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Cake day: April 22nd, 2024

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  • <laughs in massive data breaches> Better buckle up Buttercup, because “being in a database” is a reality. Thanks to data breaches such as Equifax, pretty much every US citizen and all their important details are available in numerous databases.

    We willingly purchase devices that listen and watch our every move… to be added to private, corporate databases that get sold around like cheap prostitutes. At least with government databases, voting gives at least a teeny, tiny modicum of control.

    And even better, while I cant name specific breaches in relation to global populations, it’s a safe bet most everyone else is compromised as well.

    On the bright side, at least it makes random identity theft occurring to any one particular individual akin to winning the PowerBall.











  • “Patent pending” and already picked up by a major manufacturer. So what this means is basically while it could be a good thing… the article is basically an advertisement for an upcoming product.

    Not nearly as good a thing until it gets copied/the patent gets worked around. Also, zero explanation of what was actually done to accomplish this, so again, leaning more towards “this is just advertisement with extra steps”.


  • It’s like if the Craigslist guy was like “You know what, I think I’m going to open my own outdoor store”. I like the little link to the page about his car. No bragging, no showing off… just a “Hey, this is my car. These are it’s specifications. Check it out.”

    Could probably buy something from the site, and request the owner sell it to you only after going out for a beer together, and it’d probably work.



  • The “free speech” instances are just cesspools of a different shade. Sticking to any one singular platform, you’ll eventually notice them start to slide towards a groupthink/echochamber of sorts, regardless of the focus of the instance.

    Easiest way is to just browse multiple instances of different types. At least the unhinged insanity of each side cancels each other out for the most part.