CountDrewku

Eh... fingerprints are quite a bit simpler than faces. They're just patterns. I don't know how you could detect a fake fingerprint. You'd need something that could tell there wasn't real skin on the device. I would say warmth but obviously he has the fake skin over his actual thumb so it's probably still warm.

I like working on things I want to work on not on things other people tell me to work on that only benefit them in some way.

Wow try this one easy trick! Lame....

My results are the same or better than Google in DDG as far as I can tell. I haven't missed Google a bit since I switched. So, either the difference for the average user is minimal or there isn't a difference.

None of that matters if you don't have power.

No they're not. That's you being biased against information you dislike and then justifying its "falseness" by attaching whatever -ist label makes you feel better.

Thinking that white supremacists and Nazis are running all over the place in 2021 is pure bs propaganda being pushed by our media.

Is your point here to suggest that belief in alternative COVID treatments means you're a racist bigot?

Proof please.

I'd use edge over chrome. Still sticking with FF for now though.

How are they a plus for off-road? No offense but I don't think you understand what makes a good off-road vehicle.

Trucks are absolutely used for long distance. Probably more so since they're the top choice for towing recreational vehicles cross country.

Why is this a problem? If you can get companies to do this without passing stupid regulations that's a better option. Government regulation shouldn't be the de facto.

I suffered and still occasionally suffer from a lot of anxiety. It got pretty bad at one point and caused repeated panic attacks. Anyway, I'd caution you against creating an avoidance mechanism to deal with it. I noticed I would automatically grab my smart phone a lot to read something and I'm not sure it was really helpful. It was almost an annoying compulsive addiction. Not much different than reaching for a drink or cigarette really.

Obviously, sitting there doing nothing for long periods of time probably isn't great but I think it's good to just set aside moments where you stop trying to distract yourself. This can be done through meditation or some other method of your choosing (outdoor activity is good). It's good to let your thoughts come in and sort of train yourself to stop fearing them or having such knee-jerk reactions.

It seems like I've developed a healthier response to them by doing this. I can laugh at a lot of my stupid negative thoughts more easily now.

They would hire someone else. That's a silly comment and you know it.

They should be able to do without an employee for a few weeks not over half a year and be forced to continue paying this individual.

What this does is affect small businesses very badly while giving the upper hand to large corporations that can afford it.

That's not your decision to make. Maybe they only go out once a year and actually tow or go off road. It doesn't matter. If I'm going to spend $40k on a vehicle I get what I want. What I and a lot of people want is a vehicle that can do more than grocery store trips in some big urban center.

If you're talking about a secondary vehicle I'm all in but a lot of people aren't able to afford a $40k+ secondary EV.

I'm specifically referring to the range. Stopping under 100 miles to recharge your vehicle isn't feasible for most people. Unless you're planning on forcing them to buy a $60k+ vehicle that's worse than what they currently have good luck.

No it's not uniquely suited because the battery life is abysmal. The new Ford Lightning can only make it like 100 miles while towing before it needs to be recharged.

Multiple tests with Teslas are the same. When they're loaded down their range is very bad.

It works. Show me an EV truck that comes anywhere close to what a Tacoma, Tundra or 4runner can do.

Maybe they'll get there but there's gonna need to be some massive advances in batteries to be able to go off-road and pull loads like any of those current trucks can.

You might not want to use Greece or Mexico as a good example. One is literally a 3rd world country and the other had to be bailed out by the EU. So, no they actually can't monetarily support those policies.

Which country? What do you mean by fine? It might not affect you directly but there's going to be some negative to treating it that way. A lot of countries that provide services like this tend to have massive burdens on their health systems as well.

It's a tradeoff. It might be a better tradeoff for society as a whole but this idea that there aren't some cons to doing it that way is just false.

Personally, I think if your company was able to do without you for 7 months then they don't need you as an employee. My guess is that your salaries are much lower than someone would receive in the US.

Propaganda was just as bad before the internet existed except people had no idea it was propaganda because there wasn't an easily accessible open space that allowed them freedom of communication with alternative views and without censorship like the internet.

I trust no one to censor in a neutral way. It's inherently impossible.

>dark psychological strategy that hijacks our brains reward system.

This is fixed by personal responsibility and properly teaching children how to handle the information. It's really not that different than any other addictive tendency. The fix isn't just banning it.

Except those laws have to be enforced by a government that benefits from these massive corporations and/or is just apathetic about breaking them up. Seems like they would rather wield them as a cudgel to do their political bidding.

Sounds similar to what momsdemandaction and everytown did after Sandy Hook. Except they were parroting gun control.

Why would a gun rights org not have a strategy after a shooting? That's what they're there for.

How do you stop them working in coercion when they are split? We've already seen FAANG band together when they want to be rid of something. I imagine they'll do similar if they're broken up.

Please provide an example.

I find it more likely that most of what you're labeling as hate is just a difference in opinion.

I don't agree at all. I think you can see this is in action with the reaction to COVID in the last couple of years. They've censored anyone who questioned measures to the point where they created massive swaths of the public who don't even believe the disease is real and mistrust the vaccine.

Just because you're not seeing these people on your daily social media doesn't mean they're not gathering elsewhere. It's mostly likely a place that doesn't have any alternative views as well.

How do you explain large hate groups that existed long before the internet was invented? White supremacy is barely even a threat now, it's such a small minority of people compared to what it was in the past.

>But to assure left-leaning businesses that Google doesn't just hang with the right politically, Google offers another "authoritative" source: the Chamber of Progress, a "coalition of technology firms that supports pro-business public policies and left-of-center cultural values."

Give me a break. Sure the company removing the words blacklist and whitelist from all of their products is "right leaning". What a crock.

The irony in this author pointing about propaganda...

It's obvious everyone dislikes google but I just find it totally strange that left leaning individuals somehow twist things to make it seem like these massive silicon valley companies are right leaning. They cater to everything on the left.

People need to focus on the real issue which is they are too big and too powerful, regardless of which side they currently bend to.

Do you think this hate groups just disappear when you censor them?

I think it's the opposite and you reinforce their behaviors and thinking.

Worse than that there are a large number of people actively calling for the censorship.

Maybe I'm getting old but I don't understand this current generations fervor for censorship of things they disagree with. I've always slanted toward letting better speech battle "incorrect" assumptions. I don't see anything helpful about banning or censoring people and just see it leading to authoritarianism.

That's because it's a normal bike other than the motor itself.

Whether there are already societal structures in place isn't relevant. If there weren't they would just create them anyway.

The accountability is you have the option to block trolls, leave the site, or just ignore them. Pretty awesome because you surely couldn't so easily be rid of someone in physical life.

There's no requirement for you to subject yourself to a troll.

The difference is that even if it's considered socially unacceptable in the US it doesn't result in fines or imprisonment. Sounds like a much better deal to me.