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RumourRider

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    Comment #44659383

    > These are not hyperspecific examples. We're literally discussing under an article which has a primitive animation which was, quote, "using 60% CPU and 25% GPU on [a] M2 MacBook".…

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    Comment #44658871

    You are being disingenuous. I can always use some hyper specific example to disprove any statement about what is generally true. That doesn't mean that understanding what is typica…

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    Comment #44658649

    > We do, in the Human Rights Act 1998. No we don't. I've explained why. It even says in the text of the law the caveats it carves out. But you can believe whatever fantasy you like…

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    Comment #44658078

    They are complaining about the hero image (which is pretty inoffensive). Which is ridiculous. It is no different than using a stock image asset for some decoration, which is what p…

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    Comment #44657992

    It is still less environmental damage to keep an old vehicle on the road and not create a new one. Some cars can literally last forever (these models are well known) if they are lo…

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    Comment #44657878

    Yep. Many of them are still good and are on the road even with 100,000s of miles on them. Best car I had was a 2007 Vauxhall Astra. Did about 150,000 miles (and I really ragged it)…

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    Comment #44657831

    The dude is being ridiculous. I use AI / Stock Photos for cover images. Plenty of people are fine with it.

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    Comment #44657827

    That is ridiculous. Having a hero image being AI (most people are crap with image editing) doesn't meant the rest of it is.

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    Comment #44657664

    It is partly the network effect. However all the alternatives having serious issues: - Odysee - has performance issues and the app is crap and no discoverability. Some niche, inter…

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    Comment #44656652

    These Indexes exist so that people (that may have an agenda) can point to it and say "well we aren't as bad as these other places" and can dismiss the actual issues that exist.

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    Comment #44656514

    Yes it will. Most of the CSS styling is literally wrappers around draw calls.

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    Comment #44656487

    > So your argument is that if we define freedom of speech according to US law, then only the US has freedom of speech? No. My point is that in the UK we do not have freedom of spee…

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    Comment #44654379

    I can answer that quite easily. I had a long held belief that Hitler escaped to South America. This belief BTW isn't that not that uncommon. This is because many other Nazis escape…

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    Comment #44654326

    > You can't change minds because "the mind" (in this context) is the personal identity and ego of an individual, of which their "tribe" is a huge part. Any information that conflic…

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    Comment #44654180

    You need to think about what the browser is actually doing when it displays a web page. You need to think about what happens when you type the URL in and what the browser is doing …

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    Comment #44652841

    No freedom of expression is a nebulous term that was invented obfuscate the very discussion we are having. It consider it to be nothing more than weasel words. Pointing at extreme …

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    Comment #44644688

    You are supposed to have a 4th & 5th Amendment rights in the US. However a Judge can order you to decrypt a drive given probable cause IIRC. There have been cases where Judges have…

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    Comment #44644642

    We do not . There are so many caveats in relevant part of the human rights act. > The exercise of these freedoms, since it carries with it duties and responsibilities, may be subje…