Upvoting/downvoting history is a goldmine in terms of both marketing and surveillance.
Every user with over a year of organic activity is a goldmine. Maybe you've never ever posted a single controversial opinion online. But you might have upvoted someone else's - BAM, on a list. Or rather, category I assume. Those innocuous clicks reveal a lot more about you than you think. That information WILL be used against you. If you're lucky, only to try and sell you shit you don't need. If unlucky...
I vaccilate between "Eh, world and my life were always a mess, we could do with a do-over" and "holy shit holy shit holy shit is that a nuke in the distance?".
Multiple times daily. Shit's exhausting.
That's the excuse they're waiting for to declare martial law. And this time, they've made sure that the people who wouldn't obey orders to fire on civilians are gone. It'll be a major bloodbath that will make Tiananmen look like peanuts in comparison.
Well, those kill lists aren't going to populate themselves, you know.
Also, the creation of a permanent underclass is paramount to keeping the regular plebs in line in an authoritarian hellhole.
There should be guides for regular people to set up shell offshores. If it's de facto legal, everyone should do it.
Of course, there's probably barriers to entry, like actually needing money first...
It's the same with mansions and drop-dead gorgeous women; a small percentage (of men/boatowners/landlords/...) gets the grand majority of the boats/mansions/women.
This isn't new, this has been true throughout all of history. But it is getting worse though.
Number 1 priority: secure communications. Always assume that every single letter you send that isn't end to end encrypted WILL be read by your adversary.
USA already reached "TIA"(total informational awareness) around 2013, cfr. Snowden leaks.
One can only assume that they have since gained the ability to decypher and map all communications sent over the clearnet bar none. Disregard this advice at your own peril.
I honestly don't know, I haven't had a Reddit account for nigh on 2 years. I only lurk there now and honestly I shouldn't even do that. I've completely given up on all social media outside of the fediverse.
I pass like 15 lights on my commute and the amount of time standing still for NO REASON is absolutely infuriating. How much could it possibly cost to add a simple sensor? No cars coming from the sides? Light stays green! But no, it's all just dumb timers instead...
As long as Russia has bodies to throw at a conflict, it has no reason to stop. Russia fully switched to a wartime economy, not something you do if you're not in it for the long haul.
If the elections had turned out differently, things might have been differently as well. Alas...
I definitely hope I'm wrong about this. I claim no special insight or understanding other than simple pattern recognition and some decent knowledge of history.
WW3 is absolutely coming, make no mistake about it. The only thing that's unclear at this point is the timing, and who will be on which side exactly when it happens.
If you're between 16 and 26 and live in Europe, this would be the time to get out. Conscription is unavoidable at this point.
Upvoting/downvoting history is a goldmine in terms of both marketing and surveillance. Every user with over a year of organic activity is a goldmine. Maybe you've never ever posted a single controversial opinion online. But you might have upvoted someone else's - BAM, on a list. Or rather, category I assume. Those innocuous clicks reveal a lot more about you than you think. That information WILL be used against you. If you're lucky, only to try and sell you shit you don't need. If unlucky...