Readit Newsr29vzg2 commented on Cryptocurrency Turns to Cash in Russian Banks (2024) krebsonsecurity.com/2024/... · Posted by u/lxm
Interesting conversations happening in the comment sections on that site.
r29vzg2 commented on Plain text journaling in Vim peppe.rs/posts/plain_text... · Posted by u/gigatexal
Whenever I see systems like this I am left wondering what people do on mobile? Are you never in the need to write a note or create a task when you're away from the computer?
r29vzg2 commented on U.S. TSA expands controversial facial recognition program cbsnews.com/news/tsa-faci... · Posted by u/walterbell
Interestingly in Dubai International Airport, they have these smart gates that recognize you and
re-issue your re-entry eVisa using facial recognition. You walk up, they scan your face and show your name.
No passport gets scanned.
r29vzg2 commented on More people want to leave San Francisco than any other city sfgate.com/bay-area-polit... · Posted by u/bryan0
Anecdotal, but I just yesterday took a combination of Amtrak and BART to fly out of SFO.
This one way trip, I nearly stepped in human feces transferring from the Richmond Amtrak Station to BART. Then while enroute to SFO, which took no less than 1.5 hours, encountered two people opening smoking crack on the BART, one of them went across the train ripping the seats on the BART.
Small encounters like this might have something to do with it.
r29vzg2 commented on Making friends on the internet jon.bo/posts/making-frien... · Posted by u/jborichevskiy
> it starts with twitter
No thanks. If this is the state of socialization in an era where online discourse is controlled by private interests with "agile" ethics, and people are too afraid to socialize in real life for a growing number of reasons, I'll deepen my mastery of hermitage.
> attend offline events! Be adventerous Meeting in-person is harder but increases the intimacy and richness of communication. Combine an offline meetup with a walk through a park or a museum for maximum serendipity.
Clearly you missed this part of post.
But I know that Youtube radicalizes people because I read it[0] over[1] and[2] over[3] and[4] over[5] for[6] multiple[7] years[8].
[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/sunday/youtube-po...
[1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/reader-center/brazil-yout...
[2]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/magazine/youtube-radicali...
[3]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/technology/youtube-conspi...
[4]: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/opinion/sunday/facebook-t...
[5]: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/02/technology/yo...
[6]: https://www.nytimes.com/column/rabbit-hole
[7]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/the-weekly/what-is-youtub...
[8]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/technology/youtube-online...
Seems like YouTube is not alone in radicalizing people.
The question is what isn’t radicalizing people.
NYT and the old media is fighting YT and the new media for the rights to be the best radicalization tool.
Everyone is fighting for people’s attention. NYT and the old media is losing.
r29vzg2 commented on Qurt: The ancient road snack of Central Asian nomads atlasobscura.com/articles... · Posted by u/CapitalistCartr
I had these in Uzbekistan, they sell them everywhere, and people suck on them like it’s chewing gum. They were not to my taste, very bitter and very salty.
r29vzg2 commented on The Rise and Fall of Bitcoin Billionaire Arthur Hayes vanityfair.com/news/2021/... · Posted by u/fortran77
r29vzg2 commented on Reddit now requires the user to login to view additional comments · Posted by u/sushshshsh
I noticed this as well.