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So you agree with the IDF in that targeting civilians is self defense?

Or are we playing pedantic games again where we try to rationalize bad things by wearing victimized status one moment while murdering children the next? Maybe the IDF and Hamas are both responsible. Hamas aren't freedom fighters like my fellow lefties are making them out to be. They want a theonomic system. And they have one.

That's the great thing: they never said they weren't nor tried to silence someone for Wrong Thinking. But the other person is. The other person said offensive works should be banned.

I sense the spirit of Joseph Lieberman in this thread.

This is legit a similar argument to the satanic panic or attempts to ban metal and violent video games.

Hold bad doers responsible.

They don't have to. They certainly sample, just like any other group. It is also how the SPLC tracks rises in hate activities.

Look, this is nothing new. This is the government identifying 32 centers which can compete for grants to develop technology. This has been normal for the U.S. government our entire lives. This is, in fact, similar to how DARPA operates. This is why we have the modern internet.

Those companies learned their lesson from search engines. They gave it away for free for far too long and with too few strings attached. It became impossible to realistically gate features and charge for them.

But chatbots, on the other hand, just need a little big money razzle dazzle and, boom, now it is AI and people are conditioned to accept any limits thrown at them.

For iOS: I fully recommend Thunder or Memmy. Very complete (I’m not a mod so perhaps lacking there?).

For Android: Sync is just so perfect. Feels like Reddit before it was overtaken with low-effort Facebook exiles. Boost is great as well. I know there are tons of apps for Android in particular but both of those just feel right at home for me.

I’ve noticed that old.reddit.com has a convenient bug where it won’t recognize keystrokes on mobile devices (even forcing desktop version). What a coincidence.

Edit: at least for me on iPhone running the latest OS and my Galaxy Tab Ultra with Chrome, Firefox, and Samsungs Internet (so Chrome again). I assumed this means it happens to others and isn’t limited to just me.

Anyway, glad I’ve severed almost all activity from Reddit. I wish a few niche communities would move over (like Steam Deck, which is really a shadow of its subreddit) but I understand.

Yep. Heck, it is rough even for those of us who won the housing lottery. If we ever want to move it means paying incredibly inflated prices (even with big gains on the sales of our own homes) and now crazy rates. Probably why prices haven’t really come down: few are selling. Golden handcuffs.

That’s not why Reddit is ending it. Reddit is copying Twitter and Musk with a “creator fund” revenue sharing scheme. That pivots around paying for subscriptions with real fiat money to have the chance to earn a fraction of the value you to contribute to the site.

And Reddit absolutely will not tolerate a competitor that they run themselves. People were earning hundreds or thousands of dollars worth of moons every month if their contributions really popped off on the CryptoCurrency subreddit.

I had about $600-$800 worth of Moons just from shitposting and trolling and asking clarifying questions. I never made it a priority to engage; it just happened organically.

So naturally Reddit is going to expunge the better version of what they want to implement because they can’t control it.

They do have brand loyalty. You can find market research affirming it. The most common traits associated with that loyalty is that Apple offers an all-in-one solution for repairs, easy repairs with AppleCare, easy to use devices (generally), good to great performance depending on item, and the average customer with more than an iPhone tends to have a lot of disposable income and hold what is considered a "professional" career. Or be rich. People also like that their devices hold their value much, much longer than any competitor--and it isn't even close.

I use a mixed ecosystem just fine. Sure, there isn't tight integration with my Apple stuff and my Galaxy Tab Ultra or Windows PCs. But there is basically no integration between Windows + Galaxy Tab to begin with. And what little is there either requires third party solutions or is extremely lacking.

People wrongly think Apple is selling devices and accessories primarily. They aren't. They are selling a platform. I know I can buy something they make and it will integrate nicely with everything else and maybe have a few tricks up its sleeve (take how using iPhone with an Apple TV to calibrate settings is easy and semi-unique). Windows? Not so much. Android? Maybe a little. Because Microsoft's ambitions are on the cloud side at the moment, and Google absolutely will not commit to building a real ecosystem that persists. They try and fail every few years. They could arguably beat Apple at their own game if they could just focus and change their toxic corporate dynamic.

The people buying $700 wheels aren't normal Apple users. They are rich people looking to flex, and Apple is more than happy to oblige. See also the ridiculous brand partners for Apple Watch. I never understood the argument that Apple users are sheep that will buy anything Apple puts out there for any price. Just look at the Mac Pro: who would find that to be a worthy investment vs. building a custom PC for whatever task one is doing?

But then we need to remember that the typical Apple customer owns just an iPhone or an iPad. A small percentage of them own a Macbook of some kind. Even fewer own a Mac Pro. And certainly even fewer than that will own a Vision whenever that comes out.

Just because a company offers something doesn't mean their customers will buy it. Microsoft sells some extremely overpriced garbage, like the surface dial, that has a very clear target audience. It doesn't mean every surface user is clamoring to grab one.