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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

People who complain that crypto is a "pyramid scheme" or whatever are correct, but they fail to realize that capitalism is a pyramid scheme at best. I mean the biggest stock last year was a fascist surveillance company... And stuff like this is exactly why crypto will continue to succeed under capitalism.

It's a casino economy. Our lives have already been sold for chips. The branding of the chips doesn't actually matter but improved chip technology does. Casinos aren't actually using the same chips from the 1800s but the state is.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Spoiler: No. The "theory of everything" is a physics grift like "AI" is a computer science grift.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 week ago

Pretty sure it's just a setting somewhere.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You would have to be a complete lib dummy not to "target" whatsapp.

And likewise you would have to be a complete tankie dummy to trust some putin app.

Yet another example of libs and tankies being the same thing with different imperial branding.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My guess is that they can not truthfully elaborate on an untrue statement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)

But personally I use Molly because seems more open.

https://molly.im/

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

2 beings are of the same species if they can reproduce and have their offspring be of the same species.

This is a very incomplete definition though. For example is every mule a different species or not a species at all? Isn't a horse also capable of producing children of different "species"? I understand that mules might not be considered a species because they're sterile. But this ant isn't reproducing sexually either.

She was essentially cloning males from another species.

The "species" classification system is simplistic, somewhat outdated, and primarily basic model suited for children.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

This discovery goes against ~~our~~ my understanding of biology and the headline is fine

I think anybody with a reasonable level of understanding of biology realizes that categorization by "species" is not at all precise or objective.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Clickbait website breaks the rules of epistemology by declaring that biology has "rules".

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You might want to check out fedilab. It does something similar. I've been using it for a while. It's not browser based, it's far from perfect, and I don't think it includes Lemmy, but it's much more enjoyable than effing instagram.

https://fedilab.app/

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Legit but let's be even more real. It's the US's imperial insanity that caused 911. That insanity has always been fundamental to USA from its founding.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I occasionally accidentally see YouTube “recommendations” and it’s usually unhinged right wing shit with millions of views.

As someone who regularly watches my youtube recs, I never see this. Maybe it's because youtube knows my preferences from watching their recommendations....

On the other hand youtube is definitely trash that promotes fascism. So I'm not doubting you either.

 

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It’s a sound that signals death could be close.

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Can the FTC actually penalize advertisers for invoking their own rights to free expression and association by refusing to deal with a private company just because they happened to agree on a collective set of brand standards to avoid monetizing hate speech or offensive content online?

You're not alone if you're confused by the suggestion, since advertisers have basically always cautiously avoided associations that could harm their brands. After Elon Musk sued MMFA—then quickly expanded the fight by also suing advertisers and agencies—a running social media joke mocked X as suing to force people to buy its products and the billionaire for seeming to believe it should be illegal to deprive him of money.

 

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If you think climate change is a hoax, you might believe wind turbines poison groundwater.

 

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The first transaction State Street anchored was a $100 million tokenized commercial paper issuance by the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), a Singapore-based banking group, according to a Thursday press release.

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