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The U.S. military’s anti-vax effort began in the spring of 2020 and expanded beyond Southeast Asia before it was terminated in mid-2021, Reuters determined. Tailoring the propaganda campaign to local audiences across Central Asia and the Middle East, the Pentagon used a combination of fake social media accounts on multiple platforms to spread fear of China’s vaccines among Muslims at a time when the virus was killing tens of thousands of people each day. A key part of the strategy: amplify the disputed contention that, because vaccines sometimes contain pork gelatin, China’s shots could be considered forbidden under Islamic law.
It seems it only started in the Philippines but ya it was mainly aimed at the Chinese vaccine and PPE. It’s more cutt throat shady business than anti-vax stupidity.
It’s affecting you because of a loss of quality in the product you are receiving, a loss directly caused by greedy middle men you are here defending.
The amount of companies being taxed by Gaben, Microsoft and Sony is vaste and not many of them would just take the 30% and run. There’s a lot of indie and medium sized companies that are barely making it.
You can plug your ears all you want, it is affecting you and you are boot licking for pretending it isn’t. Gaben isn’t your friend even though he probably spends a lot of money trying to make you think he is.
You were saying it didn’t affect you. Regardless of how much will go directly to shareholders, a good portion will be reinvested and lead to better games, which will affect your enjoyment.
I never talked about extent, you are the one that took the hard approach by putting the level at 0. When I pointed it out that it can affect quality and not just price, you came back with “well it doesn’t”.
I’m pretty sure in this context, saying a 30% increase of funds won’t lead to a jump of any kind in either the amount or the quality of products is being willfully blind.
I guess it might be hard to admit that some of these billionaires are directly stealing from us.
I’m mostly tired of seeing huge soft monopolies being defended. Whatever competition they have doesn’t actually compete with them. They lock people into their ecosystem just as much as Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony do.
And just like other shady companies like Walmart and Amazon, they should be regulated to death, or something. But not defended and treated like some gold furred lamb. Everytime a post pops up, dozens jump over themselves making excuses for Gaben.
Replace steam with Amazon and reread the thread and my point of view might be better understood. I don’t understand the veneration, they use and sell our data, they kill competition, they do all the bad stuff. They just have a better pr team and realized they could leverage Foss to save on OS dev costs.
This is manipulation to sell more copies and nothing more.
In any case, AI voices are empowering to the Indie scene. Fully voiced games used to be exclusive to triple A gaming, indie gevs just simply can’t afford it.
I feel for the voice actors just like I feel for the translators that all had to change domaine ten years ago, but progress is progress and it’s dumb to stifle innovation to save a few jobs.
Obviously, you can go after sites that have money and/or a real business presence, a la Pornhub. But the rest? It’s the wild west.
I was referring to that part of his comment. It is also not at all illegal in most countries. Its only illegal at state level in the US for example, and not for all of them either. Canada only has 8 provinces with legislation against it.
I do agree though that it’s not the softwares fault. Bad actors should be punished and nothing more.
The downvotes are because almost all of the global hydrogen production is made either with natural gas, as a byproduct of oil drilling or through coal.
In its current state, it is a fake green product pushed by the oil industry to hamper the transition.
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”. But she said the “imbalances” caused by state support for Chinese industry leading to cut-cost products threatened jobs in Europe, and that was “a matter of great...
All companies working in the energy and transport sector receive vast subsidies and financial help from whatever country they are located in.
This isn’t about unfair practices, since it’s literally a common practice. This is to protect oil companies and the car makers who took bribes instead of pivoting and are now feeling that decision.
Everything else doesn’t directly compete with their oil monopoly. They should keep their tariffs for when we aren’t on the cusp of an ecological collapse, bunch of corrupt cunts.
That’s fine but like you said, nothing else is being targeted. Out of all the products, they specifically target the ones leading to a greener, less oil dependant society.
You were asking why it’s being targeted and it’s specifically not because they are ignoring labor rights, worker safety or environmental protections.
Among candidates for U.S. sanctions, Israel’s Prison Service should be next on the list. This is apparently the realm where all the sadistic instincts of the minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, find their outlet....
There’s a lot more dead Palestinian children than dead Israeli prisoners. Its also hard to pretend Hamas isnt a direct consequence of decades of oppression, or that half the population of Palestine are children and most never even had a chance in the decision yet they are the ones receiving most of the missles.
Or the difference in fire power. Israel could just pull out if they wanted to, the ratio of deaths between both nations is ridiculous.
Sure Hamas sucks but Israel is literally committing genocide with international help. So ya, one side is worse and ignoring the fact is being willfully ignorant. There is nothing to defend here, abusing prisoners is shit and it’s well known that Israel was just grabbing men off the street to toss in jail, so a lot of them probably did nothing to deserve it.
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
They shouldn’t be ashamed to say it. Israel has no place on their land and should be removed. We aren’t talking about mom and pop tourists but militants that are forcing people out of their homes and killing their children.
These scams didn’t just start this year. Yes it is easier with these tools but a lot of things are becoming easier because of them, not just the bad stuff.
The problem is legislating too aggressively won’t really affect the scammers and would only fuck up all the good application of the tech.
The brain is incredibly complicated and there is a lot of noise. More channels do make a huge difference. It’s not like each channel is associated to one direction or something and you only need 4. Also, to add to the other users point, the signal strength is much stronger inside than out since the skull acts like a barrier.
Your example is the equivalent of saying you don’t need a keyboard because you can use a computer with just the arrow keys and the spacebar.
Although BCIs are already a thing, the difference between what you can do with external compared to internal ones is probably quite vaste at our current tech level and will probably lead to better external ones at the same time.
You also don’t control the electrodes, you just receive the signal from them and they are obviously all being sampled.
On Sunday, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused Representative Matt Gaetz of trying to get him “to do something illegal,” which he further claimed led to the motion to oust him from his speakership role last year....
President Biden poked fun at former President Trump for boasting about winning two golf trophies at his own golf club’s awards last night on Sunday....
The money can be gotten elsewhere. This is screwing over students, a part of the population that doesn’t have any money , so an other demographic which doesn’t need the money can keep it.
A team of United Nations experts tasked with gathering information on sexual violence linked to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel found “reasonable grounds to believe” that some victims were sexually assaulted, including rape and gang rape, according to a U.N. report released Monday....
I think it’s insulting to say what the Palestinians are going through is comparable to the Israel population having to feel bad about being the villains.
Radical Rule (files.catbox.moe)
Transcript: A sign marking the area as a tow-away zone. On the sign is a sheet of paper asking if one is an anarchist, with questions asking if one holds anarchistic ideals. The paper has been vandalized in pencil with sarcastic and hostile remarks.
Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during pandemic (www.reuters.com)
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Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers' (www.gamingonlinux.com)
The Star Fox-style roguelite whose dev refused to use AI voices to cut costs is adding an entire "anti-capitalist revenge" campaign about a cat-girl destroying AI (lemmy.today)
Since the Link isn’t working for some:...
I'll just leave this here... (startrek.website)
Warnings meant to last 10,000 years (lemmy.world)
World-first tooth-regrowing drug will be given to humans in September (newatlas.com)
Summer 2024: Temperatures cross 50C in northern India (www.bbc.com)
Temperatures have crossed 50C in parts of northern and central India as the country grapples with extreme heatwave conditions....
Blogging in the AI era
Is it possible to blog in the AI era?...
Nonconsensual AI porn is hated on the left and right. Can Congress act on it? (www.politico.com)
Germany has too many solar panels, and it's pushed energy prices into negative territory (markets.businessinsider.com)
Scientists grow diamonds from scratch in 15 minutes thanks to groundbreaking new process (www.livescience.com)
Russia finds vast oil and gas reserves in British Antarctic territory (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Reserves 10 times the North Sea’s output raise fears over drilling in protected region...
The power of AI (lemmy.world)
lemmings.world/comment/8313173
EU restates readiness to launch trade war with China over cheap imports (www.theguardian.com)
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”. But she said the “imbalances” caused by state support for Chinese industry leading to cut-cost products threatened jobs in Europe, and that was “a matter of great...
Canada is still backing the fossil fuel industry with billions, report finds (www.cbc.ca)
Ottawa offered up at least $18.6 billion in support of the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries in 2023....
Palestinian released from Israeli prison describes beatings, sexual abuse and torture (www.haaretz.com)
Among candidates for U.S. sanctions, Israel’s Prison Service should be next on the list. This is apparently the realm where all the sadistic instincts of the minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, find their outlet....
Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established (apnews.com)
A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is established along pre-1967 borders.
Always CYA (lemmy.world)
Biden Shields Millions of Acres of Alaskan Wilderness From Drilling and Mining (www.nytimes.com)
[PC] Milsim(-ish) games against AI?
Insurgency Sandstorm got me hooked. I’ve now played over 500 hours against bots and it’s still a lot of fun....
Making deepfake porn without consent could soon be a crime in England (www.cnn.com)
AI chatbots spread falsehoods about the EU election, report finds (www.politico.eu)
The tools tended to return incorrect election dates and information about how to cast a ballot, said Democracy Reporting International....
Baldur's Gate 3 actors reveal the darker side of success fuelled by AI voice cloning [official actress's voice cloned to read very nasty stuff] (archive.is)
A congressman wanted to understand AI. So he went back to a college classroom to learn (apnews.com)
Driven by China, Coal Plants Made a Comeback in 2023 (www.nytimes.com)
Has Musk-rat started a nanotech company yet? (lemmy.world)
Pick 3 Rules (files.catbox.moe)
I’ll choose 3, 5, and 7.
$400k worth of Playdate game consoles have gone missing in Vegas (www.eurogamer.net)
You wouldn't photocopy a rule (i.imgur.com)
New Minimum Wage In Canada and 5 Provinces, Effective April 1 (immigrationnewscanada.ca)
Kevin McCarthy accuses Matt Gaetz of pursuing "something illegal" (www.newsweek.com)
On Sunday, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy accused Representative Matt Gaetz of trying to get him “to do something illegal,” which he further claimed led to the motion to oust him from his speakership role last year....
Biden trolls Trump for boasting about golf trophies: ‘Quite the accomplishment’ (thehill.com)
President Biden poked fun at former President Trump for boasting about winning two golf trophies at his own golf club’s awards last night on Sunday....
Young people's happiness has 'fallen sharply' for Canada and U.S. in global rankings (www.cbc.ca)
Biden Says Debate With Trump Will Depend on the GOP Nominee’s “Behavior” (truthout.org)
More than 20,000 Concordia, McGill university students set to strike over tuition increases (montreal.ctvnews.ca)
U.N. report: ‘Convincing’ information Hamas raped, tortured hostages (www.washingtonpost.com)
A team of United Nations experts tasked with gathering information on sexual violence linked to Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks on Israel found “reasonable grounds to believe” that some victims were sexually assaulted, including rape and gang rape, according to a U.N. report released Monday....
Toxicology Rule (lemmy.world)