SnotFlickerman

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Code switching.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

That's literally what makes it a fucking Tory wet dream. This gets missed on a lot of American readers.

A uniquely special boy (gotta be a boy, this ain't for girls!) from birth, he did nothing to achieve that specialness. Somehow, despite being an orphan, he is actually absurdly rich. Everyone knows of him even though he has done exactly nothing himself to justify it. He is somehow destined for greatness despite being a fucking fumbling, middling wizard. He will be the "hero" by banishing "evil" from the world because everything is in black and white and evil people are always evil and good people are always good and never the twain shall meet. There are never broken people who make mistakes, no, just good or evil.

A boy after Boris Johnson's own heart.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 10 hours ago (3 children)

Absurdism > Nihilism

We may be in hell, but at least I can laugh at the existential horror of being alive.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (3 children)

The biggest plot hole is how new spells are even made. It seems all spells are pre-existing and they just study how to do them, not the "science" behind how they work.

We get no doses of "wizarding science" showing wizards testing theories for new spells and throughout the books whether you even need a wand or to say a spell out loud seems to be always in flux based on what is useful to the plot.

In other words the world has no internal consistency. There are not firmly set rules to the world of Harry Potter.

She literally made it up as she went along so it all gets pretty confused and stupid pretty fast.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

No watch history plus subscriptions is the way to go.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

I turned off watch history which disables recommendations so my youtube homepage is blank but I always get notifications from channels I'm subscribed to

Underrated perspective. Absolutely a big part of the problem.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

I fucking knew this story was bullshit, and the scientist emailing a random plebe at Google (like some low level employee would know or be allowed to be honest about AI shitfuckery) all shocked was a joke, too. Pretty disappointed with a scientist feeding into this horseshit.

When it first ran, I posited that if they had emailed their documentation to someone with a Gmail address, it might have been up for grabs for sucking down the maw of Google's AI monstrosities.

Finally, even when it comes to the "right" answer there is no way to know if it hallucinated it's way to such an answer! Which makes it getting the "right" answer effectively pointless.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

That's the point, always.

When it comes to displays of hypocrisy, it's a show of power. I get to do this, you don't. It's on purpose to show you that they're in control and they get to do things you don't even though you're actually following rules and decorum. They don't have to and they want you to know it. "Hypocrite" is not an insult to them, it just means they've shown you their power and are happy to be called such.

It's just like with bosses and workers. Workers do all the real labor that makes a business function, but the bosses take all the winnings. Bezos can't deliver all those packages or roll out all those AWS servers on his own, but he gets to brutalize his employees and basically do fuck all not working because the real people who don't actually want to fucking work are the wealthy.

Yeah way more likely he's going to use mass protests as a pretext for Martial Law and canceling elections indefinitely.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 55 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

How about this:

At the apartments I recently moved out of, there were no quarter slots on the washing machines. They were an app that required a bluetooth connection to pay.

So if you lived there and didn't have a smartphone? Go fuck yourself, you don't get to do laundry.

Unless you bothered to check the laundry room when you were looking at the apartment, you wouldn't know. No warnings.

I think the answer to that is: creativity is hard.

Ask Curtis Yarvin, seems like most of his "theory" is Ayn Rand rehashed. These people think they're far more clever than they actually are.

 

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect

Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye

Now I laugh and make a fortune

Off the same ones that I tortured

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I look like Jesus, so they say

But Mr. Jesus is very far away

Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true

That you love me and I love me

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

Yes a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

 

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I destroyed a bond of friendship and respect

Between the only people left who'd even look me in the eye

Now I laugh and make a fortune

Off the same ones that I tortured

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

I look like Jesus, so they say

But Mr. Jesus is very far away

Now you're the only one here who can tell me if it's true

That you love me and I love me

I built a little empire out of some crazy garbage

Called the blood of the exploited working class

But they've overcome their shyness

Now they're calling me Your Highness

And a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

Yes a world screams, "Kiss me, Son of God"

 
 

Hackers leaked thousands of files from Lexipol, a Texas-based company that develops policy manuals, training bulletins, and consulting services for first responders.

The manuals, which are crafted by Lexipol’s team of public sector attorneys, practitioners, and subject-matter experts, are customized to align with the specific needs and local legal requirements of agencies across the country.

But the firm also faces criticism for its blanket approach to police policies and pushback on reforms.

The data, a sample of which was given to the Daily Dot by a group referring to itself as “the puppygirl hacker polycule,” includes approximately 8,543 files related to training, procedural, and policy manuals, as well as customer records that contain names, usernames, agency names, hashed passwords, physical addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers.

https://ddosecrets.com/article/lexipolleaks

 

https://ddosecrets.com/article/lexipolleaks

Source: puppygirl hacker polycule

Lexipol, also known as PoliceOne, is a private company based in Frisco, Texas that provides policy manuals, training bulletins, and consulting services to approximately 8,500 law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and other public safety departments across the United States. This leak contains the policy manuals produced by Lexipol, and some subscriber information.

Founded by two former cops that became lawyers, Lexipol retains copyright over all manuals which it creates despite the public nature of its work. There is little transparency on how decisions are made to draft their policies, which have an oversized influence on policing in the United States. The company localizes their materials to address differences in legal frameworks, depending on the city or state where the client is based.

Lexipol's manuals become public policy in thousands of jurisdictions. Lexipol's policies have been challenged in court for their role in racial profiling, harassment of immigrants, and unlawful detention. For example, Lexipol policies were used to justify body cameras being turned off when a police officer shot and killed Eric Logan in South Bend, Indiana in June 2019.

 

I've been suggested Carvana, and I may end up going that way if it is indeed the simplest route.

I'm driving an older car, it's in many ways in very good condition, but the head gasket is starting to go. It hasn't gotten bad yet (no coolant in the oil... yet) and could be fixed, but the cost to fix is about three times the value of the vehicle. It's got relatively low mileage for it's age and I've barely driven it anywhere during the time that I've owned it.

I don't expect to get much for it, maybe a $400-$700 bucks, but I really don't know the best way to go around it.

Like 15 years ago I would have just listed it with pertinent info on condition and photos on Craigslist. I'm not so sure Craigslist is so viable now.

Thanks for any help you can give me, Lemmy!

 

I began to consider this as my mouth filled with the flavor of pineapple as I remembered the flavor of a pineapple.

Do other senses suffer from the same issue?

 

Colombian President Gustavo Petro said during a government meeting that cocaine is “not worse than whiskey” and that it's only illegal because it comes from Latin America.

Colombia, the world's largest producer and exporter of cocaine, has spent decades fighting drug trafficking, but the country's left-wing president claimed the drug was being scapegoated by American politicians, who have waged the war on drugs for decades.

“Cocaine is illegal because it is made in Latin America, not because it is worse than whiskey,” Petro said during a six-hour-long government meeting.

“Scientists have analyzed this: cocaine is not worse than whiskey,” he added, suggesting that the global cocaine industry could be “easily dismantled” if the drug was legalized worldwide.

The thing is, he's absolutely right. There was a suppressed 1995 study by the World Health Organization on cocaine and its effects. The US threatened to pull out of the WHO at the time since the findings didn't match US drug policy. Instead of losing the US, the WHO quietly shelved the study.

https://www.brucekalexander.com/articles-speeches/cocaine/181-who-cocaine-study

https://web.archive.org/web/20090618160146/www.tdpf.org.uk/WHOleaked.pdf

From the conclusions section:

A continuum can be identified for cocaine use, which includes:

  • experimental use
  • occasional use
  • situation-specific use
  • intensive use
  • compulsive/dysfunctional use

Experimental and occasional use are by far the most common types of use, and compulsive/dysfunctional is far less common. Compulsive or dysfunctional users often have serious relationship, work, legal and health problems.

 

If approved, FADPA would allow copyright holders to obtain court orders requiring large Internet service providers (ISPs) and DNS resolvers to block access to pirate sites. The bill would amend existing copyright law to focus specifically on ‘foreign websites’ that are ‘primarily designed’ for copyright infringement.

The inclusion of DNS resolvers is significant. Major tech companies such as Google and Cloudflare offer DNS services internationally, raising the possibility of blocking orders having an effect worldwide. DNS providers with less than $100 million in annual revenue are excluded.

While site blocking is claimed to exist in more than 60 countries, DNS resolvers are typically not included in site blocking laws and regulations. These services have been targeted with blocking requests before but it’s certainly not standard.

It's aimed at DNS resolvers, so folks better start busting out them Pi-Holes and setting up unbound.

 

Sam "wrong side of FOSS history" Altman must be pissing himself.

Direct Nitter Link:

https://nitter.lucabased.xyz/jiayi_pirate/status/1882839370505621655

 
 

I have cancer. I'm open about it. This medicaid funding shit could literally kill me.

I am so sick of people suggesting I should "pull a Luigi" or "go out like a hero" because they still have things to lose so they don't want to stand up and lose them. So because I'm gonna die, I should say fuck it and risk it all for a bunch of jerks who wouldn't and haven't done the same for me?

Do you have any idea how disrespectful that is to people who are already suffering? When nobody is standing up to sacrifice themselves to save the weak, broken, sick, and disabled? Why's it our job to save the able bodied? Why can't these people see that even though they think their heart is in the right place, they're still basically telling us "your life sucks anyway and will end soon, you should throw it away for the rest of us who never did anything for you" or more simply "kys."

I'm officially tired of this inconsiderate and frankly ableist bullshit.

Honestly, I wish some mods or admins would make some rules about it since it's ableist.

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