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- Comment on How feasible would it be for authoritarian regimes to add censorship directly into the hardware of modern consumer electronics? (Therefore making the use of VPNs to bypass censorship useless.) 4 hours ago:
Sure, there’s been talk of banning encryption as well, but practically speaking, that would be an unmitigated disaster in terms of security alone.
- Comment on How feasible would it be for authoritarian regimes to add censorship directly into the hardware of modern consumer electronics? (Therefore making the use of VPNs to bypass censorship useless.) 4 hours ago:
People will just shift to different words or avoid that means of communication entirely. If you’re interested in learning more about attempts like this, read up on the great firewall and all the ways people figured out ways around it.
- Comment on How feasible would it be for authoritarian regimes to add censorship directly into the hardware of modern consumer electronics? (Therefore making the use of VPNs to bypass censorship useless.) 8 hours ago:
It would be easy to implement something, but it would not be easy to create an effective system that was extremely difficult or impossible to circumvent.
Even if they achieved a perfect system on a technical level, people would still find ways around it. It’s far more complicated and involved than it might seem at first glance. On top of that, free expression is extremely engraved in American culture: Odds are good that implementing such a system would result in a far worse mess than whatever they were attempting to “clean up” in the first place.
- Comment on How feasible would it be for authoritarian regimes to add censorship directly into the hardware of modern consumer electronics? (Therefore making the use of VPNs to bypass censorship useless.) 8 hours ago:
Technically possible? In the strictest sense, sure I guess?
Practically speaking though, it’d probably be a mess to manage and likely trivial to circumvent for anyone with a little knowledge and an IQ above room temperature.
- Comment on $80 for Borderlands 4 too costly? Randy Pitchford says, "If you're a real fan, you'll find a way to make it happen" 1 week ago:
Hi Randy, fuck off lol
- Comment on Nintendo is Trying to Stop You From Filing Lawsuits Against Them With New EULA Amendment 2 weeks ago:
Don’t give these assholes any more money.
- Comment on Nintendo is Trying to Stop You From Filing Lawsuits Against Them With New EULA Amendment 2 weeks ago:
Wow Nintendo is really quadrupling down on being absolutely shitty! Love that I have a Steam Deck instead of a Switch because I’m never buying from these assholes again.
- Comment on 🤙 hang ten 🤙 4 weeks ago:
The inventor of the trick was human, so the name stuck.
- Comment on 🤙 hang ten 🤙 4 weeks ago:
Just because you’ve never seen a whale do a kickflip doesn’t mean they can’t.
- Comment on How important is it that cans are clean when i put them in the recycling. 1 month ago:
Just give them a good rinse and you should be OK
- Comment on I'm leaving the US for good, anything I should do before I leave? 1 month ago:
Visit some national parks if you can (while they still exist).
- Comment on More Censorship by Meta 4 months ago:
Must just be the fact checking then (or so they claimed, anyhow).
- Comment on More Censorship by Meta 4 months ago:
They’re keeping this out of other countries (for now). Even fact checking is still enabled.
- Comment on Even with SteamOS coming to more systems Bazzite has no plans to go anywhere 4 months ago:
Sounds good to me! The more the merrier.
- Comment on New Square Enix policy will clamp down on harassers, bigots and "unreasonable" compensation requests 4 months ago:
…unreasonable compensation requests?
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Sure, let me just grab my big bags of money to buy my way out and fund a lengthy, complicated immigration process on top of all the daily bullshit we have to endure every day. It’s not so easily done as so many people seem to think it is.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Then the police start targeting you for being a pain in their ass. I see you are not familiar with this dance, you must be very lucky!
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Makes me wonder what the hell I pay taxes for…
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
Change numbers? Maybe switch to a VOIP option too where you can have calls forwarded to your actual cell, these often have better blocking/filtering than regular numbers.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 months ago:
They did file multiple reports with the police, who did nothing.
This has been my experience with the police too, any time I’ve needed help or something has happened that needed investigating, they couldn’t be bothered to lift a finger. The closest they ever came to being helpful was when I did their job for them and handed them all the proof, no charges but they talked the idiot who damaged my place into paying money for parts so I could fix what they did. The system is fucking garbage unless you are rich.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Leaks Ramp Up as New Patent Suggests AI Image Upscaling Tech 4 months ago:
There are tons of reasons to hate on Nintendo, they’ve got a history of abandoning games and attacking emulators as well as game preservation.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Leaks Ramp Up as New Patent Suggests AI Image Upscaling Tech 4 months ago:
You’re dead to me Nintendo.
- Comment on how badly could a pelican fuck me up in a fight? 5 months ago:
They could scratch you up for sure, maybe poke an eye, but they’re more likely to avoid to than attack unless they’re guarding a nest or something. If they come at you, take off your jacket, an umbrella, or grab a tarp or something and open it up to catch their beak/claws and probably scare them away too.
If you happen to have something like an air horn, that would also probably scare them off.
- Comment on If you speak a second language better than your native language, would you describe your second language skill as "native" or "fluent"? 5 months ago:
Fluent.
Native means you grew up speaking it.
- Comment on USA President term limits 6 months ago:
It means this is his last term, barring any changes to the law or extralegal shenanigans, period.
- Comment on Overwatch Classic | Official Trailer 6 months ago:
No thanks I already fucking paid for that and they took it away for a shittier version.
- Comment on Vampire Hunters turns Vampire Survivors into an FPS where you stack 14 weapons together 6 months ago:
I’ve played this and I would recommend it if you like FPSes or wave type games like Vampire Survivor.
- Comment on Star Trek: Lower Decks cast call for more seasons: "Until we're dust in the ground" 6 months ago:
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- Comment on 'It even breaks my heart a bit': Denuvo pushes back on its haters, says Steam forums are a 'very toxic, very hostile environment' 6 months ago:
Have you tried not hurting game performance?
- Comment on Bloodlines 2 is more "spiritual successor" than sequel to a "a competently good game by 2004 standards", say Paradox 7 months ago:
All I know is, if I can’t get into an argument with a stop sign while playing a Malkavian, I’ll be disappointed.