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Cake day: May 5th, 2026
  • godsammitdam@lemmy.ziptoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Why do the vast majority of people on Lemmy seem to HATE AI?
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    20 hours ago

    Nuclear power can make energy.

    Nuclear power can eradicate the planet and leave areas uninhabitable for untold years, and those it doesn’t vaporize are altered for the rest of their lives. And sometimes they aren’t aware until years after.

    AI has good uses when applied carefully, such as in medical research.

    AI is also being used as a reason to replace workers, it consumes massive amounts of energy, it creates sound and infrasound destroying environments around it, it consumes massive quantities of drinking water from surrounding areas, and is ultimately spurring on a society of wealthy ruling class who view humans as cattle, out in the open, and no one is stopping them.

    Is it any wonder why people hate these things? But yes, a tool is a tool. It’s the people using it that hate should be properly directed towards. Unfortunately, those same ruling class epstein elites dismantled education over decades, so it’s harder for people in this day and age to think dialectically. It’s easier to think in black and white, in extremes, just like media would have you believe, just as the culture wars have taught us for decades.

  • godsammitdam@lemmy.ziptoShowerthoughts@lemmy.world•It is pretty cool how easy the internet and personal computers have made it to communicate with encryption
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    4 days ago

    The internet is a net positive for privacy and freedom of speech.

    Corporations and governments are the net negative.

    That’s why we’re fighting as much as we can to actually own our hardware. Linux, Graphene, FOSS, etc.

    Encryption is pointless when someone else has the keys.

    Microsoft’s bitlocker handed over keys to the FBI when asked. Something closed source like Whatsapp you can’t verify if Meta stores encryption keys and/or also has access to your messages, defeating the entire purpose of encryption.

    Signal, even when subpoenaed, couldn’t produce any information besides account creation date. Because there was no data to share.

    Make sure to be smart with your opsec:

    • Restart your phone when you go out so it’s before first unlock.

    • Disable any biometric locks, use a password. You have a right to remain silent, but police can show your phone to you to unlock it if something like faceID is enabled.

    • Use hardened forks of Signal, like Molly, to include a password for encryption for your chats, so even if feds get into your phone somehow, they’re still encrypted.

    • Set disappearing messages. The shorter the better.

    • Turn off notifications as information can be stored in temporary cache locations and unencrypted

    • Some options, like Graphene, allow you to set a reset password. Instead of entering a password to unlock your phone, a 2nd separate password can be set to wipe your device.

    As shown with the recent cases against protestors im Texas getting 50-100 years (way more than any pedophile) even if you use Signal, it’s not 100% effective if you don’t take the necessary steps. Honestly, read the case documents, they contain a lot of info on how to better protect yourselves as well as the groups out there protecting your rights and fighting against fascism.

    What’s so different about fascism today is the speed in which information travels. And that goes both ways. Stay safe out there, the internet is the last bastion of freedom. And it’s under assault, just like everything else (KOSA, Parents Decide Act, Age Verification, Section 230 repeal, VPN bans being discussed, etc etc.)

  • godsammitdam@lemmy.ziptoGames@lemmy.world•Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a DiscEnglish
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    5 days ago

    They’re people who followed their passions, learned the skills, and were able to join those companies and have secured an income, which we have tied to our very survival.

    Can we blame them for being used by corporations when the alternative could be homelessness and societal outcast? Especially in this current fascist regime with less and less social protections? Even more so if they have families to provide for.

    I’m sure they’re aware. But we’ve yet to achieve class consciousness. They’re made to believe they have no choice. Corporations union bust and threaten that you’re replaceable and that there are no jobs.

    Devs aren’t the enemy. They’re working class just like us. Executives psychologically, financially, and physically manipulate and abuse us. They’re the enemy we need to focus on.

  • godsammitdam@lemmy.ziptoTechnology@lemmy.world•Valve says it isn't subsidizing the Steam Machine's $1050 price because of its "religious" refusal to "build a more closed system"English
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    5 days ago

    Yeah, I don’t disagree with anything said here. Steam has an effective monopoly, but not because of mergers or violating antitrust laws. They’ve mostly focused on being a good value for consumers and have invested more heavily in their platform compared to competitors.

    While Gabe is not perfect, I do worry when someone finally takes his place. If it’s someone with a sole profit motive…we’re fucked.

    Personally, I think one of the major reasons to also not subsidize the steam machine is that it would then be an incredibly attractive choice as a simple workstation pc for businesses. It would be the cheapest choice in comparison to standard dell, ibm, hp, etc workstations and could simply be flashed with whatever workstation OS they wanted to put on it. This would drive a lot of buyers out of the steam ecosystem, defeating the purpose of subsidizing. This is one reason for consoles locking down their, essentially nowadays, pc hardware ecosystems.

    Though, groups did recently unlock the ps5 bootloader and put Linux on it. Dunno how the performance lines up yet though

  • godsammitdam@lemmy.ziptoGames@lemmy.world•Some Retailers Are Refusing to Sell GTA 6 Due to the Lack of a DiscEnglish
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    5 days ago

    “Security measure to not leak the game”

    Entirely BS. How has the entire games industry existed before then?

    Can we also talk about how they’re locking full on content behind the ultimate edition? Not just some cosmetics, but the actual shops you’d go to in game to customize your character. In a single player game. That’s fucked.

    It’s enough that I’m not getting the game. I can wait for PC and we’ll see if they release it as a full game rather tham carve it up. This is just an excuse not to have a $100 base price so they avoid that backlash while they effectively have it for the full game.

    Remember when you bought a game and it was yours?

    Remember when you unlocked things in game through completion and achievement?

    Remember when you bought a game you got the whole game, not 70% and access to a storefront?

    Fuck AAA gaming man. I feel sorry for the devs and artists who work so hard on a game only for executives to slice it up and smear the goodwill the game had by attempting to be predatory and parasitic capitalists.

    Fuck the billionaires.