lil_baka

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[–] lil_baka@ani.social 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Rocket missing a military target sometimes means a rocket incidentally hitting a civilian object, so not good. All kinds of rockets and drones are used to hit targets in all major cities. They're not only used for some standalone objects in the middle of nowhere.

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I enjoyed https://asimov.fandom.com/wiki/Cal as a kid (beware of summary here covering the whole story to the end)

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 10 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, now put them in jail.

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder if there's anything positive to be said about ISBNDB. On one hand, they're supplying AI companies, yes, on the other hand, they seem to be digitalizing previously unavailable paper books, which is kinda useful for preservation? Except, I'm not entirely sure it's possible to properly get this data out of them on consumer scale: they seem to sell API access, but it's a big question of how usable and affordable it would be to retrieve a digital version of some rare ancient book that could just disappear into oblivion otherwise. Their cheapest subscription is 15$/month, but I have little idea of how what's listed there translates into volumes of books you can retrieve during this month.

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's why I've been arguing for a long time that using VPN for everything by default is just basic security.

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 45 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Porn will not fry anyones brain, lol.

Even before internet we managed to find and pass around porn mags, so it’s as pointless as the war on drugs.

In practice it's pointless, but in its reasoning it's actively harmful because it's an attack on healthy sex self-education.

[–] lil_baka@ani.social 34 points 1 month ago

Microsoft is losing Builders fast.

Good.

This is why Microsoft needs Windows Lite.

No, Windows needs to lose more users. Hope they never change.