Nothing is nonstick like Teflon … But the VAST majority of cooking doesn’t require that level of nonstick, either.

Unless you have a French omelette addiction, you probably don’t need Teflon.

Lemmy only has the information that I give it.

And it demands fairly little information.

I’ll take that in exchange for nobody privately owning as much of my shit as they can get their filthy hands on.

Arguing from empathy with no regard for facts is hopeless.

Arguing from facts with no regard for empathy is dangerous.

We need both.

His victory last time was entirely due to Hillary being a weak candidate and exploiting Cambridge Analytica’s illegal/immoral data scraping to tailor his message in swing regions.

While his base is more riled up this time, I’m pretty sure they are smaller, and many moderates that took a chance on him would never make that mistake again.

At least IMO. I guess we’ll see.

The companies BUILD IN backdoors so that they can steal your data.

But because the backdoor is built in, they have to constantly monitor and update the security around it so that “bad guys” (they don’t think they are the bad guys) don’t get in.

They only do security updates to prevent liability iirc.

The whole thing stinks.

Note: I’m not a software developer just an outraged bystander with tech hobbies and techy friends, it’s possible this isn’t true.

Also more equal societies tend to be happier and healthier. Reducing overall wealth and income inequality is a net gain for everyone.

The richest guy in the cemetery probably lived a pretty good life.

He could host his friends, people wanted to spend time with him if he wasn’t particularly foul.

He could afford better food, better schools, and better medicine. So he was better nourished, better educated, and better taken care of.

He could pursue his interests and support things he cared about, so he felt actualized.

Of course rich people die of cancer or suicide just like the poors. But they do it less and it’s more of a tragedy when they do.

I was agreeing with you, sorry, should have been more specific!

Money can’t buy me happiness, but I’m happiest when I can buy what I want, any time that I want, get high when want…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSBLmhpA8Ig

Activists aren’t given carte blanche to break the law. That’s called vigilantism. And it’s illegal.

There’s no place like home Reddit.

There’s no place like home Reddit.

There’s no place like home Reddit.

What? You voted to support someone ELSE’S freedom?

Blasphemy.

You pick songs, they squeeze ads and other songs in between (IIRC) and can gather data from how you interact with all of that.

You’re understanding the value of big data.

It’s why I reject all of these services. CDs, baby!

The article sure reads like AI word salad. Unfortunately it’s just legible enough that it could just be a dumb human with a thesaurus.

The government website is way more readable.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-safety-summit-2023-the-bletchley-declaration/the-bletchley-declaration-by-countries-attending-the-ai-safety-summit-1-2-november-2023

I hate Elon Musk and I still like the cybertruck.

I’m ashamed but I’d probably buy one and be happy with it, 100% in the city, doing mostly light hobby work, towing a boat, or locally camping.

Look at the tires, they are pretty suboptimal.

I switched to an EV 3 years ago and there is way too much torque at low rpm. The power curve just probably isn’t designed for loose dirt. Not to mention the cyber truck weighs a billion pounds.

Firefox with Adblocker Ultimate working fine for me as of last night. I’ll check again tonight.

“some brands of bikes” make frames out of carbon fiber with wireless derailleurs and have rear facing radar to detect when other bikes or vehicles are approaching, how fast, and on which side.

When your exercise, your recreation, your hobby, and your transportation are all the same thing, it’s easy to justify spending more to make those things as easy and pleasant as possible.

You can get a perfectly usable bike for very little money in America… Probably still made in China though 😂

I’m THRILLED with the promise of technology making human labor obsolete.

Is labor the best use of your limited time?

Why should we design a society where people must labor in order to survive?

However I’m DEEPLY concerned with our blind dedication to the private ownership of everything, exclusively for the purposes of growing the wealth of the few.

I don’t believe we’re in a post-scarcity world yet, and so I don’t think we’re able to stop laboring altogether. But we’ve definitely reached the point where many have stopped laboring and are surviving on the backs of others. Their lessers.

That needs to become embarrassing instead of a point of pride. We need to start shaming people into doing their part.

Seriously, I don’t know why this is news.

Wait, yes I do, half the population is stupid.