[-] aleph@lemm.ee 62 points 1 week ago
  • requires a fair bit of post-installation configuration (suboptimal OOTB experience for newbies)
  • Uses btrfs by default but comes with no snapshots or GUI manager pre-configured for system restore
  • Less software availability compared to Ubuntu or Mint
  • More likely to break than Ubuntu or Mint
[-] aleph@lemm.ee 60 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This isn't a new phenomenon. Netanyahu was already deeply unpopular before October 7th and large scale protests have happened before.

However, it's important to note that these are not anti-war protests. Most Israelis still support the military action in Gaza; They're just protesting the fact that Netanyahu hasn't done a good enough job of bringing the hostages home.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Big tech companies making vast profits off of users providing data for free instead of paying workers wages in exchange for manufacturing goods is only going to deepen the disparity of wealth in society.

What we desperately need is essentially a Digital Bill of Rights so that we can legally own our own data.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 51 points 1 month ago

Meh, who cares about performance benchmarks for phones?

I'm much more interested to see how power efficient Tensor 4 is, and whether or not they've fixed the connectivity issues.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It also assumes that the recruiter is even using ChatGPT, when the majority aren't. Companies use tailored ATS to compare the criteria of a job posting to information and keywords contained in a given resume.

Furthermore, AFAIK, these systems do not take inputs or instructions when scanning resumes, so this seems highly unlikely to have any impact whatsoever.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 55 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Hoo boy, I can't wait to see how the State Department try to spin this one.

Edit: who am I kidding? It will be "Israel has admitted this was a mistake and we believe they remain committed to minimizing civilian casualties".

Edit2: Ah, no. Turns out they instead played the "We are waiting for the results of Israel's investigation into its own actions" card. Was a 50/50 chance.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 65 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's probably worth mentioning that an "arranged marriage" can mean anything from when two families agree to marry off their children without their children's consent, to when families play match-maker and set their children up on dates but their children get the final say.

In India, for example, you get both, with the former being more common in conservative, rural areas and the latter more common in urban and middle-class areas. So it's not a one-size-fits-all situation.

As to why it persists? Practicality, I suppose. If you want to get married, it helps if you filter out all the people who aren't serious about settling down. Plus it's not like love marriages have a superb success rate, given how common divorce is nowadays.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 47 points 2 months ago

That's quite uncharitable. We don't know anything about the woman, much less that she thought school shootings elsewhere were "fine".

It's pretty normal for people to mentally compartmentalize these types of shocking incidents as "things that happen in other places" rather than their own local community.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 60 points 10 months ago

Viruses mutate, and COVID has mutated continuously since it has been in the wild. All those shots did serve a purpose to continue to provide protection, and that this one will too.

It's somewhat baffling that this needs repeating after three years of COVID, but yet here we are.

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 44 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Except this "series of unfortunate events" appears to be entirely self-inflicted.

We're not talking about a couple of hobbyists making YT videos in their spare time; LTT/LMG are by this point a huge media content factory whose unrelenting drive to produce the next hot slice of monetized infotainment means they are making constant (and often quite large) errors and not giving these products the time and attention required to assess them properly.

If you have the time, Gamer Nexus' initial video critique where they matter-of-factly listed all the reasons why LTT need to seriously reevaluate how they do business is a very interesting watch.

https://youtu.be/FGW3TPytTjc?t=99

Edit: wow, it seems to have finally sunk in - LTT posted this video not two hours after I posted my comment.

(Piped link because apparently the apology video is monetized 😑) :

https://piped.mha.fi/watch?v=0cTpTMl8kFY

[-] aleph@lemm.ee 73 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Free market capitalism is inherently about generating wealth for primary stakeholders but externalizing the social and environmental costs. It's basically how the entire system works.

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