decivex

decivex , 1 day ago to A Boring Dystopia in Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled.

Brendan Eich founded Brave after being booted from Mozilla over his opposition to same-sex marriage.

decivex , 1 day ago to A Boring Dystopia in Youtube stopped working for me today when using uBlock Origin in Firefox or Vivaldi with anti-ad enabled.

Shame about the crypto bs and homophobia though.

decivex , 2 days ago to Technology in Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative

It doesn't help that there's basically no documentation for how to use the Gecko engine either.

decivex , 2 days ago to Technology in Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative

The engine is where like 95% of the complexity lies though. Maybe more.

decivex , 3 days ago to Technology in Announcing the Ladybird Browser Initiative

In this case having more browser engines not under Google's control is probably a good thing. Although this effort might've been better spent working on Servo.

decivex , 6 days ago to News in Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more

You don't really get the personal touch there though.

decivex , 6 days ago to News in Etsy to ban sale of most sex toys, explicit content, and more

I think it's most likely pressure from payment processors.

decivex , 10 days ago to Today I Learned in TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it

Make your own rules.

decivex , 11 days ago to Today I Learned in TIL about Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment considered by some to be an "information hazard" - a concept or idea that can cause you harm by you simply knowing/understanding it

Thanks! I just won the game!

decivex , 14 days ago to Microblog Memes in I can't disagree.

I think they weren't asking for an idea that would actually make the world a better place but rather one that somebody on some level believes would make the world a better place. Hence it still being a stupid idea.

decivex , 16 days ago to Technology in I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity

It's not a paper, it's a stream-of-consciousness style blog post.

decivex , 17 days ago to News in It's Time to Start Using the Term 'Palestinian Civilian' Correctly

Ah yes, newsweek. Truly a paragon of human rights advocacy.

decivex , 19 days ago to Curated Tumblr in You control the children you created (the sims)

Pretty sure 5 is Artemis Fowl.

decivex , 22 days ago to A Boring Dystopia in Saw a nazi today

If you're dead set on assigning a name to it I'd say they're making an irrelevant conclusion, the basic facts are correct but they do not apply to the situation at hand.

decivex , 22 days ago to A Boring Dystopia in Saw a nazi today

No, you're not basing your assumptions on how genuine someone is being, you're basing your assumptions on your assumptions of how genuine they're being.

Dismissing someone's arguments by establishing they're acting in bad faith is a valid rhetorical tactic but it doesn't work if you can't establish that. And labeling their argument as something it isn't doesn't help with that.

Addressing someone's presumed ignorance is helpful because you're also providing information for onlookers, pointing out the harmful effects of what someone's saying (like potentially muddying the waters when it comes to recognizing dog whistles) is constructive, attacking anyone who may be acting in bad faith but could just as easily just be ignorant is just a waste of your energy.

I'm not particularly interested in defending the person you replied to, I don't think they made a good case either. I just want people to be a bit more discerning with the terms they use. (And I have a compulsive need to correct people which I'm aware is really annoying.)