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LaLuzDelSol , to world in Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

US intervenes: “this is imperialism! The US only wants Iranian oil. They don’t care about brown people”

US does not intervene: “the US doesn’t care about brown people!”

LaLuzDelSol , to world in Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

The US government is absolutely working to destabilize the current Iranian government. They would love to see the people take over the country and restore democracy for a number of geopolitical reasons. Also “left wing compared to an Islamist theocracy” is still pretty conservative, the US isn’t scared off by that haha.

LaLuzDelSol , to world in Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

?? Iran does not have nukes, although they are working towards it

LaLuzDelSol , to world in Secret document says Iran security forces molested and killed teen protester

I’m not going to say police in the US are flawless but this is horrific stuff, I’ve never heard of US police officers molesting and then beating to death an underage girl who was already bound and gagged. And if evidence of such an event were to come out there would absolutely be consequences. Meanwhile in Iran this shit is institutionalized. The documents show the guards straight up admit to everything happening to their superiors, knowing they won’t face consequences.

LaLuzDelSol , to technology in 30% of Children Ages 5-7 Are on TikTok

No I get that, but this is different honestly. Look up rates of teenage depression/anxiety/suicide attempts, it’s a stunning correlation with the advent of smartphones and social media. Millenials got out just in time.

LaLuzDelSol , to lemmyshitpost in As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video

It’s a fair point. The honest answer might be that with current technology there is simply no way to make Youtube profitable. If Google can’t pull this off I don’t think anyone can. In which case we will see a slow, but profitable death for Youtube as they make increasingly user-hostile moves, like raising prices, increasing ads, and eventually becoming increasing aggressive about deleting rarely watched videos. This will kill their user base over time of course, but they are still sitting on a massive treasure trove of content. The one thing in their favor is that storing and transmitting data gets cheaper every year. Maybe that’s what they’re holding out for.

LaLuzDelSol , to lemmyshitpost in As a long-time user hearing YouTube wants to play extra ads when I pause a video

I know that for many years in the 2000s and early 2010s- what many consider to be the golden age of Youtube- they were losing money. That’s what I think a lot or people don’t get when they claim “enshittification”- the services they are complaining about are unsustainable in their current form. That’s what it takes to establish a digital product- grow your base first while bleeding money, then figure out a way to monetize it later. As capital tightens up, the clock is running out for brands like Netflix, Discord, Youtube etc to start making money. That’s the part that sucks as a consumer but idk what else YouTube can do if it wants to be profitable. They offer a premium version for people that don’t want to watch ads.

LaLuzDelSol , to mildlyinteresting in The solar panels on top of my campervan have generated 1 megawatt hour of energy as of today

So, those sort of programs are confusing and often pretty misleading. First off, you can’t choose which electrons go to your house of course; all you can do is draw power from the grid. That’s fine, it doesn’t really matter at the end of the day, but more importantly most of those programs work by purchasing “renewable energy credits”, or RECs, from wind and solar farms across the country. So what does that REC mean? Well nothing really, it just means you “claim” credit for that kWh of renewable energy. If you want you could buy them directly from some random wind farm in Kansas in theory. Or buy for twice as many kWh as you actually use- now you’re 200% renewable and you’re sucking carbon out of the air! Oh wait.

At the end of the day, RECs are a good idea because they provide an additional revenue source for renewable energy producers, but it isn’t all that much. Last I checked they sell at like 3% of what the energy actually sells for on the grid. So for example if a wind company sells electricity for 20 cents a kWh to the grid operator, they could separately sell the RECs for that power on the open market for something like 0.6 cents per kWh, if the grid operator doesn’t want the RECs for themselves as part of the power purchase agreement.

I myself subscribe to Arcadia, which is one of those companies that promises to make your power 100% green via purchase of RECs. I consider that to be false advertising. But, I still do it because it does help drive the market for RECs which is good because the ability to sell RECs makes producing green energy a bit more viable, which in turn hopefully spurs growth in the industry.

So in conclusion, it’s a good thing to do, but not as good as you might think based on how it’s presented. Sorry for the wall of text.

LaLuzDelSol , to android in [General question to the Android community] Have you given up on the audio jack, or do you still only buy devices that have it?

All the other points are fair but I’d guess you’re using more power to encode and transmit bluetoorh than to power a headphone jack. It’s like 50mw at full volume out of the jack and a small fraction of that at, say, 25% volume.

LaLuzDelSol , to news in TikTok Ban Bill Becomes Law, Gives TikTok 9 Months To Sell

So you would be cool with ISIS rolling out a social media app? All profits go directly to making explosives. All user data, including biometrics is logged to help ISIS plan future terrorist attacks on American soil.

Edit: sorry I misread what you are saying. But still, idk how you prevent China from using our data when that’s the whole point of China owning TikTok in the first place. A forced sale or ban is the only option.

That’s an extreme example of course but I don’t think you can just ignore who makes products and where your money (and data in this case) is going. And yes, I don’t like American social media companies either. But you will remember that Facebook got into a ton of trouble for selling data to the Russians via Cambridge Analytica. At least we can try to prevent American companies from leaking data to hostile parties. Meanwhile we KNOW that TikTok is giving our data to the Chinese government and forcing a sale of the American branch of TikTok is the only thing we can do about it.

LaLuzDelSol , to technology in FCC restores net neutrality rules that ban blocking and throttling in 3-2 vote

Right but if everyone sends 16 petabtyes a month the internet would collapse. Data caps do absolutely work to reduce bandwidth on a network scale. Bandwidth is measured in mbps. Limit the Mb and you reduce the necessary bandwidth.

LaLuzDelSol , to news in California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines

Hmm I feel like it would be difficult for a private company to get approved to take over the TSAs job. It would create a conflict of interest- Clear would want to get people through as quick as possible for as cheap as possible.

LaLuzDelSol , to news in California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines

It really depends on the airport. I flew out of San Diego a month or 2 ago and the precheck line was longer than the regular line. It was like 30-45 minutes. Other times you basically stroll right through.

LaLuzDelSol , to technology in House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill

At least the US government can’t harvest US citizens social media data without a warrant (excepting all the patriot act stuff). But there is zero protection for your data from the CCP if it’s on TikTok. That’s understandably a pretty huge security concern. I can also understand China not wanting data from their citizens in the hands of American social media companies. Idk if any if it is good or bad but it’s certainly common sense on a national level.

LaLuzDelSol , to technology in House approves sell-or-be-banned TikTok measure, attaching it to foreign aid bill

TikTok is very heavily influenced by the CCP and could be used to collect data from Americans (probably they already are). Not wanting your biggest geopolitical rival to harvest data from your citizens is pretty understandable.

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