Yeah, you know things are bad when one of the major manipulator entities in history says you’re manipulating too much

Seems like a concave, acoustically reflective surface works best at redirecting the pressure waves. I think this video is really well made, Benn Jordan doesn’t mince words and goes in depth. Should give you a good idea of what you can expect and how to effectively counter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sqIvak-4Ek

Is there another one I was unaware of?

If by “internet” you mean an interconnected network of devices/users talking something that is not HTTP then yes

If you mean “just like the web, especially including the volume of content and users” then no

Only $100 billion? That’s like nothing!

Meanwhile I just got into retrogaming (as a PS1 kid) and I’m amazed by how… just all around better old games are, unless you want realistic graphics. You don’t need battle passes and daily quests to have an entertaining experience, just a d-pad and a couple of actions (one can be jump)

lol, lmao even. Fucking idiots, the disconnection with reality is unreal

Well, yes, but its physical location does make a difference. Having the bits that make up the backup of your life’s memories in the other room vs in some company’s datacenter who knows where is not the same thing. Same goes for any kind of data/information really. It’s nice to contain everything within your LAN.

(Not saying that running your own services on rented “cloud” hardware is inferior, I also do that)

I love software that acts without my consent or knowledge while atrophying my brain and wasting tremendous amounts of resources

how do you do Amazon non-commercially?

Several smaller alternatives rather than one giant go-to

Thanks to all vets for your service 🫡

Don’t make me miss the good timeline like that

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The second law?

Please explain how there can be a cold zone in boiling water, I’m dying to learn.

Whoa that’s a lot of being butthurt about nothing.

I’m just saying, if you’re going to make a scale that is defined by body temperature, why tf would you make that point 98.6 or 96 instead of 100? The “you need to remember 37” argument doesn’t make much sense if you need to remember 98.6 does it?

I think our disagreement is that to you the law is unequivocally the effect of society’s will, while to me the law is simply what the government says it is. (My interpretation, let me know if you see it differently)

Ideologically we agree, and as an anarchist I believe that kind of truly society-driven rules can be achievable, especially on smaller scales. But when you’re an authority that can make new laws to make the illegal things legal, that’s where they diverge. It doesn’t matter if you do that like Nazi Germany or whatever the fuck Trump is doing, my original point was that it simply makes no sense to talk about whether they are doing is “legal” or “illegal” - the words just lose meaning, and to me it feels like putting faith in a system that is itself part of the problem. And in general, I believe Americans have a somewhat perverted (to me) conception of “being guilty”, that is so strongly reliant on some high authority to declare so. Until someone is convicted it’s all like “well but it’s not official, so did he really do it?” and the minute after it’s “a convicted criminal” which most people seem to view as almost subhuman.

You’d have to control a lot of factors to make sure it’s not any hotter than it necessarily needs to be.

Uh… if you can get liquid water hotter than 100°C without adding other substances or pressure you should go claim your Nobel prize or wizard robe.

I’m not following. I can see how “laws are society officially agreeing on what is ok”, but conviction and enforcement of those laws has nothing to do with society.

I don’t see how society can officially agree, short of declaring the government illegitimate and starting a civil war.

If the ad companies can’t even figure out the language(s) that their targets understand, their knowledge of their target must be essentially zero.

Sorry but this is the wrong takeaway here. They are so incredibly good at segmenting and profiling their audiences, they just don’t really give a fuck about serving good ads (or any other service for that matter) anymore. Cambridge Analytica anyone?

They were the seed that started the surveillance machine, but you’re completely right nowadays the real ““value”” is elsewhere

I am not saying he’s innocent in any way shape or form. I’m just saying that his actions being “illegal” has little meaning if the system can’t or won’t enforce the consequences.