Such gorgeous eyeliner he has. Mine does this from time to time. She'll dig in if I look away or go for my phone and only relax the claws again if I return my attention to her.
Spez thinks that redditors are junkies who are hooked and can’t leave. It was easier than I thought it would be to leave. I only log in once a week for 5 minutes to delete any posts or comments they’ve restored against my will.
Reddit admins can and have modified users’ posts/comments in the past, however, the recent reports have mostly been traceable to simple rollbacks and de-privatization of subreddits.
Not all of them are from that. I have had manually deleted comments pop back up with no changes to the subreddits in question. Whether it’s malicious is a different question, of course. I kind of doubt anyone is doing it on purpose. But it does show that deletion on Reddit doesn’t work well enough to comply with EU privacy laws, so that’s fun.
Neither EU law, not BR law, not US-CA law. They’re in for a rude awakening. Also, PSA, check if your profile has been tampered with in any way, as there has been a Lemmy hack.
Thanks for the heads-up. Apparently my instance (Lemmy.one) hadn’t implemented the feature that introduced the vulnerability, and my profile looks fine, but I am going to be taking extra precautions for a while.
And yeah, I think Reddit has been coasting on a combination of user goodwill and a lack of attention to their privacy policies, and now that they’ve burned all the goodwill and shown a variety of weaknesses… I’m looking forward to seeing the lawsuits roll in over the next few years.
If you want to check that a machine you’re buying is compatible with Linux, a good place to start is to google how to install drivers for the computer’s components on Linux. Check the common problem areas (WiFi, graphics, sound, etc.) and see if you find lots of other people complaining about those components. If you find evidence that a driver is available, or you can’t seem to find any info either way, it’s probably fine.
I can’t really answer the question you had regarding this site you found, but that is my general strategy for checking Linux hardware compatibility.
Also make sure that the retailer you’re buying from has a reasonable returns policy, just in case you get it, install Linux (or run it from a live USB, to avoid wiping the disk before you know you’re good), and discover something doesn’t work.
Who needs that in their life? If your product can’t stand on its own merit and you need to bathe swaths of the general public with nonsense to sell anything then maybe your product deserves to fail?
I’d rather a service be funded by ads, because if not, they’ll have to find some other way to make money, which could include:
Paywalling - I won’t use it then.
Selling your personal information egregiously - I don’t mind when a company has the information I give them, but if they’re relying on selling it as their primary income, it’s probably going to lead to something shady.
Cryptocurrency mining - I don’t want my computer to heat up while I’m trying to watch YouTube videos, as I often do that to let my computer cool down between games.
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