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sunshineforever··on Classified tank specs leaked on War Thunder game forums again
You might be surprised to learn that a lot of meth smokers are into very basic glassblowing.
sunshineforever··on The only skin care that works? science video response (2020)
Retinol!

available at dollar tree for one dollar!

sunshineforever··on OnlyFans to block sexually explicit videos starting in October
I've just learned about the UK internet blocks.

Is it true that torrent sites are blocked for adults and consensual BDSM like spanking is considered illegal pornography?

I can't really believe it till I hear it from a person.

I had no idea. This completely changes my view of the UK and the world suddenly seems much darker.

sunshineforever··on Terrorist watchlist exposed via misconfigured Elasticsearch cluster
It's so ironic that you think they are falsely putting right-wing people on the list when historically it has been leftists to receive such treatment.
sunshineforever··on Psst: Fast Spotify client with native GUI, without Electron, built in Rust
So does this version not have advertisements or something?
sunshineforever··on TikTok requests access to devices on local network
Wait, so using a program like wireshark to scan a network is illegal in and of itself??

I thought you had to use the information nefariously for there to be a crime.

How can receiving broadcasts be illegal?

sunshineforever··on U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashes
I would strongly prefer a car with such features.
sunshineforever··on U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashes
I think it's early to be adding stuff like that to government mandated driving tests when these cars are only theoretically available to the ever dwindling middle class and above. Unless my circumstances change there's no chance I'll be in one for at least 10-15 years.
sunshineforever··on U.S. opens probe into Tesla’s Autopilot over emergency vehicle crashes
I wonder, how does the autopilot safety record compare to driving in similar conditions to those which AP is typically used (open highway, good weather).
sunshineforever··on Bottled water is 3,500 times worse for the environment than tap water
Really old pipes will be carrying your water in a calcified layer
sunshineforever··on [dead]
"Most people today regard America’s experiment with alcohol prohibition as a national embarrassment, rightly repealed in 1933. So it will be with the closures and lockdowns of 2020-21, someday. "

I don't think so.

Everyone seems to forget that the purpose of the lockdown was to make time to prepare enough ventilators for those that the disease would effect seriously. It definitely went on for way longer than it needed to I'm not complaining.

I also think the whole covid experience has had an overall positive effect on society. It has been a negative effect for people like landlords or businesses owners who exploited their employees.

Things have been shaken up, and the situation is still developing from that input.

sunshineforever··on Buddha and Mind
Can you link to this story?
sunshineforever··on Apple's child protection features spark concern within its own ranks: sources
This is exactly how I feel to a T. It's intangible to explained but I'm not a criminal and I'm not on probation. Apple as zero business scanning my phone for anything and I don't want that to be done.
sunshineforever··on Internet of Snitches
What the heck is "little women bootleg dvd" doing on there?

CP?

sunshineforever··on Internet of Snitches
Thank you so much!

I remember reddit being stumped by this question years ago.

sunshineforever··on Internet of Snitches
Authoritarianism doesn't only swing in the liberal direction. Until the last generation most authoritarian policies were of the conservative sort.

And with regards to this specific debate, being tough on crime and (largely unnecessary conspiracy level) fear over pedophilia are both conservative darlings.

The 2nd amendment has typically been the only love of conservatives.

Where were they when the police illegally searched us in dozens of ways, or when free speech was limited to easy to ignore "free speech zones"?

They've only clamoured to defend free speech once the right to freely abuse weaker social classes was at risk of being taken away.

sunshineforever··on Internet of Snitches
So how are we going to stop this if it becomes a reality for 99% of phones sold?

I'm very poor- like on and off homeless poor- and I would be willing to pay up to $200 for a free phone, but I couldn't go higher. I dearly hope that it doesn't become the case that any "free" phone isn't a luxury like current privacy oriented phones.

sunshineforever··on Internet of Snitches
"You should have control over your own computers. Your phone should be your castle. True control means controlling your hardware and software. It means picking hardware that doesn’t depend on absolute trust in a vendor for its security, but gives you control over your own security so you don’t have to ask the vendor’s permission to use the computer how you wish. It means using a free operating system that lets you install whatever software you want and remove any software you don’t."

Has this ever been the case even since the very beginning of smartphones?

sunshineforever··on Climate change: Curbing methane emissions will 'buy us time'
Absolutely!

I don't have anything to add but this is the be all, end all.

sunshineforever··on Climate change: Curbing methane emissions will 'buy us time'
I personally think the only way to handle climate change will be to force the more selfish US citizens to change their lifestyles. Just being realistic I don't think they will change without a civil war type scenario. Or the threat of a war.

They won't listen unless they are forced to. Period.

sunshineforever··on Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020)
Never again!

luckily, I haven't used an iPhone as my main phone in years.

sunshineforever··on Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome
Breaking news;

"Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome"

"Rabbits who are pretending to be ducks don't get anxiety over when they will lay their next egg"

sunshineforever··on Actual impostors don't get impostor syndrome
The premise of this article is complete BS (and it's a particular type of BS thats become very common, but I digress).

Imposters aren't even the thing they are faking at, so comparing them to that is totally absurd.

They likeky see themselves as being some degree of successful criminals/social system hackers or as successful impostors. Or maybe they don't feel successful. But they obviously don't see themselves as a legitimate but inexperienced employee struggling to legitimize their presence. Why the hell would they??

sunshineforever··on Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained (2020)
So I can encrypt my files but does that mean it'll still be proactively scanned for MFing child pornography without any prior evidence?

I don't want that on my phone because I'm not a criminal.

sunshineforever··on American parents are sending their kids to 'Russian math' (2017)
The core theory, that abstract reasoning and deeper understanding should be introduced as early as possible is marvelous.

But I'm over the idea of hammering kids with homework... This is in addition to their school workload.

sunshineforever··on Tortured phrases: A dubious writing style emerging in science
Yeah. How can you plagiarize a definition?
sunshineforever··on Xsolla fires 150 employees based on big data analysis of their activity
Watch it just be the employees who went on VK on their work computer instead of using their private phone.
sunshineforever··on Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin
Just a joke, but at least General Mills isn't associated with non consensually "shrinking" my penis via unnecessary circumcision...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

sunshineforever··on Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship
The Unites States needs a dose of Marxism. Things are bad here for the working class. We have more than enough resources to do better and bring our society up to par with other developed countries.
sunshineforever··on Wealthy people are renouncing American citizenship
I've always wondered of it was possible to move to the UK by starting a business that required a UK presence and using that as a reason for an indefinate residence permit?
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