phlegmy

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[–] phlegmy 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Are you suggesting that the algorithms for every website are pro-trump?

Algorithms mostly care about profit and user engagement.
Go check the front page of reddit and see how most political posts are about trump's/america's fuck ups.

[–] phlegmy 7 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

They don't ever browse the internet?
They never watch tv?
And they never have conversations with somebody who has?

I'd assume the average american has a rough idea of what's going on. You'd have to try pretty hard to avoid it.

Of course people are going to prioritise their daily issues and the things that directly affect them, but don't pretend that nobody ever gets spare time. There wouldn't be multi-billion dollar media companies if that were the case.

It just seems like people prefer media consumption / escapism over education.

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes! Another one is 'the sniff'.
There's been so many times when I walk past somebody and they do that weird outward sniff thing, like they want me to know they're there.

[–] phlegmy 3 points 1 day ago

Camera/perspective controls in blender

[–] phlegmy 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Almost. No home, end, insert or delete though?

[–] phlegmy 2 points 2 days ago

That's an interesting idea.

I would have thought those people had at least some amount of empathy if they can recognise what they're doing is good or helpful to others.

What do you think drives somebody with no empathy to be good?
Public image? Fear of god?

I feel like empathy is more of a scale rather than something you either have or don't.
People with the lowest amount of empathy would have the highest amount of narcissism.

I think the vast majority of the population has the ability to empathise with others at some level. And when you're not driven to be good for empathetic reasons, it's probably for narcissistic reasons instead.

[–] phlegmy 10 points 2 days ago

Distrusting services from a country due to their government is not xenophobia.
It's the same as avoiding chinese services because of their national policies.

I'd still happily welcome american and chinese people into my country.

Non-US is a start for now though, because they currently have the most control over the internet.
Plus the US government is currently exceptionally hostile to those who aren't US citizens, so I have little reason to trust that they won't abuse me or my data.

[–] phlegmy 2 points 3 days ago

Now that's a big load!

[–] phlegmy 4 points 3 days ago

I wouldn't count on google keeping any service around for the next 10 years.

[–] phlegmy 5 points 4 days ago

It's not about describing exactly what you see on the page. Like watching clouds, you don't actually see a lion, but you see a shape that vaguely resembles one.

[–] phlegmy 4 points 4 days ago

Chasity != chastity

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