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I’d avoided the exact quote for the reasons in your comment, but it works so well in this context that it’s tough to let go of entirely. Glad you didn’t just see it as a misquote! Nice work helping to keep the record straight.

Those who trade privacy for security achieve neither.

Would there be heavy ligament anchor points on the bones? It seems like there would be evidence of a completely different muscle build, maybe simply by the size of the spine bones themselves. I’m no bonologist, though.

And yeah, that chest is gnarly (but I’m no chestologist).

This part is also, ummm, interesting…

BleepingComputer has confirmed that this API is still openly available to anyone on the web, even after its abuse was reported to DuoLingo in January.

I don’t see an issue if a living person wants to sign away their rights for this. But, if someone’s already dead, and they were never asked, creating new material with their likeness should be off-limits.

A good use of the tech is to restore and enhance old films. That’s exciting, this other thing is dildos.

The bullshit sentences are the ones we mainly hear about, and many people have a bit of a confirmation bias because of it. But, you don’t have to look further than your own community to see that slaps on the wrist are not typical.

US citizens are the most incarcerated people on Earth, by an uncomfortable margin.

Just a heads-up, your comment is posted twice.

Not sure if there are any browser dev tools that do what you’re specifically asking. It’s more that you need to know what to look for in the source code, and the tools just aid in finding/editing/testing things. Even if you learn a dozen coding languages, and know what to look for, they may be sending the password as plain text and then doing the dirty work server-side. Maybe they send a single-use key to your browser, hash and send the password with that, then re-hash it on the server, with a private key. There are numerous ways to accomplish the task, and I’m glad I didn’t start any arguments with my simplistic “this is it” statement.

All of that said, I’ve been out of practice for quite a while, and I was never a wizard anyhow. So, maybe someone else can offer a catch-all solution, but I really doubt it. Regardless, being aware and vigilant puts you way ahead of the pack, so nice work there.

This is it.

It seems a lot of people have trouble distinguishing between what’s simply happening in their browser, and what’s being sent back to the server. I mean, I get it; it’s confusing, even to the people creating the tech, let alone a casual netizen. It’s a good question, and you can’t fault anyone for wondering what’s what.

Like Yelp? So, for a fee, Gary can have that review removed, in order to maintain his 5-star rating.

Soap and warm water, along with a brush. You’ll need to scrub it a bit, and to keep things soapy. Be careful not to push too hard and stretch out the screen. Spray the screen off with a hose when finished scrubbing. Repeat as necessary.

I use a window fan at home, and the screen gets gunked up. Just takes some soap and a little elbow grease to get it clean.

Wow, this is an excellent metaphor.

chef’s kiss

That’s really interesting about the archive; it’s surprisingly small. They must have combined repeated comments, which means there are about a dozen in total, along with some recycled Facebook memes. Now that I think about it, 2TB might be too big! …I’m joking ;)

Just want to note that Voat was a right-wing hellhole by this point, and the vibe here is extremely different. I’d pulled out of Voat within a week, because the writing was on the wall; big wall, big writing. I’m curious what is making you feel that the Fediverse will be like Voat, because I’m not seeing it. I’m still new here, but it was really obvious on Voat, just a week in.

Now you have me worried that Reddit, in recent years, moved my Overton Window so far right that it no longer sticks out. Oh no.

I’ve seen the low-effort meme comments as well; I hated them on Reddit, and I hate them here. This topic had come up on Reddit many times over the years, and there’s not really a way to combat it, from what I could tell. People with nothing to say still want to participate (e.g. earn fake internet points), and that seems to be a favored way do it.

Entomology subs like /r/whatsthisbug had a hard rule against comments like “kill it with fire”, “nope”, and “nuke it from orbit”. It was explained in the sidebar, mods would actively remove the comments, and people would downvote them, but it barely made a dent. Scroll to the bottom of a post and you’d see the same stupid “joke” repeated over and over, verbatim.

These people don’t even look at the other comments, they just drop their canned catchphrase and leave. This is why I like that we have to scroll to the bottom to comment here; at least the numpties have to put in slightly more effort, and hopefully they notice the comment has already been made 30 times. Ah, who am I kidding? Seeing the same comment probably reinforces their desire to post it.

The entire issue is lame as frig, wish there was a way to stop it. I know I’d be a bad moderator, because I’d just ban them.

A concern that I haven’t seen mentioned is Eternal September. Right now, Redditors are the school kids who are barging into someone else’s space and trying to make it their own, without first knowing what the community is like.

The same thing happened on Reddit. I’ve always seen the Obama AMA as triggering Reddit’s Eternal September, though it can be argued that it was happening before that. The influx of users killed the Alot Monster, and forget about anyone helping with grammar; they’d be ridiculed and downvoted into the negative. Then, Reddit got rid of the up/down counter altogether, so nobody coming from Facebook would end up with hurt feelings.

Anyhow, there’s a risk that Redditors are going to ruin the fediverse. I’m new here and can already see it happening. Fingers crossed though, I’m staying optimistic!