throwawayacc0430

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If all meat was banned except for insects, would you eat insects? in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 0 points 4 hours ago

My house is already filled with roaches so I think I'm all set. πŸ˜‹

/s (I hate my life, somebody please commit arson on my house so I can claim insurance)

MIT bans class president from graduation commencement after pro-Palestinian speech in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Lemmy usually has 1 to 5 bots randomly downvoting, its normal.

Sometime something totally apolitical like cat photos also get random 1-5 downvotes.

I'm not really into politics in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 18 points 5 hours ago

I'm a first-generation immigrant.

My parents are like: "Stop criticizing [Country we are from]"

Also parents: "I like the job here and the pay is good, back in [Country where we are from], the pay was bad and it took a long time before the payments arrive."

They currently work a Union job. Strike action is illegal in my former country.

'The plight of Jimmy Lai shames us all:' Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai now exceeded 1,600 days in solitary confinement, yet has committed no crime in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 3 points 6 hours ago

"Master Skywalker, save me!"

'The plight of Jimmy Lai shames us all:' Jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and British citizen Jimmy Lai now exceeded 1,600 days in solitary confinement, yet has committed no crime in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

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rule in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 5 points 7 hours ago

I believe but don’t care. <β€” The US is around here

That's only the democrats

The republicans don't even believe it

Facts in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 16 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (10 children)

Shaming people for "dick size" is support for the patriarchy ~~and therefore supporting misogyny.~~

Fuck this toxic masculinity. This is literally feeding into the alt-right pipeline.

I have an acquaintance that have their own "password system" that involves having a "core" set of characters, plus a few unique characters for each site; Is that system safe? in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

guessing the prefix wouldn’t be that hard

Devil's Advocate: Most websites have limitations on the number of attempts.

After Rubio seeks to revoke their visas, Chinese students say U.S. resembles the country they left in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Again, telling Chinese dissidents: "At least your country is better than North Korea" is just dismissive of their struggles.

I have an acquaintance that have their own "password system" that involves having a "core" set of characters, plus a few unique characters for each site; Is that system safe? in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 3 points 9 hours ago

"Lemmy Forum" = leumdsh2box5hRs3wraA

Protomail Email = prildsh2box5hRs3wraA

Amazon Shopping = amngdsh2box5hRs3wraA

I have an acquaintance that have their own "password system" that involves having a "core" set of characters, plus a few unique characters for each site; Is that system safe? in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Its an example. Not a real password

If you replace the "SWydThIThBaPl!690720" part with a random string like: dsh2box5hRs3wraA (just generated this), but kept the system the same, would your assessment of this system be different? (Assuming someone can actually remember that string of characters)

The terms "Mother's Day" and "Father's Day" is very anxiety-inducing for people who have been abused/neglected as a child. in c/[email protected]
[–] throwawayacc0430 8 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

You can go to jail in some countries for cutting ties with your abusive parents. It's so fucked up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_responsibility_laws

Typically, these laws obligate adult children (or depending on the state, other family members) to pay for their indigent parents'/relatives' food, clothing, shelter and medical needs. Should the children fail to provide adequately, they allow nursing homes and government agencies to bring legal action to recover the cost of caring for the parents. Adult children can even go to jail in some states if they fail to provide filial support.

In 2012, the media reported the case of John Pittas, whose mother had received care in a skilled nursing facility in Pennsylvania after an accident and then moved to Greece. The nursing home sued her son directly, before even trying to collect from Medicaid. A court in Pennsylvania ruled that the son must pay, according to the Pennsylvania filial responsibility law.

In Germany, people who are related in a "direct line" (grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren) are required to support each other, this includes children with impoverished parents (de:Elternunterhalt, support to parents).

In France, close relatives (such as children, parents and spouses) are required to support each other in case of need (fr:obligation alimentaire, duty to support).

Singapore, Taiwan, India, and Mainland China criminalize refusal of financial or emotional support for one's elderly parents.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filial_piety

In some societies with large Chinese communities, legislation has been introduced to establish or uphold filial piety. In the 2000s, Singapore introduced a law that makes it an offense to refuse to support one's elderly parents; Taiwan took similar punitive measures.

Some scholars argued that medieval China's reliance on governance by filial piety formed a society that was better able to prevent crime and other misconduct than societies that did so only through legal means.

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I have an acquaintance that have their own "password system" that involves having a "core" set of characters, plus a few unique characters for each site; Is that system safe? (self.nostupidquestions)
 

Disclaimer: I use a password manager, so please don't direct your comments at me.

So I know this person that says they don't use a password manager because they have a better system like... I'm gonna give an example:

Lets say, a person loves Star Wars, and their favorite character is Yoda. The favorite Their favorite phrase is from The Good Place "This is the Bad Place!". And their favorite date is 1969 July 20th (first landing on moon).

So here:

Star Wars Yoda = SWYd

"This is the Bad Place!" = ThIThBaPl!

1969 July 20 ---> 69 07 20

So they have this "core" password = SWydThIThBaPl!690720

Then for each website, they add the website's first and last 2 characters of the name to the front of the password...

So, "Lemmy Forum" = leum

Add this to the beginning of the "core" password it becomes:

leumSWydThIThBaPl!690720

For Protomail Email it's: prilSWydThIThBaPl!690720

For Amazon Shopping it's: amngSWydThIThBaPl!690720

Get the idea?

The person says that, since the beginning of the password is unique, its "unhackable", and that the attacker would need like 3 samples of the password to figure out their system.

Is this person's "password system" actually secure?

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The terms "Mother's Day" and "Father's Day" is very anxiety-inducing for people who have been abused/neglected as a child. (self.showerthoughts)
 

I hate when websites use the terms "Item arrives before Mother's/Father's Day".

Makes me want to cry, thinking about the alternate timeline where I have a normal life and no depression/anxiety.

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Does a one cat get lonely without other cats, or is the company of humans good enough? (self.nostupidquestions)
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How do you keep roaches and other pests from entering your computer (either desktop or laptop)? (Especially for people that live in very warm and wet climates) (self.nostupidquestions)
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The phrase "There's no fate but what we make for ourselves" is ironic, since John Connor has always been fated to become the leader of the resistance. (self.showerthoughts)
 

The resistance is filled with hypocrites confirmed.

~Long~ ~Live~ ~Skynet!~

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Which is more likely in the future: Smartphones eventually becoming more "open" OR Computers eventually becoming more "locked-down"? (self.nostupidquestions)
 

Linux Phones and Unlocked Bootloaders?

Or are computers gonna just go the smartphone route and you can't instal another OS?

I mean, Chrombooks are the first example of computers being more locked down. Will compouter manufacturers do the same? Mifrosoft now requires TPM on windows 11, could they make "Secure Boot" mandatory for windows 12? (Thereby preventing a linux install)

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What is the maximum size of a "country"? As big as a Continent? A hemisphere? An entire planet? Solar System? Galaxy? How big can it get before it's no longer one "country"? (self.nostupidquestions)
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I'm wondering if the concept of a Galactic Republic/Federation/Empire commonly depicted in Space Sci-fi even makes sense.

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How do "lie detectors" work (I mean Polygraphs)? If I'm loyal specifically to the constitution of my country, and the interviewers ask if I'm "loyal to [My Country name]", how would that work? (self.nostupidquestions)
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Obviously, the interviewer is implying about loyalty to the state ("state" as in country, not a US State) or to an administration, and I know that they are implying that. But I am not loyal to an administration. But I know that's what they actually meant.

How would the polygraph interpret it if I say "Yes", because I'm answering based on my interpretation of loyalty to the constitution, but deep down, I full well know the implied question the interviewer is asking.

πŸ€”

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One day, your car could have an "Order 66" built into it and may activate if you say a bad thing about the car manufacturer's CEO. (self.showerthoughts)
 

Perhaps, it might already be lurking in your car right now.

Enjoy your drive! 🫠

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How feasible would it be for authoritarian regimes to add censorship directly into the hardware of modern consumer electronics? (Therefore making the use of VPNs to bypass censorship useless.) (self.nostupidquestions)
 

A nationwide firewall could always be bypassed (see: Russia, China, Iran), but what if they just went directly to the end user device and add a chip that constantly scans for anti-regime keywords? Especially when there is "AI" that could be embedded to just do basic OCR and close the browser when such "prohibited items" are detected.

Maybe for the aforementioned countries, its harder to create their own chips.

But I think an authoritarian USA definitely could.

Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Apple Silicon, are all in the US; Couldn't the US government just order those companies to add such "censorship chip" to devices sold in the US? Checks and balances seems to be not really a thing anymore...

This way, no amount of "VPN" is gonna work. The censorship chip is gonna block any negative mentions of trump. And with the US's cooperation, Russia, China, Iran could also acheive the same in their jurisdictions.

Am I just worrying to much.

Is a "censorship chip" even possible?

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Do you think of reality in terms of different "timelines"? (self.casualconversation)
 

I'm imagining like a lot of different timelines. I'm jealous of the versions of me in the better timelines, and simultaneously afraid of those darker timelines, ones even darker than this timeline.

Do y'all think of the world as different "timelines"?

Perhaps I'm too obsessed with time-travel/multiverse-theory?

Btw I read Recursion lately (time trsvel story). And I watched Dark Matter TV Series (parallel universe story). Both stories by the same author.

Every time these concepts appear in the media, my "obsession" just goes even further.

I don't like this current "depression" timeline. Very shitty.

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What do you think will be the cause of your death? (self.asklemmy)
 

I think for me, its either:

(Ranked by most to least likely)

  1. Heart Attack
  2. Suicide (Probably by Jumping)
  3. Hit by a vehicle
  4. Murdered by a family member
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