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TWeaK,

The UK just had a big article revealing that their Prevent database was being shared with border control (edit: link). The Prevent database covers people who have not committed any crime but have shown some indication of potentially becoming radicalised towards terrorirsm or towards some other crime. The vast majority are labelled “no further action” but still have been shared with customs. Some were children as young as 6 and 4.

You absolutely don’t need to do anything wrong to get on a list. Hell, just browsing the internet gets you put on all sorts of lists.

TWeaK,

Your phone relies on trigonometry.

TWeaK,

But does it really decline all, or are you agreeing to their “legitimate interest” of stealing your data?

Data collection is theft, change my mind.

TWeaK,

Man the worst I saw was a petrol station, when you walked in up to the tills there was this little sign on a floppy plastic thing that said they had face recognition running and a QR code to scan. The text of the sign mentioned “legitimate interests” but in no way directed users to scan the code and go to the website to object their consent.

It’s such bullshit. These companies collect up the data we produce and sell it for pure profit, without offering anything in return. The data brokerage industry is worth multiple trillions of $ per year, with only $8bn people in the world it stands to reason that the average user’s data is worth $1,000 per year, but they just pick that out of our pockets and use it against us.

TWeaK,

Thankfully the UK isn’t in any Europe anymore! Just say you’re legitimately interested and you can steal user data without any sort of thing!

TWeaK,

He looks so different IRL, particularly in the time travel episodes. Like, he’s a big imposing black dude, but with all the ridges and makeup he somehow is less intimidating, but through his acting also more intimidating overall. Really, it’s amazingly subtle character design.

TWeaK,

Bluey started too late for my kids, but truth knows not the boundaries of time.

TWeaK,

You should use the original link as the post link, then lemmy will automatically reference the cross-posts (also the cross-post link will be instance agnostic so it won’t pull people out of their local instance).

If you edit the post it should sort itself out.

TWeaK,

I think maybe not all apps show the automated cross-post link - I’m not seeing it right now on Jerboa. But yeah I think basically your instance checks the link against all other links it has (both local communities and federated) then it just adds cross-post links for each one, as well as a link to the new post in the old posts.

TWeaK,

RIP Andre Braugher

Aww, damn.

Edit: lung cancer.

TWeaK,

I could teach Spock,

But he’s in Pon Farr

TWeaK,

That was my first thought also - did the supernova shatter a star, or is the supernova literally the result of a star shattering?

Both could be true, it could be that a star went supernova, then the shockwave shattered a star. I CBA to read into it and I’m hoping someone will reply with the answer.

TWeaK,

I wasn’t even thinking a binary system necessarily, just a star that happened to take the shockwave badly. But I suppose it would make more sense for that to happen the closer the nearby star is.

New extensions you’ll love now available on Firefox for Android (blog.mozilla.org)

Today, Mozilla announced more than 450 new extensions (software that adds new features or functionality to the browser) to users on Firefox for Android at Mozilla’s AMO Android page. This milestone marks the launch of a new open extension ecosystem on mobile where developers are now free to create and publish extensions and...

TWeaK,

Aren’t all of the extensions available if you just use a fork?

TWeaK,
TWeaK,

There are plenty of ways to check a link before you click on it. Hover over, long press and copy, or view source.

If you don’t want to ever click on YouTube links then set your device to block them. That’s your responsibility.

Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching (themarkup.org)

These TVs can capture and identify 7,200 images per hour, or approximately two every second. The data is then used for content recommendations and ad targeting, which is a huge business; advertisers spent an estimated $18.6 billion on smart TV ads in 2022, according to market research firm eMarketer.

TWeaK,

The trouble is you can’t find decent sized monitor panels at reasonable prices. Frankly your most practical bet is to buy a TV with minimal smart functions and never connect it, then use that for your media PC. Also maybe hack the TV, that should be far more common IMO.

TWeaK,

Back and forth, forever.

TWeaK,

15 countries voting, they lost 13-1 (UK abstained), literally only the US voted against the resolution and yet they can veto it.

TWeaK,

Yeah but Genocide Joe is a completely bullshit Trumpism. As far as they go, there has been less genocide under Biden. While Trump was in charge ICE were committing genocide against migrants (forced hysterectomies) and Obama was reknowned for his rise in drone strikes, meanwhile Biden pulled out of Afghanistan.

The fact that the hardcore tankies are coming out with Trumpisms is poignant, I think.

TWeaK,

I agree that Biden isn’t really much less of a warhawk, but the point I’m making is that there’s probably been if anything slightly less genocide by the US under Biden than other presidents, which just makes the nickname more ridiculous.

TWeaK,

Valid question, I got it from another article: thehill.com/…/ap-un-chief-and-many-nations-demand…

TWeaK, (edited )

It is clearly US and UK

The UK abstained, that is explicitly not supporting the US. It’s not objecting either, but it’s not supporting.

What I find interesting is that the PM Rishi Sunak talks in full support of Israel in national politics, yet on the international stage the stance is now slightly more neutral.

TWeaK,

Like slapping Burqas on them and hiding them away so you don’t get scared?

TWeaK,

Not only that but Israel still provides a lot of spy tech. Local US law enforcement have been using Israeli tools to get into peoples’ phone records, or even the phones themselves.

TWeaK,

I dunno, I still think there’s a valid point to it. Previous presidents increased the amount of genocide, they continued and added to previous actions, Biden has done things to decrease it.

Like, if you were to plot genocide on a logarithmic scale, the slope would be lesser under Biden.

Like, if inflation has been really high, but then becomes a bit less high.

It’s objectively better. Still definitely not good, but not as bad as before, but also still not getting better quickly enough.

TWeaK,

How is it a scam?

TWeaK,

US is directly responsible for facilitating a genocide.

So you’re not saying they’re directly responsible for genocide, merely for facilitating it.

TWeaK,

1 second is not 3 car lengths unless you’re going really fast. Also, when pulling away, you shouldn’t sit stationary and wait for the gap to establish, as by the time you’re going you will be even further back. Instead, pull away at the same time as the vehicle in front, but restrain your acceleration so they still pull away from you. When they stop pulling away, you stop accelerating and you’ll have more or less the correct gap.

Standard advice is usually 2 seconds in the dry, 4 in the wet - “only a fool breaks the two second rule” takes about 2 seconds to say, then “but if it pours, make it 4” brings it to 4 seconds.

TWeaK,

Wales implemented it country wide. Almost all 30mph limits are now 20mph.

Signal Facing Collapse After CIA Cuts Funding (kitklarenberg.substack.com)

On November 16th, Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal, published a detailed breakdown of the popular encrypted messaging app’s running costs for the very first time. The unprecedented disclosure’s motivation was simple - the platform is rapidly running out of money, and in dire need of donations to stay afloat....

TWeaK,

US government: “Make us an app that people can use to subvert suppressive regimes.”

Developer: makes Signal

US Citizens: “Hey, that’s a useful app…” installs

US Government: “No, not like that!”

TWeaK,

Fortnite firm says platform holders’ hardware losses justify the need to charge devs for game sales and microtransactions

So, in other words, he’s not suing them because they’re not as profitable?

I feel like this really isn’t going well for Epic.

TWeaK,

Seeing as the article doesn’t really say much about the movie itself, just the logitistics and financials of making it:

with Cage reprising his role as arms dealer Yuri Orlov, and Skarsgard on board to play his son. In Lords of War, Orlov discovers he has a son, Anton, who is trying to top his father’s wrongs rather than stop them as he launches a mercenary army to fight America’s Middle East conflicts.

Source

TWeaK,

They could save a lot on infrastructure costs if they decentralised their network and stopped using phone numbers as unique identifiers.

TWeaK,

There’s a few forks that have done it. You could also look to Matrix to see how they’ve done it.

TWeaK,

Absolutely, and I use Signal for a few things. It’s not a perfect solution, but it’s far better than most (looking at you, Facebook’s WhatsApp, with your previous Pegasus attack vector).

TWeaK,

Direct image link: lemmy.world/…/917b3058-848a-4605-a850-06203eb1b33…

If you edit the post with that it will not pull people out of their own instance, and your post will be updated with a cross-post link to the original post.

TWeaK,

Doh, I was hoping they had extended the record.

Still, this is exceptionally commendable. Most of the time, when other countries have claimed they ran only on renewables, they have neglected the fact that they are net exporters and were running combustion generation across some of their network. The total renewable generation was greater than the total demand, but some of their generation was combustion and the excess passed off to other countries, with a bit of number fiddling to say that they were 100% green. With this, Portugal didn’t run any combustible generation, and they still exported to other countries.

TWeaK,

You’ve still got plenty of potential for solar, though.

TWeaK,
TWeaK,

Yeah I’d agree with you, I think the reason Norway isn’t 100% renewable has a little more to do with growing demand, as well as seasonal variation. Saying that, I’m sure this could have been addressed if the government had properly encouraged development of more clean generation.

TWeaK,

That’s where energy storage comes in. Either more traditional elevated water storage, or new battery storage. Batteries is a massive growth sector at the moment, and governments are making it easier for batteries to get approval - to developers and land owners, it’s becoming more appealing than solar.

TWeaK,

Even now, going hard on renewables is the best strategy. The technology is cheap, proven and readily available. If we build an excess of renewables we can wean off of fossil fuels most quickly, even diverting resources to nuclear will only slow down this goal.

The government do have ultimate responsibility, even if they’re influenced by the greed of wealthy people and organisations.

TWeaK,

DIY instructions on how to make your own Die Hard Christmas ornament: gosocial.co/make-festive-die-hard-christmas-tree-…

TWeaK,

The only certainties are death and taxes, but I’m still waiting on both to catch up with me.

TWeaK,

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, potentially only one of them could win the race!

TWeaK,

I love poking around in good settings menus. I can’t stand Windows 11, and even Windows 10 and 7 are rubbish - there shouldn’t be two layered styles of settings menus, and I shouldn’t have to click through multiple pages to get to the function I want. Android, too, has gotten a bit crap, but at least the search function works well.

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