prole

prole , 8 days ago to Technology in YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes

No we don't, we have 400+ years of capitalist history to tell us what comes next; Oligarchy, neo-feudalism...

People: Cory Doctorow didn't invent this concept. Read a book.

prole , 8 days ago to Technology in YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes

It will end up being like FreeVee on Prime for anyone who's ever watched a movie or anything on there. They straight up randomly just inject ads in at random times, often not even during scene breaks. Characters are sometimes mid-sentence... Oh, and we're back to the volume of the ads being 2x louder than the movie itself because I guess that law Congress passed way back in the day only applied to cable and broadcast TV.

It makes it nearly unwatchable. So get ready for that experience.

prole , 1 month ago to Technology in Gabe Newell, the Man Behind Steam, Is Working on a Brain-Computer Interface

Man, the way that headline begins, I thought he had died.

On a macabre, but related, note: how long after Gabe's death before Steam goes public and turns to shit? I'd give it 6 months.

prole , 2 months ago to Free and Open Source Software in Which are the F-Droid apps everyone should download?

Does the bird one actually work? Nature can get pretty loud, I could see that being an issue.

prole , 2 months ago to Asklemmy in Can't find any forums that allow for Tor posts

I don't know what it is you want to distribute, but if it is newsworthy or political in nature, I think most media outlets (like "legit" ones like WaPo, NYT, etc.) have ways of contacting them through Tor for situations where the person with the information might have legitimate fears for their safety (e.g. whistleblowers).

But that's really only for a certain type of "post."

prole , 4 months ago to World News in Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

I imagine the people who still run independent companies that fill vending machines (I'm not sure if this is still the model, or if capitalism ruined that as well) will gladly install the M&M branded machines, when the rental fees go down drastically.

At least that's how I see this playing out: Machine is provided to small business for cheap (possibly free), majorly increasing their ever-thinning profit margins. I'm sure the cost of snacks increasing every month is a nightmare for people who stock vending machines, and their profit margins must be thinner than they've ever been.

They'll install the new machines, and maybe even make marginally more total profits... of course the real money is in the data being collected by the machine.

Shit, I bet they could start having vending machines where they just give you shit for free, all you have to do is give a thumbprint, or strand of hair, or fingernail, or cornea scan, etc... And people would use them. Hey, free shit right?

prole , 5 months ago to Linux in Thinking about making the big switch – recommend me a distro!

I second EndeavourOS. My first distro and it's been a great experience. I've felt no desire to switch.

Steam/games have worked great.

prole , 5 months ago to Politics in Naomi Klein: If Biden Wants to Stop Trump, He Should Step Down

It will be far far worse under Trump.

prole , 5 months ago to Politics in Naomi Klein: If Biden Wants to Stop Trump, He Should Step Down

Yeah it fucking sucks. Trolls and 14 year old edge lords with no understanding of how the real world works

prole , 5 months ago to World News in Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’

Religion is a malignant tumor on humanity