HalloweenSnarry
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HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
I haven't yet seen an explanation for why, either. Maybe the meme about TikTok being a foreign influence vector was precisely the motivation for people seeking out a more obviously-Chinese app? RedNote has been flooded with left-leaning Western users whose brand of leftism is alien and even dangerous to China's brand of leftism.
HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
What bones did Scott have to pick with authority back in 2017 outside of stuff like "unfuck the FDA somehow"?
HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
That's a surprisingly-reasonable frame to look at it from, I hadn't considered that until now.
HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
Oh yeah, I forgot to ask this question: does the US Government have an opening to put the screws on Google and Apple vis-a-vis their mobile app stores?
Those are pretty important chokepoints for public exposure, and that Google and Apple have made walled gardens that make it easier to choke out anyone the government doesn't like.
HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
Which kind, Amerindian or Indian-Indian?
To jump off of this post downthread about the vibe shift around tech vs. the-rest-of-society, with the TikTok ban fast approaching, I have some thoughts to share:
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This ban might be for naught: another app, known as RedNote, is being positioned as the next TikTok, and this app is more directly connected/controlled by China. This obviously seems like an own-goal. RedNote's developer is apparently hiring English-language content moderators to meet the rush head-on.
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Related to this: where has the rest of the US tech sphere been on this? Were they silently hoping that Bytedance would sell such a massive platform to one of them, or hoping that the ban would drive users to their equivalent platforms? Do they regret taking this stance since the ban sets a dangerous precedent and these potential upsides will likely fail to materialize?
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And related to that: will the vibe shift around tech post-Trump-reelection focus on "surveillance capitalism?" TikTok, as Fight For The Future likes to point out, was by far not unique in how it could potentially spy on users. Will the left laser-focus on the negatives of Big Tech social media now that Twitter and Facebook are staking themselves out as unfriendly territory?
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And finally: does the Motte actually think the ban will 100% go through, or will some last-minute hail mary save TikTok for the US audience?
Edit: Interestingly, RedNote apparently has zero geographical siloing, and the CCP has been quick to breathe down RedNote's neck about it.
HalloweenSnarry
3d ago
DBZ and One Piece?
HalloweenSnarry
5d ago
Congratulations, you made straight shotacon real.
HalloweenSnarry
5d ago
I stopped in part because they seemed to be deliberately enshittifying the experience by replacing comfortable furniture with bare wood, and kinda making the overall vibe less inviting.
Why did they think this would work, when one would imagine that homeless people aren't unfamiliar with sleeping on bare concrete?
HalloweenSnarry
10d ago
there's no similar footage of Ukrainians killing themselves when wounded vs the abundance on the Russian/NK side, so the ratio of dead per casualty taken for Russia must be pretty horrific.
Holy shit, this is a thing? Are the Russians/North Koreans killing themselves to avoid capture, or something?
HalloweenSnarry
12d ago
True, I do imagine enough of them would be really patriotic, even if they feel their own country dumps on them enough as is.
HalloweenSnarry
12d ago
Seconded. I've tried not to comment on this topic, but my personal take is that this is a tragedy and a farce that so many were failed, and all the qualifications about how little could be done to not fail the victims can't overpower the tragedy-porn aspect of it for me.
If the Soviet Union had sponsored a communist revolution in Mexico
Given how post-Cold War Mexico has turned out, I've honestly wondered if this wouldn't have been one of the worst outcomes for Mexico, if not an actual improvement. And for the anti-immigrationists in the audience, that would have obviously been a great motivator to figure out how to close the border!
To respond more seriously, though, I cannot help but imagine, whenever I see people here complain about the "color revolution" of the Euromaidan, some sort of counterfactual timeline where Russia manages to salami-slice Ukraine into their sphere of influence without as much bloodshed, and the same people whining about "NATO expansionism" now are instead bitching about how the US/West/NATO was so weak and ineffectual as to prevent literal aggressive expansionism from encroaching on Europe.
The left just gave up on gaming and online communities
I don't know if this is the right way to describe it. Certain kinds of leftists sure wanted to make those kinds of communities their own, but they irrevocably cleaved them apart.
Agreed on the rest, though. Musk at least sure made it seem like he was encountering DR talking points for the first time well after everyone else, after he bought Twitter.
HalloweenSnarry
12d ago
Meanwhile, back "home", I can pick up my instrument and join in when I have time and when the fancy strikes me, and when I get tired I can put it back down, confident that the music will still be there when I come back.
Man, imagine if more aspects of life worked this way. Maybe that's just me talking, though.
HalloweenSnarry
13d ago
Perhaps the Indian Wars?
HalloweenSnarry
13d ago
You'd have to wonder how willing Canadian gun owners would really be to defend True North Strong and Free from the Americans.
HalloweenSnarry
13d ago
So...why is it Trudeau's legacy?
Perhaps it's much like how a President tends to own a bad economy, whether they want it or not, and whether or not the trends/conditions actually began before they took office. Trudeau has been in office for quite a while, and it was under his administration that the issue got to the Threshold of Complaint.
HalloweenSnarry
13d ago
HalloweenSnarry
16d ago
Skimming the link, at least it seems like both the dam is there and the minnows aren't extinct.
HalloweenSnarry
16d ago
Quick comment:
The Chevrolet Tahoe is a large vehicle with controls in the form of a dial you twist from R to P to D to N.
Chevy isn't the only brand to do that, IIRC. Jaguar and Land Rover also do that, so does Mercedes, so does Audi.
HalloweenSnarry
17d ago
But so many companies expect employees to magically appear, fully formed and massively overqualified, and would rather hire for months than actually try to help somebody improve.
I'm under the impression that this isn't even confined to tech.
HalloweenSnarry
17d ago
I guess it makes sense, the De Santis vs. Disney episode of the Culture War had the right looking at copyright terms, and that probably made Disney flinch when it came to Steamboat Willy.
HalloweenSnarry
18d ago
More concerning to me is how a former Green Beret can't even rig an improvised explosive device correctly.
"We trained him wrong on purpose...as a joke."
Also recommend The Midnight, in the same vein.
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