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xilliah ,

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mlg ,
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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/20a9a308-5bef-49d9-bbab-b0a45cc59fa5.jpeg

I’m actually gonna give the benefit of the doubt and assume this is actually a grown idiot lol

drathvedro ,

This ‘compress’ everything is such a waste of CPU and energy. Plus “oops, all your files are gone, tee hee”. GZ everywhere is fucking stupid. More complexity for zero benefit.

  • CTO at my previous company
twei ,

To be fair: there are many things where compression is a waste of CPU time, like fonts and about 90% of non-text media as they’re already compressed

frezik ,

What, you don’t love downloading a zip file that contains an msi (which is perfectly capable of internally compressing much of its internals)?

MonkderDritte ,

I only tar my game backups, because compression time for 0.5% is wasted time.

KillingTimeItself ,

it depends on the application, if you’re just serving a static site, or talking on a public chatforum, yeah encryption is pointless.

If you’re talking an SSH tunnel? Yeah no this is stupid.

frezik ,

Encryption everywhere isn’t about the individual content. By making it ubiquitous, it’s harder for bad actors to separate the encrypted data they want from the one’s they don’t. If only special content is encrypted, then just the fact that it’s encrypted is a flag for them. It also makes it much harder to ban. It’s pretty much impossible to ban the algorithms in TLS at this point. Too much depends on it.

KillingTimeItself ,

it’s a good thing the entirety of https traffic has encrypted headers than…

Regardless, if it’s properly encrypted it doesn’t matter if they have it, and are able to confirm who it’s from, unless we’re talking about a governmental agency or an org with access to one of those mythical quantum computers. In which case it’s probably a significant portion of future security.

frezik ,

TLS already has algorithms hardened against QC. The effects of QC against encryption are greatly exaggerated, anyway. The number of qubits that would be needed to break encryption may be too large to ever be feasible.

Get IPv6 going and stuff like SNI becomes unnecessary.

trafficnab ,

I still stand by full disk encryption accomplishing almost nothing for the average user but separating them from their own files

If you don’t have data on your PC that someone might be willing to kill you for, you probably don’t need it, and Microsoft enabling it by default for Win11 installs is crazy

lemmyhavesome ,

Sounds like the whole hard drive recovery industry is about to go poof.

neidu2 ,

I’m inclined to somewhat agree. As someone who enjoyed snooping around a mostly unencrypted and insecure internet 25 years ago, I can wholeheartedly tell you that most people’s files are pretty boring.

Corporate computers on the other hand…

MonkderDritte ,

And even then i prefer to encrypt only the folder, less hassle that way.

EuroNutellaMan ,
@EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world avatar

I mean, I think it’s a good idea to enable it on a laptop.

I mean if someone steals your laptop they can access all your files without it, and even though 90% of files may be useless there’s always chances to find passwords (often reused, even if encrypted can be decrypted if they aren’t strong), bank details, documents, etc oh and cookies for your browser sessions etc etc. If I were a laptop thief (which I’m not) I’d probably look for those too before formatting everything, that could be extra money.

That’s why I encrypt my laptop’s drive. That way even if it’s stolen the only thing I have to really worry about is not having a laptop anymore.

trafficnab ,

Yeah but I don’t think the average smash and grab thief is going to be smart enough to recognize the potential value of the data on the laptop, they’re just going to pawn the thing off as quickly as possible

Anyone smart enough to want the data probably doesn’t need to smash a window, they’ll just access the data remotely when the computer is on and the drive is unencrypted

So even then, it only protects you from the very narrow overlap of thieves who are dumb enough to need to break into cars for a living, but smart enough to harvest data off of stolen laptops

kia ,

Found the thread and wow, this person goes on to desperately defend this dumb stance…

rottingleaf ,

When it’s not E2EE, maybe they are right. What’s the point of encrypting something that gets decrypted midway by an organization with hundreds of employees, many of them with access, not even talking about law enforcement and accidental criminals.

EDIT: I mean, illusion of security may be sometimes worse that lack of that little security which comes with it. Everything is complex.

patatahooligan ,
@patatahooligan@lemmy.world avatar

The point of encrypting something that gets decrypted midway by an organization is that there are worse actors than the organization out there. I’m not really scared of Steam abusing my credit card info, but I am afraid of random internet strangers.

Also remember that https doesn’t just protect your data, it also verifies that you’re actually on the website you think you are. The internet is basically unusable without this guarantee, especially on a network you share with others.

grandkaiser ,

Hackers mad

Hackers mad

Hackers mad

VitabytesDev ,

Wait what I saw that comment like a week ago

PythagreousTitties ,

I fucked their mom

davidagain ,

This one right here. ⬆️

PythagreousTitties ,

360’d the neighborhood

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

They play Gatcha life or that Toca boca game (forgot it’s name)

DoucheBagMcSwag ,

“skibidi” “rizz” “sus”

skyspydude1 ,

I’m approaching 30 and will gladly use all of those both ironically and unironically.

linearchaos ,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

Approaching 50, use SUS regularly, skibidi usage is dropping off, I’m aware of rizz but don’t really use it.

CaptPretentious ,

Sus is actually a really old word.

AVincentInSpace ,

Maybe I’ve just been hanging out in the wrong places but I have never heard any of these terms used except by previous generations mocking what they think gen alpha is like

rozwud ,

I haven’t heard rizz, but working in an elementary school, sus has been around for awhile, and skibidi was just starting to get frequent enough to be super annoying towards the end of the school year.

twei ,

Rizz is basically just short for charisma

rozwud ,

Good to know!

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Or ‘game’ for the millennial crowd.

MBM ,

The other day I heard a random (young) girl say “what the sigma” and I had trouble keeping it together

rozwud ,

Oh that one was was going on constantly the last month or so of school!

linearchaos ,
@linearchaos@lemmy.world avatar

That may be a better way to weed boomers from Gen X. Especially SUS, among us had a very wide appeal to multiple age ranges.

MentorKitten ,

Sus isn’t even that new. Been using that since gmod ttt

Hikermick ,

When they think communism is a great idea

Simmy ,

So why is it a bad idea? Have you read Marx?

WldFyre ,

Reading Marx is like reading Scripture, huh?

theshatterstone54 ,

It can’t be fully implemented because power corrupts.

Cowbee ,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

Why would “power corrupts” mean Communism can’t be fully implemented? What on Earth are you talking about, specifically?

MutilationWave ,

I’m not the original commenter but I agree with them and I see it like this: Under communism, you need people in power to make sure everything is “fair”, but human nature will lead many of these people to selfishly abuse their position.

theshatterstone54 ,

Basically this. I should have put it into words more clearly

Cowbee ,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

You need organization, yes. What is “fair?” Why can’t there be democratic processes keeping these people in check? What does “human nature” have to do with this, does the local post office go rogue?

I understand that the basis of Capitalism is that it isn’t fair in any way, shape, or form, but why does that mean it’s better?

MutilationWave ,

I’m the wrong person to ask these questions, I’m a socialist. I despise what capitalism has caused.

Cowbee ,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

You are the perfect person to ask, because you claimed Communism cannot work because “power corrupts” and “human nature.” I am not saying you are a Capitalist. Your ideas regarding Marxism are immaterial and vibes-based, which is why I am trying to get you to take a Materialist stance.

Why does power corrupt? How can representatives be held accountable? What determines “human nature?”

  1. Power itself does not corrupt. People generally act in their material interests, and in Capitalism, this is dominated by the profit motive, like all class society. The bourgeoisie are focused on making profit, no more and no less. The Capitalist State is molded by the class in power, ie the bourgeoisie, and thus serves the interests of Capital. In an alternative, collectivized system, these same dynamics would be abolished, with a different set of challenges taking their place, such as the question of allocating labor.
  2. Representatives can be held accountable via democratic measures, ie a representative democracy. Worker councils and parliaments can handle coordination and check against corruption.
  3. Human Nature is determined by material conditions. Humans are thought to be competitive naturally because Capitalism is competitive, even though the average worker does not care, only the bourgeoisie do. In different Modes of Production, “Human Nature” appeared very different. In primitive Communism, for example, Human Nature was cooperative and communal, class society arose from technological advancements like the agricultural revolution.
MutilationWave ,

I do believe it could possibly work.

On the other hand it’s been about 20 years since I read the work of Marx and Weber. I had classes on social stratification, feminism, materialism, and conflict theory. I’m pretty rusty.

You make good points and ask great questions that I don’t have the answers to. Where I tend to focus in your post is at the end, where you rightly state that class society arose from the Neolithic revolution (agriculture basically)

How do we put the genie back in the bottle when we released it so very long ago? Let’s try looking at children. Education would certainly help, but can you teach empathy without the help of the parent(s)? Even if the parental figures teach empathy and structured education enforces these teachings, we come to secondary groups. This would be groups like the child’s friends or peers.They are considered more important to childhood development after a certain age (12? Not the same for everyone of course maybe an average). If the members of these secondary groups do not value empathy, the child who was taught it by their parental figures and enforced by education will begin to value it less.

I don’t know the answers. Believe me I want fully automated post-scarcity space communism. I really want it. I just can’t see the way there.

Cowbee ,
@Cowbee@lemmy.ml avatar

On the other hand it’s been about 20 years since I read the work of Marx and Weber. I had classes on social stratification, feminism, materialism, and conflict theory. I’m pretty rusty.

Critique of the Gotha Programme is a quick read on how Marx envisions the transition to Socialism and eventually Communism.

How do we put the genie back in the bottle when we released it so very long ago? Let’s try looking at children. Education would certainly help, but can you teach empathy without the help of the parent(s)? Even if the parental figures teach empathy and structured education enforces these teachings, we come to secondary groups. This would be groups like the child’s friends or peers.They are considered more important to childhood development after a certain age (12? Not the same for everyone of course maybe an average). If the members of these secondary groups do not value empathy, the child who was taught it by their parental figures and enforced by education will begin to value it less.

This is a very ideas-focused view of society. Largely, culture and values are shaped by Material Conditions amd Mode of Production. This is the concept of Base and Superstructure, the base being the material conditions and mode of production, and the superstructure being ideology and culture.

We move beyond class society through collectivization and Socialism. This society then moves on to Communism.

I don’t know the answers. Believe me I want fully automated post-scarcity space communism. I really want it. I just can’t see the way there.

Believe me, everyone wishes we could jump hundreds of years to higher-stage Communism. Anarchists even think we can approximate that now, which is a whole other school of thought. However, Socialism is a drastic improvement on Capitalism, and lower-stage Communism is a drastic improvement on Socialism as well. Progress should not be impeded because the target is far away, especially if the process of building it is itself progress.

MutilationWave , (edited )

Thanks for your long replies, I read each twice. I am still unconvinced that communism could be everyone’s goal even when it’s obviously in everyone’s best interest, due to psychology.

I live in a state that voted for Trump by a 30% margin. I know how to code switch and talk to the rednecks on their issues, trying to turn them away from the cult. I talk about taking things back with unions like our grandfathers did. I remind them that we were bombed by the Army for striking for fair wage. Literally bombed from the air on American soil.

West Virginia is a strange place. A black guy can be best friends with a white guy and they’ll both deny white privilege exists. Of course all our black population is in the cities such as they are. Black folk don’t do well up a holler IYKYK.

But fuck that, I want to switch places with you for a week. You could live in my neighborhood, it’s walkable if you don’t mind a half mile up or down wild ass sidewalks. You could go to all kinds of bars, restaurants, barbers, tattoo places, and it’s all extremely local. You could get to know all kind folk. I fucking dare you. My house is pretty small but nice and you could drive my sweet Challenger. I do have four cats and a wife but I could convince her. I swear I’ll do it if I can.

Edit: in the interest of being real I tried to read the introduction of your link and I feel so much. I hated college classes. I hate overly flowery mid century glop. I need a fucking readme.txt overview for ADHD.

Lwaxana ,

They post memes to Lemmy

davidagain ,

Uhhhhhhhh…

JusticeForPorygon ,
@JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world avatar

Unfaltering loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party

Dasus ,
@Dasus@lemmy.world avatar

“Arguing” by listing a long list of fallacies that they don’t really even understand.

Fallacy fallacy!

Microplasticbrain ,

Ah my roommate in college

VinesNFluff ,
@VinesNFluff@pawb.social avatar

Excessive edginess

It’s important to differentiate it from like. Having extreme opinions. There are plenty of adults with extreme opinions and they are a whole other conversation. – But only people under a certain age (not strictly kid, mind, though most people have shaken this off by their mid 20s) have a penchant to arrive at extreme opinions specifically because they are “edgy” and “cool”.

This tends to also come with a particularly needless hostile attitude, where they very quickly and easily start with the verbal abuse.

0x0 ,

Reminds of the dead baby jokes from my day. Like why? Too horrible to be funny.

VinesNFluff ,
@VinesNFluff@pawb.social avatar

That was a thing?

0x0 ,

Yup: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_baby_jokes

VinesNFluff ,
@VinesNFluff@pawb.social avatar

Brüh

geneva_convenience ,

They are on TikTok and not Lemmy

PM_Your_Nudes_Please ,

Nah, TikTok is mostly GenZ and younger millennials. Gen Alpha is mainly on YouTube.

Psythik ,

Or Imgur. Or reddit.

Psythik ,

They don’t remember what life was like before Google.

AFC1886VCC ,

They are a lemmy.world user

Lennnny ,
@Lennnny@lemmy.world avatar

Heyyyy I’m at least double digits in age.

AFC1886VCC ,

I’m not impressed. Come back when you reach triple digits!!

HEXN3T ,
@HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Bonus points for quad digits.

bradorsomething ,

That’s nothing, I met a guy who said he was a Brazilian.

Anne ,
@Anne@lemmy.world avatar

This gives me the same feeling as being carded at the grocery store

MutilationWave ,

👴🤝👴

Leg ,

I don’t know how to change it in Sync :(

30 btw

cows_are_underrated ,

You have to create an account on another instance.

Leg ,
@Leg@sh.itjust.works avatar

I never would have guessed.

ASeriesOfPoorChoices ,

🤔 true.

MIDItheKID ,

I’m on Lemmy.world because it’s the only instance I could make a account on the day Reddit shut down the API. All of the other popular instances had account creation stopped because of the flood of people.

I could probably make an account on another instance, but I’m pretty lazy. I honestly don’t know what the benefit of using another instance would be.

unionagainstdhmo ,
@unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone avatar

The benefit is more so for other users on other instances. Lemmy.world in particular is causing a lot of trouble for small instances hosted outside Europe and North America. For example in aussie.zone local communities comments are taking 8 days to arrive from Lemmy.world because of the latency and how Lemmy processes federation serially. Hopefully in an upcoming release we’ll get parallel processing of federated activities making this less of a problem

MutilationWave ,

Damn that’s crazy. I knew federation could be slow but eight days is nuts.

unionagainstdhmo ,
@unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone avatar

I mod some of the communities there and having reports arrive 8 days late for some rule violations 8 days ago by Lemmy.world users is annoying

myself ,

Hard disagree. Judging by the memes that get posted around here, not a single user of any Lemmy instance was born after 1980

ssm ,
@ssm@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

skibidi toilet

wafflez ,

rizzler

Reddfugee42 ,

Alpha / Beta male noise. Ok kiddo we get it, you’re insecure

HelixDab2 ,

Erm, no, that was popularized by Millennial PUAs, who are all solidly middle aged now.

11111one11111 ,

Fuck you we’re not middle age we’re upper aged young adults./s

CaptPretentious ,

Upper aged young adults… I’m stealing that, 😂

Reddfugee42 ,

That’s great but hopefully they grew out of it. The incel kids these days still run with it.

11111one11111 ,

Wait how’d we go from alpha/beta obsessed millennials to incels?

I thought incels were internet communities that blame women and society for them being permanently single/virgins or something like that.

And thought the former were the roided bro communities where a sentence isn’t a sentence until it has some version of bro in it. Usually womanizers but as gym rats were also usually appealing enough to women.

Are these the same groups now? Lol

HelixDab2 ,

The PUA-types and this alpha/beta/sigma nonsense really appeals to the incel crowd. They believe that they can somehow game relationships in order to get sex. Like, they do steps a, b, c–which is the kind of systems PUAs are/were pushing–and you get laid.

The whole thing is a constellation; I don’t think any of those groups exists in a vacuum, and there’s lots of points where they cross over.

11111one11111 ,

Fuck me I’m old 🤣 Googled “PUA Types” and only got Pandemic Unemployment Assistance articles hahahaha I give up.

twei ,

I completely agree with you. I, too, cannot respect anything below a real sigma (like myself) (/s)

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