Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?
Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.
Don’t call it age verification. Call it centralised personal data collection. And understand that it serves surveillance, not safety for children.
@nuintari @pugmiester It's insane and I just don't understand it. I have to deal with similar crap at work now because some sales people bamboozled a manager.
@kevinbowen People who are new to Linux and enjoying it can enjoy it. What's boring is highly subjective, if someone is enjoying sharing their experience, let them!
@tzafrir The $100 is to become part of the co-op. You can buy albums from the website without joining the co-op.
TIL subvert.fm - a co-op based music platform that has just launched. It looks really promising.
You still deserve privacy, even if you:
- don't use Linux
- use big social media sites
- aren't "techie"
- are just an average computer user
@daniel All US tech is now a serious liability, it sounds like hyperbole but it would take a lot these days to convince me otherwise.
@cwebber I'm all for it! The people who use this kind of shit deserves what they get, let it all burn!
Daily Maverick: "New data centres set to swallow 34% of Cape Town’s current electricity supply"
I'm really annoyed at the arrogance of the companies who are deploying these, treating the city's bylaws as "mere formalities" that can be skirted sideways, while everyone else has to abide by it. I hope it gets shut down fast.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-28-new-data-centres-set-to-swallow-34-of-cape-towns-current-electricity-supply/
I'm really annoyed at the arrogance of the companies who are deploying these, treating the city's bylaws as "mere formalities" that can be skirted sideways, while everyone else has to abide by it. I hope it gets shut down fast.
https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-28-new-data-centres-set-to-swallow-34-of-cape-towns-current-electricity-supply/
@soapdog And then they have the gal to complain when the Chinese use their models to train their models
@nuintari Where does the "Hazard" come from? That's not one of the canonical Daxes?
