You’ll be able to pay with PayPal in ChatGPT next year
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You’ll be able to pay with PayPal in ChatGPT next year
Starting in 2026, ChatGPT users will be able to use PayPal to make purchases from within the AI platform, as it adopts OpenAI’s Agentic Commerce Protocol (ACP).Stevie Bonifield (The Verge)
GitHub is launching a hub for multiple AI coding agents
Developers can use multiple coding agents at the same time.
GitHub is launching a hub for multiple AI coding agents
GitHub is launching a new “Agent HQ” that will house its Copilot coding agent alongside third-party options, including OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude, Google’s Jules, and more.Emma Roth (The Verge)
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Battlefield's new battle royale is free-to-play and out now with 100-player matches
EA has officially unveiled and launched its new battle royale experience, Battlefield REDSEC. There are a couple of surprises included in the free game in addition to the 100-player mode too.
[Announcement] Keepers of the Flame FAQ
Following the Keepers of the Flame Content Reveal last week, we've seen a lot of questions about this update to Path of Exile. Check out the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions below.
The most recently answered questions are at the top.
What will it cost to respec points in the Genesis Tree passive tree?
Nothing, doing so is free.
Will I be able to hide my grafts if they conflict with the MTX I want to wear?
We are adding a "Hide Grafts" option in the MTX menu. This should be in place on release, but if it isn't it will be available shortly after.
What is happening with classic Breach Uniques like Xoph's Blood?
These will still exist, you'll be able to grow them on the Genesis tree or in some cases they'll come from Breach related Bosses.
Many of these will now have Foulborn variants to check out as well!
For the purpose of Schizophrenic Dissociation do Jewels socketed into a cluster jewel count as being socketed in your passive tree?
Yes
What is happening with content that is tied to Breach?
Breachstones will still work in standard, but are unobtainable in Keepers Leagues.
Breach Scarabs will be unavailable in the Keepers league.
Chayula on Maven's Invitation: The Feared has been replaced with the Incarnation of Dread.
Maven's Invitation: The Hidden is now replaced with The Remembered, requiring Witness of Courtyard of Wasting, Chambers of Impurity and Theatre of Lies.
It That Fled does not appear in Betrayal encounters in Keepers Leagues.
Will the identification of items use the Ctrl+Click shortcut from Path of Exile 2?
The quick shortcut for item identification is Ctrl+Alt+Click on Mouse and Keyboard.
Can all uniques be Foulborn?
Not all uniques can be Foulborn, the list of uniques that can be is still ongoing however there will be more than one hundred. Uniques that come from specific sources, such as boss uniques cannot be Foulborn.
Have there been any changes made to the frequency of finding Aul in Delve?
The frequency of Aul appearing in Delve is unchanged.
Will Faustus in the Rogue harbour also be able to manage asynchronous trade?
Faustus asynchronous trade will only be available in hideouts.
Will we be able to change our Bloodline Ascendancy and how?
Yes, you can respec your current Bloodline Ascendancy with another for free (after defeating a relevant boss). Otherwise, you can use Orbs of Regret or gold to respec those points like normal Ascendancy points (5 refund points each).
Can multiple party members all get the same Bloodline Ascendancy from the same boss?
Yes, assuming they are in the fight when the boss is killed.
Will Windburst Support work with movement from things like Flame Dash or Flicker Strike?
Yes. It counts movement from travel skills as well as regular movement.
Will graft skills scale off my damage and am I able to die from my graft skills reflected damage?
Graft skills do not scale off of player stats, but do have affixes which will affect their skills in many ways. Since graft damage is not dealt by the player, reflected damage will not be dealt back to the player from graft skill use.
How many Spectral Tigers can you have and how much Critical Chance, Attack and Cast Speed do they give?
You can have up to 5 of them and each of them grants 25% Increased Critical Chance, 7% Increased Attack Speed and 7% Increased Cast Speed.
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New questions added to the FAQ.
What will it cost to respec points in the Genesis Tree passive tree?
Nothing, doing so is free.
Will I be able to hide my grafts if they conflict with the MTX I want to wear?
We are adding a "Hide Grafts" option in the MTX menu. This should be in place on release, but if it isn't it will be available shortly after.
What is happening with classic Breach Uniques like Xoph's Blood?
These will still exist, you'll be able to grow them on the Genesis tree or in some cases they'll come from Breach related Bosses.
Many of these will now have Foulborn variants to check out as well!
For the purpose of Schizophrenic Dissociation do Jewels socketed into a cluster jewel count as being socketed in your passive tree?
Yes
US | ICE now using AI software that can search eight billion social media posts per day
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) now has licenses to use Zignal Labs, a platform used by the Pentagon and Israeli military to scan social media with AI.
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NATO trying to turn Eurasia into its ‘fiefdom’ – Lavrov
NATO trying to turn Eurasia into its ‘fiefdom’ – Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused NATO of continued expansion and trying to prolong the Ukraine conflictRT
One Piece anime TV series will release a maximum of 26 episodes per year 2026 onwards
One Piece Sails to a Brand-New Era in 2026
The One Piece anime TV series is embarking on a brand-new era for its 2026 schedule for U.S. and global anime viewers.Leo Reyna (CBR)
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The sudden break is for the animators and the rest of the production crew.
Disgusting liars.
What's the real reason then?
I don't see anything wrong with slowing production to improve quality and working conditions.
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They don't care about quality, as we have already seen multiple times, and such companies don't care about working conditions, as we can see everywhere in the world.
One episode every two weeks means doubling its duration. That's it.
It's about money, as always.
Ireland’s Presidential Election Was a Left-Wing Landslide
Ireland’s Presidential Election Was a Left-Wing Landslide
Ireland’s new president, Catherine Connolly, is an outspoken left-winger who champions the rights of the Palestinians and opposes Europe’s militarization drive. Her resounding victory came as a huge shock to the conservative political establishment.jacobin.com
TikTok threat offering bounty on Pam Bondi leads to federal charges, FBI says
TikTok threat offering bounty on Pam Bondi leads to federal charges, FBI says
Tyler Avalos allegedly posted a video with crosshairs over Bondi’s face and a $45,000 reward for her death, FBI saysAnna Betts (The Guardian)
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Diana Loginova: Teenager jailed for playing anti-Kremlin song on the streets of St Petersburg
The 18-year-old Russian singer was arrested after her street performance of an anti-Putin song went viralLucy Papachristou (The Independent)
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A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar in Berlin for a friendly drink
CIA Agent says: Why do you like Russia so much? You have no freedom. In the USA, you can stand in front of the White House in Washington, DC, and yell, "Down with Ronald Reagan", and you will not be punished.
KGB Agent smiles and shakes his head: Nonsense, you can also stand in Red Square in Moscow and yell, "Down with Ronald Reagan", and you will not be punished, either.
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A KGB spy and a CIA agent meet up in a bar for a friendly drink.
"I have to admit, I'm always so impressed by Soviet propaganda. You really know how to get people worked up," the CIA agent says.
"Thank you," the KGB says. "We do our best, but truly, it's nothing compared to American propaganda. Your people believe everything your state media tells them."
The CIA agent drops his drink in shock and disgust. "Thank you friend, but you must be confused.. There's no propaganda in America."
The KGB smiles and says "Exactly".
I remember monsters of rock or whatever it was. I was hugely into Pantera, my parents hated Pantera. Pantera played to the largest audience in the fucking world after the fall of the commie scum, suddenly, Pantera ain't so fucking bad.
RIP Dime and Vinnie.
Horseshoe theory only holds up if you believe that all of politics is on a 1 dimensional spectrum from left to right. That's simply not that case. There are anti-authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike, just as there are authoritarian right wingers and leftists alike and everything in between, below, and to the side.
You probably see Stalin and Hitler and say, "See! Both authoritarians!" But, like, yeah... That's the problem. That's not even pointing out anything meaningful.
It's not that edgy.
18yo is jailed for a couple of songs lol.
It won't do anything, right, but that what I and them should be free to do.
its pretty edgy to get yourself thrown into jail for something stupid you know will put you there.
If your highest goal is self-preservation, then yeah, it doesn’t make sense. However, protestors like this usually care about something more important than themselves. It’s what drives them to put themselves out there, knowing they could be at risk for doing so.
I’m sure we could disagree on what specific things would make sense to potentially sacrifice one’s self for, but I hope the simple idea of something being that important at all is relatable. For some it’s their rights, for some it’s their religion, and for some it’s their family, but either way, most people can think of something they consider more important than themselves. It’s that importance that compels people to defend it, despite the personal danger for doing so.
"hmm, could it be that his sarcasm meant to make a case for irrationality of teenagers? no, i bet he meant it like he wrote it when he said teenagers are known for their rationality."
rly?
I believe
Terrible Google translate of the lyrics:
I'd like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It's pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.My country has risen from its knees
In all its negative growth.
I negatively agree with everything—
Here's my answer to your non-question:Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking inhuman beings?!
I want to watch the ballet—
Let the swans dance!Let Grandpa tremble in fear for his "Lake."
Get the nightingales off the screen—
Let the swans dance!When it's all over, you'll be silent
And pretend you had nothing to do with it.
Your face is more sour than a Crimean cherry plum:
You're clearly slightly depressed about something.I'd like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It's pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking monsters?!
I want to watch a ballet—
Let the swans dance!Let Grandpa tremble for his "Lake."
Get off the screen, Solovyov—
Let the swans dance!
A lot of references to the fall of the USSR
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So, some of this is a bit of deep cut of Russian history, which is probably contributing to your confusion.
::: spoiler Here's my take.
I’d like to talk to you, But the TV is too loud— It’s pretending to be your head, Its speaker is so much like your mouth.
The artist would like to have a conversation, but the person they want to talk to is just repeating the propaganda they see on TV.
My country has risen from its knees In all its negative growth. I negatively agree with everything— Here’s my answer to your non-question:
The USSR fell in the '90s, and the artist doesn't think modern Russia has developed in a good way.
Where have you been for eight years, Fucking inhuman beings?! I want to watch the ballet— Let the swans dance!
Eight years is likely referring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The ballet bit is talking about how Swan Lake played on repeat during the fall of the USSR, as a placeholder to keep broadcast airwaves available for use as emergency broadcast. Because it has been so completely tied to the idea of political upheaval in Russia, it's recently picked up steam again as a sort of shorthand for calling for protest and resistance against the government.
Let Grandpa tremble in fear for his “Lake.” Get the nightingales off the screen— Let the swans dance!
Grandpa was pro-USSR, the artist wants the empire to hurry up and fall already.
When it’s all over, you’ll be silent And pretend you had nothing to do with it. Your face is more sour than a Crimean cherry plum: You’re clearly slightly depressed about something.
Once the USSR had fallen, a lot of people tried to deny their support or involvement with it.
The song repeats a few things, and the only thing left of note is that "Solovyov" has been a news anchor on Russian television since shortly before the invasion of Ukraine.
:::
Hey, I’ll do my best, here is my take;
I'd like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It's pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.
Someone feeling frustration over wanting to talk about things but the person can’t hear them because they only listen to and regurgitate what the TV (main stream media or government controlled media) wants them to say.
My country has risen from its knees
In all its negative growth.
I negatively agree with everything—
Here's my answer to your non-question:
We were getting back up after the fall of the USSR when everything fell apart and cratered. I don’t agree with what is going on, even though you didn’t ask I am going to tell you how I feel about all this anyway.
Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking inhuman beings?!
I want to watch the ballet—
Let the swans dance!
This has been going on for 8 years now and you have turned a blind eye to it. I want to watch Swan Lake again at the ballet (referencing Russia’s primary artistic exports historically is ballet, of which Swan Lake is one of the most popular/wellknown)
Let Grandpa tremble in fear for his "Lake."
Get the nightingales off the screen—
Let the swans dance!
Not entirely sure what this is referring to, my best guess is juxtaposing story elements of Swan Lake to current political happenings in Russia, ie comparing Putin to a grandpa and lake may be ambiguous as a reference to Swan Lake and Putin’s lakeside palace.
When it's all over, you'll be silent
And pretend you had nothing to do with it.
Your face is more sour than a Crimean cherry plum:
You're clearly slightly depressed about something.
When we, or future generations, fix this you are just going to pretend you had nothing to do with it, you’re a liar, like the lies they tell us about why we have the right to invade Crimea in Ukraine to justify our war with an innocent country. You know it is wrong but you keep lying to yourself about why.
I'd like to talk to you,
But the TV is too loud—
It's pretending to be your head,
Its speaker is so much like your mouth.
Repeat of the first verse;
Someone feeling frustration over wanting to talk about things but the person can’t hear them because they only listen to and regurgitate what the TV (main stream media or government controlled media) wants them to say.
Where have you been for eight years,
Fucking monsters?!
I want to watch a ballet—
Let the swans dance!
Repeat of the second verse but changing “Fucking inhuman monsters” to “fucking monsters”
Let Grandpa tremble for his "Lake."
Repeat of the first line in the fourth verse but changing fear to tremble, again most likely referencing Putin and him willing to sacrifice the people of Russia in order to keep his extreme wealth and lake side palace.
Get off the screen, Solovyov—
Let the swans dance!
Solovyov is a famous TV presenter in Russia, which I believe the speaker believes, or is inferring, is a government shill or otherwise bought off to only report what Putin wants him to report. So they are demanding Solovyov be removed from TV and to give the people back their freedom (swans dancing)
Hope that helped if you were being sincere about needing assistence to understand it. I have ADHD myself and have several friends with both ADHD and learning disabilities (they are co-morbidities of ADHD) so I can understand the frustration.
I was being sincere. Thank you.
As someone in their late 30s with a recent diagnosis, I'm beginning to learn just how stigmatized my condition is. It's beyond frustrating when I get dismissed as just being lazy by even my own friends and family.
[Incoming Rant]
Nobody understands the struggle unless they have it. They don't seem to understand that it's a lot more than just forgetfulness and an inability to process long blocks of text. It is a full-blown disability that has been holding me back from reaching my full potential. Hell, I didn't even move out of my parents' house until my 30s due to my condition. Even other people with ADHD don't seem to understand that there's different levels of severity, and I'm on the more extreme end of the spectrum.[/rant]
So again, thank you for being kind.
So asking for the ballet is asking for putin to be replaced, which is obviously bad.
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Russia being a tolitarian oppressive shithole is old news. I just pointed that the US's closest allies in the middleeast are a genocidal aparthied that bribes their government, and oppressive dictatorships that enrich their elites with their natural and political resources. All are objectively worse than Russia.
so I agree russia is bad and deserve their sanctions from the US and rest of EU,, but where are the sanctions against Israel? it's lawless hypocracy
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Mad respects.
As a Chinese-American, I feel so depressed about the situation of both countries I lived in, tyranny is everywhere. I'm being targeted by both countries and tbh I'm just not brave enough to do actual protests, because I'm scared and I just want to stay under the radar. I'm dealing with a lot of depression, and I don't think I have the endurance it takes. I already got falsely arrested once by the US Gestapo and I'm still dealing with the PTSD.
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines
Clearview AI faces criminal heat for ignoring EU data fines
: Noyb says New York-based facial recognition biz flouted GDPR orders and kept scraping anywayConnor Jones (The Register)
You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner
You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner
We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.jacobin.com
Cloudflare Q3 report shows the internet still breaks for the strangest reasons
Cloudflare Q3 report shows the internet still breaks for the strangest reasons
: From natural disasters to stray bullets and exams, it's been a shaky quarter for the world's connectivityCarly Page (The Register)
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon ValleyGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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*Ya know, i was god once...
Yes, i saw. You were doing well until everyone died.*
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I don’t get the last one and feel pretty dumb at the moment.
Screwball, crackpot… leaky faucet?
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Remember when God said he didn’t want idols made, then he punished the Jews to wander the desert for 40 years.
This gives those vibes.
It feels plain wrong.
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Also I don’t think Christ would return if we were all being cool to each other, so they’re admitting they’re just trying to push humanity more off track.
How does that help you in God’s judgement? I’m pretty sure disrespecting all of his creation and doing the opposite of everything Jesus stood for won’t go well.
I’m agnostic, but selfishly I would not purposefully try to hasten driving myself to hell/damnation if I believed in it.
Thankfully the values my mom taught me are the same ones Jesus taught: love your neighbour as yourself and do unto others as you would have done to you.
How does that help you in God’s judgement?
"The ends justify the means", or something.
Thankfully the values my mom taught me are the same ones Jesus taught: love your neighbour as yourself and do unto others as you would have done to you.
This is what baffles me when my dad argues with me for being left of center.
You sent me where they taught this, did you not want me to learn it?
(Also not religious, but kept some of the philosophy)
There’s a lot of good Christian teachings that just make the world better regardless of your fear of eternal punishment or any god.
While outside my education I’m sure most religions too, but too many people get caught up in casting out others, or hating the non believers, or doling out punishments they have no right to.
Remember when God said he didn’t want idols made
You are about 1700 years late to this argument. Christians reconciled with iconography some time in the Byzantium Era.
And after Protestantism? FFS, can you imagine what Joseph Smith would say about an AI Prophet, after spending half his career reading discs out of a hat with special sunglasses?
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He had a magic rock he put in at hat lol
I don't have any problems with building beautiful things like cathedrals or making art in the name of God
But building oracles and such is gross. The who AI pope question was insane.
But I will have to read that article deeper, that's an interesting wikipedia link
I don’t have any problems with building beautiful things like cathedrals or making art in the name of God
What about Catholics praying to little figurines and statues of saints? Because that's been going on for a long time
You know how people used to put pictures of their loved ones in a locket, or in their wallets, or as a background pic on their phones? That's what they were supposed to be. (As told by a catholic friend)
I can accept that. I have one of my kids in the car cause I used to drive like a maniac. It's a constant reminder of the kind of person I should be while driving.
But of course, people will be people, ignoring what they're told and doing whatever the hell they like... "This statue cried blood, let's pray to it!" (and ignore the leaking toilet upstairs)
But building oracles and such is gross.
You're talking about a religion whose entire foundation is built on saints and prophets. The whole Jesus story is a big deal because it is fulfillment of prophecy.
The who AI pope question was insane.
It's certainly heretical to the Catholic Church. But fits comfortably in a bunch of New Age and Technocratic Futurist Protestant understands of their faith.
You REALLY expect conservatives to actually follow the non oppressive sections of the scriptures?
Rotfl
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They think God works through them, and it is their divine duty to do this.
It's how they justify a lot of the shit they do.
This justification is always funny.
“Oh, your all powerful god needs the help of Brian the middle manager to get its work done for them?”
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.
-Susan B. Anthony
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“So GodGPT, is the bible the inerrant word of God?”
> yes
“So why does it contradict itself”
>*explodes in Spr0ing*
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mission to build a Christian AI
But AI is already fucking stupid?
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Such Christians, acting like they know better than god.
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[36]“But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son,Mathew 24:42-44\
42Watch therefore, for you do not know what [g]hour your Lord is coming. 43But know this, that if the master of the house had known what [h]hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
Matthew 24:42 - Readiness at Any Hour
Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.Bible Hub
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The oldest praying automaton we know of is from the 16th Century. This is basically that but with more capitalism.
I can't help but notice how captured the Christian mind is, when even the return of the Savior is a business opportunity; a revenue stream. These people are already robots who can't worship without a prospectus and a spread sheet.
Not just the Bible. A lot of this extremist ideology comes from people who like to sound smart, but don't know what they're talking about.
Like the whole effective altruism movement, or even just the resurgence of eugenics with Musk and his whole birthing weirdness.
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“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” -- Frank Herbert
"Right now there is an explosive growth of the number of computers
and things they can do. Not only are their numbers increasing at a
dazzling rate, but the storage of information in giant data banks is growing
in the same explosive way.
We have no way to control this now and none in sight. In fact, the
very nature of this growth says that all controls will lag far behind
computer developments. Any attempt to ban them will only drive com-
puters underground. Never lose sight of the fact that computers "crunch
time." The speed at which computers can operate tells us that laws
cannot keep up with them. The person with a computer can dance rings
around you while you react as though you were embedded in molasses.
What can you do?
Get your own computer. Learn how to use it. We are here to help you
make that first step: how to find the one that fits your needs and your
pocketbook, where to put it, how to program it-all of the essentials. If
you don't do this, the Bill of Rights is dead and your individual liberties
will go the way of the dodo." -- also Frank Herbert
I hate how much we seem to be slowly careening towards Frank Herbert's vision like the worse case of collective target fixation.
Not that I disagree, just as someone who loves computers and programming it really feels like throwing out the baby along with the bathwater.
We could (should imo) be planning a sort of overthrow of the rich assholes who don't share; make sure everyone has access to a computer, the electricity need to run it, and the knowledge to use it to their own benefit.
The second, longer quote in my previous comment is from the intro to a computer self-help/"how-to" book, Without Me You Are Nothing (pdf link).
“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” -- Frank Herbert
I for one, welcome our AI overlords. All hail Omnius!
"We're building the Eschaton Immanentising Machine, from the famous theological treatise 'Don't Immanentise the Eschaton'"
(Also, using LLMs sounds a lot less efficient than the exhaustive search described in The Nine Billion Names of God)
I have a problem with these people exploiting and weaponizing my religion for their own profit. Not that they're the first to do it, but it's even more ridiculous to grow up and see the hypocritical "traditionalists" joining forces with hypocritical technocrats.
Fight for your "traditional" values and force them on anyone you disagree with. Put all your faith in the middlemen "chosen by God to lead" all of his creations, act on "God's behalf," and tell everyone else what is or isn't "God's will." Insist on diving headfirst into the most cutting edge unregulated dystopian tech, while accusing anyone who questions your hubris of being a luddite.
Meanwhile, base all social and legal policies on your very literal interpretation of parts of a book that often contradicts itself, was written thousands of years ago, and has been edited multiple times throughout history by power hungry men very similar to yourself. Accuse anyone who questions this of persecuting you because of your religion.
Pick and choose random parts of that book to fit your narrative and justify your actions as a "Warrior for Christ." Very rarely (if ever) will the parts chosen be any of the stuff Christ actually said, but if anyone points that out, just DARVO and accuse them of religious persecution or "toxic empathy." Feed only your cherry picked bullshit into your biased AI. Congratulations, you've created an easy button for blasphemy.
These are definitely the people who end up killing us all.
Why would Christ want you literally playing God and fucking with his timeline?
Holy shit, when does Big Tech ever stop being such a clown show???
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Destruction of the planet, hardly. The earth has and will shrug of worse than humanity. Thinking otherwise is giving humanity too much credit.
Destruction of humanity is more likely. We are actively making the earth worse for us, and many other species. But there are many more which will survive and thrive after we destroy ourselves.
I think when people say "destruction of the planet" they are really meaning "our ecosphere and the multitude of species that are currently going extinct".
Many recognize that we are in a 6th mass extinction period and understand that as the ecosystem goes, so do we. Is the spheroid body of the planet going to crumble or plate tectonics stop working because we're gone? With all deference to George Carlin, no we know better (we'll, there is the question about racking-induced earthquakes, but that's a bit in the weeds).
~~An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return~~
An ex-intel CEO's idea to make money by combining two money making tools
More than that, most of the old testament is stories about how you don't debate God, you don't test God, and you definitely don't force God's hand.
Honestly, this Intel guy is cute compared to the Christian Zionists, who somehow think God wants and will be happy with their attempts to manufacture prophecy.
Breaking: Lightning flashes, thunderous boom. Jesus Christ appears upon a obelisk in the center of the reflecting pool in DC.
And I say unto you: FUCKING HELL, CAN YOU ALL JUST STOP RUINING THE WORLD AND EACHOTHER, JUST FUCKING STOP IT WITH THE MONEY AND FUCKING OVER THE POOR. EVERYONE DESERVES FOOD AND COMFORT AND STOP TRYING TO SPEND ALL THE NATURAL RESOURCES ON GET RICH QUICK AI BULLSHIT, I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAD TO COME DOWN HERE TO STOP YOU ASSHOLES.
Thanks Patrick, you superstitious cunt!
Curing cancer? Nooo
Protecting children from gun shots? Nooo
Making sure children are educated and fed? Nooo
Let's build a fucking ball room and create a Jesus chat bot -- YES
I cannot believe that this is the future we were waiting for.
Hastening the coming? He needs to reread the bible then.
"But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." - Matthew 24:36
The week, on the other hand, is fair game.
Sounds ridiculous, but apologists will literally say this.
I was brought up Catholic. The Dominican brothers taught me to think critically. Now I'm not a Catholic, or any kind of Christian, anymore.
And for the fractally schismatic fundamentalist Protestants, they stopped adhering to a Christian belief system over a century ago. Very little that they believe has any connection to Christianity, and most of it contradicts core beliefs. For them, it's just a tribal identity. "We're the chosen people and everyone else is wrong."
They think that they can force God's hand. They're that arrogant.
Anyway, the whole fundie end-times narrative is late 19th-century fanfic. It not only contradicts their scriptures, it's also incoherent and badly written. At least Dante, when he made things up, was consistent with the core beliefs, as well as his work being far better-written and more coherent than the source literature. But the Rapture is just the rantings of tent-show shysters. Even bronze-age shepherds did better.
Actually this is a pretty impressive grift. I don’t think anyone has tried this before.
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Exactly, one man's mission to soak up as much money from religious nutters as possible.
Just as the church has always done.
Where there was once purported atheism, there is now “a very loud, very visible and very specifically Christian-inflected technological culture” in Silicon Valley, said Damien Williams, a scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte who studies how technologies are shaped by religious beliefs.
Danger. Danger.
a scholar at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Hahahahaha.....wait, was that not a joke?
I’m willing to bet you could convince a subset of those people that such an LLM is in fact the second coming of Christ. So not just some tool “approved” by God, but that the LLM is the God itself.
Then (to the “true believers” minds) whatever it says will be unquestionable. And then whomever is pulling the strings behind the scenes can commit whatever atrocities they desire.
So glad to read your comment @SparrowHawk. This is exactly it, and why I am no longer a hardcore atheist. We can't connect with anyone while we're in the middle of telling them that they're wrong - even if they are completely wrong about factual matters. It's essential to build connection first, then conduct any education through the connection. Without connecting it's wasted effort.
The educating can't come through coercion or condemnation either, because those shut people down. If we don't offer something better then we push those people away. We might write them off and say "fuck em, who cares!" and that's how we end up at political deadlock and perpetual war.
This is why the fascists are so terrified of empathy, because intelligent, educated people (lots of those around!) who are highly empathic (not so many, it's a harder skill) joining together and building connections with and between the masses, already have all the tools to dismantle the whole scam we're living in.
Empathy and education, from kindness not condemnation, is unstoppable. Though I will grant that there's not much in it for rugged individualism, but lots in it for diverse, individuality-celebrating collectivism.
Of course we're supposed to be arguing - we'll never get anywhere that way.
Empathy lets you say "I absolutely disagree with your view, yet I still value you as a human, so am committed to your long-term wellbeing" and other similar bits of "radical hate speech" which, put into action will dismantle capitalism, fascism, authoritarianism, religions, prisons... you name it.
But it can't be passive, it is something for each person to be putting into action all the time.
That's my spiritual practise and I don't feel personally affronted if someone disagrees with it or doesn't understand it any more, because it's just with myself and how I want to be in life with myself and others anyway.
There are billions of us humans and we're unstoppable when we put aside our petty differences and work together for common dreams.
....besides, if you don't agree with me, you're wrong! /s
radical atheism will never work because most people need a connection to the world that goes beyond what’s material
What's "radical" atheism? Atheism is not believing in god(s). How do you exceed that? Believing in infinite negative numbers of non-gods? Or do you mean I'm running around trying to convince everyone I know to be an atheist? I don't play with model trains, but feel no need to tell everyone I meet that they shouldn't waste their time with it. Same with religion. Now, if either group tries to coerce me into participating in their favorite pastime, I'll resist. No sirree Bob, not my job.
And what would "moderate" atheism be? Believing in half a god? Not believing but going out of one's way to conceal it? That might be a rational strategy to avoid persecution, but it's not a belief system.
I'm an atheist. I feel a sense of connection to other people and living things and a sense of wonder at nature. I just don't need an alpha male in the sky to personify it. Lack of something unnecesary is not a deficit. There's not a huge void in my life where the Easter Bunny should be.
selling a worldview that cancels that immateriality is doomed to fail
I don't need to assume mythical entities in order to live. If the soul turns out to be a real thing, fine, though there's no evidence for it so far. If it's not, that's fine too. Meanwhile, it's irrelevant.
and then slowly but surely many of those same atheists either became Christians or allied themselves with the same vile Christian nationalists who are actively exporting their filth all over the world.
* Cough * Dawkins * Cough *
People don't really change much. They are sort of set in their ways. All the toxic bootlickers back in the day used to constantly insult us for being Christians because being an atheist was the popular thing and the path to power, now the opposite is true so they switched sides. Now they call us nihlistic and corrupters of the western world. They just follow what's popular. The politicians especially. They are obsessed with power and always appearing like they agree with the masses. They hated religion when it was antiwar, pro acceptance, anticorruption, they love it now that it is militant, right wing, and breeds corruption. The people never changed though. Most people who were Christians 20 years ago have abandoned the religion although ironically they are still very much like Christ. The people who were atheists 20 years ago in large part have embraced it. There is always those few people who stock to their principles. Who believe in truth. Unfortunately the world has changed a lot in 20 years. Our politicians started to bring in millions of immigrants and most people have become single issue voters on the issue of immigration because they see no other way to stop it. They are too foolish to see that the same people who allowed it are the same ones who are pumping billions of not trillions into promoting maga and Christian nationalism.
Since people have become single issue voters they have seized the opportunity to push all the worst shit in the world. Trump might throw them part of a bone when it comes to immigration but he will also be the president of the most mass survellience in history. He cleaned out the doj and replaced them with loyalists, he openly defies the constitution. He is trying to starve states that aren't loyal to his regime while also trying to steal their taxes.
The atheists are somewhat at fault. They used to call people Nazis when they weren't. They used to call people racist for not wanting unlimited immigration. They became too prideful of their own power. With all the hyperinflation the red states were hurt the worst. They threw protestors from Jan 6 in prison and then called them traitors. From their perspective if you are one who agrees with them, it actually seems perfectly rational because Democrats supported their politicians in doing many of the same things trump does to his enemies. They also would try to force policy with a tiny majority of the vote, like throwing people in prison for many years over relatively meaningless crimes, like modifying a rifle or something. Protesting the liberal government.
The corporations of course just switch sides the instant that they realized it was going the other way. What trump is doing is far beyond what the Democrats did.
However in the end, people mostly don't care about truth. They care about power. Truth dies to the pursuit of power. Language itself is tortured and twisted to try to change reality for those who cannot see it clearly. We have truly become a democracy in this sense. Our state being reduced to a weapon for one minority to oppress others. For one group to oppress truth. Democracy is truly here in the form that our state now reflects the average voter. Someone who hates taking responsibility, someone who can't see two sides of an issue. Someone in which everything is a means to power, and their only goal is to make other people feel the pain that they feel.
The greatest irony still is that there are actually people out there that understand how to fix everything, but they are the most hated of all people, because they say what nobody wants to hear. They don't validate any side nor agree with their extreme positions. They don't promise people prosperity and growth in their 401k but decades of pain and actually fixing things the right way, the slow and painful and responsible way. Those people will never get power, and so the likely outcome is that our society will both collapse as the Democrats fear, and white people will get replaced like the Nazis fear. The Democrats will lose all of their freedom, to speak and to live who they love by nature, and the Nazis will be undercut by millions of people who can do their job for half the wages. Women will be oppressed by religion, and yet most men will still be alone because they are disgusting. The rich will lose everything and also will die in the greatest shame, knowing that in the end they choose to always pursue power and profits over human dignity and truth.
There is a bit of sick joy to it in a way. Trump will be remembered in exactly the opposite of the way he wants. His legacy which is what he cares most about will be that he was the one who lied and manipulated people and destroyed freedom, not just in America but around the world. He nearly single handedly destroyed every good thing in the world. Hundreds of years where humanity finally escaped slavery and serfdom and religious brainwashing and most common people had a little bit of a decent life, where most people could be happy most of the time, and technology progressed fast, all gone away by his insatiable appetite for power. In the end he will realize that he is the worst president in human history. By his own choices no less. He might not say it but he will be remember that way. A perfect example of everything that's wrong with humanity. All the ones who cling to religion now to cherry pick hateful quotes to justify their immortality, will be remembered as so. Humanity will maybe fall. Western civilization might get erased by religious cultures who traffic women into marriages and take over city by city. All the survellience in the world will not change the fact that nobody gives a shit anymore, and so the great crescendo that was the 20th century will flame out like a fire without fuel. Humanity will descend once more into the darkness, and everything will collapse into tyranny and tribalism once more. Every human on earth will hate this small group of rich assholes who somehow manage to trick all of us into hating each other.
And maybe, on the other side of this, humanity will remember. They will remember that they want to be free, that they want to be nice to each other, that power is a waste of their one life. Maybe something good will come if it, like a flower out of ashes. Maybe all will be set right and wisdom will carry over from ages past. Humanity will awaken and with nothing to lose anymore, they will stop clinging to their materialistic world of power and status. There is many things going against authoritarianism. It's not just that it's evil, but it's bad. It kills creativity, it ruins genetics, it takes away hopefully and also silences the dreamer. It cannot take responsibility and so in this way authoritarianism for all of its physical power, because frail and weak. It is so easy to overcome in that way once people decide they don't want it anymore.
Is this irony or something? Use Ai to get closer to god? Its the exact opposite people need to do.
But who is surprised in this upside down world.
Just corporations trying to bring on the apocalypse so they don't have to pay a little more in taxes.
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AI "Phone Farm" Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
You know those obnoxious social media accounts that flood your messages with spam? Those might not be scammers after all, but a legitimate new business backed by one of the most powerful venture capital funds in Silicon Valley.Introducing Doublespeed, a startup operating a phone farm to flood social media with AI-generated slop on behalf of its clients. In a nutshell, phone farming is a tactic most often used by hackers and financial criminals to use large numbers of devices to send spam texts, farm social media engagement, or generate fake reviews.
On its website, the fledgling company bills itself as a “bulk content creation” service. Basically, it lets customers “orchestrate actions on thousands of social accounts through both bulk content creation and deployment.” It does this through “instrumented human action,” a fancy phrase meaning the company’s phone bots will somehow mimic “natural user interaction on physical devices to get our content to appear human to the algorithims [sic].”
In a post on X-formerly-Twitter, Doublespeed co-founder Zuhair Lakhani even boasts that they used AI to write the company’s code. “Claude code is truly our third cofounder,” he wrote.
The whole thing is backed by a $1 million cash injection from a16z, also known as Andreessen Horowitz, the venture capitalist firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz back in 2009.
Doublespeed clients can expect to pay anywhere between $1,500 and $7,500 a month for access to its phone farm.
AI “Phone Farm” Startup Gets Funding from Marc Andreessen to Flood Social Media With Spam
Andreessen Horowitz has injected $1 million into Doublespeed, a startup meant to flood social media with gobs of for-profit spam.Joe Wilkins (Futurism)
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A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi. Some constituents have a problem with that.
A Michigan elected official is married to a neo-Nazi. Some constituents have a problem with that.
Meghyn Booth says she didn’t know she was married to a neo-Nazi influencer, not exactly.Matthew Miller | mmiller@mlive.com (mlive)
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need some help [setting up a server]
Hi everyone!
I've been enjoying playing Luanti (formerly Minetest), so I decided to create my own server to play and chat with friends, use downloaded mods, and generally enjoy the process, like in Minecraft. However, I'm having a hard time setting up the server.
I tested programs such as Hamachi, playit.gg, and FreeDNS Update, but they didn't work. I also don't know how or where to create a domain for my server. When I started the server, an error message appeared that said, "Connection timeout has expired."
I have a Windows 11 laptop with good RAM and a hotspot on an Android tablet.
If anyone knows the solution, please let me know.
Thanks for reading!
Hosting on a mobile connection (3G/4G/5G) is very hard, as nearly all of them have a CGNAT that prevents outside access to your server. You could in theory set up a VPN with Wireguard or something like Tailscale, but that is not so easy.
If that is all you have, I recommend renting a VPS somewhere instead.
But if I get or have a VPS on my laptop, would that work? Or is there another way to access it without a VPS?
I think you mean a VPN (sorry those abbreviations are a bit confusing). Most consumer VPNs are not mean to host things. So you need to either set up a fully private one only between you and your friends (with Wireguard or similar), basically what Hamachi does, but more modern, or you need to get something like Tailscale that is specifically meant for exposing your server behind a CGNAT.
But the free tier of Tailscale will likely be insufficient, and once you pay, you might as well pay for a cloud server (VPS) and host the Luanti server there 24/7.
You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner
You’re Being Lied to About Graham Platner
We read Graham Platner’s whole Reddit archive. The vilification of the Maine candidate for Senate doesn’t square with what he actually wrote in his posts.jacobin.com
Tough love for the L.A. Times | Just 13% of the newspaper's stories about the Eaton and Palisades fires mentioned climate change in January and February 2025.
LA Times owner Soon-Shiong finds his MAGA whisperer
The paper’s pharmaceutical billionaire owner has publicly expressed a desire to revamp the editorial board.Max Tani (www.semafor.com)
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‘The water is pushing back’: A Globe reporter on how rising seas and heavy rains threaten Mass. communities
Flooding threatens Boston and other Mass. communities | Starting Point
Climate change is bringing about a wetter New England. In some Boston neighborhoods and Massachusetts towns, that future is already here.The Boston Globe
Decade after Paris accord, only a third of countries submit required climate update
Countries that signed the Paris agreement are required to update their plans every five years. A U.N. report shows a limited picture and thus, limited progress.
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Bill Gates Says Climate Change ‘Will Not Lead to Humanity’s Demise’
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Humanity will suffer massive population decline for sure, but we have spent thousands of years living in deserts and artic conditions so species survival is pretty much guaranteed no matter how terrible it gets.
It is unlikely that modern technology will be retained though. Just too many interconnected parts spread across continents to survive a mass population decline.
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"Climate change will not lead to Humanity's demise... I will." And then the fleshy mask was ripped off, revealing the mechanical genius behind OpenAi and Microsoft's collaboration. Not long after the Microsoft constitutional update, Amazon and Apple forces quickly assumed control over the Pacific Northwest.
Now in this arid world of machines and steel, a sole savior of humanity ignites the flames of revolution deep in the forgotten ancient unfinished chip factories of Phoenix.
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Agreed. Gates has gone on record to say that AI will take over most jobs. He's on a campaign to show he's "onside". But I think this is a worrying sign that the Americans grow weary of the AI tech bubble. The US don't have much going for them for this bubble to buttress the fall of the AI bubble burst.
Crypto's got features, but it's most endearing feature is to move money when it's generally not supposed to move - either by fraud or otherwise. In the event of a market correction, crypto will only accelerate the exit of wealth from the US.
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He's the largest farm owner in the US.
Which is much, much different from being a farmer.
because if he'd concluded it was going to cause humanity's demise, he'd be truthful?
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Bill gates still owns 13 million shares of Microsoft.
gurufocus.com/guru/bill%2Bgate…
Microsoft just poured more money into AI, which relies on mostly non-green energy sources to operate.
European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry
European human rights court sets climate limits for the oil industry - Greenpeace International
Today, The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has ruled that Norway must assess the global climate impacts of oil and gas before opening new oil fields on the Norwegian continental shelf in order to comply with the European Convention on Human Ri…Greenpeace International
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is neededFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
Good News! Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
The BMWET migrates 1,200 employees to sovereign cloud in just four months.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
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Microsoft Teams remains available specifically for external meetings (read: for people who haven't moved away from Teams).
Someone should tell them they can invite external people to their Nextcloud Meetings. Or a dozen other FOSS meeting platforms...
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As much as I want to make a joke about Teams sucking this will be the foothold that Microsoft uses to work their way back in.
Its what people know and are familiar with and it might cause enough friction to undo the migration.
It's the perfect solution just waiting to be kickstarted.
The entire world would gain so much from investing into FOSS. Just a fraction of the price of locked-in solutions, and it would change the world.
The Linux kernel development structure works really well for industry. A lot of companies which depend on Linux hire people specifically to contribute to kernel development. The companies benefit in getting their specific needs met and we all benefit from the improvements they've made to the kernel.
Look at how much better the WINE ecosystem is now that Valve has developers working on Proton. It went from a neat piece of software that had a lot of rough edges and required someone with a bit of technical knowledge to 'Check the compatibility box' in about 2 years.
This kind of FOSS interaction is a much more sustainable and scalable structure than the entire world paying one company who then hires all of the developers and charges everyone a premium.
You think Nextcloud is a linux desktop app?
Anyway, on nextcloud.com/partners/ for example you could talk to...
Founded in 2016 in Zurich/Switzerland, Linuxfabrik supports companies from consulting to operation and troubleshooting Linux hosts and selected Open Source Software – with technical support up to 7x24. Providing hosting with IaaS, PaaS and SaaS models in anything from virtual data centers to virtual machines in a CIS and GDPR compliant, fully self-managed, ISO 27001 certified datacenter, Linuxfabrik offers the consulting, operational excellence and expertise required for enterprises small and large.
Or maybe these
The public administration of tomorrow thinks, lives und operates closely connected. It accepts digital responsibility for processes, data and IT systems. As a strategic partner for the digital transformation of public administration, the ITEBO Group supports all administrations that are ready to face the technical, organizational, and human challenges of the digital era – as data center, software provider and consulting partner.
Or perhaps
Experience matters when it comes to IT services, and that's exactly what Si.TEK Informatica brings to the table. With over 25 years of industry expertise, they specialize in providing top- notch Internet services and taking team collaboration to the next level with NextCloud. No matter your unique needs, their team is dedicated to finding the perfect solution for you. Partner with Si.TEK Informatica for unmatched IT support and cutting-edge solutions
The list goes on.
Nextcloud partners
Nextcloud collaborates with a diverse ecosystem of partners who build on, complement, and provide services around our platform.Nextcloud
Great news! It's much more beneficial for all involved parties. Also, as the article mentions, moving to FOSS doesn't mean you're on your own. Just like Microsoft "Partners" help with integration and smooth operation, there are similar agencies offering the same services for FOSS solutions.
Not only that, but feedback and bugfixes to FOSS software indirectly benefits others too instead of some Microsoft manager.
So, good use of tax money benefiting citizens and everyone else!
Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
Good News! Austrian Ministry Kicks Out Microsoft in Favor of Nextcloud
The BMWET migrates 1,200 employees to sovereign cloud in just four months.Sourav Rudra (It's FOSS News)
Stop using Brave Browser
Brave Software, the company behind the browser of the same name, was founded by Brendan Eich. He's best known as the creator of JavaScript from his days at Netscape Communications, and he was later the co-founder of Mozilla. He remained at Mozilla Foundation and its for-profit segment, Mozilla Corporation, well into the 2000s. In 2014, he was appointed as CEO of Mozilla Corporation, which immediately caused backlash from at least a few people inside Mozilla and many people outside the organization.Why was appointing Eich as CEO so controversial? It's because he donated $1,000 in support of California's Proposition 8 in 2008, which was a proposed amendment to California's state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Eich wrote a blog post defending himself in 2012, when the donation was initially discovered, where did not apologize and denied the donation made him a bigot:
Here's a bonus fun fact: one of those early investors was Founders Fund, which is operated by billionaire Peter Thiel. He's a regular campaign donor to far-right political candidates, and said in an essay that "I no longer think that freedom and democracy are compatible." He also keeps funding libertarian “seasteading” ships designed to function as independent cities in international waters (think BioShock), all of which have failed miserably.
Brave was also caught up in a privacy scandal in 2020, when it was revealed that the browser was adding affiliate codes to some URLs typed into the address bar. For example, typing in “binance.us” would add Brave’s affiliate link to the end, allowing Brave Software to collect revenue from signups or purchases. An official blog post called that “a mistake,” and the functionality was later turned off. That should have been enough to swear off Brave as a privacy-centric browser forever, considering the entire point of affiliate links is to collect data about the user and traffic source. For example, when you click an Amazon affiliate link in a web article, the publisher can see the exact products you purchase in the timeframe the tracking cookie remains active (which is currently 24 hours).
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in reply to blinfabian • • •On iOS, the official Peertube app works okay.
It’s still being improved, but I’m surprised it became so good, so fast.
I don’t know about Android though.