Zedstrian

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[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

With the electoral college though, it's especially important to get people from states like Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Georgia to vote for Biden instead of Trump.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

We really need users like that on Lemmy to replicate the positive aspects of the Reddit community that are worth bringing over. Something original to here, hopefully.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago

Legislation like that might happen in places like the EU, but in the US at least, unless lobbying rules are amended, consumers stand next to no chance against the commercial interests of advertisers.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 3 months ago (5 children)

If you're the one paying for internet access, you should also have the right to determine the content that you're paying to have access to. While something like pi hole could be used to metaphorically take down most of the billboards without impacting the ground below it, even everyday users should be informed about the data advertisers are getting from them, whether it is anonymized or not. Hiding an important setting about data sharing near the bottom of a page in settings doesn't help anyone but the advertisers.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 months ago (15 children)

The communist leader in Germany before Hitler took over said that failure of the nazi government would help convince people to vote for communism in the next election; he was subsequently killed in a concentration camp.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 4 months ago

For those worried about blocking certain viewpoints, it's important to note that the sources on the list aren't there for the unpopularity of their opinions, but rather the frequent publication of misinformation. For instance, Fox News, despite its frequent bias, is not one of the publications on the list.

As others have noted, the list can essentially be summarized as state-sponsored, tabloid, and extremist media outlets that, intentionally or not, have editing standards that result in misinformation on a regular basis.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 months ago

For those worried about blocking certain viewpoints, it's important to note that the sources on the list aren't there for the unpopularity of their opinions, but rather the frequent publication of misinformation. For instance, Fox News, despite its frequent bias, is not one of the publications on the list.

As others have noted, the list can essentially be summarized as state-sponsored, tabloid, and extremist media outlets that, intentionally or not, have editing standards that result in misinformation on a regular basis.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 months ago

Didn't realize that; interesting to know, thanks.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In that case the issue is that it's user generated content. Just as you'd cite the references listed after a Wikipedia article for the source of that information rather than Wikipedia itself, Wikipedia policy favors references to established publications over those compiled by users in a manner similar to Wikipedia itself.

For the information to be verifiable, its original source has to be both clear and reputable.

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I get the damage to the thumbs, but what in being a scribe would cause more damage to the jaw or hips than anyone else?

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's $3 a month and called RealDebrid + Stremio

[–] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If a homebrew game is popular enough, such as Micro Mages, you can sometimes find them in romsets. Unfortunately some cartridge-only and less popular ROMs take a while to get uploaded; took me a year to find a specific Genesis ROM that was cartridge-only.

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