kautau

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[–] kautau 8 points 4 weeks ago

Yup, destabilizing the west, especially through increasing tensions everywhere possible, and getting a malleable idiot into power have been Russian goals since Putin took power.

It’s literally his playbook: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics

We’ve only now gotten to the point where all the necessary bits of the cauldron are finally bubbling enough for it to overflow and / or blow up

[–] kautau 0 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

They have laptop level chips right now

There is no more iPad, just pro, air, mini, and the newest air has an M2 chip, though it’s a bit handicapped with one less GPU core

That being said, no, an M2 chip on an iPad Air is nowhere near dedicated GPU hardware like on these handhelds.

https://gfxbench.com/device.jsp?benchmark=gfx50&D=Apple+iPad+Air+6th+Gen+%28M2%29&testgroup=overall

As you said, maybe once you get into iPad Pro ranges with the M4 chip, but at that price point it’s way more.

[–] kautau 13 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

What will be interesting for sure is the difference of this approach vs. the porn approach in the southern US. In this case in Australia? Social media companies will tip toe any line they can because there is so much money to be made and they want every dollar.

PornHub? They just blocked access in 17 states instead of even trying to worry about age verification. They're still getting their users, but now they're coming over VPN.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/pornhub-florida-vpn-google-searches-skyrocket/

[–] kautau 8 points 4 weeks ago

When capitalist media is reporting on capitalist society it’s just Idiocracy all the way down, though even that movie had a president who worked toward the common good. Maybe in 2505 we can look forward to finally moving in the right direction.

[–] kautau 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah that number seems super strange, and basing it on income makes little sense unless capital gains and the like are being considered. Even then, someone ultra rich may “appear” to make very little money one year only for their investments to pan out the next year and their gains to be extravagant. This should be based on net worth rather than income.

[–] kautau 4 points 4 weeks ago

Seems more specifically it comes down to the brand rather than the region, though the article linked to by this one appears to be from 2021, so there’s a possibility things have changed

https://ceh.org/yourhealth/plastic-in-my-tea-bag/

[–] kautau 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (2 children)

Yup, and if you want a browser made by some of the OG opera devs before it became what it is now, I really like https://vivaldi.com

[–] kautau 23 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It wouldn’t be pixelfed anyway. It would be their loop product. The vast majority of instagram users give fuck all about photos and just endlessly swipe through stories nonstop for those 10 second dopamine video hits. It’s no different than reels on Facebook as you said, just geared toward a different generation. My grandmother is hopelessly addicted to FB reels, and my fiancé is hopelessly addicted to IG stories, but the behavior is identical.

[–] kautau 10 points 4 weeks ago

You’re correct, this is the even better kind of legal bribery: lobbying. “Donating” to a cause for favorable rulings later

[–] kautau 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

anc anus festival tease it

[–] kautau 17 points 1 month ago

And eventually XXXTentacion and a Juul

[–] kautau 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Probably a squid that’s very jealous about your flying ability

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