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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Framework an ethical company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am pretty sure it’s just anti-privacy actors trying to sow discord and generate infighting in privacy communities, and the person your are replying to is either one of them or ate the propaganda.

  Any cursory look at the Proton guy reveals he’s a progressive who keeps donating to left-wing causes, girls education, pro-LGBT, pro-consumer. To try to paint him as MAGA for being glad about an objectively good thing the Trump admin once surprisingly did is just ridiculous, and obviously not done in good faith.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Framework an ethical company?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, the answer to “Is Framework ethical?” is simple, no they aren’t. The answer to “Is Framework more ethical than all the Big Tech laptop manufacturers?” is a resounding yes though. Which is a sad state of affairs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I am aware they offer a feature. It is up to the game developer to include it though, Steam does not force DRM onto anyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is basically a PC gaming monopoly, so why isn’t anyone mad?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You buy a game in Steam, you can’t play it without Steam

  That’s not true though. For many games, after you installed it you can even uninstall Steam or copy/backup the game to another computer without Steam and play it forever. Yes, many games have DRM that will prevent you from doing that, but that’s the game developers doing. Steam does not have any DRM by itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did programming become "coding"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I see what you mean now, you were talking about what words people use, not whether the definition of the word program applies to something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did programming become "coding"?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How is a mobile app or a function-as-a-service not a program though? They are clearly programs, at least to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Sounds of Silence⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I watched it live, they did respond to his direct questions, but at some point Trump went into a monologue that didn’t end in a question, and they didn’t say anything back, keeping a silence going for an awkward amount of time until Houston asked if they are still on the line and they confirmed that yeah they heard everything. And said nothing else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s what the article calls “key sources”. There are many more below (Mara bar Serapion, Suetonius, The Talmud, and more under “minor sources”).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are so many sources that there is more evidence for his existence than for any other person living at the time.

  This article mentions at least 14 independent sources: en.wikipedia.org/…/Sources_for_the_historicity_of…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely enough for a while separate Wikipedia page to list them all: en.wikipedia.org/…/Sources_for_the_historicity_of…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s incorrect. Virtually all scholars agree that Jesus was a real historical figure, based on many non-religious sources.

  Of course most of stories about him are made up, but the scientific consensus is that he existed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lutris now being built with Claude AI, developer decides to hide it after backlash⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And why is that a problem?

  Google searches also usually generate mostly useless results, which is impossible to combat. Thankfully the person doing the search knows what they are looking for, can try different solutions, and learn from multiple results to get to a working solution.

  Why do you consider AI different? Nobody is expecting it always give correct solutions, just like nobody is expecting Googling something to always give the correct solution.

  I’m not saying AI is useful, but I’m saying that a tool being fallible isn’t inherently a problem, whatever the tool is. As long as the user knows it’s fallible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Maximum Shareholder Value®⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  How dare you. If it’s your last thought then you are clearly not answering the question and thinking about how you can do better afterwards!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨simpler times⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately the money went to other people who had too much of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨let's kill proton mail⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not on Proton’s side, but whoever sent you that email obviously has both your info and your Proton address so they know it’s connected to you, even if Proton doesn’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Facebook Messenger and Gmail Chat (or whatever it was called)! There was a glorious period of time where you could talk to pretty much anyone on any service from one chat app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I was on social media before web browsers existed. I am Legion.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Steam could stop asking in California, since it’s now the responsibility of the operating system to tell Steam your age.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  OP posed two main questions:

  • why did Israel become an ally of USA
  • why did Israel attack Iran right now

  Saying that Israel is an ally answers neither.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How does that answer any of OP’s questions though? Israel has a lot of allies and yet it’s the USA in particular doing this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The irony⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Student loan debt is an American thing, but the sentiment is common in companies around the world. So it’s unlikely that’s the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s obviously subjective. To me this car just looks like a generic expensive car. Looks the same like every other car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know, I think it looks cool.

  Completely impractical, shitty car built by a Nazi that nobody should even consider buying. But in terms of looks alone I like it. I’d gladly drive one in, e.g. in a video game (if the look wasn’t associated with Musk, unfortunately it’s tainted now).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Heartily agree⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s pretty ok in some European countries

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shit, I'd pay $9⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a feature on Pixel phones

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Finally, a mortal who gets it!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes me think, how much water would be needed to extinguish the Sun? I’m guessing a lot more than of it was a ball of fire, which would already take more than exists on Earth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Badabadeedabadie!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can have them add it, it “only” costs $100.000.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Live In Eastern Europe And I'm Making A Creepy Game About Authoritarianism (Demo Is Live)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is music not considered art?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  When I’m on desktop I never go to Lemmy because I have better things to do or work on. So I end up only browsing it on mobile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will restrict your account next month unless you scan ID or face⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who doesn’t use the voice chat feature of Discord, I am always confused when people suggest things like Mumble as an alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone Hates Windows Right Now⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You need some reading comprehension. The title is obviously referring to a recent sentiment shift which has become very apparent with many people in the media and YouTube bringing it up. Obviously the the vast majority of Windows users don’t hate it, that’s not how the word “everyone” is being used here.