smnwcj

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[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The value of holding av real primary. Sadly that boat sailed. Having delegates hand pick a candidate without any voter input opens the process to undue influence from party politics.

Kamala was at least chosen by the people as a VP. Can't say the same for most of the randos throwing their hat in

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 34 points 3 months ago (9 children)

Ages ago someone wrote a bash script that would calculate your "stallman score", essentially checking the license of every package in your system.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 3 points 3 months ago

To nitpick, Win10 looks like KDE :). Kde has been pretty consistent for a while

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 0 points 3 months ago

He knows Trump will win, it's a safe bet to win some favor.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Unfortunately this financing requires a populace widely adopting cryptocurrency...making it a pipe dream for mainstream use.

Tips are generally a bad model as well, which creates an incentive for rapid and pandering work (like ad supported content).

Patreon had frankly built all of YouTube that is worth watching. I think a simple payment system using real banks can be integrated into smaller hosting services.

It's all academic though, YouTube is unrivaled in ad revenue and helping you expand an audience.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 36 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's concerning how this pseudoscience is getting so much traction, and we'll be left with a bunch of nonsensical privacy regulation. Granted I'm happy to err towards too much privacy regulation, but can imagine other privacy issues getting less traction.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago

It probably wont happen in the US, but i really hope enough countries crack down on PFAs to have some reliable sources of safe everyday products

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I don't disagree with any of this, but in this particular instance i do think it's simply a reflection of reality. Biden's whole strategy is win over dummy undecideds who can't tell him and Trump apart, rather than excite his base for a good turnout.

Fact is that strategy requires charisma, not brains. Biden's running a strategy on his weakness. It's doomed, which is impressive since Trump is so widely hated. Literally any other dem in there party is a better choice, save Jimmy Carter...

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 19 points 4 months ago

I hope this works out. Local news media outside of huge cities is 3 nextdoor posts in a trenchcoat.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 6 points 4 months ago

Uncritical copaganda from NYT again. These changes are...fine, but don't get at the inherent risks of police surveillance and biometrics.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 30 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Name an activism campaign that worked and you support.

[–] smnwcj@fedia.io 24 points 4 months ago (1 children)

With the state of AI and computer vision, and legal requirements to disclose ads, i wonder if a ytdl + editing script will he the nicest way to watch at some point

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