and (most importantly) hard for people to exit.

    You realise that, specifically to encourage incoming tourists, Wechat and Alipay both now accept foreign credit cards?

    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/21/tech/china-alipay-wechat-pay-international-credit-cards-intl-hnk/index.html

  10. Comment on Personal reflections on FTX in ~finance

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    To be fair, screenshots can say anything whereas a permanently live link provides authenticity, forever.

    To be fair, screenshots can say anything whereas a permanently live link provides authenticity, forever.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches mandatory national service at eighteen in ~news

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    "We've invaded a lot of countries, it's hard to pack them all in the textbook."

    in my experience Irish people tend to have a reasonably good grasp of British-Irish history – British people, not so much.

    "We've invaded a lot of countries, it's hard to pack them all in the textbook."

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  12. Comment on Personal reflections on FTX in ~finance

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    I think this is very telling of the patterns of thought these people are vulnerable to:

    I think this is very telling of the patterns of thought these people are vulnerable to:

    Askill on why he wanted SBF and Musk to talk: Sam also thought that the blockchain could address the content moderation problem. He wrote about this here, and talked about it here, in spring and summer of 2022. If the idea worked, it could make Twitter somewhat better for the world, too.

    Commentor: I think this is an indication that the EA community may have hard a hard time seeing through tech hype. I don't think this this is a good sign now we're dealing with AI companies who are also motivated to hype and spin.
    The linked idea is very obviously unworkable. I am unsurprised that Elon rejected it and that no similar thing has taken off.

    1. As usual, it could be done cheaper and easier without a blockchain.
    2. twitter would be giving people a second place to see their content where they don't see twitters ads, thereby shooting themselves in the foot financially for no reason.
    3. while facebook and twitter could maybe cooperate here, there is no point in an interchange between other sites like tiktok and twitter as they are fundamentally different formats.
    4. There's already a way for people to share tweets on other social media sites: it's called "hyperlinks" and "screenshots".
    5. How do you delete your bad tweets that are ruining your life is they remain permanently on the blockchain?
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  13. Comment on Will Microsoft want to introduce a subscription fee to their Windows OS in the future? in ~tech

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    I have a docked laptop with a Display Port output and wireless Logitek KB+M. When I tried booting a Linux live USB, every single peripheral broke and the internal wifi adapter had no drivers, so I...

    To be fair, you only have to actually learn Linux if you're a power user etc.

    I have a docked laptop with a Display Port output and wireless Logitek KB+M. When I tried booting a Linux live USB, every single peripheral broke and the internal wifi adapter had no drivers, so I couldn't fix any of them.

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  14. Comment on It’s time to bury the defective detective in ~tv

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    First, I don't remember any holy book. Second, are we talking about the same leader who reneged on it and charged the Doctor the second he turned his back?

    the reason the peace treaty was unbreakable was that the alien leader had sworn to it on their holy book.

    First, I don't remember any holy book. Second, are we talking about the same leader who reneged on it and charged the Doctor the second he turned his back?

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  15. Comment on It’s time to bury the defective detective in ~tv

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    They were not space muslims, they were alien extortionists who threatened to kill off a third of the population. No religion, no covert cells, just straight up threats.

    Harriet Jones mass killing the space muslims to send a shock and awe message.

    They were not space muslims, they were alien extortionists who threatened to kill off a third of the population. No religion, no covert cells, just straight up threats.

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  16. Comment on Webcomics recommendations in ~comics

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    I feel like Dresden Codak has become the author's personal therapy vent, right down to the protagonist having a relevation from someone being told off for saying art commissions are too expensive.

    I feel like Dresden Codak has become the author's personal therapy vent, right down to the protagonist having a relevation from someone being told off for saying art commissions are too expensive.

  17. Comment on Today is the UK courts decision day on Julian Assange's extradition to the US in ~news

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    The FBI is domestic, the CIA is international.

    The FBI is domestic, the CIA is international.

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  19. Comment on University suspends students for AI homework tool it gave them $10,000 prize to make in ~tech

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    Honestly I suspect it's changing attitudes too. Imagine giving a grant to develop, say, Ethereum, then it launches right after the Silk Road raid breaks. You wouldn't want your name associated...

    Honestly I suspect it's changing attitudes too. Imagine giving a grant to develop, say, Ethereum, then it launches right after the Silk Road raid breaks. You wouldn't want your name associated with it even if it hasn't done anything wrong because the technology is so strongly associated with bad actors.

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  20. Comment on The inside story of Elon Musk’s mass firings of Tesla Supercharger staff in ~transport

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    I wonder if firing the whole department and then rehiring was a deliberate tactic to stop Rebecca Tinucci (who Musk allegedly disliked for disagreeing with him) from suing for severance by making...

    I wonder if firing the whole department and then rehiring was a deliberate tactic to stop Rebecca Tinucci (who Musk allegedly disliked for disagreeing with him) from suing for severance by making it harder for her to claim targeting.

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