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ageedizzle

@ ageedizzle @piefed.ca

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  • Conservative MP says he's refusing annual pay raise set for April

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  • It’s definitely a bad look for politicians to be paid super high salaries, but it’s actually a good way to curb corruption. Because financial struggles are a major motivation for turning to bribes. If you look at high corruption countries such as Mexico, you’ll see that they pay their public servants so little that they basically have to accept bribes to make ends meet. But thats not the case here, because we pay our public servants high salaries.

  • Anthropic AI Safety Researcher Warns Of World ‘In Peril’ In Resignation

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  • According to a study Sharma published last week, in which he investigated how using AI chatbots could cause users to form a distorted perception of reality, he found “thousands” of these interactions that may produce these distortions “occur daily.”

    This is interesting. I think it suggests that the AI psychosis problem is bigger than we realize. All we know of now is a few high profile cases, without any real stats on this issue. But Sharma seems to know enough to be disturbed by the scale of this issue. Anecdotally this matches my own experience, as I think I’ve come across at least one person suffering from it.

    I suspect that AI psychosis will become widely acknowledged problem within the next decade, similar to how it’s now widely acknowledged that Instagram and TikTok can trigger eating disorders.

  • What is the best alternative to a "smart" cell phone today?

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  • Are you looking for a dumb phone? If so the best alternative on the market is probably the Light Phone III. It’s pricey though because its a niche product

  • How are locks and keys mass produced?

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  • Thanks for your response. The image really helps make the mechanics behind it clear

  • JD Vance and his 40 cars visit Milan, Italy 🇮🇹

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  • That’s very interesting. Thanks for the info

  • Matrix messaging gaining ground in government IT

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  • That’s good news. Hopefully it will gain traction among individuals as well as a viable Discord alternative

  • How are locks and keys mass produced?

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  • “Made on the same assembly line means it’s the same product” is a myth from people who have no experience in manufacturing/sourcing

    You’re right, I have absolutely no experience in manufacturing or sourcing. If I did, then I probably wouldn’t be posting to ask about it on /nostupidquestions

  • What are some discord alternatives that we can suggest to our friends?

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  • Yes matrix is decentralized like the fediverse. As far as I can tell none of these other suggestions people are making use decentralized technology (though I might be wrong about that)

  • ⛽🥩⛔ Amsterdam becomes 1st capital city to ban ads for meat and fossil fuels

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  • I’m glad there now seems to be widespread understanding that meat is a big contributor to climate change. I remember when that used to be a hot take and people wouldn’t believe you

  • JD Vance and his 40 cars visit Milan, Italy 🇮🇹

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  • I guess from a security perspective it also helps to obfuscate Vance’s whereabouts. It’s difficult to know which one of the 40 vehicles he’s actually in.

  • Is it really dangerous to fall sleep in the bath?

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  • Very interesting and potentially useful information. Thank you!

  • The only place where you can brag openly about doing this

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  • Could also be used by law enforcement to catch small-time predators. They already make fake accounts for this purpose, this just takes it to the next level

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • Yeah. In my experience it’s more complicated than Discord but not as complicated as the fediverse. But either way, even if we can use this as an opportunity to boost its popularity among techy people then that would be a win in my books. Hopefully one day someone will come along and make a front end for Mstrix thats as frictionless to use as Discord

  • Beginning with Linux

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  • Yeah especially if OP sticks with their Mac. The WiFi drivers won’t work on Mac without proprietary drivers

  • Beginning with Linux

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  • Also worth noting: you don’t need to get ride of MacOS to try linux! You don’t even need to make any permanent changes to your computer. You can also just boot from a USB and see how you like it. This is different from adding the distro to your computer with a USB. Because when you’re just booting from a USB it doesn’t make any permanent changes to your hardware; it literally just runs linux off your USB. Files won’t even be saved between sessions (unless you really tinker around with it, but even then the files will only be saved on your USB). This is a low risk way to play around and check out how well different distros work on your Mac.

    I suggest trying Ubuntu. It’s super beginner friendly and has great documentation which should guide you through booting from your USB. I put Ubuntu on my Mac back in the day and it worked great but the speakers didn’t work because the drivers weren’t open source. You should boot Ubuntu from a USB and play around with some sound sources to see what I mean. Since this will likely be the biggest problem you face with Mac its worth checking out before making permanent changes

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • We need more than a discord clone. We need something that is structurally capable of avoiding these kind of top-down attacks. We need something decentralized. I think something using the matrix protocol would be a good fit

  • Discord Users Threaten Exodus Over Age Verification Face Scan Controversy

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  • Self-hosting a matrix instance might be an okay alternative. And because its decentralized its not really possible for it to have top-down age verification imposed on it, if it ever does get popular

  • Is it really dangerous to fall sleep in the bath?

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  • Yeah I live in a cold climate and wake up from getting cold all the time

  • Landmark trial accusing tech giants of harming children with addictive social media begins

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  • Are there any lawyers in here that can tell us how likely this thing is to succeed?