lynx23

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by lynx23 3y ago
Well, quit, and be done with it. The problem with addicts is that some of them somehow think it is the responsibility of the society to outlaw whatever they are addicted to. Nope. The "me" generation tells you: get your act toge
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by lynx23 3y ago
Thats one absurdity. Having to solve a CAPTCHA for a payed account. What are they afraid of? Another absurdity is having to solve a CAPTCHA for an already existing account with usage history. Lenovo wanted me to solve a CAPTCHA after
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by lynx23 3y ago
Cruel And Prejudiced Test Completely Harming Accessibility Imagine a non-native-english speaking visually impaired grandma trying to register to a random web service. CAPTCHAs are not a problem, people say, there are the audio versions, s
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by lynx23 3y ago
> cheaper/easier to do so Right, with this attitude, nothing will ever improve. Yes, infrastructure needs to be built, no question. But if "cheaper/easier to do" are the only criteria for people to decide how to act
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by lynx23 3y ago
The problem with these is that the taxpayers did not decide on this cashflow. The government did. And that is why you perceive news as propaganda, because these newsoutlets very well know that they are being payed by the government, and
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by lynx23 3y ago
Again, that is why I wrote it is best to never trust the system with topics like that. Because they will detain you, and explain why that was necessary to prevent trauma of the phone staff, or whatever they will think of to explain their a
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by lynx23 3y ago
You named it, humane civilization, which probably also excluded the death penalty. The USA still has quite a way to go. Racist police violence, death penalty, universal healthcare, did I miss something?
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by lynx23 3y ago
All this story and your conclusion underlines for me is what I already knew: Never ever tell the system that you have a problem. Working on fixing it yourself always has less fallout then whatever the system might be thinking is best for
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by lynx23 3y ago
"Ethics" and "democracy", as if they were a real thing... Both are a tool to fights your adversaries, but they are not something you can assume as given.
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by lynx23 3y ago
[world-emoji-by-google.png?width=16] Someone please tell 'em about alt tags.
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by lynx23 3y ago
Not being female helps a lot in this regard. I have no other tip for you.
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by lynx23 3y ago
Fake journalism during COVID-19 killed so much trust in democracy that it seem to be an anti-thesis to what you just said. Bad journalism apparently can kill democracy as well.
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by lynx23 3y ago
No, I am definitely not German, actually, proud not to be.
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by lynx23 3y ago
No, thats just wrong. "What I say is always relevant to you, no matter what you do" seems to be a new game in society, but that doesn't make it any more true. If I don't talk about politics, then my position is "I
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by lynx23 3y ago
Is it possible we know each other from StackOverflow perhaps? Because I remember a bunch of people on there who think it is productive to start a posting with "You don’t actually want that".
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by lynx23 3y ago
I dont remember claiming there is any sort of conspiracy. All I am saying is that you can't expect people to pay for low quality output. The other side seems to pretend that in capitalism, the consumer is supposed to pay to improve t
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by lynx23 3y ago
Its even worse. In my country, the government has given a lot of money to media companies, right around covid. That magically made them all comply and report the same government propaganda. However, even non-conspiracy-theory-people have
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by lynx23 3y ago
The average person is to dumb to deserve quality reporting is another way to put what you just said. Even if that might be true, it doesn't change anything about my perception of modern journalism.
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by lynx23 3y ago
Ahh, the good old "it is only for your good" argument. I don't buy it. There wouldn't be any unhappy media consumers if that statement were universally true. Everytime I read something which has been badly researched
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by lynx23 3y ago
Lamenting the unwillingness to pay for trash is a hopeless cause. The cat bites its own tale. Most news outlets I know have deteriorated so much in quality that I would never even think about paying for any of that propaganda. Give me a
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by lynx23 3y ago
The truth is, journalism has cratered. However, most are not ready to accept the truth, since they still believe the media are an essential part of democracy.
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by lynx23 3y ago
Which boils down to bribery, which doesn't make this look any better.
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by lynx23 3y ago
You nailed it.
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by lynx23 3y ago
That is so true, at least as far as an exaggregated picturesque example goes. Already 20 years ago, stories started to pop up about farms offering holidays for kids from cities with immunological health problems. The explanation was, and
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by lynx23 3y ago
Of course we are. Asking nicely will only get you a lie as an answer.
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by lynx23 3y ago
There you have it, all the reasons you ever need to explain why foreign countries are not very thrilled about the prospect of having to share personal data about their citizens. Given this attitude, and the evidence of misuse, why should
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by lynx23 3y ago
Could you enlighten me and list some of these "obvious reasons"? Also, since you say "naturally", I assume there are sources you might be able to point at?
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by lynx23 3y ago
Its not so much about non-profit vs evil-for-profit. Once certain people from certain money-cultures enter management of a for-profit, it is going to hell. Sure, they will give the speeches which are expected, promising to the lowly contr
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by lynx23 3y ago
The point is, the world is not united, and the U.S. can not be trusted with personal data.
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by lynx23 3y ago
It would also help if conservatives and believers would stop to work against the right to assisted death. It should be a human right to end ones life if so desired.

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