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  1. Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games

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    I said hello and instantly got 100%, possibly because chatbots don't waste time on greetings.

    I said hello and instantly got 100%, possibly because chatbots don't waste time on greetings.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Anaconda | Official trailer in ~movies

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    It kind of reminds me of a watered down Cannibal Holocaust but played for comedy, with an attempt to rip off Tropic Thunder. Jack Black, unfortunately, is only good in certain roles and...

    It kind of reminds me of a watered down Cannibal Holocaust but played for comedy, with an attempt to rip off Tropic Thunder. Jack Black, unfortunately, is only good in certain roles and characters, and you can't simply stick him in a movie and expect it to be elevated - not a good movie, anyway.

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Why is the name of the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000 hard-coded into the Bluetooth drivers? in ~comp

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    You're supposed to be able to, but I got the still-annoying error chime and an extremely unhelpful "failed to set name" every time I tried. I have the same peripherals for my laptop and desktop,...

    As an aside, does Windows not let you assign nicknames to bluetooth devices still?

    You're supposed to be able to, but I got the still-annoying error chime and an extremely unhelpful "failed to set name" every time I tried. I have the same peripherals for my laptop and desktop, and sometimes they get swapped around so they have both in their devices list.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Wallet voting in ~life

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    ...isn't this voting with your wallet?

    You cannot vote with your wallet. Or rather, you can, but you will lose that vote. Wallet-votes always go to the people with the thickest wallets, and statistically, that is not you.
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    Make consumption choices that improve your life and the lives of people you love. Support your local bookstore, buy online from libro.fm and bookshop.org – not because this will break Amazon's monopoly power (for that we will need unionization, antitrust, and tax enforcement), but because when you shop at those stores, you make a difference to the lives of the people who operate those stores, who pay decent wages and don't maim their warehouse workers.

    ...isn't this voting with your wallet?

    30 votes

  5. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    Oh I know who Sinclair is. But I don't know how they have a say in how Disney runs ABC or suggest content.

    Oh I know who Sinclair is. But I don't know how they have a say in how Disney runs ABC or suggest content.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on I'm Not a Robot in ~games

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    Level 16 has got me. I think there's something wrong with my laptop's rendering, because there's presumably suppused to be a 3D object with text I have to click and drag, but the box doesn't...

    Level 16 has got me. I think there's something wrong with my laptop's rendering, because there's presumably suppused to be a 3D object with text I have to click and drag, but the box doesn't respond to it so I'm stuck with the little bit of a > that's in view.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    What's Sinclair's relationship with Disney and ABC?

    What's Sinclair's relationship with Disney and ABC?

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    In his first term, Trump was a joke candidate who unexpectedly won and didn't know what to do with it. This time around he's very clearly been given support, an agenda (Project 2025) with steps to...

    In his first term, Trump was a joke candidate who unexpectedly won and didn't know what to do with it. This time around he's very clearly been given support, an agenda (Project 2025) with steps to carry out, and subordinates who are ideologically motivated and relatively unified (different grops being unified in one of two or three mutually contradictory directions).

    12 votes

  9. Comment on Jimmy Kimmel pulled “indefinitely” by ABC after Charlie Kirk comments in ~tv

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    Tbh I wouldn't care if all the late night shows bar LWT were axed, because I find them extremely cringeworthy and avenues for celebrities to grift movies and products. I also find Kimmel himself...

    Tbh I wouldn't care if all the late night shows bar LWT were axed, because I find them extremely cringeworthy and avenues for celebrities to grift movies and products. I also find Kimmel himself quite hard to like as a host. But the reasoning here is such obvious BS.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    Seeing your and the OP's replies side by side in my notifications was very funny.

    Seeing your and the OP's replies side by side in my notifications was very funny.

    1 vote

  11. Comment on Dear Nintendo, please bring back the Wii Remote in ~games

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    Correct me if I'm wrong because it's been over a decade, but aren't Wiimotes long chunky rectangles? Iirc you needed a silicone sleeve to make it comfortable to hold.

    The shape of the Wii Remote was just so ergonomic

    Correct me if I'm wrong because it's been over a decade, but aren't Wiimotes long chunky rectangles? Iirc you needed a silicone sleeve to make it comfortable to hold.

  12. Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance

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    It's not state run. It's from the three big apps, WeChat, Meituan, and Alipay, who are each affiliated with a range of services, compete with each other, and process their own payments.

    It's not state run. It's from the three big apps, WeChat, Meituan, and Alipay, who are each affiliated with a range of services, compete with each other, and process their own payments.

  13. Comment on Your phone already has social credit. We just lie about it. in ~finance

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    To fill in some info on China's social credit score in daily life: China has many 'shared' services. You can rent a bicycle, a power bank, even a moped, and only be charged when you return it to a...

    There could be a hypothetical case where a social credit system did go too far, that's what everyone was thinking China would end up doing, but it seems like in reality, in both China and the West things haven't ended up going that bad.

    To fill in some info on China's social credit score in daily life: China has many 'shared' services. You can rent a bicycle, a power bank, even a moped, and only be charged when you return it to a charger/parking spot. This would go horribly wrong in most countries due to people not returning or vandalising them, so when you rent the system looks at your renting record and decides whether or not you need to pay a deposit, or I assume deny service.

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Can AI rescue us from the mess of prior auth? in ~health

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    So...the solution they're advocating is handing over our entire medical records and every test we've ever taken to insurers?

    So...the solution they're advocating is handing over our entire medical records and every test we've ever taken to insurers?

    2 votes

  15. Comment on The British empire’s role in ending slavery worldwide in ~humanities.history

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    Whereas today on the other hand...

    At this time, the 1830s, the trading of palm oil was worth more than slaves and abolitionists argued that Britain should keep a presence in Africa in order to promote the legitimate, lucrative and more ethical trade in palm oil to the local tribes, rather than slaves.

    Whereas today on the other hand...

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Storyteller v2 is now available! in ~books

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    Don't feel too bad. Me on the front page: "What? Another Android fork? Guess I'll give it a look - hey this is pretty interesting..."

    Don't feel too bad.
    Me on the front page: "What? Another Android fork? Guess I'll give it a look - hey this is pretty interesting..."

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Wikipedia is resilient because it’s boring in ~tech

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    It's worth noting that China only chose to block the Chinese-language edition of WP, then changed its stance in 2019 and does now block all of Wikipedia....

    Almost every country save China (and Russia, for several hours) chose to not to block it.

    It's worth noting that China only chose to block the Chinese-language edition of WP, then changed its stance in 2019 and does now block all of Wikipedia.

    https://slate.com/technology/2019/05/wikipedia-china-block-censorship-tiananmen-square.html

    27 votes

  18. Comment on US conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News in ~tv

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    What do you mean? Judge Mehta prohibited Google from making smartphones exclusively run searches through their search engine or exclusively use Gemini, and made them start sharing some search data...

    What do you mean? Judge Mehta prohibited Google from making smartphones exclusively run searches through their search engine or exclusively use Gemini, and made them start sharing some search data with competitors. He didn't make them spin off or sell Chrome, which was the strongest action he could have taken, but nothing at all is a severe understatement.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on US conservative news network Newsmax files antitrust lawsuit against Fox News in ~tv

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    Antitrust is one of the few good things both parties agree on. The FTC, even under Trump, has reviewed mergers and gone after Google for being an illegal monopoly, even if in some cases it's...

    Antitrust is one of the few good things both parties agree on. The FTC, even under Trump, has reviewed mergers and gone after Google for being an illegal monopoly, even if in some cases it's cleared multi-million mergers:

    2 votes

  20. Comment on Call of Duty: Ghosts – Power, paranoia, and orbital tungsten rods in ~games

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    A Trump rally actually appearing on screen after the audio was mixed in, was too much. On the other hand, the game's attempted racist dick joke was just right.

    A Trump rally actually appearing on screen after the audio was mixed in, was too much. On the other hand, the game's attempted racist dick joke was just right.