wuzzlewoggle @ wuzzlewoggle @feddit.org

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Lemmy is definitely addictive but when comparing it to algorithm oriented platforms, we are basically comparing alcohol to cocaine. Both addictive but one way more than the other.

Sligthly off topic but I think this actually may be some kind of Mandela effect, because I think a large number of people actually think the commercial said 'You wouldn't download a car' because of all the memes but it actually said 'You wouldn't steal a car'

I also work in 3D and I wanna say yes. If we're talking solely about the technical aspect, real-time render today can definitely hold up to, or even surpass, the quality of renders from 30 years ago.

If it would look exactly the same and how much work it would be to recreate the entire movie in a real time engine is another question.

But you could definitely get something that looks as good (or better) as Toy Story using eevee.

Out go to prank was a shut down bat file, disguised as GTA.exe. We used to put that in a shared folder and waited for other students to shut down their computers.

We had to flip the mouses around at the end of every computer class so the teacher could check all the mouse balls were still there.

In Europe we have public news broadcasters in every country, so relying on corporate news isn't a huge problem.

Anyway, a news outlet pushing propaganda and misinformation is not nearly as dangerous as a social media platform doing it via algorithm. The fact that the algorithm can give you exactly the kind of propaganda that will resonate with you is extremely dangerous.

Not saying privately owned news outlets with a huge reach aren't a problem, they definetely are, it's just a whole other dimension.

Corellation is not causation but in this case it is very suspicious and studies like these show that there might be causation That's why I said it's not proof but needs to be studied further.

And yes, of course I mean centralized, profit driven social media. But that is the overwhelming majority of social media.

Well put, this is exactly the problem. I remember the early days of facebook, twitter and instagram when there were no algorithms and your feed was just posts by people you follow in chronological order. Discourse was much more tame back then. We urgently need stricter laws that regulate these algorithms.

I'm glad this is finally being looked at because I've been saying this for years and I feel like the vast majority doesn't realize how bad this is.

If you look at social media use and the rise of the far right over the last 15 years, they pretty much go hand in hand. Sure, that isn't proof for anything, but it's alarming and needs to be studied further.

In Germany, we have safeguards that prevent a single media outlet to gain too much power over controlling the public opinion. We have this for TV stations, news papers etc. Just not social media. Because social media wasn't even on the horizon when this law was put in place.

I think it's insane that we just let foreign profit driven companies steer the public opinion and discourse in our society and we finally have to start to heavily regulate them.

Youtube without unhooked, UBlock Origin and sponsor block is pure torture. Can't live without them anymore. Luckily there is revanced on mobile as well, which basically rolls all of them into one app.

This got me thinking. Is there any client app that lets you tag users? I know this used to be a function on reddit. I rarely read usernames so it would be really cool if I could tag someone and their username would have a little reminder on them so I could instantly see I talked to that person before.

I'm also pretty new around here and I understand the connection between the lemmy instances but how does mastodon fit into this? Can I comment here with my mastodon account and vice versa?

That's actually a pretty good and understandable explanation of what's going on.

I recently read an article that suggested the best retaliation would be to stop enforcing US intellectual property in the EU. One of the biggest exports they have is media, if we would stop enforcing their copyright it would cost them a lot of money.

The key card thing is seriously infuriating, both from a consumer standpoint and from a media conservation standpoint.

Basically you own a game cartridge, but as soon as Nintendo shuts down their servers for whatever reason it becomes a useless piece of plastic. They really don't want us to own anything anymore.

As an european I've been mentally screaming this over the atlantic for months. GET ORGANIZED NOW! Reach out in your community, protest as much as possible, get armed, learn self defense, stockpile essential goods and most importantly, support each other.

Do not take it down! They are acting exactly according to plan and the next step is to have people like you be afraid to openly display your ideals. Taking down that flag would be a win for them.

I understand that it is frightening and the urge to fly under the radar is growing, but now isn't the time to take those flags down. It's the time to fly them high.

Isn't it a little weird that people think it's ironic? Jesus hung out with prostitutes.

Francis better get them cheeks out