Do you think that’s universal or only applied to the USA? And how does the article support your opinion?
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World News@beehaw.org•UK creating ‘murder prediction’ tool to identify people most likely to kill
5·10 months agoPlease, don’t take this to a private conversation if it’s not a private matter. The topic you were discussing would benefit others and being open offers the chance for someone to jump in with a unique perspective.
Now, about the way you expressed your opinion on the assault received. I don’t have a degree in psychology, but I believe you shouldn’t so nonchalantly analyse someone’s behavior after just one interaction and you definitely shouldn’t treat it with levity (“to die on”). Also, personally, I think you should only advise people to seek help when it’s for their on benefit, not because you don’t approve their behavior. You might have had the best intentions, but the language you use is important.
You didn’t ask the same thing.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
2·10 months agoI’m very sorry for you. People might not realize how traumatizing having to deal with it can be. It definitely shouldn’t be the responsibility of people without proper support or training.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Like to drive fast? Virginia has an anti-speeding device for you.
12·10 months agoI’m pretty sure this is one freedom US people won’t let technology take away in the name of safety and ease of use. The roads and the culture are the problem. You can go fast and people will say going as fast as you can the whole time is the right way to drive.
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Technology@beehaw.org•EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow AirDrop alternatives - GSMArena.com news
8·10 months agoHeadphone manufacturers need access to system functionalities such as proximity auto-pairing and automatic audio switching.
If Apple were a restaurant, they wouldn’t provide tableware for free and would charge you for bringing your own while tying one of your hands behind your back.
Hey, as long as the competition is reasonable, you can be as unreasonable as you want and say the customer has options. Curious they never say their customers appreciate what they do as a defense.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says
6·11 months agoMy cynical take is that Facebook wants the money from ads target at children, but not the responsibility of vetting the apps they might download because the trust the platform they are in. Google and Apple just want to pass the responsibility to developers and create laws that punish them for misusing tools they want to provide so other people deal with the complaints.
Still being cynical. It’s not that big corporations can’t do anything. They just can’t do anything without using their own money.
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Technology@beehaw.org•OpenAI calls for US government to codify 'fair use' for AI training
3·11 months agoThe conflict that people that hate both copyright and exploitative AI had just got resolved. It’s nothing new, but I still get surprised by how shameless the justifications can be.
“Your honor, if I hadn’t stole all that money, I couldn’t be investing to make myself more money. Think about it, it was so much that I had to hire people to help me, so I created jobs.”
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Technology@beehaw.org•US Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google
1·11 months agoGoogle control the browser most people use and that browser could be defaulted to use a different search engine, which controls what you see when you have a question. They can take control from google and allow a real ally to buy it.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits [404 Media]
7·11 months agoI think that is a little backwards thinking. Common folk are at these events taking the pictures. Common folk are producing high quality content. I’m pretty sure the celebrities themselves wouldn’t have as much information on their peers as the collective of researchers do. Far from mere spectators.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
5·11 months agoIt wasn’t true. I wasn’t even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don’t care. I put an edit above now.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
2·11 months agoMy oopsie. Clarification above.
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Technology@beehaw.org•Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in
15·11 months agoLet me spin that for you so you see the problem.
Mastodon, the social network backed by terrorists. By signing up, you put your name on a FBI watchlist as well.
edit: I didn’t make it clear that this would be the spin that would be possible to use against mastodon. It’s not true, but it doesn’t have to be to cause harm.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•If the internet went away indefinitely, what things would you wish you had downloaded before it happened?
11·1 year agoA copy of scratch then.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What are some of the rules about the Internet that were taught to you but are now completely ignored?
3·1 year agoI remember doing that to read and write my answers in forums. Then someone had already posted the same comment or a better version.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What movie would have ended at the beginning if the people in it acted like normal people?
9·1 year agoNormal people talk things over? I would seriously believe that to be the farfetched scenario.
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Technology@beehaw.org•The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms
3·1 year agoI thought the same. Now plataforms have a target audience to focus. The accounts move, the artists have to follow, the rest has a reason to move as well.
Ethnic and exotic food suddenly sound like very strange terms. This question made me realize that people from outside would call the food of my country simply Brazilian food, but we ourselves divide and subdivided them in more categories. I’m sure the same is true everywhere.
I know this is not a question for discussion, but I thought this could add more variety to the answers.

I’m sorry to jump in out of nowhere, but this argument can be used against your top comment in this thread. Some people listen to single tracks, others to whole albums. Am I missing something? I thought you two were just comparing points of view, not trying to decide who was right.