I’m ootl, what happened? Wasn’t buzz always Tim Allen?

US was too focused on trying to force dominance, they forgot what actual competition is. They could have spent that effort in becoming better, encouraging more US based companies. Instead here we are.

And next year political dissidents

Why does everything have to be a war with mainstream media?

No, it’s just a lot of people pissed that big tech wants to barge into their communities and eat up all of the resources.

While I agree they shouldn’t be there… This is exactly why we shouldn’t have centralized control.

Because yesterday it was the anti ICE apps. Today it’s these. Tomorrow it can and be anything.

Living through this has taught me that while I was a strong federalist to try and guarantee rights and build out what I think will help society, it only takes one rogue faction to turn it all against you.

You’re in the wrong community if you’re asking questions like that.

Best “it just works” solution I’ve found. So many others are just weird scripts around yt-dlp, and this kind of is too, but the most maintained and supported. I’m at like… well I have over 1000 pages of videos in there. It’s solid.

What do you mean, you said all you cared about was making sure they are an adult. They are, it’s verified. Oh, was that not actually the point?

Green check will be another $8 a month from artists probably

Nah. Bazzite has been rock solid and have done so much to assist with compatibility with 3rd party hardware. SteamOS is of course great, but steamos is focused on their hardware, because is focused on making it work for everyone.

In other words I ain’t lookin to fix what ain’t broken

It sounds like you found a very nice place to live! Congrats to you!

I can honestly say I lived through that exact scenario (except not father, but another family member) recently. Fully agree, horrid experience. So many people come to you and act like they care, but they just want the latest gossip. I’m sorry about your father.

It’s been known for a long time that they listen in. “hopefully” it’s only keywords and items like dishwasher.

I’ve been stressing to family that sentiment analysis is so easy and cheap now. They usually respond with “what’s that”? To which I reply "Take the entire history chain of messages between you and everyone in your contacts. Then simply ask ‘Is this conversation pro or against the current administration’, or ‘Are they pro or against ICE’, or ‘are they pro-life or pro-choice’, or literally anything else. In <10 seconds every conversation you have is sorted and collated, and note that at no point did a human read the message, but now has enough information on the conversation to justify a warrant.

Sentiment analysis should terrify everyone with how easy it is to sort every communication. So I say it’s not tin foil hat.

That has been snapping them into reality.

…fair

I honestly don’t think so. I think they’re up there, but tech “enthusiasts” (read, tech bros and people who think random gadgets are cool) probably are. They’re happy to waste their money and give money to meta. Creeps are definitely number 2 or 3 though.

Yeah? Welcome to the goddamn conversation morons. What do you think we’ve been saying for years now?

If I’m forced around people (family, friends, coworkers) who would wear them my go to would always be “I’m sorry, I’m not comfortable discussing (whatever topic) while being recorded”. I think that’s the best way to reinforce each time that it’s weird, there’s a constant recording of everything said, and that the people around them think it’s weird

I love that big tech was so arrogant they just plum forgot or choose to ignore why those died then.

And then above it they still chose the one thing everyone was mad about, a camera. All they had to do was not put a camera in there but they couldn’t resist.

Too many people tell me they prefer small towns because people are “nice”. In my experience, absolutely not. They may say hello to you, but that does not mean they are nice people. My experience aligns with yours. Selfish, ignorant, nosy. After you leave they’ll immediately start talking about you, your family, and anything else gossipy. Not much else to do in a small town.

Say what you will about big cities but no one gives a damn about you and its great. Someone rude to you? You can literally never see them again. It’s wonderful.

but nextdoor is happy to keep racism alive, it’s the bread and butter