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  1. Comment on What are we in a golden age of? in ~talk

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    And we've reached highest global temperature so far, yay! Living on a mortgage is fantastic, I just hope younger folks won't be too mad at us! /s

    And we've reached highest global temperature so far, yay! Living on a mortgage is fantastic, I just hope younger folks won't be too mad at us! /s

  2. Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech

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    It is relevant I think. The site doesn't want you to have a useful way to access content, this fact is relevant. So the only solution I see is to ditch it, the more people leave this nazi site the...

    It is relevant I think. The site doesn't want you to have a useful way to access content, this fact is relevant. So the only solution I see is to ditch it, the more people leave this nazi site the better the world will be. Convince people you're following to add another way of reading their content, in some better place.

    3 votes

  3. Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech

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    One can write their favorite artists and ask them to publish somewhere else too, just an idea in between.

    One can write their favorite artists and ask them to publish somewhere else too, just an idea in between.

    5 votes

  4. Comment on X corp is taking down Nitter instances and demands takedown of project repository in ~tech

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    Any other fedi instance. Just stop contributing to technology used to divide people. Stop using technology owned by a murderer. There are lots of alternatives, like mas.to, mastodon.social,...

    Any other fedi instance. Just stop contributing to technology used to divide people. Stop using technology owned by a murderer. There are lots of alternatives, like mas.to, mastodon.social, pixelfed.social and many many more.
    Or, as I'm slowly convincing my friends - stop using it at all, instead go and meet your friends in real life. Not easy, by doable

    8 votes

  6. Comment on Fairphone Gen 6+ now available in the US in ~tech

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    Yeah I was hesitating to buy one. However I had found no other ethical alternative, to I went with Fairphone 4 back in the day. In the end it turned out I don't use headphones as much as I thought...

    Yeah I was hesitating to buy one. However I had found no other ethical alternative, to I went with Fairphone 4 back in the day. In the end it turned out I don't use headphones as much as I thought I'll be, not even bluetooth ones. So I'm happy to have my FP, even without jack. Of course my mind would sit much more comfortable knowing that I have jack, but well, I don't need it that much.

  7. Comment on Young adults in the US are increasingly wary of AI, concerned it will take jobs in ~tech

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    AI will automate some jobs, also other jobs are artificially limited by humans, e.g. there are limits on how many medical doctors can start specialization courses every year, and that number could...

    AI will automate some jobs, also other jobs are artificially limited by humans, e.g. there are limits on how many medical doctors can start specialization courses every year, and that number could be elevated. We should be talking about such stuff. Media should be writing about it. There are still many fields with a huge need for workers, but to gain the license to become such worker is too difficult not because of field difficulty, but artificial limits created by politicians and specialists on such fields.

    5 votes

  8. Comment on The Shoe Thrower [podcast] in ~society

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    When no one seems to be listening, how far do you go to be heard?

    In December, 2008, George W. Bush made a surprise visit to Baghdad for a press conference. And at the very end of his remarks, a shoe came flying past his head.

    It was “the shoe heard around the world,” and countless jokes and memes ensued.

    But in the pandemonium, many missed the story of the man at the center: Muntadhar al-Zaidi, a weary journalist trying to get the world to see the Iraq War in a different light. Even fewer people know what happened to him after.

    Nearly two decades later, Radiolab reporter Sarah Qari tracked al-Zaidi down to learn the story of his life. What she found was a story about grief, anger and the line where journalism ends and protest begins.

    1 vote

  10. Comment on AI data center developers begin suing local jurisdictions behind bans and moratoriums — claims range from officials exceeding authority to violations of due process and equal protection laws in ~tech

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    That's why it's very important to track these lawsuits. I also don't understand, however we're talking about billionaires and big tech, they have tons of money and influence.

    That's why it's very important to track these lawsuits. I also don't understand, however we're talking about billionaires and big tech, they have tons of money and influence.

    1 vote

  12. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I've replaced broken bicycle shifter for the new one and it works! I'm very happy because it's my first time repairing a bicycle. It was a little bit stressful in the beginning, but it went pretty...

    I've replaced broken bicycle shifter for the new one and it works! I'm very happy because it's my first time repairing a bicycle. It was a little bit stressful in the beginning, but it went pretty smooth. Happy to be able to successfully do some manual work!

  13. Comment on New Zealand has a new official language — English in ~society

  14. Comment on “Hope is a method: If I do something about this situation, I might change it enough so that I can do something else about this situation.” -- Cory Doctorow in ~humanities

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    By doing all this hill climbing stuff regarding problems in your own life, you are actually changing the world.

    By doing all this hill climbing stuff regarding problems in your own life, you are actually changing the world.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on US schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters in ~society

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    This + it's more profitable for billionaires to create police state instead of helping the society. Just look who owns the media and thus who creates the narrative. Who doesn't want men to have...

    This + it's more profitable for billionaires to create police state instead of helping the society. Just look who owns the media and thus who creates the narrative. Who doesn't want men to have time to think about their mental health (in a healthy way, not in a way of blaming minorities and women) by driving their attention to other things presented in the media.

    6 votes

  18. Comment on Reminder to myself that my employer does not give a shit about me in ~life

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    I've just spent some time wondering what "PTO" means and I'm surprised that in US people have to negotiate their sick leave with their employer. [edit] Not sure if I rephrased it correctly, but...

    I've just spent some time wondering what "PTO" means and I'm surprised that in US people don't have sick leaves. have to negotiate their sick leave with their employer.

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    Not sure if I rephrased it correctly, but that's how I understand it

    3 votes

  19. Comment on US schools are adding pepper-spraying drones to help combat active shooters in ~society

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    I'd rather consider adding social welfare, money for education, labor rights etc. instead of drones. But I'm not a billionaire so I can only write stupid things on the internet.

    I'd rather consider adding social welfare, money for education, labor rights etc. instead of drones. But I'm not a billionaire so I can only write stupid things on the internet.

    28 votes

  20. Comment on The Filipino virtual assistants behind LinkedIn’s “thought leadership” content mill in ~tech

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    Just an anecdote - two last jobs (decent jobs) I found without LI account at all. Everybody's been telling me it's impossible, but turned out it's not.

    Just an anecdote - two last jobs (decent jobs) I found without LI account at all. Everybody's been telling me it's impossible, but turned out it's not.

    5 votes