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  • On the post: Rubio’s Bill To Ban TikTok Is A Dumb Performance That Ignores The Real Problem

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:39pm

    More pressing concern

    There is a legitimate threat of the Chinese government monitoring actions in real-time. This isn’t just a post facto data issue, it’s a here-and-now issue.

  • On the post: Big News: Apple Will Allow Outside App Stores In Response To EU Law

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:33pm

    Reality to come

    How long before the first ignorant fool blames apple for an infected pirate app they downloaded borking their phone? Despite the pure lack of understanding presented here and elsewhere by media, you very much can load software outside of the AppStore on iOS and iPadOS. If your are competent. Opening up unrestricted access is not an improvement on competition: its is a doorway to abuse of warranty. Because once side loading takes place by the ignorant masses, there will be a flood of user-fault issues that the media, and lawmakers, will demand apple fix.

  • On the post: Elon’s Promise Not To Ban Account Tracking His Jet Didn’t Last Very Long At All; Also Bans Guy’s Personal Account

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:25pm

    Stalking

    Stalking, that is all this account does!

  • On the post: Actual Free Speech Matters, Elon Musk’s Understanding Of It Puts Free Speech At Risk

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:20pm

    Well, options!

    If you don’t like the new methods of twitter to somewhere else. It’s not the only platform online. Here’s a simple fact, didn’t matter before or now what anyone thinks. Be it the absolute stupidity of the laptop or a returning Trump account. Private company. Period.

  • On the post: Before Musk Riled Everyone Up With Misleading Twitter Files About ‘Shadowbanning,’ Musk Used The Tool To Hide Account Tracking His Plane

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:10pm

    Creepy

    Stalking is illegal.

  • On the post: TSA Quietly Deploying Facial Recognition Scanners At Major US Airports

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 01:04pm

    And…?

    So what’s the big deal. Why are so so against a federal agency being able to identify you? Follow the law and you have little to be concerned with. You do have valid ID don’t you. You have no business being in an airport without identification in the first place . It’s unfortunate the government is more interested in crap pork projects than rolling out a free “real id” to every legal resident. Which would sidestep any use of facial identification. But until that happens, it’s not that hard to verify who you are. On the rare false positive.

  • On the post: Twitch Streamer Hasan Suspended From Twitch After Bullshit Copyright Strike From Rightwing Organization

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 23 Dec, 2022 @ 12:57pm

    One simple question How much was used of the interview and was it played uninterrupted. It’s one thing to use material for commentary. The entire “react” phenomenon is based on it. It’s something else entirely to take a full length of a video and comment after the fact.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2022 @ 03:19pm

    The issue is that a man was arrested for criticizing the government
    No, he wasn’t. He was given a lawful command to exit the meeting. He has no specific right to access any meeting. He refused, and continued to be disruptive. He was arrested for his actions, not his speech. It’s quite simple.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2022 @ 04:25pm

    Don’t like it when I call out the silver spoon and gold spoon trust baby liberals do you? Bit upset I called you out on your total lack of understanding of the English language? Projection? I’m not the one discussing the consumption of poo every other sentence. Here’s a bit of advice, even if you don’t want it. You come off as an actual troll incapable of rational discussion or debate. Maybe a bit of reflection? What is it you really are trying to do here? You don’t get much done by calling someone a doodoo head. Just saying. So when you act like a 2year old, I treat you like one.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2022 @ 04:18pm

    My love is of freedom of expression. That I don’t give two shits about some idiotic baby’s feelings being hurt … is because gen z is so sensitive we have a generation that wouldn’t survive a quality debate; forget national crisis. Back a few generations a common ideology was taught to kids. “Sticks and stones will break my bones but words will never hurt me”. …because feelings?! To hell with your individual feelings. I know two-year-olds with stronger mentality than some of these people crying on “news” shows about their feelings. Real life is not going to accommodate your feelings. Get used to it and get over it. He owns the platform and can do whatever he wants. If you don’t like that go elsewhere. The same thing you, and your like, had said about past twitter users who got ejected and complained, went to court, etc. You, and your Ilk, once again show your extremism In hypocrisy. Prove the poll was manipulated. Or move on. Because trump was going to get his account back poll or no poll. That what a single man says is so disabling to you… is something you need to figure out with a specialist. How a man’s words can decimate your personal life? I’ll lay this out again, my support of free speech, even unliked and controversial, predates trump by decades. It is based in my love for extremes in art. And good art is often disruptive, even decisive. Be it books, film, or games, or music. And if you have a problem and make a law in one place, it will affect other mediums. So again, fuck your feelings. The ability for art, and artistic commentary, is far more important to me than your personal feelings. Those of a person, or group. Or even a population! Free speech must be supported. If you don’t like it don’t use it. Don’t read it. Don’t watch it. You can mute and clock people on the service. So do so. Wow, no more trump. Wait, he’s not on it anyway.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 19 Dec, 2022 @ 04:00pm

    And the claim is republican conspiracy theories are a problem. Nobody has shown anything suggesting this was manipulated, by hand or by bot. Ultimately, he was going to restore Trump regardless. So you really believe he’d change a poll rather than use a negative result to thumb his nose at the “libs” and say “to hell with what you want”? He’s antagonistic. He likes a good fight. What you suggest is exactly the opposite of his mentality.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2022 @ 07:43pm

    Snob? Clearly you fail to understand the terms you use. I’m as far from High society as you can get! The snobs tend to be the far-left American liberals.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 18 Dec, 2022 @ 07:41pm

    Wow, that’s what you come up with in response to NPD reports on the average user studies? You may not like the facts, but the studies are all publicly. Just go to the various web pages and look. NPD, NYT, WSJ… The generation of users who, like me, find the whole process a waste of time tend to be between 40 and 60, and are or were involved in the technology field. Just because you don’t like the results of the poll doesn’t mean they are rigged. Look at Trump loosing, not rigged. Just biased in implementing the process. And were the rigging in 2016? You didn’t like those results. Just because democrats and children didn’t take the time to answer a poll with a single click, doesn’t make the results wrong. And there is no proof offered by you, or others, that some great bot army was involved. Grow up. Not everyone agrees with you. And here’s a side not, some of us support all speech. No matter how “toxic”, left or right. Because if a few bad words or mean comments are the end of your tolerance… In a natural world you would have failed the natural selection process.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 02:44pm

    Are you capable of complex thought? Or are you web 2 brain-limited to a few dozen words or less. I’m guessing the second line is accurate. Especially how you find you need to use wording in your short barbs that does nothing but raid an eyebrow for lack of complex thought. It’s telling your idea of useful commentary is a few four letter words.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 02:41pm

    No, I’m a user who grew up with the computer revolution. One who knows what quality is like. Who prefers reason and maintaining comment history and easy reading over the instant gratification of modern Web 2.0 and its brain porn of right now. One who prefers actual commentary over a few dozen words in a glorified text message The joke, is people actually think modern anti social services are actually useful with their post length restrictions and bagel pictures.

  • On the post: Multiple Former Twitter Employees Note That Musk’s New Favorite Tool, Polls, Are Easily Gamed By Bots

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 02:37pm

    You’re full of shit
    Fact: the average adjusted age of social media users is under 30. Depending on source it’s at 22 or 25. Not including TikTok, with a much lower demographic average in the US
    What the fuck is my demographic
    That would be the people who use and enjoy “services” like twitter and Facebook and truth and other “social” things like that. You self righteous turd.
    Fuck right off.
    Maybe later. Not really horny right now.

  • On the post: LAPD Thinks Best Response To Leaked Recording Of Councilmembers’ Racist Remarks Is Going After Reddit Users

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 01:36am

    “The problem is the councilmembers, not the person who leaked the recording.”
    Right right right right right When you break the law you MUST be healed accountable. Activism, even the rarity today of meaningful activism, does not shield you from the law. If you have a problem with this situation, take it up with lawmakers to change the law. Not the criminal who broke it.

  • On the post: The US Finally Has A Chance For A Federal Privacy Law. It Should Take It

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 01:30am

    Protect minorities

    Any federal law that mandates privacy MUST include provision for people who prefer to not be leaches and freeloaders. I chose to allow ALL cookies and ALL cross site tracking. Any law that seeks to take away my right to support the web sites I use… I promise publicly, again, I will personally sue. Finding corporate financing for such a suit will not be difficult. You will not force me to be a freeloader piece of crap. You can have all the privacy and near-theft you want. Don’t you fucking dare infringe on my right to pay for access, even by the accepted sale of my web usage and especially my targeted advertising, which I use to make purchasing decisions. If this crap passes, enjoy the web of paywalls you self righteous thieves.

  • On the post: The EU-Canada Trade Agreement CETA Still Isn’t Done, And May Be Partially Undone Because Of Its Corporate Sovereignty Provisions

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 01:22am

    Just get out

    “investors to sue governments over laws or decisions which could potentially harm future profits.”
    Guess only protected minorities have support for suit over pathetic and stupid laws? It’s too bad that people seek to intentionally allow harm to go unchecked simply because the entity is not a single human but a company. The ultimate solution to such nonsense is for companies to stop investing in locations that have zero alignment in their interests. There’s a reason so many people in so many countries discuss editing the EU.

  • On the post: Denver PD Sued After SWAT Team Raid Of 77-Year-Old Woman’s House Based On Nothing More Than Phone Pings

    LostInLoDOS ( profile ), 17 Dec, 2022 @ 01:16am

    One minor, but enlightening, correction. Find my is accurate to within 10 meters in idea conditions. The Center of the ring is the most likely, meaning extremely high probability, location. In very very rare instances, environmental factors can cause inaccurate locational readings. Reflective or refractive (to radio signal) materials in large amounts in a single location can cause a misreading. Any person writing at a site that starts with Tech, should do some due diligence in understanding the facts of a story they write about, not the inaccuracies of a non-tech lawyer of an even less tech-able senior’s filings. For all the wrong here, find my was the bottom of the list.

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