Liquix

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by Liquix 5y ago
Not being banned is nice, but keeping your accounts separate does nothing to prevent the data points you mentioned being linked, especially within the Meta ecosystem. Even outside of the ecosystem, there are billion dollar companies that ar
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>I can't help but wonder how anything ever even gets done on this project Slowly, methodically, and with minimal user impact. As mentioned at the end of the article, what first appears a waste of time for a small issue could also be
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by Liquix 5y ago
Yeah, it started around 2017 with dark patterns to try and get you to create an account on their website and has only gotten worse from there. Can you even set it up locally anymore without forking over your email address? Shame how they sh
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by Liquix 5y ago
If you pay for it, YouTube will not stop collecting your interests, clicks, how long you spend hovering over each video, which comments you spend time reading, etc. They will continue to feed this data into their AI, making it smarter and b
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by Liquix 5y ago
Cloud-to-butt implemented via editing live TCP streams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoOqznZUClI&t=1210s
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by Liquix 5y ago
"I don't really care if they know my location" is the same as "I don't really care about privacy, I have nothing to hide". The problem with this argument is that this information is being fed into systems such
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by Liquix 5y ago
What happened to WTC 7? There is a 45k+ bounty for any credible refutation of the University of Alaska Fairbanks study: https://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/ http://westviewnews.org/2020/01&#x2F
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by Liquix 6y ago
Great point. A percentage of those playing video games in their parents' basement would gladly be out traveling Europe or learning social skills at a state college - they just can't afford it.
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Doug Engelbart, a pioneer of the personal computer, would love your point about computers being extensions of our brains. His mission (in the 1950s!) was to find a way to 'augment human intellect' through technology, much like the
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by Liquix 6y ago
It's an interesting case of cognitive dissonance. Most will admit when pressed a bit that the CIA/NSA/FBI do not have our best interests at heart and are out of control. They have repeatedly lied under oath, lied to congress,
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by Liquix 6y ago
Warning: if you disable this system application your phone may not function correctly. Continue? Dark pattern to scare users away from switching browsers.
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by Liquix 6y ago
Huh. I read higher up that they were more likely to remain off if there was not an employee with the time/skills available to sanitize it.
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by Liquix 6y ago
Introduce a ranking system where rank increases with successive perfect runs. Connect the top 1-2% of hardcore truck sim players to real rigs?
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by Liquix 6y ago
Has the mechanism by which the virus affects smell been identified? Could this be related at all? Mysterious neurological symptoms (some of which persist after recovery) are more concerning than the current mortality rate IMO. Great to see
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> ban what is fundamentally rooted in bullshit A noble sentiment, but the problem lies in who gets to decide what is and what isn't bullshit.
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OSMAnd+ has great live navigation if you care to check out alternatives.
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by Liquix 6y ago
> I don't want to, ever, see online ads transform into TV ads. Targeting would be okay if it was done properly. What's so awful about TV ads? I'd be fine with seeing more "mainstream" ads if the tradeoff was no t
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by Liquix 6y ago
> How on earth did we get to this low point? By putting the bottom line first. Cheaper manufacturing = bigger profits = Good™. All else be damned.
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short answer: aluminum is cheap, but plastic is cheaper.
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Is underage drinking a problem in Japan? Genuinely curious, I know salarymen feel obligated to drink with their bosses but have never heard about unruly drunk Japanese teenagers
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by Liquix 6y ago
Preloaded in the firmware/hardware perhaps?
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by Liquix 6y ago
You can find 30-60" 1080P "dumb" TVs for >$400 relatively easily, but 4K/8K/bigger panels are almost always "smart". These big modern panels are a commodity and the manufacturers snap them up to use in
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by Liquix 6y ago
I think the always-on IoT thing actually makes sense for life-and-death fields such as automotive/medical. There are cases where if an update does not reach the device in time human lives could be at stake. It's definitely not for
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by Liquix 6y ago
Thanks for the quote, Bruce is a really admirable guy. May have been paying homage to another old Zen saying: “Before one studies Zen, mountains are mountains and waters are waters; after a first glimpse into the truth of Zen, mountains ar
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by Liquix 6y ago
Zen saying: "Before enlightenment chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment chop wood, carry water" . Some more from Ram Dass: “Just because you are seeing divine light, experiencing waves of bliss, or conversing with Gods and
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by Liquix 6y ago
All of the three-letter networks are the same. Modern 'news' is a concoction of outrage porn and propaganda designed to keep us watching at all costs. Political polarization is at an all-time high. It's a mess
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You're not wrong, but I also feel it's important we do something (anything) other than give up and use Chrome. Rock & hard place.
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That poor intern is going to get.. a stern talking to.
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With DDG + firefox (desktop or mobile), you can create your own custom bangs! 1. Perform the modified search (hekksaks r:no) 2. Create a new bookmark from the search result page 3. Ctrl+shift+B -> edit bookmark 4. Replace the search term
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by Liquix 6y ago
Hah! I heard Santa dropped 120lb when he found the 'do not accept from third parties' checkbox :)

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