> Pretty much all western countries are experiencing a crisis of democracy. Genuine question: what exactly is a "crisis of democracy"? I see this term thrown around all the time now, but all I can conclude is it's just…
> How do you deal with a crime that isn’t reported due to things like shame? You don't.
> Children being sent dick pics, or AI generated nudes of them being sent around schools, etc. are real problems facing real normal people. These are relatively minor problems. Certainly not something that warrants…
> too many people leave morality at the door when engaging online If you don't like interacting with certain types of people online, then make or join a safe space that protects you from the offensive content. Don't…
That's fair. If one follows the path of least resistance, you'll end up eating crap.
All of the things you described are available, that's true, but any major supermarket, even in rural areas, will have plenty of healthier options available as well. Take bread for example. Sure there will be some crappy…
A vulnerability (that is presumably fixed after) is a lot different than an intentional backdoor. > I think this is a really bad epistemological stance in this case. Why? If one can't point to any evidence, how is it…
Are you sure the difference didn't mostly come down to being a tourist in temporary accommodation vs having access to a familiar grocery store and your home kitchen?
Backdoors in the OS or firmware? I always use Linux, so I don't care what software it came with. If you're suggesting there are firmware backdoors, I'd like to see your evidence.
What's so great about Huawei laptops? I've been using an Asus EliteBook for the last 3 years. Despite taking a beating, the build quality has held up flawlessly and with 32 GB of RAM, 1 kg form factor, and great battery…
I just tried their Seek app with some pictures of tree leaves nearby and it failed to identify all of them. Some pictures even caused it to crash. Google Lens correctly identifies 1/3 of them and PictureThis 2/3.
What is your criteria for "very unhealthy" and do you have any evidence to back up that claim?
> Is Venezuela a sovereign nation or a colony? Reality is not that black and white. We may no longer have formal colonies, buy the world is still carved up by spheres of influence by the superpowers. Displease them and…
A recent meta analysis suggests the positive results for collagen are mostly funding bias. See discussion here: https://massresearchreview.com/2025/09/29/connecting-the-dot... I have been taking collagen, but will…
Yes, and if I remember correctly, you get the Gaussian because it's the minimum entropy (least additional assumptions about the shape) continuous distribution given a certain variance.
I could, but considering how much value I get out of my laptop, I'd rather just spend $2-3k every couple years and have everything new. Thr value proposition just doesn't make sense unless I were a struggling student.
The idea of upgrading a laptop may sound great at first, but I don't think most people really want that. After 2-3 years, my laptop is pretty beat up from carrying it around in a bag daily. I usually buy premium…
The left? The authoritarian politicians pushing this legislation in the EU are more leftist than right.
For Android, Ironfox is currently the best option IMO.
Why are so many people paying for premium or even making an account at all? The amount and variety of free porn is already enormous.
That's an even more evil ad than the obnoxious and irrelevant variety because something related to my interests has a higher chance of successfully manipulating me.
I'm deeply disappointed in Mozilla's management as well, but as long as LibreWolf and IronFox exist, I still see it as the lesser evil.
> If you take care of kids, we the planet, have resources for you. That sounds nice, but who is going to decide exactly which behaviors to reward and by how much? To avoid grift and corruption, we should probably have…
I thought the working group making the standard was threatening to blacklist any implementation that allows passkeys to be exported for backup, no?
So.. communism? That hasn't worked out too great in the past.
> Pretty much all western countries are experiencing a crisis of democracy. Genuine question: what exactly is a "crisis of democracy"? I see this term thrown around all the time now, but all I can conclude is it's just…
> How do you deal with a crime that isn’t reported due to things like shame? You don't.
> Children being sent dick pics, or AI generated nudes of them being sent around schools, etc. are real problems facing real normal people. These are relatively minor problems. Certainly not something that warrants…
> too many people leave morality at the door when engaging online If you don't like interacting with certain types of people online, then make or join a safe space that protects you from the offensive content. Don't…
That's fair. If one follows the path of least resistance, you'll end up eating crap.
All of the things you described are available, that's true, but any major supermarket, even in rural areas, will have plenty of healthier options available as well. Take bread for example. Sure there will be some crappy…
A vulnerability (that is presumably fixed after) is a lot different than an intentional backdoor. > I think this is a really bad epistemological stance in this case. Why? If one can't point to any evidence, how is it…
Are you sure the difference didn't mostly come down to being a tourist in temporary accommodation vs having access to a familiar grocery store and your home kitchen?
Backdoors in the OS or firmware? I always use Linux, so I don't care what software it came with. If you're suggesting there are firmware backdoors, I'd like to see your evidence.
What's so great about Huawei laptops? I've been using an Asus EliteBook for the last 3 years. Despite taking a beating, the build quality has held up flawlessly and with 32 GB of RAM, 1 kg form factor, and great battery…
I just tried their Seek app with some pictures of tree leaves nearby and it failed to identify all of them. Some pictures even caused it to crash. Google Lens correctly identifies 1/3 of them and PictureThis 2/3.
What is your criteria for "very unhealthy" and do you have any evidence to back up that claim?
> Is Venezuela a sovereign nation or a colony? Reality is not that black and white. We may no longer have formal colonies, buy the world is still carved up by spheres of influence by the superpowers. Displease them and…
A recent meta analysis suggests the positive results for collagen are mostly funding bias. See discussion here: https://massresearchreview.com/2025/09/29/connecting-the-dot... I have been taking collagen, but will…
Yes, and if I remember correctly, you get the Gaussian because it's the minimum entropy (least additional assumptions about the shape) continuous distribution given a certain variance.
I could, but considering how much value I get out of my laptop, I'd rather just spend $2-3k every couple years and have everything new. Thr value proposition just doesn't make sense unless I were a struggling student.
The idea of upgrading a laptop may sound great at first, but I don't think most people really want that. After 2-3 years, my laptop is pretty beat up from carrying it around in a bag daily. I usually buy premium…
The left? The authoritarian politicians pushing this legislation in the EU are more leftist than right.
For Android, Ironfox is currently the best option IMO.
Why are so many people paying for premium or even making an account at all? The amount and variety of free porn is already enormous.
That's an even more evil ad than the obnoxious and irrelevant variety because something related to my interests has a higher chance of successfully manipulating me.
I'm deeply disappointed in Mozilla's management as well, but as long as LibreWolf and IronFox exist, I still see it as the lesser evil.
> If you take care of kids, we the planet, have resources for you. That sounds nice, but who is going to decide exactly which behaviors to reward and by how much? To avoid grift and corruption, we should probably have…
I thought the working group making the standard was threatening to blacklist any implementation that allows passkeys to be exported for backup, no?
So.. communism? That hasn't worked out too great in the past.