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"We're in a world where it might be illegal to modify the software on your own rice cooker that you bought with legal tender money. If that sounds absurd, that's because it is." t.co/8ihamd6J2M

@person @sir A lot of things.

In addition to the issues @nathand@fosstodon.org pointed out, it also is a place where people put awful bullshit in order to make it look like it was published reputably, because somehow many people assume Medium is a news outlet with journalistic standards.

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1. Click link
2. It's medium.com
3. Close tab

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computer ownership discourse 

@bonzoesc
We forced computers upon people who didn't actually want them, and then some people get upset when those people refuse to learn more than the bare minimum to do very specific things.

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The next time someone says that we can't predict the climate because we can't predict the weather, ask them if they know that it's warmer in the summer and colder in the winter.

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It was clear from the start that Massachusetts' latest right to
repair initiative would pass. Yet the manufacturers are crying that
they’ve been asleep at the wheel, and will need years to comply with this incredibly popular law.
eff.org/deeplinks/2020/11/asle

@Hyolobrika@mastodon.org.uk ki'e .i mi je'a mintu la melres

@Hyolobrika@mastodon.org.uk It's Seattle. I've already settled on never moving there. Much of that city is so high on its own farts it makes San Francisco look down-to-earth.

I mean, this is the city where CHAZ was allowed to exist even when it was clearly becoming a danger to everyone near it.

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@Gina I agree entierly. I love difference of opinon, thats how we grow and learn, even if we dont change our opinions.

Its really what I love about the Dutch to be honest and why I moved there. Most americans, particularly liberals but also non-liberals, will have a complete meltdown over a difference of opinion, even minor ones. Not only can you not be civil after that, they will actively be aggressive and seek it out, its horrible. The Dutch know how to disagree, even strongly disagree, and not make it personal unless it is really justified. Obviously if i was a legitimate hateful racist you'd probably judge me, and should.

@2ck @AnarchyGrandpa Of the people I know who voted for Trump, most thought both candidates were shit, but thought Biden was worse. Very often, disinformation about one or both candidates played a role.

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Discovery comes days after Danish authorities launched a plan to cull Denmark's entire population of 17 million mink.
Greece find COVID-19 among mink at two farms
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Johnson risks rift with Biden by pressing ahead with Brexit bill - theguardian.com/politics/2020/ what an arrogant fool johnson is, even when a new reality is staring him in the face... #brexitshambles

@paleobiologist@fosstodon.org I have family I've been staying with since the pandemic started and will not be able to join. I did boost!

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A president who is unwilling to make a concession speech is a president who aims for a coup. Without a party that has apparently lost even the last shred of democratic dignity and backbone, it would be nothing but a final smudge at the end of a painful episode before the necessary basic political cleanup begins. But with the support of this party it opens the gates to a state crisis with an uncertain outcome.
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https://jessems.com/productivity-vs-privacy

i— wow. this is some bullshit, trying to justify surveillance capitalism. literally 0 closed-source, bigtech product has improved my productivity in any meaningful way. if anything, i’ve only found them to hamper my ability to get work done.

>ProtonMail yeah, that’s a you problem. don’t use shit services like ProtonMail; i have full text search in my email because i can download it via IMAP.

and re: that last bit about interoperability—um what? since when are data mining walled gardens INTEROPERABLE lmao. what are you even saying?!

terrible, terrible post.

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The amount of commies blaming capitalism for people not buying their doodles is astounding

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The EU Council is pushing for encryption backdoors to messenger apps such as WhatsApp and Signal to fight terrorism (German article): fm4.orf.at/stories/3008930/

Despite the fact that errors of investigation in Austrian authorities had made the attack possible in the first place and not a lack of digital surveillance powers. Politicians must start to understand that more surveillance will not lead to more security. That's why we fight any attempt for an encryption backdoor: tutanota.com/blog/posts/why-a-

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