rockskon

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by rockskon 4d ago
They were just bringing levity to an otherwise depressing topic.
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by rockskon 22d ago
What a fascinating video. What a treat to hear him talk. Much of my excitement has been dying off due to the commercialization of the hacker community, the culture war, and the constant legislative losses for privacy and effective ownersh
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by rockskon 27d ago
Do you have a specific example on the wiki you can cite for your grievance?
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by rockskon 27d ago
So long as it wasn't something that changed due to a firmware update after purchase, sure. One of the most common grievances on ConsumerRightsWiki is when the terms of the sale seem to change after you've already purchased the pro
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by rockskon 28d ago
Because if you want to convince someone away from believing it's an addiction so severe it needs an act of government to address, presenting an argument that all-but-panders to their "people spend so much time on it that it must b
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by rockskon 29d ago
"You can stop smoking at any time" "You can stop gambling at any time" As much as I may agree with you, you need a different argument.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
"Too good of a product" is an odd way to put it when you could apply the same logic to slot machines.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Seems a bit premature to attribute that solely (or even primarily) to Flock. It also begs the question of if there is a deterrent effect from cameras to commit homicide, couldn't that deterrent be achieved with a far less controversial
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Hard disagree. Checking the accelerometer to disable tactile functionality when moving would have been a more intelligent way to go about discouraging this behavior over mandating use of a historically unpopular technology (Siri) in order
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Nice strawman you're attacking. Kinda weird that you're arguing with yourself at this point.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Newer websites are filtered through what is acceptable from a corporate lens. The old web culture can't exist because advertisers won't let it exist on modern platforms. Additionally the spread of information is significantly less
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by rockskon 1mo ago
I noticed that website doesn't show the absolute numbers involved in search engine use. And you ignored the part where I said "they use the default".
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by rockskon 1mo ago
That's for multiple reasons - many of them directly being Google's fault with intentional choices made towards this end.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Bing because it's the default on their web browsers they've used in college and work. But moreso - whatever the default is what they use. They have zero attachment to Google.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Do you think there's a realistic future where the money paid for EA could possibly be recouped with product placement?
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Once upon a time it would've been unthinkable for Google search to become awful and nearly worthless due, in large part, by Google's discretionary choices. Related - interns these days don't seem to have any particular prefer
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Cultural influence though? Are you going to have MAGA Madden? The Socialist League?
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by rockskon 1mo ago
What a waste of Saudi money.
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by rockskon 1mo ago
Who exactly will be cleaning and sanitizing these self-driving cars that are getting this 50%-or-greater utilization?
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by rockskon 2mo ago
ETA until a drone pepper sprays an innocent student or teacher?
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by rockskon 2mo ago
What of most of the rest of the US economy thats keeps trying to shoehorn AI into their workflows and, more importantly, whose stock prices are buoyed by the prospect of theoretical AI-related productivity gains?
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by rockskon 2mo ago
It is unlikely that a 50% drop in NVidia wouldn't be paired with a significant drop in the valuation of every other company heavily invested in AI.
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by rockskon 2mo ago
Except AI has an unacceptably high rate of hallucinations that will result in adverse health outcomes if not outright death.
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by rockskon 3mo ago
> I should have clarify, I'm part of a local group, itself part of a network of groups. Which is great! Though my understanding is a big weakness of the ACLU/EFF/etc... crowd is that they typically pigeonhole themselves. T
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by rockskon 3mo ago
And what sort of regulations did you have in mind that don't primarily punish the users?
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by rockskon 3mo ago
The social media you don't want will continue to scale.
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by rockskon 3mo ago
Meta is publicly posting ads in Europe promoting age verification, so yes Meta is a part of the problem.
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by rockskon 3mo ago
I find that particularly unrealistic that we can arrive at a good place solely by fining companies for data breaches.
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by rockskon 3mo ago
As cynical as it sounds given its frequent use in marketing and often inappropriate use in legal circles, securing what data is collected is important too. Raise the bar for a data breach. It has value. Much more value if the law did a mu
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by rockskon 3mo ago
Not every lawmaker is the same and there's more than one way to get a lawmaker's attention. Get more people with you. Or convince a group that's previously established trust in your jurisdiction to join you in speaking out.

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