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rozab commented on Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month theverge.com/tech/875309/... · Posted by u/x01

MiddleEndian · 11 hours ago

I talk to three people on Discord. If I have to choose between A) giving Discord my ID, B) giving Discord a fraudulent ID, or C) just chatting with them on some other program, I'll just go with C. If I cared about Discord more I guess I'd figure out B. May get started with C ahead of time anyway.

rozab · 10 hours ago

What am I missing? According to this, the only difference is you get a warning popup when someone new DMs you, right? And they can't send you images flagged as porn?

How does this impact you in any way?

rozab commented on Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025 arstechnica.com/health/20... · Posted by u/bookofjoe

rozab · 4 days ago

>The eradication program works by offering cash rewards for reporting cases in areas where the worm is present.

I wonder how they prevented a cobra effect[0] here? Clearly they did avoid it since there were so few human cases. Or maybe some of the animal cases reflect this?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Effect

rozab commented on Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features macrumors.com/2026/02/02/... · Posted by u/stalfosknight

rozab · 7 days ago

It's incredible that even vscode had this before Firefox. How could they misjudge their audience so badly?

rozab commented on The engineer who invented the Mars rover suspension in his garage [video] youtube.com/watch?v=QKSPk... · Posted by u/UltraSane

rozab · 11 days ago

This guy has incredible videos on hiking gear, examining common claims scientifically and rationally. He never gave any hints as to his professional background, so as not to taint his arguments with appeals to authority. It makes perfect sense that he grew up in this environment, doing engineering work for NASA as a kid!

rozab commented on Sins of the Children asteriskmag.com/issues/07... · Posted by u/maxall4

rozab · 22 days ago

The idea of taking ONS to an extreme is cool, and also feels very old-school. The concept of complete monodominance of an ecosphere is a bit unfashionable since Lynn Margulis upended thinking here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontogenetic_niche_shift

rozab commented on The Olivetti Company abortretry.fail/p/the-oli... · Posted by u/rbanffy

rozab · 23 days ago

I restored a beautiful 1946 Olivetti last year, having had nothing to do with typewriters beforehand. I just happened to see it on marketplace and pulled the trigger.

It needed a good clean, and some parts needed bent back into shape, but after that it worked like a dream. The mechanism for the tab stops is fantastic.

rozab commented on Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout e360.yale.edu/digest/chin... · Posted by u/mrtksn

raincole · a month ago

In 2025, > 90% of new energy capacity built in the US is from renewable [0]. So the US isn't building that much solar not because they're not building solar, but that the US has been generating and consuming so much energy per capita that there isn't that much incentive to increase energy capacity dramatically.

[0]: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/us-new-win...

rozab · a month ago

These are new electric power plants. The US is still ramping up oil and gas production, and is now producing more than ever before. No signs of transitioning away from fossil fuels for transport, industry, export.

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/fossil-fuels/chart-the-...

rozab commented on FBI raids Washington Post reporter's home theguardian.com/us-news/2... · Posted by u/echelon_musk

mikeweiss · a month ago

That only works if they aren't U.S citizens... Which if they're working for the gov means they are. This administration is creative they will find other more 'legal' ways for retribution so the punishment sticks.

rozab · a month ago

ICE just summarily executed a US citizen in the street with the full support of the administration.

rozab commented on Network of Scottish X accounts go dark amid Iran blackout heraldscotland.com/news/2... · Posted by u/TiredOfLife

OtherShrezzing · a month ago

>‘Jake’ claimed that a “top BBC anchor resigned on air and was immediately detained by security services” and that “crowds have surrounded the residence of the newly appointed ‘Governor General’ imposed by London”.

>Meanwhile, ‘Fiona’ said that “protesters have seized Balmoral Estate” and “International markets are dumping UK assets as images of tanks in Edinburgh go viral”.

>‘Lucy’ claimed that "farmers have used tractors to block the A1 at the English border”, while another account called ‘Kelly’ said that “army trucks are rolling down the Royal Mile. Soldiers in fatigues are guarding the Scottish Parliament”.

Surely the number of Scottish people influenced by accounts making such outlandish claims is exactly zero.

rozab · a month ago

It's the firehouse technique. The films of Adam Curtis touch on this, I'd recommend HyperNormalisation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehose_of_falsehood

rozab commented on Welcome to Gas Town steve-yegge.medium.com/we... · Posted by u/gmays

rozab · a month ago

>It’s also 100% vibe coded. I’ve never seen the code, and I never care to, which might give you pause. ‘Course, I’ve never looked at Beads either, and it’s 225k lines of Go code that tens of thousands of people are using every day.

225k lines for a cli issue tracker? What the fuck?

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