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  1. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    I fail to see how this contradicts "the EU parliament can only reject laws by absolute majority."

    I fail to see how this contradicts "the EU parliament can only reject laws by absolute majority."

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Does anyone here own a Humane Ai Pin they’d be willing to part with? in ~tech

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    The Humane AI pin had a projector interface thing which was in a vacuum pretty cool, I assume that's what OP wants to toy with

    The Humane AI pin had a projector interface thing which was in a vacuum pretty cool, I assume that's what OP wants to toy with

    10 votes

  3. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    It'd be closer to the Senate, an intentionally undemocratic compromise so smaller countries don't feel like they're losing their sovereignty

    It'd be closer to the Senate, an intentionally undemocratic compromise so smaller countries don't feel like they're losing their sovereignty

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    Her role is analogous to the role of speaker of the house in other parliaments, she was basically just elected by her party. Her party would need to either elect to replace her or her party needs...

    Her role is analogous to the role of speaker of the house in other parliaments, she was basically just elected by her party. Her party would need to either elect to replace her or her party needs to lose.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    Patrick Breyer contends that: (src)

    Patrick Breyer contends that:

    If the urgency is approved on Tuesday, the decisive vote on the substance is scheduled to take place as early as Thursday – the final sitting day before the summer recess. Experience shows that significantly fewer MEPs are present on this day. [emphasis mine]

    (src)

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Chat control 1.0 passes even though majority actually voted against in todays vote in ~society

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    There is some chicanery going on that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around but the idea is the EU parliament can basically only reject laws by absolute majority. The absolute majority wasn't...

    There is some chicanery going on that I'm having trouble wrapping my head around but the idea is the EU parliament can basically only reject laws by absolute majority. The absolute majority wasn't there because the head of the EU Parliament herself forced the vote on the last day before summer vacation, where some MEPs are like… just not there.

    9 votes

  7. Comment on Obsidian Entertainment reportedly lays off a quarter of staff, cancels multiple projects, and begins work on new Fallout game in ~games

  8. Comment on Why does WhatsApp drain so much phone battery? in ~tech

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    WhatsApp on Mac is a Catalyst port of the iPad version FWIW, so it's surprisingly pretty solid It's why I kind of hated the complaints about Catalyst, compared to Electron apps they are a strict...

    WhatsApp on Mac is a Catalyst port of the iPad version FWIW, so it's surprisingly pretty solid

    It's why I kind of hated the complaints about Catalyst, compared to Electron apps they are a strict upgrade

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Chat control passed, on Thursday only an absolute majority can stop it in ~society

  10. Comment on Discord bans (then unbans) around 8400 accounts because of a CSAM neural hash collision in ~tech

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    I am not sure whether this belongs in ~tech or ~society, so please move it if appropriate. I am posting this in light of the renewed push for Chat Control in the European Union, which would not...

    This weekend, our safety systems incorrectly triggered and banned around 200 accounts. Everyone affected has been reinstated.

    Here's what happened. A thread 🧵

    Our systems flag content by matching it against known harmful material. This kind of similarity matching can produce false positives, which is why a member of our Trust & Safety team always reviews flagged content before any action is taken.

    The intended behavior is to temporarily pause uploads during that review, not ban the account.

    We had a bug that caused the latter. When our staff reviewed and cleared those accounts, the same bug prevented the ban from being lifted automatically, so it just stayed in place.

    Around 8,200 accounts were affected from May 2026 through last week, plus the 200 more this past weekend. We've unbanned everyone affected by this bug.

    We know that's not a satisfying explanation if this was your account, and we should have caught this sooner. We're working on better safeguards so this can't quietly happen again, and more broadly, on making sure our safety systems don't penalize people who did nothing wrong.

    If something still feels off with your account, reply here.

    I am not sure whether this belongs in ~tech or ~society, so please move it if appropriate.

    I am posting this in light of the renewed push for Chat Control in the European Union, which would not only yield a suspension from a chat platform but also mandate a report to the police, except the scanning would be running on-device and undermine end-to-end encryption. In this scenario, any image of a grid would have gotten users reported.

    Of course, false-positives are inevitable doing any kind of moderation- but still! Worth thinking about what happens if/when this is deployed at scale. Discord appears to be using the gold-standard PhotoDNA system: https://discord.com/safety/how-discord-leverages-machine-learning-to-fight-csam)

    39 votes

  12. Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society

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    After unsubscribing they started sending me emails about how other VPNs are lame and how Windscribe has a level of over 9000. It’s like whoever does the marketing didn’t advance their sense of...

    After unsubscribing they started sending me emails about how other VPNs are lame and how Windscribe has a level of over 9000. It’s like whoever does the marketing didn’t advance their sense of humor past 2008.

    I deleted the account. I also note that unlike Mullvad they keep your payment receipts permanently on file. That’s a more tangible reason for why I dropped them. I’m really sorry I didn’t recall that earlier.

    6 votes

  13. Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society

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    I'm like really annoyed too I'm a pretty damn happy Mullvad customer. I know it's impossible to be like a completely ethical customer but there are too few edges between my money and a fascist...

    I'm like really annoyed too I'm a pretty damn happy Mullvad customer. I know it's impossible to be like a completely ethical customer but there are too few edges between my money and a fascist party in this graph

    3 votes

  14. Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society

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    As far as I can tell he has not made a statement other than emailing flammen to tell them it was a private donation, Mullvad has made a questionable one though (please do not shoot the messenger):

    As far as I can tell he has not made a statement other than emailing flammen to tell them it was a private donation, Mullvad has made a questionable one though (please do not shoot the messenger):

    Mullvad is a political company. We fight for freedom of speech, freedom of information and the right to privacy. These are firmly held values of the founders of Mullvad.

    Mullvad protects the right for people to express things we don't agree with. We protect the right of everyone to access views we don't agree with.

    We also live these values by being tolerant in our daily work. Everyone is welcome to collaborate with Mullvad if they share these narrow core values. As employees, contractors, customers, suppliers, lobbyists, campaign partners or whatever it might be. No matter what their other opinions are and no matter whether the founders or anyone else in Mullvad dislike them. The founders themselves fundamentally disagree on several important issues.

    This is what allows us to advance our common causes. Being in a tolerant and intellectually open environment is also liberating and promotes truth seeking.

    The more people do this, the better a place the world will be.

    It should be obvious that Daniel's private donation to a political party is not part of Mullvad's values or mission, in the same way that someone's opinions on animal rights, taxes or public healthcare policy isn't.

    That said, if you no longer want to be a Mullvad customer for philosophical reasons, we think it's important to honor that, and will gladly refund you.

    6 votes

  15. Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society

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    I used them for a while. Had no complaints mostly (their marketing, unfortunately, is pretty cringe) but I found Mullvad to have been a bit more consistent. Needless to say when my sub runs out I...

    I used them for a while. Had no complaints mostly (their marketing, unfortunately, is pretty cringe) but I found Mullvad to have been a bit more consistent.

    Needless to say when my sub runs out I need to figure out whether I go back to Windscribe or try IVPN.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on Deltarune Chapter 5 is out now in ~games

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    Vague review that may spoil the experience somewhat/set expectations This one is proving a bit controversial because it was more of a vignette. To be clear, a very heartwarming vignette that made...
    Vague review that may spoil the experience somewhat/set expectations This one is proving a bit controversial because it was more of a vignette. To be clear, a very heartwarming vignette that made me tear up, but the plot barely advanced.

    I'm mixed because I really loved this for what it is but coming off Chapter 4 I was expecting the plot to pick up at a faster pace than this.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society

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    Machine-translated: What I fucking get for glazing them…

    Machine-translated:

    Five million kronor. That's how much money the populist Örebro Party received in 2025 – from a single person. This is shown in the party's income statement, which Flamman has reviewed.

    Behind the giant donation is Daniel Berntsson, founder and co-owner of the internationally successful IT company Mullvad.

    "This is a donation from me personally," he writes in an email to Flamman.

    The company has made large profits in recent years through the sale of so-called VPN services, which make it possible to surf anonymously. In 2024, the company had a turnover of 314 million kronor.

    The five million from Berntsson constitutes the majority – a full 72 percent – ​​of the Örebro Party's income last year. It is also the largest single private donation to a party in 2025.

    What I fucking get for glazing them…

    8 votes

  19. Comment on Did Kamala Harris's silence on Gaza cost her the White House? in ~society

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    The Democratic Party-endorsed approach is to blame Americans supporting Palestine left and right for the loss, then re-evaluate about a year and a half later and realize it wasn't actually them so...

    The Democratic Party-endorsed approach is to blame Americans supporting Palestine left and right for the loss, then re-evaluate about a year and a half later and realize it wasn't actually them so you can continue ignoring them.

    …truthfully, I don't think it was ever Gaza. She was just an uninspiring candidate. Most Americans don't vote based on foreign policy. In fact, most Americans straight up don't vote.

    10 votes

  20. Comment on US Congress clears housing bill, cementing a rare bipartisan feat in ~society

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    I thought it would be a weird procedural quirk but it's literally written like that in the US constitution, that's silly

    If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a Law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a Law.

    I thought it would be a weird procedural quirk but it's literally written like that in the US constitution, that's silly

    12 votes