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- Comment on The inarguable case for banning social media for teens 31 minutes ago:
The argument they make seems to boil down to, there’s various reasons to believe that social media can be a negative influence on teenagers, the idea of social media bans is popular with the public in polls, and the Trump administration opposes social media regulation. So yeah, not all that comprehensive. Notably lacking is a case that a youth ban is actually the right solution and wouldn’t cause its own harms, an explanation of why teenagers and adults are so different here and what that implies, or an acknowledgement of the cases against such a ban (for instance they make an uncritically positive reference to last year’s ban by Australia which is extremely controversial and has a lot of good arguments against it, like the privacy disaster of making everyone prove their identity to post online). To be fair the whole thing seems like mostly a really brief summary of The Anxious Generation, maybe that book makes a stronger point.
It has to be acknowledged that much of what makes up human culture and society is online now, and will continue to be going forward. The real question should be, what do we want that society to look like, and how do we move in that direction? Probably there is a lot more to it than passing laws that ban things. Calling social media digital crack and demanding teenagers to go live in a past that doesn’t exist anymore seems like a very head-in-sand attitude to me.
- Comment on 4chan Is Dead. Its Toxic Legacy Is Everywhere 2 days ago:
If that was the case he could have deleted /pol/ and banned its users. 2016 would have been a great time for that.
- Comment on As literally everything gets more and more expensive, Everspace 2's devs say screw it, let's make our upcoming DLC cheaper 5 days ago:
That’s not even necessarily them being nice, if your audience can suddenly afford less, that changes what the optimal price would be for maximizing sales * price. The cost of producing an electronic copy of a DLC is zero.
- Comment on PSA: I want a law for PC games to be offered in physical versions again 1 week ago:
If we’re wishing for things that probably won’t happen, how about a government agency for game preservation? Source code gets submitted before release, approval for sale is conditional on them being able to successfully build and deploy it. Then 20 years later it gets automatically published to the public domain. That way even online only games will end up being preserved.
- Comment on Is 4chan dead forever? Where are the refugees going? 1 week ago:
One possible reason I’ve read is that the people moderating it have had their identities leaked, so imagine being the person responsible for banning 4chan users and now also they know who you are, seems like a very unappealing thing to volunteer for.
- Comment on This is what a digital coup looks like 1 week ago:
You know, you probably know this phrase, “Do not obey in advance.” That’s Tim Snyder, who’s a historian of authoritarianism. We now are in techno-authoritarianism. We have to learn how to digitally disobey. That can be as simple as the dropdown box. Don’t accept the cookies, don’t give your real name, download Signal
… post on Lemmy?
- Comment on Venezuelan migrants relied on clickwork to survive. Now AI is replacing them 1 week ago:
“There is no formal relationship between the platforms and the workers. If the tasks disappear, they are simply no longer called,” he said.
Fuentes and 19 other Venezuelan taskers have a WhatsApp group where they take turns to alert members when a task becomes available. “If someone has insomnia, they say, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll keep an eye out tonight,’” she said.
I used to do online gig work like this. The good part is you don’t really have to directly interact with anyone, the bad part is this stuff, garbage pay, and the platforms not giving a fuck about whether clients scam you or falsely tank your approval rating. To even obtain decent tasks you basically have to do what these people did with an active group chat, or cheat and use scripts to automatically snipe them and notify you.
The most memorable ones were stuff like, transcribing videos of maintenance people describing what they were doing, and watching video feeds of surgery robots and rating the skills of their operators.
Despite all the shitty aspects of it, I think it sucks this kind of work is going away, because it is really convenient to have as an option and used to be an effective way to avoid getting a traditional job if you were really dead set on that. And I guess a good option in general for people in countries with very low cost of living.
- Comment on Anon finally finds a girlfriend 1 week ago:
Judging by some of the vrchat threads I’ve seen Anon is way ahead of you on this
- Comment on A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time 1 week ago:
That’s amazing thanks for the link
- Comment on A colossal squid is filmed in its natural habitat for the first time 1 week ago:
So no footage?
- Comment on 4chan Is Down Following What Looks to Be a Major Hack Spurred By Meme War 1 week ago:
afaik 4chan doesn’t really raid other websites like they did years ago, but this other site does.
- Comment on 'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025 2 weeks ago:
These explanations make sense to me, but they seem to conflict a little with what’s being said in the post, where it’s implied that game journalism sites get a decent amount of traffic but it isn’t worth as much because advertising as a whole is collapsing somehow:
It doesn’t matter how many millions, or even tens of millions of people are reading a website if the means of financially supporting that writing are evaporating.
- Comment on 'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on 'There Are So Few Of Us Left': Even Full-Time Games Journalists At Big Websites Are Feeling It In 2025 2 weeks ago:
The free internet as we’ve known it for the last 20 years is collapsing as the ad market evaporates and corporate media ownership becomes increasingly unhinged in response. As belts tighten and profits dwindle across all media–not just video games–that rising tide could begin claiming more and more sites that even ten years ago would have seemed immortal.
Why is this happening? The post alludes to Google and Meta hogging all the ads somehow, but why would advertising on things resembling traditional media now be worthless? Everyone started using adblockers or is there something else too?
- Comment on Anon is worried about men 3 weeks ago:
pubs and nightclubs have limited tools for deciding who can interact with who, in comparison. No idea if that makes them work any better for matchmaking though.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
I would be concerned about the privacy implications, but imo it is ok to do if it makes you feel better and isn’t causing problems in your life. Seems kind of similar to something like writing fanfiction or keeping a diary, only you have a tool to help prompt what you write.
- Comment on Jacksepticeye Reveals He Was Working on an Unannounced Soma Animated Show but It Fell Apart 'Out of Nowhere' 3 weeks ago:
I disagree about Soma being an isolated setting, there are actually lots of characters, it’s just that they’re all insane cyborgs who mostly happen to have their own personal reasons for attacking you.
I can’t seem to find them, but before the game came out there was a series of live action video shorts made in association with it to help establish the concept and setting, I’d imagine a show being along the lines of those but fleshed out more.
- Comment on Brian Eno: “The biggest problem about AI is not intrinsic to AI. It’s to do with the fact that it’s owned by the same few people” 4 weeks ago:
tbf the widely used nomenclature for them is “open weights”, specifically to draw that distinction. There are genuinely open source models, in that the training data and everything is also documented, just not as many.
- Comment on Don't make me come over there 5 weeks ago:
The internet is wrong, more “um actually” is needed, not less
- Comment on "You should probably just throw it away" 5 weeks ago:
Probably going to be a ton of cheap used computers on the market in the near future for installing Linux on
- Comment on "You should probably just throw it away" 5 weeks ago:
Might also be ram compatibility problems
- Comment on Anon uses Discord 5 weeks ago:
This is one of the bigger reasons I don’t want to use social media controlled by a corporation, it means they can choose to cut me off from people at their discretion, which will probably be based on what is convenient and easy for them.
- Comment on Anon uses Discord 5 weeks ago:
I don’t really know how to use Discord except by muting servers immediately after joining and probably never looking at them again
- Comment on [Social Engineering] My Scammer Girlfriend: Baiting A Romance Fraudster. 5 weeks ago:
I wonder if it would work to do this, except instead of scamming, gradually substitute your messages with those of another target, so ultimately they get set up with each other for real
- Comment on AI will replace us all... trust me 5 weeks ago:
LLMs have a tendency to come up with bullshit excuses to avoid tricky requests, and are also trained on corpospeak moral hand wringing, this kind of thing is the result sometimes
- Comment on Anon uses Windows 5 weeks ago:
Any media file also
- Comment on Anon uses Windows 5 weeks ago:
I once lived somewhere I was sharing wifi with the neighbors, any time I’d right click on some porn Windows would give the option to stream it to their smart tv, I could not figure out how to disable it so this no longer happens.
- Comment on I left negative feedback on ebay for dropshipping and the seller has messaged me four days in a row asking me to change it 1 month ago:
I don’t mind this personally with ebay, I might be out a few extra dollars sometimes but at least I am supporting independent sellers and not having to waste time visiting and put my info into many websites. If they are violating the terms of service of Amazon Walmart etc. to do so, great, I support that. If they are waiting for sales to get a better price, fine, I wouldn’t want to bother with that myself.
If their lack of actually having the item resulted in me not getting it at all, I’d be a little pissed about it, but I haven’t experienced that. Overall I like ebay way better than other e-retailers.
- Comment on Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak says Tesla ‘is the worst in the world’ at improving its technology for drivers 1 month ago:
Ideally I don’t want my car to be a computer at all, maybe isolated chips to run the abs and such very simple strictly necessary tasks but that’s it. Maybe a company will happen to make a good car at one point in time, but there aren’t any companies you can trust not to fuck it up if they have perpetual access to tinker with it.
- Comment on Technology isn't fun anymore 1 month ago:
Here is the AI article nobody asked for:
Technology Isn’t Fun Anymore
In an era dominated by rapid technological advancements, it’s alarming to reflect on how our once-celebrated innovations now often feel like burdens rather than conveniences. This sentiment was poignantly echoed in a recent video that delved into the frustrations and unexpected positives of modern technology.
The video begins with a stark contrast between fiber internet and its predecessor. In 2018, uploading a mere 15-minute YouTube video took an excruciating two hours, rendering the household’s internet unusable for any other device during this time. Today, boasting speeds of up to two gigabytes per second without intermittent outages, fiber internet feels like a luxury we take for granted—a stark reminder of how technology can swiftly evolve.
However, not all technological intrusions are benign. The video humorously recounts an incident involving AT&T’s installation of fiber optics, which resulted in flooding half the neighborhood, knocking down power lines, and leaving live wires dangerously exposed. In exchange for this chaos, they offered a mere $1 credit, underscoring how some companies prioritize profit over consumer satisfaction.
Amidst these technological mishaps, there are islands of innovation that still bring joy. The Nespresso machine stands out as a gem in the realm of coffee technology, offering the convenience of a Keurig without compromising on taste. Its sustainable pod recycling program adds another layer of appeal, making it more than just a gadget but a responsible choice.
Electric razors also made the list, praised for their efficiency and longevity. Unlike traditional shaving methods, electric razors eliminate the need for frequent blade changes, proving to be both cost-effective and convenient. The added versatility of being able to use them on sensitive areas like the groin further underscores their value.
The video concludes with a humorous jab at subscription perks, revealing that YouTube rewards new subscribers with $100—a sum withdrawn as cash and used to combat Florida’s harsh winters. This quip serves as a poignant reminder of how even technological advancements come with unexpected costs.
In essence, while technology has undoubtedly transformed our lives, it’s essential to recognize the balance between progress and quality of life. The video highlights that amidst the chaos and occasional frustrations, there are still innovations worth celebrating. Fiber internet, Nespresso machines, and electric razors exemplify the potential for technology to improve daily experiences, despite its challenges.
As we navigate this digital age, let us cherish the moments when technology genuinely enhances our lives, rather than complicating them further.