BrikoX
Have strong opinions, but I welcome any civil fact-based discussion.
Mastodon: @BrikoX@freeradical.zone
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Probably not, since they did cover a presidential candidate and other speakers are not the ones running.
It was legal bribery long before the recent ruling. That just expended the scope of what they consider legal bribery.
Instance blocking only hides communities from that instance, but not users.
Most of the debt is just charges for non-existing stuff. Check out https://unduemedicaldebt.org for their work.
The group says retiring $100 in debt costs an average of $1.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/nonprofit-medical-debt-buy-forgive/
- https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/billions-in-medical-debt-to-be-wiped-out-for-up-to-a-million-arizonans-governor-announces
- https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/connecticut-canceling-medical-debt/story?id=106878814
- https://whyy.org/articles/medical-debt-pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro-budget-address-4-million/
- https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/illinois-governor-pitches-plan-to-relieve-4b-in-medical-debt.html
There were polls done at some point, “generic” Democrat wins by 13 points against Trump and “generic” Republican wins by 11 points against Biden.
This mindset is the reason Democrats keep loosing. Saying I’m better than the alternative, only can work so many times. Most people are aware that Biden would be better than the alternative on all issues, but not showing up to vote, is the only way in the broken American political system to show that you had enough with the bullshit.
Democrats act like it’s your duty to protect their position in power, even when they actively refuse to listen to what you want. They stab you in the back time and time again, and then they go on national television and say that YOU are responsible for protecting the democracy. How about they do something to protect the democracy?
61·6 months agoThey used to cover tech more generally, but they did switch to mostly only covering startups these days. But I’m not sure what here you don’t want to trust, it’s on the reader to evaluate the product.
At least temporarily, yes.
The EDPS has therefore decided to order the Commission, effective on 9 December 2024, to suspend all data flows resulting from its use of Microsoft 365 to Microsoft and to its affiliates and sub-processors located in countries outside the EU/EEA not covered by an adequacy decision. The EDPS has also decided to order the Commission to bring the processing operations resulting from its use of Microsoft 365 into compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. The Commission must demonstrate compliance with both orders by 9 December 2024.
Sure, Lemmy has algorithms, but it’s not the same as being algorithmic. We can continue to argue on the semantics of technical definition, but my point on the issue with toxic mess was clear a few messages above. Intent of the implementation really is the factor that defines the different between platform being algorithmic and using algorithms.
If a user has a chronological feed, and it reaches the top (or bottom) of the content, the user is likely to close the app/page and do something else, but an endless feed will keep the same user longer.
And using user input to sort content is not the same as prioritizing content based on past interactions to achieve a predefined goal.
E.g. Twitter API allowed to pull content in chronological order of only people you followed, but the official app used
For Youfeed as default and even if you changed it manually to chronological in the settings it would reset on app restart. Contrast that with being able to set any sorting method as default on Lemmy or having no algorithm on Mastodon (yet the API allows anyone to create one if they wish) and the difference of intent is clear.
If that’s what you like, use it. Nobody is telling you can’t. Those that prefer non-algorithmic vs algorithmic social media will always be in disagreement, since they are fundamentally opposite of each other.
It’s algorithmic and run by venture capital. 2 things that made social media the toxic mess it is today.
Which point? Or did you see the title and wrote your own narrative?
17·8 months agoThere is no known viable replacement for asphalt. They all either lack certain features to make it viable in all conditions, or they are exponentially more expensive to produce in big quantities.
There are various green concrete versions, but none that caught up yet. I know the latest trend is mixing graphite into concrete as it has a lot of benefits, but I’m not sure how cost viable it is at scale.
382·9 months agoYou have to be either blind or paid off to say it’s not a genocide to kill 90% of civilians and displace from their home 80% of the total population.
They promised to cease as soon as the U.N. Security Council adopts a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza.
11·9 months agoLook into email aliases.
https://proton.me/blog/what-is-email-alias
By US laws, fraud is fraud, it’s just a matter of which agency has jurisdiction over it based on if it’s classified as security or commodity.
He believed he was untouchable due to his political contributions to both sides, but he underestimated the reach some of his investors that he stole from had themselves.
That is the conclusion you have drawn, but it’s not part of the methodology listed in the survey. They haven’t excluded rural participants from the 17 countries, while explicitly excluding them from 15 countries. If you see no issue with that, enjoy your blinders, but please stop spreading misinformation.
Several of mine:
Gaming communities are hard to grow since they require people who play the game to participate. You can only grow it on your own so much by posting the latest news.
Other active ones on
lemmy.zip: