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  1. Comment on Palantir was allegedly hacked, exposing CIA collusion and deep-rooted global surveillance/meddling in ~tech

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    The allegation is completely insane and "hits all the right notes" sorta speak. So I'm not convinced until I see some actual evidence.

    The allegation is completely insane and "hits all the right notes" sorta speak. So I'm not convinced until I see some actual evidence.

    28 votes

  2. Comment on TreeTrek in ~comp

  3. Comment on itch.io: No ICE in Minnesota Bundle in ~games

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    I recognize some game which I know are "name your own price", I.e. free. But I assume anyone can make a bundle with anything with permission?

    I recognize some game which I know are "name your own price", I.e. free. But I assume anyone can make a bundle with anything with permission?

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Elon Musk says SpaceX will prioritize a city on the moon instead of a colony on Mars in ~space

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    The moon is an interesting place to experiment with self sufficient colonies. As there's pretty much nothing there lol

    The moon is an interesting place to experiment with self sufficient colonies. As there's pretty much nothing there lol

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Highguard | Official launch showcase in ~games

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    It was announced at the Game Awards as the "final reveal". From "the developers of Titanfall". Which pretty much doomed the game's release.

    It was announced at the Game Awards as the "final reveal". From "the developers of Titanfall". Which pretty much doomed the game's release.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on US President Donald Trump isn't building a ballroom in ~society

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    I love this. It'd be quite smart to do this under the guise of the President's giant ego. Lol

    I love this. It'd be quite smart to do this under the guise of the President's giant ego. Lol

    2 votes

  7. Comment on US households using Ozempic spend less on groceries in ~health

  8. Comment on US strikes Venezuela and says its leader, Nicolas Maduro, has been captured and flown out of the country in ~society

  9. Comment on EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global electric vehicle shift faces reset in ~transport

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    Energy infrastructure is a certainly a huge problem in some, though if I were to guess, most EU countries. As much as I dislike the perceived laziness and unwillingness to innovate in the EU auto...

    OK, but this piece is about the EU climbing down from emissions targets, not the US.

    Energy infrastructure is a certainly a huge problem in some, though if I were to guess, most EU countries.

    As much as I dislike the perceived laziness and unwillingness to innovate in the EU auto industry. I'm not getting the sense we're ready for this switch based on infrastructure... But this varies per nation.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on EU backs away from chat control in ~society

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    How is anyone coming to this conclusion?

    How is anyone coming to this conclusion?

    2 votes

  11. Comment on Strange YouTube watch-tracking behavior in ~tech

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    Watch history has been working pretty poorly since hovering over a YouTube thumbnail, or simply having it on screen (on mobile) starts playing the video. My best guess is that that's what you're...

    Watch history has been working pretty poorly since hovering over a YouTube thumbnail, or simply having it on screen (on mobile) starts playing the video. My best guess is that that's what you're seeing.

    It also counts and keeps track of history if you click through the preview.

    12 votes

  12. Comment on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers in ~science

  13. Comment on The death of punctuation in ~humanities.languages

  14. Comment on The spy who came in from the WiFi: Beware of radio network surveillance! in ~comp

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    I suppose one could perhaps send false BFI, or be "noisy" to perhaps make it harder to identify. Though if you're the only one yelling, it's not exactly hard to discern who's yelling. From their...

    I suppose one could perhaps send false BFI, or be "noisy" to perhaps make it harder to identify.

    Though if you're the only one yelling, it's not exactly hard to discern who's yelling.

    From their paper:

    since BFI identification capabilities were still unknown,
    we also purposely collected the dataset under controlled condi-
    tions, for instance regarding the clothing of individuals. As these
    restrictions were meant to ensure that the gait of subjects could
    be recorded by preventing clothing from obstructing it, we may
    be overestimating the identification potential of BFI.

    Perhaps wearing long leather jackets like in the Matrix is good enough :^)

    9 votes

  15. Comment on Valve announces new hardware: Steam Frame, Steam Controller, and Steam Machine in ~games

  16. Comment on Posts vs. comments. Where do you fall and why? in ~tech

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    Care to provide an example of this happening? I don't think this is very common, at least not in my experience.

    I'd say that on Tildes as on other platforms, you see a lot more posts responding to a topic than you see comments on existing posts.

    Care to provide an example of this happening? I don't think this is very common, at least not in my experience.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on An AI-generated country song is topping a Billboard chart, and that should infuriate us all in ~music

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    Because it's ragebait for engagement.

    What’s even more infuriating, though, is that Billboard is legitimizing this AI slop by including it on their charts.

    Because it's ragebait for engagement.

    2 votes

  18. Comment on Tilderinos in ~talk

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    It's that time of the year again

    It's that time of the year again

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Donald Trump says nuclear weapons testing to resume in US after more than thirty years in ~society

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    This achieves absolutely nothing but letting adversaries catch up technologically.

    This achieves absolutely nothing but letting adversaries catch up technologically.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Removing obfuscation in Minecraft Java Edition in ~games

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    I thought licensing issues meant even if they released mappings, they couldn't really do much with them?

    I thought licensing issues meant even if they released mappings, they couldn't really do much with them?

    1 vote