I just find it nifty that I can slide in a graphics card and use it as an add-on processor, just like the Amigas of old did, and add capacity for some tasks even when the CPU is already at 100% doing something else entirely. Just love hearing the sound of all fans spinning up at the same time.
Can there really be an objective measurement? You should think first thing data harvesters would implement is a sort of cloak, to erase any traces of what's going on. Think Dieselgate, but more sophisticated. E.g. phone detects it's being tested the way you described, or is in the hands of a state attorney or whatever, the recording/ forwarding/ prcoessing of data stops.
Same here. Confidential discussion with lawyer/ doctor/ pharmacist, get extremely relevant ads at once. Therefore, I made it a habit to completely turn off my phone before entering such situations, and, if I can, put it in a switched-off microwave or some other Faraday cage structure, Snowden-style.
The "likes by dead people" story broke in 2012. Ever since, I've been assuming that most likes for the stuff I've been posting, especially from friends I've not talked to in many years, are inorganic and inauthentic. Still I post sometimes because I know a few people actually do care about what I'm up to and we don't meet very often at all. Of course, I strip all EXIF data from my photos first.
Just the other day, I've been forced to watch at least 10 ads for Chrome on Youtube. Falls upon deaf ears with me, but others, I can imagine, will just mindlessly click and download that shit.
Totally anecdotal, I've been getting respiratory issues and extreme tiredness from red and orange sodas. And that's entirely reproducible. So I had to cut them out of my diet for good.
TheBrideWoreCrimson @ TheBrideWoreCrimson @sopuli.xyz Posts 3Comments 218Joined 1 yr. ago
Or, for another perspective: In terms of population, Ohio and Belgium are pretty much equal, but in terms of area, the former is 4x as large.