In activity reminiscent of the disinformation campaigns that roiled the U.S. Presidential election in 2016
[At the cost of some karma....]
I looked through about 100 of the Facebook ads in the dump and got bored. They were targeted at anything polarizing. Presumably later ones were around the two candidates, but I didn't see it.
The early ones were all inciting LGBTxxx, Black Racist, White Racist, Pro/Anti Immigration, Anti-Police passions. Most of the ads had almost no exposure receiving on the order of 0-10 clicks and a few dozen views, although a few received over 1k views and dozens of clicks.
Seems to be a long running low level propaganda operation aimed at dividing the US into camps/sowing dissent/keeping wounds open. Considering the polarization in the country, it could well be working in the long run, but I don't think we can honestly blame our woes on external actors.
It would be more accurate to state that the -reaction- to the disinformation campaigns roiled the post election year.
Definitely worth seeing if anything can be done about them because of the long term damage they are designed to do, but not significant in a single election. I am not terribly optimistic about countermeasures however, Russia will just get a bit better at hiding their connection to ads and everything will continue on as it has.
I find the argument that loot boxes are implemented in a way that is 'not gambling' if you can't sell the results for real world money, specious.
Time is money.
If a loot box will potentially save players hours of time getting to some goal, then the value of the loot box is the time it will save. The fact a player can't sell it to someone else is irrelevant.
Any non-cosmetic lootbox mechanic is gambling and should be regulated entirely as such.
The Earth is the only place that supports life. There is no way to reach other habitable planets, ever. There is no way to make the other planets in our system habitable. Ever.
You use 'ever' incorrectly. What can be realistically done in a single human lifetime is sadly very limited yes.
Planets aren't even the optimal colonization real estate in the solar system.
Try SFIA on youtube for some current physics (and reasonable extrapolations) based capabilities.
I can see no legitimate rationale for not performing validation on a destination to prove control/ownership.
For example with with various online services it is common to require a cryptographically signed DNS entry to prove domain ownership.
If stress testing an 'IP' you should be able to require a specific website response at http://ip/testingapproved.html or other similar method before starting.
Making University a part of public education would be funded by increasing the multi-generational debt incurred by all the "free" things the taxpayer is already on the hook for. It would also push much skilled hiring to the graduate school level thereby delaying entry into the workforce. If everyone has a batchelor's degree, then noone does. This would have the effect of reducing the working lifetime of employees in skilled labor markets making the country less competitive and potentially offsetting any gains.
I want Twitter to state that they're not under any NSL's currently.
Chances of Twitter not being under multiple NSLs approaches zero, so I doubt they'll ever make such a statement truthfully. (The ambiguous reference works either way.)
As if millions of voices on social media censored without obvious cause or recourse cried out in sympathy and were suddenly silenced.
"Kaspersky Lab considers this action â" an advertising ban without any valid reasoning or evidence of misconductâ" as being contradictory to Twitterâ(TM)s principles for freedom of expression. Therefore, the company is calling on Twitter to provide a more specific and detailed explanation of its decision,â
Calling out Trump supporters as Russian trolls is ridiculous on its face. A bit under half the country voted for him, and a lot of them post on forums.
That whole narrative lost my interest early on as I don't ascribe to the view that "Russian trolls" are particularly better or more effective at trolling our own elections than our home grown trolls, which are legion, better funded, more fanatic, and native speakers.
Doesn't mean you can't have a perfectly functional phone however. They can use alternative main apps and app-stores (Amazon, F-droid), so that things look good enough on display, but reviews will be brutal. Google apps could possibly be sideloaded also.
In the current system the two main parties adopt positions of third parties that siphon off votes and cost them elections. Voting your conscience is potentially more effective in the long run for getting your ideas adopted and can be a much more effective vote than just voting a compromise candidate every election.
Marshall, TX was founded in 1841. It existed before patent trolling was a thing and is pretty decent size for cities in the area (23k) Why would it not exist?
There is certainly someone in there, however there's much lower *risk* than a random vehicle as that person is at work on the clock, which potentially makes them a more attractive target.
This just means they'll have to adjust the laws to be less subjective.
Word, but also pedestrians. A pet peeve is when they are walking the wrong way down the road. Combine this with the modern 'ignore the traffic' mindset of the current generation for bonus effect.
There's a (~$100) ticket on the books for it, but they never bother enforcing it. Be nice if they would.
First thing I get after purchasing a phone is the highest capacity decent battery case I can find for it.
ZeroLemon case on my current phone (Nexus 6P) turns it into a brick, but I can recharge it several times on the fly should Iover use or just forget to charge overnight.
I would rather carry a brick than run out of juice. A phone without power is a paperweight. As noted phones are already small enough, thin enough, and have enough screen. What they don't have is anywhere near enough battery life.
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If at first you don't succeed, Russian Roulette is not for you?
In activity reminiscent of the disinformation campaigns that roiled the U.S. Presidential election in 2016
[At the cost of some karma....]
I looked through about 100 of the Facebook ads in the dump and got bored. They were targeted at anything polarizing. Presumably later ones were around the two candidates, but I didn't see it.
The early ones were all inciting LGBTxxx, Black Racist, White Racist, Pro/Anti Immigration, Anti-Police passions. Most of the ads had almost no exposure receiving on the order of 0-10 clicks and a few dozen views, although a few received over 1k views and dozens of clicks.
Seems to be a long running low level propaganda operation aimed at dividing the US into camps/sowing dissent/keeping wounds open. Considering the polarization in the country, it could well be working in the long run, but I don't think we can honestly blame our woes on external actors.
It would be more accurate to state that the -reaction- to the disinformation campaigns roiled the post election year.
Definitely worth seeing if anything can be done about them because of the long term damage they are designed to do, but not significant in a single election. I am not terribly optimistic about countermeasures however, Russia will just get a bit better at hiding their connection to ads and everything will continue on as it has.
That post looked pretty cathartic :-p
I find the argument that loot boxes are implemented in a way that is 'not gambling' if you can't sell the results for real world money, specious.
Time is money.
If a loot box will potentially save players hours of time getting to some goal, then the value of the loot box is the time it will save. The fact a player can't sell it to someone else is irrelevant.
Any non-cosmetic lootbox mechanic is gambling and should be regulated entirely as such.
Actually this makes more sense than people moving to me - cargo is also less attractive to mess up for random idjits.
It would also take JIT inventory up a notch.
Came for the usual spam solutions. Not really disappointed
It's old, but it still applies pretty universally:
https://craphound.com/spamsolu...
You use 'ever' incorrectly. What can be realistically done in a single human lifetime is sadly very limited yes.
Planets aren't even the optimal colonization real estate in the solar system.
Try SFIA on youtube for some current physics (and reasonable extrapolations) based capabilities.
I can see no legitimate rationale for not performing validation on a destination to prove control/ownership.
For example with with various online services it is common to require a cryptographically signed DNS entry to prove domain ownership.
If stress testing an 'IP' you should be able to require a specific website response at http://ip/testingapproved.html or other similar method before starting.
College isn't free. Wars end.
Entitlements are forever.
Making University a part of public education would be funded by increasing the multi-generational debt incurred by all the "free" things the taxpayer is already on the hook for. It would also push much skilled hiring to the graduate school level thereby delaying entry into the workforce. If everyone has a batchelor's degree, then noone does. This would have the effect of reducing the working lifetime of employees in skilled labor markets making the country less competitive and potentially offsetting any gains.
I made a Flickr account ages ago, but never really used it.
So the question is, is Flickr actually useful for sharing videos a la Youtube? If so, is it any less evil?
Chances of Twitter not being under multiple NSLs approaches zero, so I doubt they'll ever make such a statement truthfully. (The ambiguous reference works either way.)
As if millions of voices on social media censored without obvious cause or recourse cried out in sympathy and were suddenly silenced.
Calling out Trump supporters as Russian trolls is ridiculous on its face. A bit under half the country voted for him, and a lot of them post on forums.
That whole narrative lost my interest early on as I don't ascribe to the view that "Russian trolls" are particularly better or more effective at trolling our own elections than our home grown trolls, which are legion, better funded, more fanatic, and native speakers.
When I read the national chairman of a political party saying
I hear a gangster saying
There is no perfect solution.
In this case, NoScript + ABP and the article comes up fine, if in German.
But really, if you are blocking ads for safety, why are you still running scripts?
There -are- no better alternatives.
Doesn't mean you can't have a perfectly functional phone however.
They can use alternative main apps and app-stores (Amazon, F-droid), so that things look good enough on display, but reviews will be brutal. Google apps could possibly be sideloaded also.
I think you mean capitalist cows?
So it'll go into glitter instead :-p
Disagree.
In the current system the two main parties adopt positions of third parties that siphon off votes and cost them elections. Voting your conscience is potentially more effective in the long run for getting your ideas adopted and can be a much more effective vote than just voting a compromise candidate every election.
Why hang up on them? Just let it ring. But whatever - absolutely DO NOT give me spam voicemail. Why would i want that?
Public roads? You mean the Sheik's roads?
Marshall, TX was founded in 1841. It existed before patent trolling was a thing and is pretty decent size for cities in the area (23k) Why would it not exist?
There is certainly someone in there, however there's much lower *risk* than a random vehicle as that person is at work on the clock, which potentially makes them a more attractive target.
This just means they'll have to adjust the laws to be less subjective.
Word, but also pedestrians. A pet peeve is when they are walking the wrong way down the road. Combine this with the modern 'ignore the traffic' mindset of the current generation for bonus effect.
There's a (~$100) ticket on the books for it, but they never bother enforcing it. Be nice if they would.
First thing I get after purchasing a phone is the highest capacity decent battery case I can find for it.
ZeroLemon case on my current phone (Nexus 6P) turns it into a brick, but I can recharge it several times on the fly should Iover use or just forget to charge overnight.
I would rather carry a brick than run out of juice. A phone without power is a paperweight. As noted phones are already small enough, thin enough, and have enough screen. What they don't have is anywhere near enough battery life.