untorquer

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[โ€“] untorquer 5 points 1 day ago

I learned a whole new hatred for people who don't follow Leave No Trace principals and fail to dig a latrine/cat hole.

[โ€“] untorquer 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fair. All of the big ones have some level of filters. In the US it's not regulated so the censorship/filtering is determined by the company providing the service. Those companies have business relations in both countries. I'm unsure the extent or how much any Chinese company might have with American business. In any case, both have the capability to collect your data and I'm of the opinion they do despite any claims of privacy. Furthermore, there's no tech company as large as these players without government funding via contracts.

Using AI is at a bare minimum as insecure as using Google/Bing search pre-AI era. Again my opinion is that it's dangerously less so, whether Chinese or American.

To that extent i personally can't imagine why China having your data is less secure than the US unless you're in a position of political importance to the US (government office/job/contractor) or running a large business with the capability to influence the US government through lobbying/media/etc...

FWIW I personally avoid AI in every way i know how to.

Just so i'm not called a tankie, I don't trust the CCP for anything other than cheap exploitative labor.

[โ€“] untorquer 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

*was never profitable.

At least with Costco loss-leaders you get a hot dog and a drink.

[โ€“] untorquer 20 points 2 days ago (12 children)

As if US based (or any large scale) AI models aren't already going bad?

[โ€“] untorquer 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ehhhh... But it's their fault they chose to continue a military career in that position under the giant turd waddler as their commander in chief.

[โ€“] untorquer 1 points 3 days ago

We just need a cartoonified "/s", as an emoji

[โ€“] untorquer 19 points 3 days ago

Wtf? Venmo / cashapp are descendent from PayPal which was released ages before any major crypto.

[โ€“] untorquer 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah well you can use better settings and/or third party keyboards/graphine/vpn/etc but you're not going to get most people who don't understand threat modelling to see those as valuable.

Accessible tools to make things at least a little obfuscated goes farther than just handing data over willingly, and we have to meet people where they are. Education requires interest in a topic. Start easy and work up as they see the value.

[โ€“] untorquer 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Obv Signal with disappearing messages... You're still only as strong as weakest link but it's better than WhatsApp or ISP exposed sms. Element better but also harder to set up or get regular neighbors to adopt.

[โ€“] untorquer 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Apes of the State, Ramshackle Glory, Cheap Dirty Horse, Not Half Bad

It's all punk...

[โ€“] untorquer 4 points 4 days ago

I wouldn't welcome a ban in general but yeah, if everyone was off Facebook here it would make things so much better. It's the only way to connect and follow social organizations and small businesses. Hate it.

[โ€“] untorquer 5 points 5 days ago

I can hear the 60hz hum in the US but the 50hz EU grid is silent to me.

 

I am building a new PC. I want to run Linux and windows on separate SATA 2.5/3.5 SSD hard drives. I need windows (Winn11 Pro) for work. Linux will run all personal computing needs.

I have a horrible history with dual booting Linux and windows (grub getting murdered).

I currently plan to shut down the PC, switch power to the drives, and start up on the other OS.

Can i use a switch which only toggles power to each drive while keeping data cables attached to accomplish this? Will this be possible with windows on one drive?

Is there a smarter solution?

Example: https://www.amazon.com/Kingwin-Optimized-Controls-Provide-Longevity/dp/B00TZR3E70

Thanks!

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