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kescusay , 2 months ago to technology in Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage

Maybe they’re making more money now from ads shown in pirated copies of Windows than they do from actually selling Windows.

kescusay , 2 months ago to videos in The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World - YouTube

I take it from your non-answer that it’s exactly what I suspected.

For the record, CRISPR is an amazing technology that is producing potential gene therapies for otherwise-untreatable illnesses. Just yesterday, Nature published an article detailing a promising treatment for HIV.

And fear mongers would try to scare terminally ill people away from treatments like that.

So no, I will not just “scroll on by” when I see something that tries to make people mistrust the medical science that could save their lives.

kescusay , 2 months ago to videos in The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World - YouTube

Okay, just so I’m completely clear on this, are they a) claiming that CRISPR is some kind of danger to the world, or b) debunking such claims about it?

kescusay , 2 months ago to technology in Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage

I wasn’t gonna say it, but yeah… I’ve been using Linux exclusively on my personal systems for more than 10 years. Every time I have to use Windows, it’s almost physically painful. How the hell do people put up with that crap?

kescusay , 2 months ago to videos in The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World - YouTube

No. I haven’t watched Ancient Aliens, either.

Let me make a wild guess: You’re also anti-vaccine, right?

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in Jerry Seinfeld Apologizes for Bee Movie's ‘Sexual Undertones’ During Duke Commencement Address

I mean, it was a fucking weird thing for the movie to do, too.

kescusay , 2 months ago to videos in The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the World - YouTube

CRISPR saves lives and ends genetic disorders.

kescusay , 2 months ago to technology in Microsoft is testing Game Pass ads on the Windows 11 Settings homepage

Ethically, if not legally, this is terrible, as are all other steps Microsoft has taken to force ads onto your computer.

Seriously, think about it. You own the hardware, right? And the OS is present to run the hardware, right? To do that, it needs to be able to perform various tasks without your specific approval, and that’s fine, but using your bandwidth to download advertisements in the background, then using your computing cycles to force them in front of your eyes regardless of what you’re using the computer for, is awfully questionable. I would go so far as to say it’s a form of theft.

And no, ads on websites aren’t comparable. You, the user, are actively opting to view a web page that carries ads. You are choosing to grant them access to your eyeballs and the resources used by your browser. But nobody is actively seeking to view ads through their operating systems, and they don’t get anything in return (such as the content you went to that website for).

kescusay , 2 months ago to news in French government says Kristi Noem lied about cancelling meeting with Macron

It’s beginning to look like the only true passage in that book is the one where she describes killing a puppy.

kescusay , 2 months ago to showerthoughts in Using Ubuntu may give off hipster vibes to the average PC user, but within the Linux community its has the opposite effect.

Arch Linux user here to say… Ubuntu’s fine, man. Love all the derivatives that can take advantage of the core Ubuntu system (e.g., Mint, which I’ve installed for family members).

I love Arch. I use it all the time. I will not inflict it on any family members.

kescusay , 2 months ago to news in Donald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one'

My son is trans. Please vote for Joe Biden so he can have the protections he needs and I don’t have to stay up at night worrying about him.

kescusay , 2 months ago to technology in Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption

What the actual fuck is wrong with Republican politicians? I mean, I already know what’s wrong with Republican voters - brainwashing by years of Fox “News” - but the politicians? Are they all actual, literal sociopaths?

kescusay , 2 months ago to world in Hamas accepts Egypt, Qatar's ceasefire proposal, Al Jazeera reports

It’s certainly to be hoped, but given the Israeli mobilization in the last 24 hours or so, I’m not holding my breath.

kescusay , 2 months ago to news in U.S. put a hold on an ammunition shipment to Israel

And suddenly, Israel seems much more interested in diplomacy.

kescusay , 2 months ago to nottheonion in Caitlyn Jenner’s rumored trans girlfriend is apparently really transphobic

That user kept publicly wondering about people’s genitals, so they’ve been cordially invited to continue wondering elsewhere. (In other words, banned.)