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  1. Comment on Starting in October 2020, all new Oculus VR devices will require logging into a Facebook account, and support for existing Oculus accounts will end on January 1, 2023 in ~tech

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    Is it just not in their DNA to a) not buy something b) not fuck consumers once they've done so?

    Is it just not in their DNA to a) not buy something b) not fuck consumers once they've done so?

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  3. Comment on What do you use your extra mouse buttons for? in ~talk

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    Crushing my enemies

    Crushing my enemies

    1 vote

  4. Comment on Raide, the artist and director of Katawa Shoujo, Analogue: A Hate Story and other VNs, dies in ~games

  5. Comment on MIT researchers created a deepfake of Nixon delivering the 'In Event Of Moon Disaster' speech in ~tech

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    Of course, the hypothetical speeches (perhaps not this one specifically but in general) themselves were real. Nixon DID make several versions of the speech in case the astronauts perished

    Of course, the hypothetical speeches (perhaps not this one specifically but in general) themselves were real. Nixon DID make several versions of the speech in case the astronauts perished

    1 vote

  6. Comment on What level of conversation is Tildes aiming for? in ~tildes

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    And hopefully less endless arguments and hair splitting than HN

    And hopefully less endless arguments and hair splitting than HN

    7 votes

  7. Comment on What are three things you wanna do once the pandemic is over? in ~talk

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    SEE. MY. FRIENDS.

    SEE. MY. FRIENDS.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on I have cancer and now my Facebook feed is full of "alternative care" ads in ~tech

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    The question of how much advertising is truly necessary for websites to function is an interesting discussion in 2020; at least vet your ads

    The question of how much advertising is truly necessary for websites to function is an interesting discussion in 2020; at least vet your ads

    7 votes

  10. Comment on Fedora approves of making Nano the default terminal text editor in ~tech

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    Use Ed, man!

    Use Ed, man!

    3 votes

  12. Comment on The future of online identity is decentralized in ~comp

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    You know, beyond all of this all I want is for the companies to stop lying. No more "editorial decisions on privacy". Facebook can be great as a mechanism for discovery and something like that...

    You know, beyond all of this all I want is for the companies to stop lying. No more "editorial decisions on privacy". Facebook can be great as a mechanism for discovery and something like that needs to exist. We don't want "just another telephone book". Facebook is great for streamlining stuff but the decisions they've specifically made which go against the user, they are never accountable for

    8 votes

  13. Comment on Signs you're a Black character written by a White author in ~books

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    This reminds me of how Martin Amis wrote a book (I don't remember which) with a black character but didn't say they were black and readers didn't really pick up on it

    This reminds me of how Martin Amis wrote a book (I don't remember which) with a black character but didn't say they were black and readers didn't really pick up on it

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers in ~tech

  18. Comment on Facebook creates fact-checking exemption for climate deniers in ~tech

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    Remember when AOC asked if Zuckerberg would censor Green New Deal ads? And how Zuckerberg has dinners with Trump? And how Facebook won't do anything about Trump's posts? Well...

    Remember when AOC asked if Zuckerberg would censor Green New Deal ads? And how Zuckerberg has dinners with Trump? And how Facebook won't do anything about Trump's posts? Well...

    10 votes

  20. Comment on Google blew a ten-year lead in ~tech