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I don't know about this. How much energy is really spent processing this kind of consumer data? how much of that comes from dirty energy sources?

The sad thing is, given physical isolation these days, we'll all be executed alone.

YouTube has a network effect monopoly as well. Who would use a competing service?

really depends on the context. if i'm showing off my cosplay, no. If I'm receiving an award and posing for the camera -- yeah my looks aren't relevant.

I do find the steam deck is kind of buggy, at least for my use cases (usually docked, mostly used for emulation, and so on). But I'm thrilled that it exists, so I'm trying to support it as much as possible.

The most effective thing to do as consumers is to encourage other people not to use google products. The best way to do that is to foment outrage at Google.

Does anyone have a (link to a) good summary of the ruling and rationale?

I find the idea that "Google is the only real choice" kind of odd. There are other perfectly functional and user-friendly search engines. It's not like other monopolies, say, Youtube, where there's no realistic alternative. (I'm not denying that search is a monopoly too.)

You're welcome. I am disappointed by all the downvotes floating around. I feel like your question was sincere and my answer is the cleanest cut through the flak of all of these. A reminder to everyone: downvotes are not for disagreements.

The remarks she makes have actual political sway, especially in the UK. She often talks of how "young women" will be permanently deformed by HRT and how we must stop this threat to womanhood. Well, they recently banned puberty blockers there, and I am sure that her influence had a real effect here. Politicians don't just listen to other politicians.

Something else that I could mention is that despite being only like 50% extreme in what she is saying, she has written a book featuring a transvestite serial killer. On it's own, that wouldn't be so bad -- I mean, in fiction anyone is allowed to be a villain, not just cis straight white men -- but when combined with everything she's been doing with her anti-transgender activism, it's kind of telling that she has some actual hatred, it's not just polite logical arguments. It really makes you wonder what she isn't saying.

Wesnoth's soundtrack is such a classic

The main problem, as I see it, is not that her literal statements if made policy would be the most extreme in today's overton window. The problem is that she's made herself the face of transphobia by putting herself in the center of it. She's taken her preexisting fame and used it to push her (admittedly not extreme) transphobia. When people say "name a transphobe," they think of her -- and this was her clear intention.

Because she has fame and power, she probably does the most direct damage to trans people overall. More than Jordan Peterson, etc.

Aro/ace are valid and are LGBTIA+. What I mean is, "ally" implies straight, and I'm not.

Gender is a spectrum, and I consider myself cis, even if there are others more cis than me. Most of my troubles with gender come from me feeling society is at fault for treating me differently because of my sex. I think most educated women express such opinions, and that doesn't make us enbies.

why do people in general need to know this at a glance? Can they not tell by the content of my posts that I support trans people? I thought this rule was to help mods make quick judgments.