Alphane_Moon

joined 9 months ago
[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

What the fuck is this shit?

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

I wouldn't go as far as saying it's very easy to manipulate American oligarchs. However, they are relatively provincial and lack the capabilities to deal with truly complex challenges.

They operate in an environment with no real risk. They've never dealt with any real challenges. The US judicial system is a joke (even in China, Alibaba's Jack Ma immediately regretted going on a public chimp out). US society is either openly supportive of corruption and criminality or lacks the capability (true desire and risk tolerance) to address corruption.

This is not to underestimate American oligarchs. They are extremely sophisticated and absolutely committed to their "number go up" fetish, but you also have to be real about what they are.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago

Let's just hope they move fast and aren't afraid to break things.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Good to hear.

No of course I am not down with tracking BS.

But I do use some smaller niche sites (for some of them I have subs or patron) and I would not want them to be hit (no clue what ad providers they use).

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I did not know rockbox was still around.

I remember writing a review of running Rockbox on my HDD based iRiver MP3 player for a tech site when I was a teen.

It was a great system for its time.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you think I want to consent to an arbitration agreement

In many countries mandatory arbitration agreements in a B2C context are invalid. They have no legal power.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Welcome!

The rules are largely common sense.

Feel free to ask any questions you might have, we are a friendly bunch. :)

EDIT: This was for OP. :)

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Regular ublock origin does a great job for both automated and manual page cleanup.

For cases when the page is still borderline unusable, Firefox's reader view is a must.

[–] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago

Bread and circuses

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