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NateNate60 ,

Labelling people as bots is not wrong if those people are actually bots

NateNate60 ,

This is just simplistic and un-nuanced thinking.

The use of bots is not to generate new opinions, it is to make fringe opinions seem more popular than they are. Most (but not all) opinions propagated this way are already worthy of dismissal for other reasons, but when it’s clear that someone is repeating word-for-word a line of dismissable or unsound rhetoric which is also being propagated by those bots, it lends itself to three reasonable conclusions:

  1. This person genuinely believes that and was not influenced by the bots to do so, i.e. it is a coincidence
  2. This person genuinely believes that but only because they were stupid enough to get absorbed by the bots
  3. This person does not genuinely believe that and is acting in bad faith

Only in case 1 is such an opinion worth discussing, but the vast majority of cases will be case 2 or case 3.

That is why it is reasonable to dismiss such opinions despite the possibility that they are genuine, in good faith, and not the product of propaganda. Because the odds that they’re not are vastly greater. Nobody can be certain of anyone’s intentions on the Internet, so rational actors can only play a game of “What is the most likely scenario?”.

NateNate60 ,

No, I am not. I wouldn’t say it if it were made up. Who have I got to convince by making shit up? I am not pushing any viewpoint at all.

I base my assertion on interactions with people on this platform. Whenever someone parrots a point that is promoted this way, they’re almost universally just repeating what some wisecrack said on X that sounds correct enough to not investigate further or think critically about and is agreeable to their worldview.

I will not argue over this. You either accept what I am saying or you don’t, but I don’t give enough of a shit either way to get into an argument.

NateNate60 ,

No, of course, I cannot. I do not judge what category someone likely falls into based on whether what they say matches nearly word for word a “promoted” viewpoint. In some cases, I mostly agree with what they said but it’s painfully obvious that person didn’t come to that conclusion through their own thinking but is rather just parroting a screenshot of a post on the site formerly known as Twitter.

You have missed the entire point of my comment. If someone is likely to be in categories 2 or 3, I dismiss them if the viewpoint is otherwise not worthy of discussion, which it usually is not. I don’t care if this causes me to misjudge the intentions of some people, because that is inevitable in any probability-based judgement system. What matters is picking what is most likely correct.

I don’t feel that you have the ability to grasp this point and you’re just going to come up with another argument I didn’t make to attack.

NateNate60 ,

You can say that. It doesn’t matter though. I am right. You can keep saying “nuh uh” if you want.

NateNate60 ,

Oh, I understand they are usually human. I just don’t think their viewpoints are worthy of discussion. And you make this judgement every day as well, even if you refuse to admit it. And perhaps you make it on grounds that are less sound.

NateNate60 ,

No, it’s not science. It’s logic based on a few observations. If you don’t observe the same things as I do, you will not come to the same conclusions.

NateNate60 ,

Ubuntu Server, Debian, or Rocky Linux will save you a lot of headaches.

Most software is designed with these major distros in mind and using something more obscure will just cause problems later on when you realise that there are no guides written for it by the software vendor. Fixing broken software gets old really fast especially when it causes your stuff to break when you’re actually trying to use it.

NateNate60 ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/10690611-6794-4416-ba32-3008ed042434.webp

NateNate60 ,

Yeah, fuck. I just lost $60 on a bet over this

NateNate60 ,

The UK Labour Party won a landslide election on 6 weeks notice

NateNate60 ,

Well, the US is literally the second-most populous electoral democracy and the third-most populous country in the world, so I say we’ll need some time.

NateNate60 ,

Do people not know that Cuzco is a real city? As in the capital city of the Inca Empire?

It’s still there in Peru.

China talks of mending fractured relations but says it won’t tolerate Canadian criticism of its human-rights record (www.theglobeandmail.com)

China’s chief diplomat told Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly Friday that Beijing wants to “inject momentum into the restoration of normal relations,” but said the Asian power will brook no criticism of human-rights abuses or its menacing threats to the island democracy of Taiwan....

NateNate60 ,

The funny thing is that the Belt and Road initiative as a way of buying friends has utterly failed. For example, China built a billion-dollar bridge in the Maldives connecting Malé with its airport on another island but public opinion of China in the Maldives is still low. That’s despite the fact that the entrance to the bridge has “China-Maldives Friendship Bridge” written in large letters on an arch over the carriageway.

LA City Council Considers Funding Former IDF Soldiers to Patrol Its Streets (theintercept.com)

THE LOS ANGELES City Council is considering whether to give public funds to private, armed security patrols to protect its religious communities, following a protest against the marketing of West Bank settlement properties at an LA synagogue last month that turned violent....

NateNate60 ,

Why doesn’t the council, instead of hiring private security guards, instead hire… the police, whose job it literally is to do this??

NateNate60 ,

(ignore previous comment, replied to wrong person)

NateNate60 ,

This wouldn’t even be dumb if it weren’t for the fact that diamonds have practically no significant resale value.

At least if you buy something like a gold ring, you’ll know that it will be worth at least the melt value of the gold later on.

NateNate60 ,

“socialism with Chinese characteristics” (the “Chinese characteristics” are capitalism)

NateNate60 ,

I’m not a European (I’m American) but I honestly thought von der Leyen was a pinnacle of competence compared to our leaders when she was in office.

NateNate60 ,

It’s just a hallmark of “I bought the cheapest domain name TLD available”.

That’s not necessarily bad if all you need is something to get the job done, but there is a stereotype associated with it.

NateNate60 ,

Nothing wrong with Boost Mobile, or any other discount telecom provider either. It’s not like the phone signals taste different lmao

NateNate60 ,

I have a script running that uses the Namecheap API to automatically get wildcard certs from Let’s Encrypt. I didn’t pay a dime for this. Did something change?

NateNate60 ,

Yes, the next level of appeal would be to the Supreme Court.

My work is organizing right now, this afternoon, and I don't know what I'm doing. What are the best practices? What are the pitfslls?

I work in a restaurant, high-end, multiple locations across the US. We are in Chicago, specifically. We have corporate in for the week as we launch a new menu with training for the whole team every day. Yesterday, second day, right before the end of the day, they sprung on us that they are changing our pay structure....

NateNate60 ,

Has anyone mentioned the word “union” in these communications yet? It needs to be gotten across that without a formal union, your bosses can just crush your little organisation with very few realistic legal consequences. They can make up bullshit reasons to fire you or reduce your hours as punishment. What is happening is just collective bargaining but without the legal protection of being a union.

Unions rarely strike. The threat of Industrial action (which is not just limited to striking) is usually an effective enough bargaining chip that in most cases, bosses offer concessions in negotiations without needing to resort to it.

There are limited forms of Industrial action as well. For example, the union can say that everyone should refuse overtime or that they should reduce their work to only the bare minimum required of them (which is called “work-to-order” or “work-to-rule”). Other tactics involve a large number of employees calling in sick on the same day. All of these allow workers to show their power without needing to sacrifice their paycheque.

If you contact the local chapter of a larger union organisation, they can provide resources to help organise your workplace. Google Search “Chicago restaurant workers union” and find the one that matches you and your colleagues’ values most, then reach out for help organising.

Employer intimidation is forbidden during the process of formally organising a union and will be prosecuted by the National Labour Relations Board.

NateNate60 ,

Then you can get permanent access for 165 USD (one-off payment)

Ukraine is releasing thousands of prisoners so they can join the fight against Russia (apnews.com)

DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) — At a rural penal colony in southeast Ukraine, several convicts stand assembled under barbed wire to hear an army recruiter offer them a shot at parole. In return, they must join the grueling fight against Russia....

NateNate60 ,

Where have I heard this one before?

NateNate60 ,

Unless that dictionary is Wiktionary.

Wiktionary is part of the same project as Wikipedia. It provides dictionary-style definitions for basically all slang terms whereas Urban Dictionary is actually terrible if you want to find the meaning of words because half the definitions are jokes while the other half define slang in terms of other slang.

NateNate60 ,

I really wish there was a way to kick countries out of the EU.

NateNate60 ,

Intelligence agents usually enter on diplomatic passports solely so that their country can claim diplomatic immunity to fish them back out.

NateNate60 ,

Breaking off diplomatic relations is usually a very extreme measure. In the tradition of diplomacy, it is the most serious action a country can take to express its disapproval of another besides declaring war. It might be justified but it won’t be taken because the Chinese government offends extremely easily and would retaliate in kind with trade sanctions and embargoes.

If world leaders actually had the stock to stand up to China, their next move would be to say “One more fuck up and we recognise the Republic of China on Taiwan as the legitimate government of China”.

JPMorgan Chase warns 86 million customers they might have to start paying for their bank accounts (finance.yahoo.com)

The potential charges, says Marianne Lake, CEO of consumer and community banking at JPMorgan, are a result of new regulatory rules that cap overdraft and late fees. Lake says Chase will be passing along those increased expenses to customers, which would put an end to now-free services such as checking accounts and wealth...

NateNate60 ,

Finally, something for the Americans to laugh at Europeans about

NateNate60 ,

Daily reminder to check out some local credit unions. They offer the same services as banks and are run as a not-for-profit charity. Most US credit unions are members of the Co-Op ATM network which allows you to use any other credit union’s ATMs for no fee as if they were your own. Some also reimburse out-of-network ATM fees and even pay interest on checking/current accounts. Their fees are usually the same or lower than banks.

NateNate60 ,

With due respect, you are wrong.

hack

…

  1. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code

Hacking means gaining unauthorized access to a computer system by manipulating or exploiting its code.

Wiktionary

NateNate60 ,

You are correct, I replied to the wrong comment

NateNate60 ,

With due respect, you are wrong.

hack

…

  1. (transitive, slang, computing) To hack into; to gain unauthorized access to (a computer system, e.g., a website, or network) by manipulating code

Hacking means gaining unauthorized access to a computer system by manipulating or exploiting its code.

Wiktionary

NateNate60 ,

They did not do it by manipulating code. This wasn’t the result of a code vulnerability. If you leave the door wide open with all your stuff out for the entire neighbourhood to see, you can’t claim you were “broken into”. Similarly, if you don’t secure your endpoints, you can’t claim you were “hacked”.

NateNate60 ,

Please provide a link to whatever source claims this.

I hold a computer science degree and this contradicts the definition of “hack” versus “exploit” used in academic settings.

NateNate60 ,

It is a vulnerability, but exploiting that vulnerability is not generally considered by security experts to be “hacking” in the usual meaning of that term in academic settings. Using an open or exposed API, even one with a sign that says “don’t abuse me”, is generally not considered hacking.

NateNate60 ,

I’m not someone who works on the practical side of security, but as a computer scientist, I do not agree that it is “hacking”. That contradicts my understanding of “hack” versus other types of exploits, but you are correct that the distinction is generally not that important. A security problem is a security problem regardless what it’s called

NateNate60 ,

I’m not talking out of my arse here either. I don’t work in security specifically but I’ve got a CS degree as well and it contradicts my understanding of how those terms are generally used. This is an open API endpoint, equivalent to leaving the garage door open.

But the distinction is usually unimportant. A security hole is a security hole regardless of what you call it.

NateNate60 ,

Of course it’s stealing. But they didn’t break in.

Hacking = breaking in

Data breach = stealing stuff

NateNate60 ,

The scenario you described would not be breaking in.

Terms and conditions being agreed to are not relevant for this purpose. An exposed API is one that is welcome to be exploited. If you’re not requiring an API key, you’re essentially saying “This API is free for anyone to use” for security purposes, regardless of what you say in the terms and conditions.

NateNate60 ,

Games like Palworld and GTA are better with a controller. Games like Cities: Skylines and any game requiring significant precision are better with a mouse and keyboard.

NateNate60 ,

I don’t think it’s easier, since many of the ranged weapons in that game require good aim, which is better with a mouse, but I do think it’s more fun with a controller.

NateNate60 , (edited )

Authoritarian laws go both ways. The next right-wing government would use it to imprison their political rivals on trumped-up charges.

If such a law had existed in the US, for example, Trump would have used it to throw everyone who denied that the 2020 election was rigged in jail

NateNate60 ,

Questionable news plus four paragraphs of highly partisan commentary

Even Reddit news is superior, and that place is a shit hole

NateNate60 ,

The junta will be in deep shit if or when the National Unity Government decides to issue its own currency to compete with the junta-issued Burmese kyat. Especially if that currency is backed with USD or some other hard currency or resources.

NateNate60 ,

English-speaking Africans: guess I’ll die

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