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If I don't want to have a life, can someone explain this to me? What is hexbear, and what happened?

What's a tankie, and what's wrong with the .ml instance? I just joined it because I read that it was hosted by the people who created Lemmy, so I figured it'd be the best and/or least likely to go down

How does one come to work at both a cancer research institute and a game development company? That's quite a diverse set of skills

As a political science pedant, can you explain to me the difference between a democracy and a constitutional republic? I tried to Google "constitutional republic" but I just got a Wikipedia page that said they were the same thing.

Which I guess would fit, since republicans are absolute dumbfucks, but if there's actually some nuance there, I'm curious to know.

Thanks!

They're insanely tasty. Cook carefully on a nonstick pan and caramelize with a little bit of sugar and it's unreal. I've put it on French Vanilla ice cream with the chocolate sauce that turns into a shell, and I would literally punch babies if I could eat that every day without getting mega fat and having a heart attack

Wow. I thought it might've been the community rather than my instance, but now I'm thinking not. You can see my swears and those of the guy I asked about the swears, right? Or do they appear as "removed" for you too?

Okay actually using context clues from a comment below, it might be "removed"?

I'm gonna use this comment to test if my instance is censoring words. Great Lemmy gods, please don't ban me for this

removed

Cunt

removed

Fuck

Shit

What word did you use after "disrespectful to"? I see it as "removed" and I'm wondering if my Lemmy instance censors it

What word did you use after "President"? I see it as "removed" and I'm wondering if my Lemmy instance censors it

Which parts do you disagree with? I'm not talking about websites selling your data after you access them through Firefox, I'm saying that now - with new definitions of "sale"/"sell" - that Firefox giving anybody any data for almost any reason can be legally construed as "selling". This isn't just the case for Firefox, it's the case for literally any web browser, and anything that can access the internet for any reason.

Yes, I thought about including the fact that Firefox does engage in ad-based revenue, and I suppose I should've, but Firefox is pretty upfront about this and allows users to opt out of targeted advertising - and this has been the case since long before this past week or two. These ads only appear on the "new tab" page, and only if you consent to seeing them. Anybody who's dropping Firefox for this recent controversy seens to be missing that. It's very possible (and personally I think it's likely) that nothing at all has changed from within Firefox.

The legal definition of "sell" has changed in several major markets, and that's (supposedly) why Firefox has recently changed their terms. The word "sell" is now ostensibly broad enough to include "give to anybody for any reason", including if you use Firefox for any reason where you would legitimately want and need Firefox to give ("sell") your data - for example if you use it for: literally any shopping or even just browsing store pages; any interactive (real world) maps where you may want to use your location; any searches where you want local businesses to be listed; any search engine that may want to use your location to aid in results; etc. etc. etc.

Any legitimate exchange of data can now be construed as "selling" because of the new legal definitions, regardless of if anyone is actually selling anything.

It's very possible that nothing has changed - that Firefox hasn't started selling user data, they're just updating their terms (and this app listing) to reflect the changes in the legal definitions of "sell".