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  1. Comment on Who's afraid of Hasan Piker? in ~society

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    His popularity worries me, I'll just say that.

    His popularity worries me, I'll just say that.

    4 votes
  2. Comment on In the past days, several projects advocating tolerance and equal rights on Codeberg have been subject to hate attacks, such as massive spam of abusive messages in their issue trackers in ~comp

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    From the looks of it, it's abuse of the issue tracker on repositories, triggering spam emails, using posts mentioning various users in batches.

    From the looks of it, it's abuse of the issue tracker on repositories, triggering spam emails, using posts mentioning various users in batches.

    3 votes
  3. Comment on Reddit will lock some content behind a paywall this year, CEO says in ~tech

  4. Comment on H.R.1161 - To authorize the President to enter into negotiations to acquire Greenland and to rename Greenland as "Red, White, and Blueland". in ~society

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    There should be repercussions congressional shitposting of this caliber. Someone got paid to write this lmao

    Red, White and Blueland

    There should be repercussions congressional shitposting of this caliber. Someone got paid to write this lmao

    3 votes
  5. Comment on I hate the new internet. I hate the new tech world. I hate it all. I want out, and I can't be the only one. in ~tech

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    I'm sorry but honestly from what I heard they got way outta line over there lol.

    they just banned /r/whitepeopletwitter

    I'm sorry but honestly from what I heard they got way outta line over there lol.

    5 votes
  6. Comment on Are we witnessing the takeover of a country right now? in ~society

  7. Comment on US President Donald Trump halts tariffs on Canada and Mexico as both offer new border security plans in ~society

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    If that's anything to go by the EU can expect the proposed 10% tariff won't be negotiable.

    If that's anything to go by the EU can expect the proposed 10% tariff won't be negotiable.

    1 vote
  8. Comment on US President Donald Trump halts tariffs on Canada and Mexico as both offer new border security plans in ~society

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    I think the hint there is the fact they're 10% rather than 25%

    I wonder if the China-oriented tariffs are still going through tomorrow

    I think the hint there is the fact they're 10% rather than 25%

    5 votes
  9. Comment on Senior US official to exit after rift with Elon Musk allies over payment system in ~society

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    I don't mind the idea of transparency and reporting on the inner workings to see if everything is really working as intended. But outright controlling a system from another institution seems like...

    I don't mind the idea of transparency and reporting on the inner workings to see if everything is really working as intended.

    But outright controlling a system from another institution seems like overstepping, kind of reminds me of Alameda Research lmao

    6 votes
  10. Comment on Does anyone want to talk about stocks/options? in ~finance

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    Yes, this is definitely an underreported topic on Tildes

    Yes, this is definitely an underreported topic on Tildes

    1 vote
  11. Comment on What is China’s DeepSeek and why is it freaking out the AI world? in ~tech

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    I understand why it's a shock to Nvidia, but it really shouldn't. Okay, so, that AI doesn't need neverending amounts of compute. But, what happens when you throw neverending amounts of compute at...

    I understand why it's a shock to Nvidia, but it really shouldn't.

    Okay, so, that AI doesn't need neverending amounts of compute. But, what happens when you throw neverending amounts of compute at it?

    Now that we built all that compute, may as well put it all to use!

    3 votes
  12. Comment on We're bringing Pebble back! in ~tech

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    Lol declining the offer has a surprising twist

    Lol declining the offer has a surprising twist

    24 votes
  13. Comment on US President Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht in ~society

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    I doubt it's actually that deep. Releasing Ross isn't beneficial to anyone. (Other than Ross) Apparently he made a promise to libertarians. I really think that's all there's to it.

    I doubt it's actually that deep. Releasing Ross isn't beneficial to anyone. (Other than Ross)

    Apparently he made a promise to libertarians. I really think that's all there's to it.

    9 votes
  14. Comment on US President Donald Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht in ~society

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    I thought the sentencing was a bit excessive, he was definitely turned into an example. However, it all points to Ross ultimately believing he carried out hits on people who were undermining his...

    I thought the sentencing was a bit excessive, he was definitely turned into an example. However, it all points to Ross ultimately believing he carried out hits on people who were undermining his business. He's not as innocent as people make it out to be.

    Edit; would've rather seen Snowden, but, oh well...

    24 votes
  15. Comment on European Union orders X to hand over algorithm documents in ~tech

  16. Comment on Proton CEO tweets support for Donald Trump's Department of Justice pick and the US Republican Party in ~society

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    Very stupid move to use the official X account, however, I'm not particularly bothered, the service is good and they're right to stay out of politics moving forward. I'm numb to it, it's been...

    Very stupid move to use the official X account, however, I'm not particularly bothered, the service is good and they're right to stay out of politics moving forward.

    I'm numb to it, it's been 'person tweets X so now they're enemy number one' for years now.

    An archive link to some of their correspondence has me even less concerned, but that's me taking the information at face value.

    7 votes
  17. Comment on Does a picture prove anything anymore? in ~arts

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    Trust proves things, which is why cryptography is more important than ever.

    Trust proves things, which is why cryptography is more important than ever.

    9 votes
  18. Comment on Meta is ending its fact-checking program in favor of a 'community notes' system similar to X in ~tech

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    Didn't he open it up, pretty sure Birdwatch was only for select users. I'm hugely in favor of community notes, I much prefer it over centralized authority because nobody gets to whine about who's...

    At least before Musk took over.

    Didn't he open it up, pretty sure Birdwatch was only for select users.

    I'm hugely in favor of community notes, I much prefer it over centralized authority because nobody gets to whine about who's behind it.

    1 vote
  19. Comment on Why Canada should join the EU in ~society

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    Obvious logical discrepancy aside, I feel like I'm reading an alt history reddit post

    Obvious logical discrepancy aside,

    The EU would go from having a population density not far from China’s to that of America—assuming enough Greeks or Belgians volunteer to live in rather chilly conditions.

    I feel like I'm reading an alt history reddit post

    3 votes
  20. Comment on AI and ethics - CP in ~talk

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    A creep genuinely attempted this in the Netherlands 4 years ago, it went about as well as you would expect. link (Dutch)

    nobody is going to come forward and push through relaxed laws for child porn

    A creep genuinely attempted this in the Netherlands 4 years ago, it went about as well as you would expect. link (Dutch)

    5 votes