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  1. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    That’s literally the situation the Ukrainians are in. And they feel like ceasefire is not an option. Considering all the war crimes, I’m not sure their opponent would stick to any rules.

    That’s literally the situation the Ukrainians are in. And they feel like ceasefire is not an option. Considering all the war crimes, I’m not sure their opponent would stick to any rules.

    9 votes

  2. Comment on anatomy of a fucking loser in ~creative

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    I was replying to the author. They could do that next time before publishing the article.

    I was replying to the author. They could do that next time before publishing the article.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on anatomy of a fucking loser in ~creative

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    You can ask an LLM, like ChatGPT, to capitalize the text for you.

    You can ask an LLM, like ChatGPT, to capitalize the text for you.

    2 votes

  4. Comment on ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’ record temperatures are dividing scientists in ~enviro

  5. Comment on Hurting the right people in ~life

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    I do not agree that people who physically attack and destroy another group of people out of some decades old conflict (in terms of physical actions), are good people. Would you say, the Hamas who...

    I do not agree that people who physically attack and destroy another group of people out of some decades old conflict (in terms of physical actions), are good people.
    Would you say, the Hamas who attacked Israeli people, are good people?
    I don’t think the retaliation with civil victims on the Palestinian side was good either.
    Neither are the Russian people raping and mass-bombing Ukrainians.

    2 votes

  6. Comment on Microsoft might want to be making Windows 12 a subscription OS, suggests leak in ~tech

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    Piracy doesn’t work with cloud products like Microsoft Office or AI. I think, only open source can still rescue the technological economy at this point. Or a crash and capitalistic competition,...

    Piracy doesn’t work with cloud products like Microsoft Office or AI. I think, only open source can still rescue the technological economy at this point. Or a crash and capitalistic competition, which is a more painful resolution.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation in ~health

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    I don’t understand this. You would give up smoking if everyone else would give up smoking as a consequence? But you don’t want everyone else to have to quit smoking, because that would be against...

    I don’t understand this. You would give up smoking if everyone else would give up smoking as a consequence? But you don’t want everyone else to have to quit smoking, because that would be against their liberty, even though it would have the same effect? Am I missing something?

    Also another argument I haven’t seen in this thread: smokers affect other people’s health if they smoke next to you, for example outside bars, entrances, public transport, etc. Those people’s liberty not to smoke is restricted every day. Sure they could complain every time someone smokes, but let’s be realistic, nobody does that.

  8. Comment on Why are we often hesitant to spend money on digital services? in ~tech

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    Wouldn’t that mean that renting shouldn’t exist either? When your long term car rental provider goes bankrupt, your car has to be returned, likely for no money in return. The same could happen to...

    Wouldn’t that mean that renting shouldn’t exist either? When your long term car rental provider goes bankrupt, your car has to be returned, likely for no money in return. The same could happen to a rental apartment.

    I agree that planned obsolescence and quality loss is a real issue, but also you cannot always invest a lot of resources to make something last a lifetime.
    If e.g. car or printer parts can be replaced with carbon fiber or something less resource intensive than metal. Or the material is cheaper, etc.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official

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    Thank you for the clarification. It's funny, I just noticed that you linked to the parent comment that I linked to, in your edit. I guess if the focus for tildes remains on only extensive...

    Thank you for the clarification.

    It's funny, I just noticed that you linked to the parent comment that I linked to, in your edit.

    I guess if the focus for tildes remains on only extensive discussions and contact between all users, it might not be what I'm currently looking for. But maybe it should stay this way in order to not break the experience for those who enjoy tildes as it's now.

    With @Deimos already having left reddit because it was going into a different direction than he liked, I'd fully understand if he wasn't going to listen to the people who want to change tildes' principles ;)

    1 vote

  10. Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official

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    I guess I meant culture when I wrote "features". Thanks for the explanation. For my opinion on the divergence of groups I'll refer to this well-written comment from @g33kphr33k.

    I guess I meant culture when I wrote "features". Thanks for the explanation.

    For my opinion on the divergence of groups I'll refer to this well-written comment from @g33kphr33k.

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official

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    To be honest, I'm not sure if I understand you. You like the specific features of the AskHistorians community, so that would be something that you would like to reappear in a tildes community? On...

    To be honest, I'm not sure if I understand you. You like the specific features of the AskHistorians community, so that would be something that you would like to reappear in a tildes community? On the other hand, you want all tildes communities to be similar?

    I think, tildes' features, like labels instead of downvotes, and auto-collapsing previously read comments, influence the community in a good way, on a large scale. So I don't really see a danger in too many communities. Even though reddit is flawed in many ways, there were inspiring and friendly discussions in some communities.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on Thoughts on making Tildes groups more independent in ~tildes.official

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    With "a space like this" do you mean its size being relatively small? I think this is kind of a chicken-and-egg-problem. Sure, if there are too many small forums, it might be difficult to get the...

    I echo the desire for being able to participate in discussion around my local city (Vancouver, BC) without polluting the global postspace. But I also would be wary of going down the path of distinct subcommunities, as I worry it would be too fracturing for a space like this.

    With "a space like this" do you mean its size being relatively small?

    I think this is kind of a chicken-and-egg-problem. Sure, if there are too many small forums, it might be difficult to get the whole picture. But If there aren't many small communities, not a lot might be attracted to the website.

    To me, this was probably the biggest strength of reddit: a niche for every interest, from which emerged an engaging mix of constantly interesting content.

    8 votes

  13. Comment on The battle inside Signal - The fast-growing encrypted messaging app is developing features that would make it more vulnerable to abuse. Current and former employees are sounding the alarm. in ~tech

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    I think his highest priority is to offer something that is more secure/private than the current market leaders. And with that goal comes the necessity to move quickly. Tell me an alternative app...

    I think his highest priority is to offer something that is more secure/private than the current market leaders.

    And with that goal comes the necessity to move quickly. Tell me an alternative app that users can install on their iPhone and Android phones with a similar amount or growth rate of features as Signal.

    He might think a little too high of himself, I don't know him personally, but ultimately he offers us a better, more private/secure, alternative than the current market leaders. Sure it's not the pinnacle and yeah you need to trust him (and his team) not to destroy the service. And you don't really have to trust him as you can reproducibly compile the app or in theory even fork the project and use your own servers.

    But the important point here is that it is progress to the status quo and therefore I don't understand why you should not recommend it to the mainstream, i.e. people currently using Whatsapp, Telegram, Viber, etc.

    4 votes

  14. Comment on US officials are ramping up criticism of the GDPR, which they say protects cybercriminals in ~tech

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    The argument of criminals being harder to catch just doesn't make sense. Long before the GDPR there were Domain Privacy services: providers that don't put their customers' details into the WHOIS...

    The argument of criminals being harder to catch just doesn't make sense. Long before the GDPR there were Domain Privacy services: providers that don't put their customers' details into the WHOIS database. In such cases, they would need a judge anyway.

    17 votes

  15. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~comp

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    I think the content loads only with Javascript. Maybe you have any script blockers installed?

    I think the content loads only with Javascript. Maybe you have any script blockers installed?

  16. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    That logic is flawed, as Apple's marketing for privacy, so data leaks hit them as hard as Google. One could also argue it's easier to find alternatives for Apple products than for Google's.

    Google, on the other hand, is intentionally grabbing as much data as they can, but they do have a big motivation to protect that data, as targetting ads with that data is their main profit generator.

    If Apple's data on you leaks, it's a bad PR story. If Google's data leaks, they've lost their business model because nobody has to go through Google anymore.

    That logic is flawed, as Apple's marketing for privacy, so data leaks hit them as hard as Google. One could also argue it's easier to find alternatives for Apple products than for Google's.

    15 votes

  17. Comment on Microsoft announces the Windows Package Manager preview in ~tech

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    Why do you prefer Windows over Linux? I would prefer if I could run windows apps on Linux.

    Why do you prefer Windows over Linux? I would prefer if I could run windows apps on Linux.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on France announces complete lockdown for fifteen days in ~health

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    What happens if your apartment rent contract expires within this time? Are you not allowed to move out?

    What happens if your apartment rent contract expires within this time? Are you not allowed to move out?

    1 vote

  19. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech

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    Couldn't these frequencies just be filtered out?

    Couldn't these frequencies just be filtered out?

    2 votes

  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~tech