girsaysdoom

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[–] girsaysdoom 1 points 3 days ago

Honestly, ever since this execution, I've been against any death penalty. There have been way too many innocent people killed from the death penalty.

Not to mention the numerous issues and the moral quandry of legal murder as a state sanctioned form of punishment.

At the end of the day, what's the ultimate goal of murdering someone on death row? An example for deterrence? Apparently it's not effective any more than a life sentence and you don't have the risk of killing someone who was innocent.

[–] girsaysdoom 4 points 3 days ago

You're right, they aren't perfect but they are better than meat in most cases. If a plants based meat alternative is what it takes for someone to reduce or stop their meat intake then that's a moral improvement in my book.

[–] girsaysdoom 3 points 6 days ago

Unfortunately you should secure your home network with a managed firewall to be sure that any IOT devices don't phone home. It sucks but that's the only way I would recommend using a device you don't fully trust.

[–] girsaysdoom 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The article isn't about the new animation but about how the old clip has resurfaced and is retreading its origin and how it relates to recent events.

Now coming back to Miyazaki’s thoughts on AI, a widely shared video from 2016 shows the legendary animator reacting with disgust to an AI-generated animation demo.

The animation in the clip reminded him about his friend's disability and how the creators of the animation didn't regard ableism while making it. Later in the clip, one of the creators had expressed that they would like to create a machine that could "draw pictures as humans do" and Miyazaki was depicted as displeased after this statement.

The article doesn't go into if there were any comments from Miyazaki on the Ghibli-style image.

[–] girsaysdoom 6 points 1 week ago

That's because they've never been held accountable by anyone but other rich people. It really seems like they're trying to form a caste system so only those in their cabal are the ruling class.

[–] girsaysdoom 3 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, what a joke of a human being.

[–] girsaysdoom 12 points 2 weeks ago

Until you're left with choosing between an abandoned open source version and an up to date closed source blob.

[–] girsaysdoom 1 points 4 weeks ago

Hey at least we saved that (1.98 * 10^-7)th person!

[–] girsaysdoom 7 points 1 month ago

There is already a religious following in his noxious wake. They literally think he's heaven sent.

[–] girsaysdoom 3 points 1 month ago

That's reasonable. It's a good idea to have additonal protections and if you have the knowledge, something like a pihole can go far.

In a perfect world the parent(s) would know the needs of the child and adjust. Curiosity should be encouraged but the guardians should be the ones to prepare the kids for the world, as far as home life is concerned.

Access to porn and gambling is impossible to guage the best age for granting access to in the legal sense; it's a different situation for everyone. That's why it really should be up to the guardian to dictate when is appropriate.

Unfortunately, instead of teaching with an open mind, what gets passed on usually is the parent's frustrations and dispositions. To even things out, I also think public education is helpful, but that's a different topic.

[–] girsaysdoom 49 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

This is all dumb. If you're worried about kids surfing porn sites then the legal guardian should act accordingly. There are so many methods to blocking porn sites that it's almost hilarious. Web filtering; most ISPs are able to support website filtering on their supplied gateway or DNS. Parental controls on device; most devices come with opyional locks built-in at this point especially if it's aimed towards children.

Sure, it's not perfect but it's better than removing yet another layer of web anonymity. We see how well browser fingerprinting is going, let's not make it easier to track who is browsing where than it already is. But that's the real point behind these bills, isn't it?

Edit: I guess I was ranting mainly about the porn, but honestly, these are all things that parents should be aware of their children doing. If it's an awareness issue, then that should be the next step. The government going straight from "oh there's a problem" to "let's make it illegal" without trying to raise awareness is extremely heavy handed.

[–] girsaysdoom 1 points 1 month ago

I definitely understand. That's good to hear there hasn't been a direct pipeline to selling fingerprint data established yet.

Thanks for checking it out. Hopefully there is a best of both worlds in what they are advertising but I get that technology isn't magic either.

 

As soon as I saw this, I thought of how homemade radiative cooling tech like this could be used in a solarpunk society.

What do you think?

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