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InfiniteGlitch

@ ModernRisk @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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  • A VPN Company Canceled All Lifetime Subscriptions, Claiming It Didn’t Know About Them

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  • Is this even legal? I mean people paid for the lifetime version.

  • What do you think of the stunts in the recent Fast and the Furious movies ?

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  • I quit watching after the movie when Paul Walker passed away. Tried to watch fast X (or whatever its name was) but quit immediately after the scene of “car jumps off a cliff, dude grabs a cable and gets to the other side”.

    I miss the movies where it was actually about the cars, tuning and the people around it.

  • What profound statement has stuck with you over the years?

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  • Two quotes/ statements from a book named “The Midnight Library” ;

    • “If you aim to be something you are not, you will always fail. Aim to be you. Aim to look and act and think like you. Aim to be the truest version of you. Embrace that you-ness. Endorse it. Love it. Work hard at it. And don't give a second thought when people mock it or ridicule it. Most gossip is envy in disguise”.
    • “Never underestimate the big importance of small things”.

  • The first folding e-reader is smaller than a paperback

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  • I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven't read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.

    I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.

    Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.

    I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.

  • Have you ever quit Lemmy for more than a few days?

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  • Yeah, I have. Back then I was active in a lot of political and semi-political communities, at first it was pretty decent and people were polite, debates with actual facts and links to trustable sources.

    After a while though, people become more hostile, insulting and debated with emotions and zero facts. I just grew tired of it and wasn’t really active in any other community. So I left for 4-6 months.

    Then one day got bored, decided to return to Lemmy but unsubscribed from every political community and I straight up blocked anyone who’s being a douche. I now stick a few communities (Piracy, gaming and books).

  • Apple shipped five plane-loads of iPhones and other products in three days to beat US tariff deadline

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  • Apple has teased with making the iPhone-as-a-service, meaning you lease it instead of owning it.

    I really like iPhones (more so iOS), especially with sideloading now.

    But if leasing becomes norm and we can’t purchase it or get it through subscription of service (2 years with Vodafone and then the phone is yours kind of thing). I’ll just purchase an older Samsung. Then I’ll take the loss and struggle for a few months with the interface and all that.

  • If you could explain to your 19 year old self what you are doing with your life today, what would they say?

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  • Probably;

    • I’m proud. You proved everyone that you were able to do everything, they said you could not (education-wise).
    • Don’t be afraid to change jobs, get the one that’s better for your future.
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  • Unfortunately I don’t have knowledge about Android tweaks but I’m almost certain there is one.

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  • Best is not to use the platform but if you do, then the best thing to do is; use a tweaked version.

    One that removes the ads and gives more settings to tweak.

    For iOS you can check EthMods Telegram channel and find the tweaked version and then install them through SideStore sideloading.

  • do you hate AI generated art? why?

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  • Yes, I hate it. I hate that it fills every image platform. It is not art at all.

    It’s a fun toy thing and can make decent images but its not art and can never replace actual art. When you compare for example an anime art of someone who actually drew it and the AI image, the drawn art is 9 out of 10 times better.

    It’s also petty pretty easy to spot whether an image is AI or drawn made.

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  • And the Enshitification begins…?

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  • Yeah, had the same thought. Attacking on Titan, Eren vibe.

  • If you still use reddit, do you feel bad for doing so?

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  • Yeah after a while, I figured out we can sideload Apollo app and since then using Reddit again for some communities that are not really active here.

    Do I feel bad? No, I don’t. My answer will be very selfish but, I will do what is ‘good for me’ and what suits me.

  • Fediverse alternative to Pinterest?

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  • I use(d) Pinterest to collect fan-dom stuff and wallpapers. Each board for a movie, series, anime or game.

    Nowadays I just search for a wallpaper and hope it isn’t AI, download it and leave the platform again. There’s no use on actually using the platform for what its intended (pinning, saving and sharing). Almost anything you do gets flagged by their AI bot for “inappropriate, adult or violence”.

    I mean, they flagged a plant as “adult” content and smiling Luffy face as “violence”. Oh I forgot, their platform is just one giant advertisement crap now. 3/4 of the screen will be taken up by a video/gif of an advertisement.

  • Digg is about to be rebooted. Thoughts?

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  • Never tried it but I’m worried that they (too) will use AI for moderating and all that. AI as moderator for deleting, flagging and stuff is a bad idea.

    Just look at Pinterest’s mess with AI that removes pins and ban accounts for no reason.

    I’ll probably wait when Digg is rebooted and see how the early-adopters write about their experiences.

  • Fediverse alternative to Pinterest?

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  • I have been searching for one, for a year or two. Ever since they keep removing pins for the most mundane things or literal no actual reason.

  • Where do you draw the line between "staying informed" and avoiding all the stress in the news?

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  • I actually had this issue months ago, I kept seeing everything on Instagram regarding a particular major problem. Seeing the deaths of innocents and the governments cheering it on just made me angry, moody, anxious and an immense hate towards humanity in general.

    I was also jobless in these months (glad got work now) and that made it worse.

    Eventually I heavily restricted myself;

    • Only 30 mins of scroll in Instagram, checking the news and such.
    • No talks about politics for at least a month.
    • Read more books to dive in.
    • Play fun games (Mario Wonder, Captain Toad Tracker, Mario kart and Catherine Full Body).

    Got a job now but I still keep most of the things I restricted myself. Despite everything, I’m in a much better mindset than before.

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  • I’m planning to watch this one, got told it’s quite good.

  • Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says AI should moderate social media

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  • Oh yeah, lets do that and see that everything going into chaos.

    Pinterest lets their AI do checks on pins and totally (non violated ToS) images get deleted. Accounts getting permanent banned because their AI claims images are violating their ToS (I guess plants and houses are violent).

    What could go wrong, nothing eh? /sarcasm.