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[–] [email protected] 46 points 6 months ago (19 children)

I don't know about you, but if I must leak my private data like a sieve to use the internet, I'd much rather that data go to a government that isn't governing me!

[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Would love to see the same tests with an adblocker installed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I'll level with you... I've never used Matrix either. 🤣 But all the cool kids around these parts recommend it, and I fundamentally agree with the cause of the project and saw they had the WeChat bridge, so thought I'd mention it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Ah, that's interesting and makes sense. So I guess your best option (if you must use WeChat) is to use the international version of the app with as many permissions disabled as possible.

Or maybe look at the Matrix WeChat bridge? https://matrix.org/ecosystem/bridges/wechat/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The US has absolutely atrocious employment laws, so yes they can: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At-will_employment

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Haha, love the last paragraph. It's hard for software engineers to release code publicly knowing their work is going to be scrutinized by other engineers, without adding a disclaimer or caveat of some kind.

"We had very little time and were crunching for months"

"I know this is a bit hacky but I was 7 years old"

"I wrote this code in hospital while I was recovering from anesthesia"

It reminds me of a musician playing their song publicly for the first time.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (8 children)

God damn, meanwhile in Australia our top tax bracket is AUD190K (USD122K) @ 45%!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago

Support local business!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

If you enjoyed Twisted Metal, you will enjoy Fallout. Both are excellent TV adaptations of their respective games, and have a thick layer of dark humour underpinning the action. Twisted Metal was particularly surprising, I want to shake the hand of whoever was looking at that crusty old PS2 game and saw dollar signs for TV!

[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Super interesting outcome. I wonder if this case is now precedent for women sueing for access to membership at the various men's clubs?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The Xiaomi SU7 is a perfect example. Xiaomi took 3 years from concept to their very first car. That in itself is insanely impressive, let alone the fact it's a great EV with a tonne of self-driving capability to rival Tesla, and comes in far cheaper. Watch the YouTube video about Xiaomi's SU7 factory, it's very impressive.

Meanwhile Apple decided to pull the plug on their first car. It's pretty telling of the situation.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

... isn't that the point of mechanical keyboards?

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