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My thoughts on the "Digital Cargo Cult" articleHello folks. So someone posted your "Digital Cargo Cult" article on /g/ https://boards.4chan.org/g/thread/107130780 ...And I thought I'd give my thoughts about it there, but it seems my IP range is mysteriously banned for spam again. This was just another somewhat unusual occa... -
Online debate content worsens the world through falsely presenting haggard screeching harpies as legitimate participantsIt's ragebait viral clipslop disguised as rhetorical debate. There's zero reason for anyone to be consuming takes through watching people talk. The written word is infinitely faster, more efficient, more thoughtfully presented, and more cogent than any video of people arguing ...
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Lainchan and other imageboards are compromisedattachment:1 What *is* this site? Arbitrary deletions, strange bot-like staff behavior, other ridiculous behaviors. They recently deleted my near 2 year old thread (pic related) wiuth several hundred replies https://archive.ph/6pfeZ after I said I suspected the site could be a...
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They really killed anonymity, huh?One of the saddest things about the modern web is how hard they try to tie everything to your real identity. Gotta verify your phone number. Link your bank. Upload a photo ID. Use your real name or get flagged for being a "bot". Like sorry, maybe I don't want a personalized ex...
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I now understand why some people want absolute control over their computersI used to think, “Haha, lol, imagine spending 100 hours just to get a working system,” but I have been using Linux Mint for a long time, and I'm just getting so damn tired. Age verification is rolling in; my PC is a ThinkPad, and it is not built different, so I can't even use ...
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man installs windows 7, 64 bitattachment:1 This is the ULTIMATE productivity OS. The workflow is just insane compared to other OS:es, WinXP may come close but many important software wouldnt work in XP, not to say XP GUI is bad or anything. Win7 GUI is very nice and wont get away in your work. There also w...
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It's time to revive this placeYou need to add something to make it more unique. Right now it's just /g/ but without shilling and moderation making bait threads, but that's not enough - you need something special. I understand that you wanted a place for some kind of enlightened people to write 5 thousand w...
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XMPP will come to an end...I discovered a vulnerability in the XML parsers in the XMPP servers Prosody and ejabberd that can bring down any server without protection — and such protection isn't in place anywhere. I have a Python script that, given a domain, can take down any private server, and if I put...
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I don't understand why it's the "hype" around specific brands people enjoy rather than the quality of the product itselfIn America, cheap shitty pastries are ubiquitous. You can get them everywhere. It's not something worth lining up for, especially when the bar is set by the likes of krispy kreme, but you can even get something that cost less, has less pure refined sugar and sneed oils, and ta...
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The Decline of Internet Communities: How Polarization Killed Creativity and Innovation## A divided web The internet was once a vibrant and diverse landscape of communities, where people from different backgrounds and with different interests could come together to share ideas and learn from each other. In recent years, however, this landscape has changed dramat...
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