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  • You focused on the wrong part of my comment. The issue isn't that you have Google accounts or use YouTube, it's that you seem to have very little understanding of how much data is being collected about you through these avenues. Instead you focus on some conspiracy theory about phone microphones which is still yet to be proven despite years of technologically illiterate people telling us that "the only way they could have known that is if they were listening to me!!!!". I don't understand how you get to the point of posting in a niche privacy community whilst still being so completely clueless and misinformed.

  • A verdict about whether or not Chromium is more secure than Firefox
  • I agree that this circular echo-chamber effect is problematic, particularly in forums like reddit and Lemmy where early user voting often determines the tone of a discussion. Too many people assume a comment is correct or incorrect based on its score, or the number of similar comments, rather than whether a credible source was provided that supports whatever claim was made. It's particularly bad in privacy and security communities because so many of the people involved have a higher level of base paranoia that makes them vulnerable to conspiracy theories and misinformation.

  • Deadlock 10-27-2024 Update
  • It is quite fascinating seeing how quickly they make changes to heroes from patch to patch at this stage of development. I was 100% sure that Shiv and Bebop would be buffed this patch because of all the complaining from people who main them, and equally sure Paradox and McGInnis would be nerfed. You can almost predict the changes before they happen because they're so often in line with the majority of feedback or the amount of clips people post of clearly stupid mechanics (Paradox AoE spam clips since the last patch, for example). The only thing I'm surprised by is that there were no changes to Vindicta, I thought for sure she'd receive some small nerfs again.

  • Favorite Heros?
  • The problem (if you could call it that) with Paradox is that she is so unique that there is no real equivalent if you want to play more heroes without moving away from that playstyle.

  • Favorite Heros?
  • Vindicta and Paradox are my two most played and highest priority, followed by Wraith, Infernus and Warden. Last night I tried Grey Talon for the first time and found him quite fun as well, so he'll probably be my third pick from now on. Some.of the upcoming heroes look quite fun and interesting so I might enjoy some of them too once they're released.

  • Deadlock 10-24-2024 Update
  • Yeah but I always play for fun first and foremost. AOE spam just isn't fun for me since it requires far less skill to execute. Kinetic Carbine is a skillshot that requires precise aim and it feels good to pull off, especially at higher speed.

  • Australia's prime minister rejects China's claims that his country is rife with 'racism and hate crimes'
  • There's a name for this kind of phenomenon that I've forgotten, but essentially it repeats with every wave of new migrants. They move here, get racially vilified by the existing Australian community for being different, then slowly pick up the same whiteness mentality over the next few decades so that when the next wave of migrants occur the previous wave is often among the most aggressively racist towards them.

  • Deadlock 10-24-2024 Update
  • I mostly build around gun damage, Kinetic Carbine and high movement. I try to be aggressive in lane, then roam the map looking for ganks and split-pushing opportunities before carrying in the team fights. The Pulse Grenade is only really important for area denial in laning; later in the game it just gets relegated to clearing waves and jungle camps. I used to build more into cooldowns for the classic Paradox combo but at my level getting picks in a team fight matters a lot less than just being able to hard carry through raw damage output (because players are unorganised and generally pretty bad) and I am winning a lot more since switching to a DPS carry kind of role.

  • Deadlock 10-24-2024 Update
  • I played a few games on her last night. She definitely felt a lot stronger with the fire rate and flight time changes but it did feel like the souls sharing wasn't as impactful. I had one game where I had 14 kills in the first 13 minutes but, aside from creating some space on the map and helping to take a couple of objectives, those kills ultimately didn't translate to a meaningful advantage for my team. Part of that was definitely just the fact that our team had 4 useless players on it and it was basically myself and this cracked Grey Talon hard carrying. But also, like you predicted, the enemy team organised themselves and started hard focusing me in every fight after that big opening kill streak which limited my effectiveness for the rest of the game (I went 10/5 after the 14/0 opening). I feel like maybe previously those early kills would have made given my team more momentum than they did in that game. But it was only one game that stood out so maybe it was just a bad one. Overall she does feel more viable as a carry than she did prior to this patch.

  • YSK: Hero Labs is time limited
  • I think it's probably a good thing to get targeted feedback on them. The main bit in development is still the rest of the game - that's where they need most of the playerbase spending their time.

  • Deadlock 10-24-2024 Update
  • Undecided on the gameplay changes, I will need to get into some games tonight and see how they feel. However, I am pretty happy with the direction of the hero changes this patch, particularly the nerfs to Shiv and Seven's balls. Not that Seven was OP, but he was extremely obnoxious and un-fun to play against considering everyone was building into the ball and spamming it constantly.

    I mostly play Paradox and Vindicta, so I'm happy to see some changes to them. Paradox was fairly well balanced already in my opinion, but the buffs to Kinetic Carbine play into the high movement, roaming ganker playstyle which is very fun. Vindicta has felt quite a bit tougher to play since the mega-nerfs a while ago, so hopefully this update helps with that though she will always be a difficult hero to balance because her movement and range is so unique. It's kinda sad to see the Assassinate souls-sharing be removed entirely as I thought it was an interesting team support mechanic on a hero that otherwise feels like it has a very stereotypically selfish DPS carry kind of vibe. Again, I get that it was a difficult mechanic to balance due to its uniqueness so maybe it's for the best. We will see if it returns.

  • 'Profoundly offensive': MP hits out at Perth Airport wi-fi terms, but airport says they are 'standard'
  • I'm guessing this is some kind of tech literacy barrier, because I'm certain the overwhelming majority of people in Australia have more than enough mobile data available to use their phone as a hotspot instead of relying on public Wi-Fi. "I'm in a public area and want to use the internet, therefore I should connect to public Wi-Fi" is like decades out of date logic.

  • Grill’d faces Australia's ‘first-ever' fast food strike over low-pay, 'unfair' conditions claims
    www.sbs.com.au Grill’d faces Australia's ‘first-ever' fast food strike over low-pay, 'unfair' conditions claims

    An Australian burger chain is facing accusations of leveraging traineeship programs to keep its workers on low wages — a claim the company dismisses, saying they are "a great way to provide skills, knowledge and leadership expertise".

    Grill’d faces Australia's ‘first-ever' fast food strike over low-pay, 'unfair' conditions claims

    This is very reminiscent of the On The Run traineeship scandal that occurred in South Australia not long ago. Anyone know of other companies still using these traineeship loopholes to commit mass wage theft?

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    Will you be playing ranked?

    Why? Why not?

    I don't care about the ranks themselves, but I am tempted to give it a go and see if it results in better matchmaking than standard play.

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    What is your background? MOBA or FPS?

    Just curious what the demographic here is like. The game seems to be appealing, at least for now, to both crowds. I am an FPS player whereas my friend is a ex-MOBA player and we usually struggle to find games we can enjoy equally. So far we are playing Deadlock a lot together though, and I am more hooked than I expected to be when I first realised this was primarily a MOBA.

    If you started playing this game for a different reason feel free to share as well.

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    Studying colonisation and Aboriginal resistance to be mandatory in NSW high schools
    www.theguardian.com Studying colonisation and Aboriginal resistance to be mandatory in NSW high schools

    State’s new curricula for years 7 to 10 released as part of the shift to explicit teaching

    Studying colonisation and Aboriginal resistance to be mandatory in NSW high schools

    This sounds like a positive change, definitely a much better grounding in Australian history than I received at that age. It is pretty wild that you can live in a colonial country without ever being taught what colonisation means for indigenous peoples but that is the world we've been living in until recently.

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    Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?
    theconversation.com Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?

    This is not the first time we’ve seen powerful celebrity stories about cancer have the potential to influence public health. Here’s how you can make sense of the latest news.

    Elle Macpherson’s breast cancer: when the media reports on celebrity cancer, are we really getting the whole story?

    Interesting article in relation to the media pile-on of Elle Macpherson earlier this week. According to the authors, her decision to avoid chemotherapy may have been completely normal and sensible given her circumstances. We don't actually know because no one from the ABC or any other outlet bothered to check before running their stories citing her former relationship with an anti-vaxxer, or claiming that she ignored centuries of medical advice. The authors conclude that Australians have missed a great opportunity here to discuss the current state of non-invasive breast cancer research and treatment.

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    Questions on sexuality and gender have been cut from the 2026 census. Why are LGBTQI+ people saying it's an omission?
    www.abc.net.au The 2026 census won't count LGBTQI+ people, but why?

    Labor has moved to dump proposed questions that would create the first estimate of Australia's LGBTQI+ population, with advocates saying it renders the community "invisible".

    The 2026 census won't count LGBTQI+ people, but why?
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    Why the most expensive phones sell the best

    Interesting video, particularly the statistics around where the majority of the market is in Western countries. If you buy a base S24 in Germany, you are actually spending less money on your phone than over 70% of the country, for example. The ultra high end market absolutely dominates despite seemingly everyone complaining about how expensive phones are these days.

    The video doesn't really answer the question, though. It sort of implies that it's because we are keeping smartphones for longer and because they are becoming increasingly important parts of our lives as our screen time also increases. Manufacturers are also able to bait consumers into buying these crazy expensive phones with trade-in and bundle deals (throwing in "discounted" watches and TWS earbuds, for example).

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    David Anderson’s resignation as ABC managing director could be a watershed moment for the broadcaster
    theconversation.com David Anderson’s resignation as ABC managing director could be a watershed moment for the broadcaster

    Appointing a new managing director offers the opportunity to reset the organisation’s editorial culture by facing down the relentless attacks on its journalists from right-wing political interests.

    David Anderson’s resignation as ABC managing director could be a watershed moment for the broadcaster
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    The great Australian water grab
    www.abc.net.au 'We're crying out for help': Pleas to save pristine outback oasis from drying up

    There are fears that sacred, pristine sites are being put at risk by a government-backed push to grow cotton in the outback.

    'We're crying out for help': Pleas to save pristine outback oasis from drying up

    This is the written article of the latest Four Corners episode.

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    Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign
    www.nytimes.com Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign

    People around the former and would-be president see a candidate knocked off his bearings, disoriented by his new contest with Kamala Harris and unsure of how to take her on.

    Inside the Worst Three Weeks of Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign
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    Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From
    www.404media.co Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From

    Facebook itself is paying creators in India, Vietnam, and the Philippines for bizarre AI spam that they are learning to make from YouTube influencers and guides sold on Telegram.

    Where Facebook's AI Slop Comes From
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    NITV to broadcast the culture, ceremony and critical conversations of the Garma Festival
    www.sbs.com.au NITV to broadcast the culture, ceremony and critical conversations of the Garma Festival

    NITV and SBS will provide unparalleled access to the agenda-setting dialogue and the celebration of the cultural, artistic and ceremonial traditions of the Yolŋu people, across the four-day event.

    NITV to broadcast the culture, ceremony and critical conversations of the Garma Festival
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    ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality
    www.abc.net.au ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality - About the ABC

    ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 online news brand with almost 12.6 million unique visitors in June, according to the latest Ipsos iris data released today*.

    ABC NEWS is Australia’s No 1 digital news brand; announces new look, features and functionality - About the ABC

    Thoughts on the redesign? I'm not sure how I feel about it yet but I didn't particularly like the old design so I don't mind something new. It looks a lot more conventional now, similar to major news outlets like The New York Times, Reuters, Associated Press, etc.

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    'Grow up': Rudd goes after Tenacious D for a Trump joke. It's 2024, baby!
    www.crikey.com.au 'Grow up': Rudd goes after Tenacious D for a Trump joke. It's 2024, baby!

    Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has demanded Jack Black 'grow up and get a decent job', following calls from a supposed 'free speech' senator. Politics in 2024 is quite something.

    'Grow up': Rudd goes after Tenacious D for a Trump joke. It's 2024, baby!

    The joke was dumb, the online reaction to the joke was dumb, a random UAP senator's dumb comments being quoted globally was dumb and Rudd telling famous musicians and actors to "grow up and get a job" was very dumb. What a time we live in.

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    Google Says AI Could Break Reality
    www.404media.co Google Says AI Could Break Reality

    “While these uses of GenAI are often neither overtly malicious nor explicitly violate these tools’ content policies or terms of services, their potential for harm is significant.”

    Google Says AI Could Break Reality
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    What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out
    theconversation.com What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out

    The most common vapes on the market are single-use, disposable ones. They contain valuable resources, yet aren’t designed to be recycled.

    What’s really inside vapes? We pulled them apart to find out
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