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elfpie

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  • Weezer bassist’s wife shot by LA police and booked for attempted murder

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  • Police on high alert, woman appears with a gun and is not shot dead on sight. She actually goes back inside to get someone else without being shot again for moving. Not impossible, even credible if what she was carrying was not a gun.

  • Why you should be polite to AI

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  • You didn't ask the same thing.

  • The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

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  • I'm very sorry for you. People might not realize how traumatizing having to deal with it can be. It definitely shouldn't be the responsibility of people without proper support or training.

  • Like to drive fast? Virginia has an anti-speeding device for you.

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  • I'm pretty sure this is one freedom US people won't let technology take away in the name of safety and ease of use. The roads and the culture are the problem. You can go fast and people will say going as fast as you can the whole time is the right way to drive.

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    Posting the same thing instead of bumping something old?

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    Banning Trans Women From Women’s Spaces? | Transphobia @ The Girl’s Spot Gym

  • EU orders Apple to open up access to iOS notifications, allow AirDrop alternatives - GSMArena.com news

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  • Headphone manufacturers need access to system functionalities such as proximity auto-pairing and automatic audio switching.

    If Apple were a restaurant, they wouldn't provide tableware for free and would charge you for bringing your own while tying one of your hands behind your back.

    Hey, as long as the competition is reasonable, you can be as unreasonable as you want and say the customer has options. Curious they never say their customers appreciate what they do as a defense.

  • Games can no longer use virtual currencies to disguise the price of in-game purchases in the European Union

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  • Considering you can't sell platinum for money, you could add complexity by converting it to another currency when exchanging hands. No value lost, exact same ratio. You buy platinum, you spend it on the store or it decays when you give it to another player. Platinum carries real world value, decayed doesn't. Would that work? The only reason for doing that would be to obfuscate the fact platinum has real world value. The players being constantly aware of the fact might mess with the economy.

    Honestly, their monetization is really something I could never criticize.

  • [CW] I think I've hit the end of my rope

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  • https://youtu.be/om5E4K1bCLw

    This is to create a Suicide Safety Plan. Something to have for those bad days and moments. Unfortunately, it just occurred to me that I don't have a text only alternative.

    I don't know if I'll be able to help, really. My energy levels fluctuate, but we are a community, so I hope others will pick it up from wherever one stops.

    First question is: What do you need? You might not know, but it's good to have in mind.

    [pressed send button too soon by acident]

    I'm not sure if I understand your story. Why does the award bother you? And the dealer calling all those people is meant to show that they didn't answer?

  • Meta is trying to ‘offload’ kids safety onto app stores with new bills, Google says

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  • My cynical take is that Facebook wants the money from ads target at children, but not the responsibility of vetting the apps they might download because the trust the platform they are in. Google and Apple just want to pass the responsibility to developers and create laws that punish them for misusing tools they want to provide so other people deal with the complaints.

    Still being cynical. It's not that big corporations can't do anything. They just can't do anything without using their own money.

  • OpenAI calls for US government to codify 'fair use' for AI training

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  • The conflict that people that hate both copyright and exploitative AI had just got resolved. It's nothing new, but I still get surprised by how shameless the justifications can be.

    "Your honor, if I hadn't stole all that money, I couldn't be investing to make myself more money. Think about it, it was so much that I had to hire people to help me, so I created jobs."

  • US Justice Dept. Doubles Down on Request to Break Up Google

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  • Google control the browser most people use and that browser could be defaulted to use a different search engine, which controls what you see when you have a question. They can take control from google and allow a real ally to buy it.

  • Aromanticism: What does it mean to be aromantic?

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  • You don't need food in front of you to feel hungry. In this case, it's a particular appetite that has conditions to be truly fulfilled. Maybe you have horny eyes.

  • Photographers Are on a Mission to Fix Wikipedia's Famously Bad Celebrity Portraits [404 Media]

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  • I think that is a little backwards thinking. Common folk are at these events taking the pictures. Common folk are producing high quality content. I'm pretty sure the celebrities themselves wouldn't have as much information on their peers as the collective of researchers do. Far from mere spectators.

  • Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in

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  • It wasn't true. I wasn't even trying to deceive anyone, but the problem is that people will mostly believe without asking for sources if they don't care. I put an edit above now.

  • Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in

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  • My oopsie. Clarification above.

  • Elon Musk says X hit by 'massive cyber attack' as users unable to log in

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  • Let me spin that for you so you see the problem.

    Mastodon, the social network backed by terrorists. By signing up, you put your name on a FBI watchlist as well.

    edit: I didn't make it clear that this would be the spin that would be possible to use against mastodon. It's not true, but it doesn't have to be to cause harm.

  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Pre-Order Trailer

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  • Lots of people complain when the game is called a walking simulator, but I got very excited seeing all the different environments we'll be able to traverse. Hoping to have a little bit of Lockne / Mama somehow. The mechas were something curious, then they doubled down at the end.

  • Probably on the road to future diagnosis, hoping for some advice with how to go about this

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  • Some things to consider. Even official diagnosis might change or be wrong, or specialists might disagree. You are the one that really knows the facts of your life. A diagnosis is a good starting point to help yoiu find the right tools to deal with what you struggle, but you can test the tools without it to see if they make your life better. Truth is, everyone would benefit from even minor accommodations.

  • What Do Celebrities Owe Their Fans?

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  • One of the problems might be that any inbetween has continuously been erased. Success is having all the money and all the fans, investors only want big returns and don't really care about art. It's more lucrative to sell an artist that people will follow for a long time than to sell their work that is then in their control, separated from the creator.

  • [RANT] The virtue of returning a shopping cart

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  • I think the reason for my rant got lost in the rant, but all your examples will help. Nobody cares about any of the issues you mentioned the same way. They are, for the most part, small things that one wouldn't consider nice, but that don't deserve that much attention. I expect to hear that it's too bad that people do those things. I would never expect people to overanalyze the situation and seriously judge others by that.

    Let me change the perspective a little. If a good friend does any of the things listed above, it might bother me. If a stranger does it, I won't judge them personally, because it's not enough, I can only judge the situation.

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    The virtue of returning a shopping cart

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    Are you a fanatic?

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    Intro To BDSM: Creating A Dom Persona ft. Yaz

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  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    Testing how unique you are online (web fingerprinting)

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    The burning of the Library of Alexandria for fandoms

    taylorlorenz.substack.com /p/the-burning-of-the-library-of-alexandria
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    Separating my haircut from my barber

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    It bothers me seeing weird used as a weapon

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    People's coping fantasies are not actionable plans

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    Technical quality of life advice

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    How to Deal With Cyclists

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    What does allyship mean?

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    Fear and Anxiety Drive Conservative Decisions

    www.psychologytoday.com /us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201612/fear-and-anxiety-drive-conservatives-political-attitudes
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    Americans are explaining why they don't say 'you're welcome' in customer service settings after foreigners complained that 'mmhmm' comes off as rude

    www.insider.com /americans-feel-saying-youre-welcome-is-rude-baffling-some-tourists-2023-9
  • Socialism @beehaw.org
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    There's always something to fear

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    Doctor Who is not for children, says Russell T. Davies

    www.telegraph.co.uk /news/2023/11/10/russell-t-davies-doctor-who-not-for-children-david-tennant/
  • Privacy @lemmy.ml
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    Defeating Little Brother requires a new outlook on privacy

    www.malwarebytes.com /blog/podcast/2023/11/defeating-little-brother-requires-a-new-outlook-on-privacy-lock-and-code-s04e23
  • Entertainment @beehaw.org
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    Vale Night (2022)

    imdb.com /title/tt16436064/