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We’re still so far away from this technology being viable for everyday use, aren’t we?
We’re still so far away from this technology being viable for everyday use, aren’t we?
Nice try bot, but Rishi Sunak isn’t the leader of the Labour Party or Reform UK. He’s also what you might call the opposite of a socialist. I think the last two paragraphs you generated are about the other candidates.
I just came here from the post about the pineapple-sized hailstone found in Texas. WTF?
Was the “made in China” label originally enforced on imported products to discourage their purchase? I feel like I remember reading that somewhere…
The popemobile has bulletproof glass. If the Goddamn POPE doesn’t believe, why should anyone else?
Can’t wait for this exact webcomic to be made by a bird that’s seen how we act on TikTok
I really regret opening Lemmy after staring at a procession of magpies hopping past my window now.
You thought that man was the don, but he gave you the FEVER
That’s actually such an accurate description of memes
Does anyone have figures on subscription hikes to other fediverse systems? Mastodon is probably the best like-for-like switch for casual birdsite fans, but I wonder if there’s also an emerging desire for something a little different.
I think the distinction you make is important. Until fairly recently, not carrying ID was a British thing. Even if you still had it. It used to be an anti-totalitarian point of pride to not be required to present ID on demand. In Germany, carrying a form of identification is a legal requirement from age 16. Of course, anyone who drives in the UK still has a form of picture ID and increasing ease of travel makes passports more common. When mainland Europe is so close, why not holiday there? Whereas the US is so vast and varied that you needn’t pass border control. But this perceived freedom has been shifting in terms of everyday experience.
I don’t think anyone younger than 30 has ever not been carded at Tesco to do their grocery shopping, unless they’ve never had a drop of alcohol or needed an aspirin. I’ve been carded for buying a barbecue brush at Wilko (RIP). You see signs in shops that say that you can expect to be carded if you’re younger than 25. The point is, what was once seen as the government infringing on your rights in a totalitarian way is now expected from supermarkets. So you carry ID. And it’s not just at the shops. What X is doing isn’t anything Twitter wasn’t already. You couldn’t get an account on the birdsite without providing a telephone nr. In the UK, you get a SIM card contract by providing ID. Yes, people can get around that, but it’s so complicated that I would be surprised if that many have.
Clearly Twitter means enough to people for them to be willing to sign over so much, even when decent alternatives exist. I still think it has a lot to do with content, user numbers and wanting to be on the most popular stream. But it might also be that our perception of privacy is changing, as it has before.
The power of the panopticon lies not in being able to see and punish all deviant activity, but to encourage self-correction in all potential deviants who must always assume they are being watched.
Same for me on Android. I’m new to Lemmy and trying out the different apps. Thunder seems to work a little better.
I felt that one. Been putting off doing a backup and hard reset for months now. I can’t run two apps simultaneously unless I restart my android.