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- Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated 19 hours ago:
I’ve never seen that happen, in fact bad reviews about problems in my apps keep being shown at the top of the list, even though the problems were solved years ago and the reviews are about a very early version.
- Comment on am I cooked chat 2 days ago:
He’s actually super nice in person, only plays a character of an asshole for the show.
- Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated 3 days ago:
I mean, realistically it’s not possible to keep using an older version anyway. After a month or two it might stop working due to backend changes, unless it’s truly an offline app like a calculator, then maybe it will only break after a longer period.
So your choice is update or uninstall.
- Comment on Updates that don't tell me what is being updated 3 days ago:
Is that an iOS thing? On Android versions don’t reset reviews, and there is no “review of older version” message.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
Of course it would be wrong. And not hypocritical.
But I guess a Trump voter like you would never understand the difference.
- Comment on Dune: Awakening gets a free weekend for September 11, a first ever discount and early DLC release 5 weeks ago:
“Couple of days”? It’s 21 days before you need to refuel a base. Which is fair to complain about, but a “couple” usually means 2-4.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
You are still missing the point, judging by the “to justify it”, since I never said anything is trying to justify anything. I just recognize the difference between “bad” and “hypocritical”. You can do a bad thing and not be a hypocrite, you can do a good thing and be a hypocrite.
If you use a car. You are okay using cars.
Correct. Which doesn’t conflict with my point at all. The person in that example is okay using cars. Where they are legal. And wants to make them legal in less places.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
I agree. And I think that not in all of such situations you would be misaligned with your values.
For example you may argue for making cars illegal, while you yourself own a car. You are not being a hypocrite, you are hoping that if cars were illegal, society would become more bike-friendly which is your ultimate goal, enabling you to stop needing a car.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
What does that have to do with my comment? Again, the question is not whether it’s bad. It is, but it’s totally besides the point.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
It being unnecessary is what it makes it bad, but it doesn’t make it hypocritical.
It would be hypocritical to own investment properties while telling other people not to.
It wouldn’t be hypocritical to campaign for making it illegal to have them.
In both scenarios your are contributing to the problem, but you aren’t a hypocrite in both.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
Your comment only argues it’s bad, which is not the question. The question is if it’s hypocritical.
I agree with you that it’s bad, and also think it’s not hypocritical to e.g. campaign for making owning investment properties illegal while owning an investment property. You are still the bad guy here but it’s not hypocritical to want a world where the bad thing you are doing is is no longer a thing, if for example the person in question thinks it would be unfair for them to miss out on the investment “while everyone else is doing it”.
Your are the bad guy but no, you are not a hypocrite.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
You are assuming they were against it at the time they bought it, if they even bought it and not for example inherited it.
- Comment on If you argue for a cause like affordable housing for everyone, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also own investment properties? 5 weeks ago:
I don’t think it’s hypocritical to do something and at the same time want a world where it’s no longer a thing.
If you argue against capitalism, is it necessarily hypocritical if you also shop for groceries at a store?
If you argue that we should live in a moneyless utopia and yet you charge money for your services, is it hypocritical?
If you argue for climate change action and yet you drive a car, is it hypocritical?
Of course, owning investment properties contributes to the problem and there is no excuse for that, but I don’t think it’s hypocritical to see the problem and want to stop it.
- Comment on No brainer 5 weeks ago:
It allows you to remotely see anywhere in the world where a transparent container (like a glass) is.
- Comment on Kirkland strong 1 month ago:
I assume it’s because Monster sponsors a lot of racing. So they aren’t putting the sticker up because they are proud of the Monster brand, but because it makes their car look more like racing cars do.
- Comment on They ain't there for you 1 month ago:
You’re violently agreeing again!
Yes, that’s the joke! : )
- Comment on They ain't there for you 1 month ago:
HR, after they say you can confide in them: insidious smile
This is such a common misconception
No it’s not, the meme is 100% right, and I’m not even going to read your attempt at defending them!
- Comment on If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? 1 month ago:
ITT: People debating whether such a shirt is possible and not answering the actual question.
- Comment on Could I just create my own drive format? 1 month ago:
Yeah, but that’s like answering “Oreos, Jaffa Cakes, Biscoff, could I theoretically bake my own cookies?” with “It’s a task that usually takes entire teams of highly competent and experienced people. Food scientists, industrial designers, supply chain management, factory design, lots of math”
Well, yes, but OP is not trying to make a product to compete with these examples. The answer is absolutely yes – to both cookies and file systems – and they can both be done in one afternoon.
- Comment on Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds 2 months ago:
English is not my first language, so had to look “diatribes” up. “a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something”? That was not my intention, I’m trying to have a polite conversation, maybe I’m failing at it if that’s how it’s received!
- Comment on Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds 2 months ago:
To be clear, I’m not saying secretly recording conversations with a mic never happens, just that it didn’t happen in this case.
To the other story you linked, what we know happened is that some company had a slide deck claiming they have that capability. It could be that they really did and that it’s used everywhere. It could also be that they were judging interest and didn’t even look into the feasibility of building it. It could be that they wanted publicity by manufacturing some controversial news and never even wanted to build it. Or, again, it could be true. But all we know for a fact, in that case, is that a slide deck existed. Not that any product existed, let alone that it was deployed anywhere.
Again, I’m not saying it doesn’t happen, it probably does, but that story doesn’t prove it either.
- Comment on Meta illegally collected data from Flo period and pregnancy app, jury finds 2 months ago:
I feel this comment lacks some nuance. Someone who didn’t read the article might think microphones were involved, or that Meta recorded any conversations, which they didn’t.
What has actually happened: The Flo app, as part of onboarding, asks the user about their goal for using the app, with possible choices being “I am pregnant” and similar sensitive info. They are using Meta’s analytics SDK for tracking what users do in the app, and they included an event for when a user selects the goal. All these events go to their analytics dashboard, which lives on Meta’s servers. Flo promised they are not sharing this information with third parties, but they clearly do. So in the end, information about someone being pregnant ended up on Meta’s servers. Meta later learned that this data is sent their way, and incorporanted it for their own use for advertising.
Both Flo and Meta are clearly guilty here. But no eavesdropping occured here, “just” the usual event tracking of which radio button a user selected when installing the app. I.e. no conversation was recorded by anyone, which is what someone may picture seeing the word “eavesdropping”. Which doesn’t make this any better of course.
What I’m trying to get to is this:
they were found guilty of fucking eavesdropping. I can’t wait to see people defending this as not being true for advertising.
This story is once again an example showing that your devices don’t need to listen to your conversations, and aren’t eavesdropping on you. Because all the apps you use are already tracking everything you do, and eavesdropping is not necessary.
- Comment on robot slurs 2 months ago:
The original bug was a moth in computer-relays.
No, it wasn’t, but it’s a commonly repeated mistake.
- Comment on "Pilot had to dive aggressively to avoid midair collision over Burbank airport." 2 months ago:
Of course, but it should be the 2-4 people who are actively going somewhere / in the bathroom, everyone else should have their seatbelt on.
- Comment on Reminder that you do not own digital games 3 months ago:
Lots of game still have that, Satisfactory, Minecraft, Valheim
- Comment on Dune game 3 months ago:
It’s called “Regis Missile Launcher” and is in the last tier.
- Comment on Dune game 3 months ago:
There are lasguns, and the same missile launcher the NPC has is also craftable.
- Comment on Dune game 3 months ago:
You can craft that same missile launcher, it’s not even a unique weapon, but a normal tech tree unlock. You can also use a lasgun against vehicles (which you need to find a schematic for or gain from a mission).
- Comment on Don't Look Up 4 months ago:
That’s reasonable I think, if people are messing with infrastructure, it’s good it’s being verified they are doing legitimate work. Though don’t call them on a hunch terrorists obviously…
- Comment on Anon can't go on a field trip 4 months ago:
By an author who is also crazy and problematic, though in a very different way than Rowling.