Reddit 100% was censoring and shadow banning any kbin or lemmy mentions.
I wouldn't even be surprised if reddit actively promoted or even creates negative comments. There was a precedent of people abandoning Digg so they were clearly very aware and afraid.
At the end of the day it's impossible to tell with these incredibly opaque networks. It's even hard to confirm comment visibility as Reddit employs data fudging and shadow banning.
Just another reminder that nothing any closed source social media says should be trusted, ever.
That's literally what half of your leaders want too, no? Literally almost every republican agrees with this.
What is this magical "Status quo" word supposed to mean here? Because Trumps is everything status quo and even more direct so. He's literally supported by billionaires and republicans that run US right now.
There's much mental acrobatics here when the reality is much more simple. People are fucking stupid and american 2 party democratic system is fundamentally broken
I feel like this sort of logical acrobatics is exactly the cause that got you guys there. In other countries we'd call spade a spade and get on with it.
Americans will literally do anything else but accept responsibility.
Don't really see the causation here especially since Trump was already a president before! Where's the change here?
The first black women president was right there and yet the turn-out was lower than Biden who's a generic white politician.
Sorry no matter how I look at it, I don't see any signals to validate this claim.
if Americans truly wanted change that badly they would have voted 3rd party and amend their stupid political system. Voting for Trump is not wanting change — it's wanting to justify your own terrible person.
"people want change" is such a cop out. If you actually listen to these people then it's pretty clear they're just fucking stupid.
People need therapy and education.
Yes I'm perfectly familiar with "survivors bias" but never seen it so extreme.
Yeah but almost every American I meet here traveling in SEA or Europe is a perfectly reasonable person.
Dunno I just am in such disbelief that my world experience doesn't match reality at all. I even consider myself pretty well traveled with 20 years of experience traveling around the globe though admittedly I've never been to the USA yet and I fear I might not get to see Yellowstone or Big Sur ever at this point or do I even want to?
Kinda sucks to be a fan of US now ngl.
- political institutions should promotoe individual rights and social equality
- critqued organized religion
- the government should serve the people
- wrote the famous line "These are the times that try men's souls" during civil war
- people have the inherit right to reform and/or dismantle oppresive goverments
- all individuals possess inalienable rights (human rights basically)
That's what I gather from his wiki and some chatgpt queries. Never heard of him before (not an american) but honestly — I'm a big fan now.
US is system is so bad. The constant pandering to "founding fathers" as if it's even possible to have strong enough vision that it would last 200+ years and refusal to innovate past the ridiculous two party system is just sad tbh.
Yet nothing will change because you can't change these things without a revolution apparently.
Yeah but basically everyone I follow from podcasters to tech developers are all non-idiots and I assume their following are also mostly non-idiots. Where are all of these idiots hiding? The contrast between US soft power export and actual average americans is colossal.
Why are americans so stupid and yet manage to export so much smart stuff from tech to podcasts to scientists. Is it some sort of dystopia where 1% rules, 20% live in a bubble and 79% are just brain dead idiots?
You can basically live indefinitely in the SEA with US passport (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia). Find a in a nice liberal bubble with loads of other foreigners as long as you can make 2,000 usd/mo you'll be quite comfy and free here.
I've long given up on being part of the core society and embraced the life in a bubble. It's pretty awesome! Feel free to message me if you have any questions :)
I disagree, this flip-flop logic is what drags down the movement and allows "no billionaires except the ones I like" idea to poison the public discourse. If we collectively stick to a unified view we have much more power in changing things.
The point is that there is no "better ones". The billionaire should not be socially acceptable concept ever. Full stop.
nah million USD isn't as much money as it used to be. That's a house and couple of cars in more expensive countries. Though, personally 1 million USD net worth would be more than enough for me and my family.
Why should I restrict my limited lifetime on contributing pennies to solving this issue when there are mountains of gold right there doing nothing? I'm not bending over backwards unless the big ones bend with me — pretty fair stance to take, right?
Why is "death for billionaires" so taboo though? Clearly they're damaging our society much more than a single murderer or marijuana carrier and yet we have no problem accepting that these people should be punished socially but if you mention guillotines for billionaires then suddenly you're an extremist.
Safieddine was the former head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah's cousin, who was killed by an Israeli strike.
> Safieddine was the former head of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah's cousin, who was killed by an Israeli strike.
Alabaster Dawn is an Action RPG that builds on the best aspects of Radical Fish Games’ previous title, CrossCode. It features a deep combat system, challenging puzzles, and a mysterious world teeming with secrets, all bundled up in an engaging story. The shadow of Nyx has fallen—warping the world into a wasteland and vanishing the gods and their people. Now, Juno the Outcast Chosen, awakes to an impossible task: bring it all back.
STEAM PAGE: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3110760/Alabaster_Dawn/ HOME PAGE: https://www.alabaster-dawn.com
No spoilers: I really liked it and it's one my favorite watches this year (released 2023 but just now on streaming)
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt15679400/
Have you watched it? Wdyt?
The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption. The judgement argues that encryptionhelps citizens and companies to protect themselves against hacking,theft of identity and personal data, fraud and the unauthoriseddisclosure of confidential inf...
Rockstar's highly anticipated Grand Theft Auto sequel set in Vice City will be out in 2025
I'm confused why Kotaku mentioning next gen in the title when Rockstar only commented on current generation PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
It's no Galaxy Fold 6, but whatever it may be, it's definitely easier on the wallet.
Samsung has just announced that it has developed a new 3D spatial audio technology, IAMF (Immersive Audio Model and Formats), in collaboration with Google. IAMF is open source and has features like vertical sound channels, AI-based scene analysis and the flexibility to customise content audio based ...
The teaser campaign for the Galaxy S24 series has pretty much started in earnest now. AI is the buzzword of the year for sure (thanks, ChatGPT!) and...
Humane is trying to invent a new way to use your mobile devices.
I wonder what Lemmings are thinking of this device. I admire the innovation but just don't see how this would be used in practice outside of memes.
Today, during Warning Bros' conference call, chief executive officer David Zaslav talked about Mortal Kombat 1 and the company's gaming business.
Most interesting part of the article:
> "Our focus is on transforming our biggest franchises from largely console and PC-based with 3-4 year release schedules to include more always-on gameplay through live services, multiplatform, and free-to-play extensions, with the goal of having more players spending more time on more platforms. U
> Ultimately, we want to drive engagement and monetization over longer cycles and at higher levels where per specific capabilities we're currently under scale, and see significant opportunity to generate greater post-purchase revenue"
What a major turn-off ngl.
The Overwatch esport league was a money pit and now everyone's walking away
Travel to the desert community of Sandrock and take on the role of a fledgling Builder. Use your trusty toolset to gather resources, construct machines, and turn your run-down workshop into a well-oiled production facility to save the town from the jaws of economic ruin!
Meta is about to roll out ad-free subscriptions on Instagram and Facebook. But critics say privacy should not be turned into a luxury.
Ad free Facebook and Instagram is officially on. I'm trying to stay open minded but honestly it's too expensive especially with this sneaky account center rule unless you're in an unfortunate position where you need to spend a lot of time on these platforms.
More on official blog post: https://about.fb.com/news/2023/10/facebook-and-instagram-to-offer-subscription-for-no-ads-in-europe/
Rishi Sunak has proposed raising the smoking age every year in a move welcomed by health charities but criticised by those in the tobacco industry.
Meta introduces a new API that performs hardware and application checks, targeting piracy among other things.
Meta sneakily introduced "Platform Integrity Attestation API" which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.
This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether it's only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage "platform integrity". Not all details are clear yet but this doesn't look good.
Currently it's optional and up to app developers to enable it.
So, apparently Pulsar Timing Arrays work and something important was discovered that'll be announced in few days.
This might sound like a bunch of space-nothing but just like radio waves, discovering gravitation waves could open up a lot of new posibilities in space observation. Though, in practice producing gravitation waves takes absurd amounts of energy so we'll not be applying this on earth any time soon.