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@ Aatube @kbin.melroy.org

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[He/Him, Nosist, Touch typist, Enthusiast, Superuser impostorist, keen-eyed humorist, endeavourOS shillist, kotlin useist, wonderful bastard, professinal pedant miser]Stuped person says stuped things, people boom

I have trouble with using tone in my words but not interpreting tone from others' words. Weird, isn't it?

Formerly on kbin.social and thriv.social, now on dbzer0 or piefed.social

  • Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring

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  • 1: You can easily disable JavaScript and still browse Wikipedia without any issue. This also removes all banners, which I assume is what I mean by "ads", which on Wikipedia only appear from time to time and advertise WMF events and donations.

    2 and 3: Your IP address is deleted after 3 months, and there's nothing people can do to you just for reading Wikipedia either. Just visiting Wikipedia's servers carries no risk. The exception is if you edit courts could get your personal information when the WMF loses a case, but you can't edit using an open proxy like Wikiless either (because if they allowed you to edit, it would be also be easy for banned editors to edit).

  • Wikipedia is resilient because it is boring

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  • I don't see that in the comments and the article said user PickleG13 was the first person to add the salute information. You can also just go check at the Elon Musk article.

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • It wasn't planned to just be given to them. It was always a prototype sent to them for sponsoring purposes. Then they dunked on it without seeing its intended purpose and auctioned it. And until this thing blew up they never refunded it despite email chains. If it was a misunderstanding it was an egregious misunderstanding. Though they also enormously misunderstood a mouse in another tech review and never took off the cover while complaining of trash tracking (because they didn't take off the cover at the bottom!), that being just one of the more ridiculous errors two years ago. This all exploded around the same time as the employee's sexual harassment allegations so you might've missed it. Just watch Gamers Nexus's video on this for the receipts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGW3TPytTjc it's not an hour long! C'mon, spend your time there instead of heated back-and-forth. Or this 30-minute video from a commentary channel I haven't watched yet but the channel has a good rep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCvvmvIjNWM

    That said, this was all two years ago. Not sure what stirred things up in January.

  • Are you more scared of horror when you were younger, or more scared as you got older?

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  • have you tried Get Out (2017) or the same director's Nope (2022)?

  • Are you more scared of horror when you were younger, or more scared as you got older?

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  • well that depends. when i was younger i was scared to even watch a horror movie but when i watched my first in middle school i laughed at it (not in a bad way) and have been getting the last laugh ever since

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • odysee peertube

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • Note that Sportskeeda is a user-generated source.

  • "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership

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  • I haven't seen the video yet either, but that's not bias, that's Louis Rossmann. He always speaks like that. He's not a random tech YouTuber. He's very provocative and holds a cult-like fanbase (though I haven't watched enough of his to have an opinion whether that's warranted; I personally don't like provocative rage content but that seems to be all the rage).

    Also, there's extensive chaptering with a title for each.

  • Sextortion with a twist: Spyware takes webcam pics of users watching porn

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  • It's Shut Up and Dance, my fav

    the only

    I disagree. For starters there's also

    USS Callister Hang the DJ Be Right Back (though the stakes aren't that high either) Arguably one from Bandersnatch

    Also, I don't like San Junipero as much as others do because the final conflict goes way too fast and the way it was resolved felt abrupt. Still nice though

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • The gacha is a really, really big downside, but still:

    Genshin Impact received "generally favorable reviews" according to review aggregator Metacritic.[87][88] The open world of Teyvat drew praise; IGN's Travis Northup described Teyvat as "a world that is absolutely bursting at the seams with possibilities", and Hardcore Gamer's Jordan Helm described it as "one big environmental puzzle".[27][92] Liyue in particular was picked out by Kotaku's Sisi Jiang for being "one of the most exciting regions that I've visited in a video game in years", before continuing on to discuss how the region "shows an idealized portrayal of Chinese social relations that exists in localized pockets".[100] Game Informer characterized the game as an incredible experience, noting that "[t]he gameplay loop of collection, upgrading, and customization is captivating and compelling".[91] The execution of gameplay impressed Pocket Gamer, and Destructoid's Chris Carter called the combat system "one of the most interesting things" about the game.[5][95] NPR remarked that the game had an abundance of content despite being free to play.[101] Gene Park of The Washington Post lauded the game as revolutionary for the genre, having players "imagine a mobile gaming world with titles with quality that matches the industry's top-tier experiences".[102] Polygon also praised the game for differentiating itself from its peers, heralding its arrival as mobile games become more mainstream and appealing to "an audience outside the typical mobile gaming demographic" and "new players without the hardware to play more conventional and resource-hogging RPGs".[103]

  • What's a popular game series that you just can't understand the hype for?

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  • what is this male traveler slander

    and what about the gameplay

  • Would you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?

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  • Yes.

    Whether you'd boycott it is another thing.

  • Louisiana Senator: Our Maternal Death Rates Are Only Bad If You Count Black Women

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  • I think although very vivid language it is quite defensible for the reasons Kuni mentioned: in the only context where slaves were actually defined as 3/5 of a person, all they could do was allow their masters to extract extra value through representation from them, as they did not get representation for being counted towards House representation.

  • MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairs

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  • MAGA Puts Wikipedia in Its Crosshairs

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  • Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia'

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  • I think commenters here don't actually do Wikipedia. Wales was instrumental in Wikipedia's principles and organization besides the first year of Sanger. He handpicked the first administrators to make sure the project would continue its anarchistic roganization and prevent a hierarchy from having a bigger say in content matters.

    I would characterize Wales as a long-retired leader rather than leadership.

  • This is very funny to me.

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  • Europe has so many treasures—it’s hard to choose just one! For example, I really admire Switzerland: not only is it stunning with its snow-capped Alps and crystal-clear lakes, but it also has a long tradition of neutrality and diplomacy, helping foster peace in a region with such a rich and complex history. It’s a place where natural beauty and human cooperation come together beautifully.

    ... that's obviously AI!

  • Privacy‑Preserving Age Verification Falls Apart On Contact With Reality

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  • this is a paper for the w3c explaining why, not an actual corporate platform that disintegrated upon launch

  • Git Your Freedom Back: A Beginner's Guide to SourceHut

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  • Not sure where the problem with the website being split into different components is. It's quite easy to select which services you want.