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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption
Are we in a "free market" or we not? The answer is "depends on what lobbyists want."
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Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption
Are we in a "free market" or we not? The answer is "depends on what lobbyists want."
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The Reddit Blackout Is Breaking Reddit
I hate that the main issue reported is third party apps are dying. That's a side effect, not the main issue.
The main issue is the access of the reddit's data. We all built that. The volunteers who gave all of those hours to supervise that content is the real MVPs of reddit. Not the useless execs. The real founder of reddit has been gone for a while now (he was a true freedom fighter of access to knowledge).
The execs of reddit realize two main things. The first is the known idea that third party apps have the option to change how reddit looks to the user (including blocking ads). The other is that academic types and AI builders could use the content that we cultivated together in order to build datasets to train AI. The reddit execs know groups like these would be willing to pay extra for our data.
R.I.P. Aaron Swartz. It's been 10 years and these are the issues you warned about and fought against.
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Samsung is sunsetting Tizen and fully ending support for the smartwatch OS
This is a huge problem for Samsung. This is proof they cannot maintain an OS, making them further dependent on Google. They chose a Linux compatible toolkit (EFL from Enlightenment) and tried making their own OS. It was terrible and filled with security holes.
I think they should rebase Tizen on PostMarketOS, as I don't believe Samsung can create their own base.
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Firefox is on the brink of being dropped by the US Government
Governments agencies usually obtain software through contracts with vendors. Microsoft is one of those vendors so I'm not surprised to hear about this.
Also, Firefox is the pretty much the browser of freedom and independence so I'm surprised it's not illegal or "against family values" at this point. 😔
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Remember when NFTs sold for millions of dollars? 95% of the digital collectibles are now probably worthless.
Small correction: Even though some NFTs sold for millions, the NFTs have always been worthless.
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Bird is the word
When you forget to set a base condition on your recursive method.
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Is Lemmy.World going to do anything about community squatting?
The LemmyAsk and LemmyExplain names are pretty clever. I hope those communities stick over the reddit-replacement communities like "AskLemmy".
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Unless you've got a better plan in the next 6 months, grab a fucking bucket
I would imagine the Dem looking at the Republican and say "don't do it again", then turn towards the non-voter and say "the boat is now repaired" and then sit down pleased with himself.
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GNU-Linux
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get upset about it being referred to as gnu+Linux or gnu/Linux
I would say it's the opposite. Certain people get angry if you do not refer to it as GNU/Linux. These people used to be technically correct.
GNU tried to rewrite Unix from scratch under the GNU GPL license. They view their copy left license (a license where if you incorporate any code under their license, you must release the code of your project as well) as morally superior. Their kernel didn't work out, but Linus Torvolds wrote another kernel for that GNU OS.
Obviously, GNU wanted credit for the OS components that were not Linux. That's where the copypasta about "What you are using is in fact GNU+Linux..." came from. GNU is the heart of the free software movement so they have their fans as well that of course would also make that claim.
Of course, as the meme in the OP suggests, you can now have a Linux distro that either does not use code owned by GNU or uses very little of their code. I would argue Ubuntu, Arch, etc still are technically GNU+Linux as they use GNU's C compiler, their C implementation, their userspace programs like Bash and grep, etc. However, Alpine uses alternatives to GNU software such as the musl C implementation.
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Gen Z boys and men more likely than baby boomers to believe feminism harmful, says poll
The wording here is really important. We don't know how masculinity and feminism are being defined here.
Stuff that began with "woman's suffrage" are honored by people in this age group. They think it's normal women vote, have jobs, leave the house etc. Some of this stuff probably isn't even "feminism" to them but just "normal."
Remember that these guys are on social media a lot more than us and see those words misued frequently for click bait, etc.
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YSK There’s someone running around Lemmy posting misinformation against Wikipedia
Who hates Wikipedia:
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Uncovering Every Lie in MKBHD's Softball Interview; a scathing critique of 'brand safe' influencers
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Probably has to suck-up inorder to get products early so his reviews can be viewed first. I wish all of these reviewers would be honest as Steve Burke (GamersNexus).
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Sperm.
J.D. Vance dresses in drag, thought he was gay, and expirements sexually. No doubt the Republicans are doing this to show solidarity for the LGBT community; cause this is pretty gay.
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Trump backs out of debate as camp says it's 'inappropriate to schedule things with Harris'
Even if Trump says no, Harris should at the very least discuss her opinions and views on camera. It could just be a single person question and answering, a debate other Democrats, or debating a third party candidtae if they don't want to back other Democrat candidates. Leaving Harris a mystery is the worst thing Democrats can do.
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Mozilla’s new service tries to wipe your data off the web
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They really need a way to gain money independently from Google. Reselling an interesting looking service is better than only Google.
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To End 'Nightmare' in Gaza, Sanders Moves to Block Funding for Israeli Weapons
The man who should have elected in 2016 AT THE LATEST.
I'm going to go cry in a corner as Biden gets another country wrapped up in endless war so he can save democracy using... Zionism, guns, and drones.
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Israel again massacres Palestinian civilians who had gathered to obtain humanitarian aid in Gaza
Israel is an example of what a country shouldn't be like.
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what is the alternative to youtube?
As @[email protected] said, the software PeerTube exists. However, due to the extreme costs of video hosting, a general purpose PeerTube instance does not exist. It would cost alot for video storage and more importantly moderators to ensure content is not illegal.
Maybe if we all paid @[email protected] like $20/month we could get PeerTube.world
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‘Something will have to give’: IMF sounds alarm on US debt
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This has to be one of the most politically biased topics when it comes to the media. You never hear these issues when the Republicans are in office. Of course the idea isn't wrong, it's just the timing is predictale (Republicans not in office and it's almost election time).
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If we can ban trans medical procedures, why haven't we banned circumcision?
Because transgender (anti)rights have nothing to do with religion; it's simply the transgender people's turn to be thrown under the bus so the conservatives can continue virtue signalling.