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Does the average person have no critical thinking? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 minutes ago

Looking at the 2024 election results. I guess not. ๐Ÿ˜ž

But 1/3 of eligible voters didn't even vote, so is that really about critical thinking? Or is it just laziness?

How much longer until we're just the States of America? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 29 minutes ago

United Provinces of Canada?

Does the average person have no critical thinking? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I mean, honestly, I'm questioning if anything my parents told me is even real, or is it just exaggerated to make themselves seem like great parents in order to diminish my view on their toxicity.

It's hard to distinguish between what's a genuine doubt from a conspiracy theory.

That's the thing with people.

Some have zero skepticism, and believe everything they see.

Others are overly skeptical and distrusts everything, including science.

It's hard to find the right balance.

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Does the average person have no critical thinking? (sh.itjust.works)
 

I don't know about y'all, but if I grew up in a country that never has the news criticizing its leaders, I'd be very skepical and deduce that there is censorshop going on and the offical news could be exaggerated or entirely falsified. Do people in authoritarian countries actually just eat the propaganda? To what extent do they believe the propaganda?

Would you rather live the life of an average person in the current era, or live as an absolute monarch 500 years ago? Why? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Sire, how does this "Smartphone" fuction? The Royal Scientists are unable to replicate this technology.

Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Laptop manufacturers are also looking to move away from windows to a linux bases operating system.

Redstar OS it is ๐Ÿ˜‰

I'm new to lemmy. Any tips or advice? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 hours ago

Stab them with the pointy tip.

If you could change three small historical events by going back in time, what would they be and why? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What is "small"?

Does placing a banana peel on a certain path that will cause a historical person to trip and injure themselves count as "small"?

What if I carefully place a banana peel on the path that Stannislav Petrov walks on and he end up having to go to the hospital on September 26, 1983?

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Okay so:

  1. On the eve of May 7, 2012 (putin takes office as president): Place a small piece of paper inside Putin's food saying "Next time it'd be poison" (in Russian, of course). So he'd start speculating if someone is plotting against him and drive him mad. Maybe cause him to shuffle all his security and chefs.

  2. Then after he makes changes to his security, on his birthday, place a dead rat inside his birthday cake (he does have birthday cakes, right?).

Might not change history at all, but good enough to fuck with a dictator.

  1. Add a few bits of code to the Great Firewall of China that would make it malfuction and start letting all traffic through on February 4, 2022, right before the Winter Olympics begin.

Butterfly Effect ๐Ÿ˜‰

US House Republicans vote against blocking ICE from deporting US citizens in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

At this rate, they'd accuse Schwarzenegger of being a "RINO Democrat WOKE Feminist" and deport him.

Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm worried about Chinese mobile OSes intentionally designed to make it difficult for VPN apps to work, and companies would just give up trying to design a separate app for the Chinese market, which reinforces a tighter grip on censorship.

Not to mention, all the other FOSS tools that would no longer work if they make android .apks incompatible, including a lot of encryption apps.

Am I expecting too much from my friends, or is this just a natural drift? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I'm Gen Z and I'm curious what is this "friendship" you speak of?

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I mean, how are you suppose to talk to people when your peers are all looking in their phone all the time throughout k-12 school.

Especially if your parents didn't also get you a phone, and now you look like some "poor weirdo"

The only time people would talk to you is "Hey look at this funny meme/gif/short-video/online-post/etc..."

The only topics of discussions, other than school subjects, is discussing the topics discussed on their group chats. If you didn't get in their group chat, welp, I guess you wont have friends.

Yay, Gen Z! ๐Ÿ™ƒ

Disney wolves in c/[email protected]
I cheated. Wife forgave me. How to reearn trust? in c/[email protected]
[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 14 hours ago

Mariage Conseling. Internet strangers aint paid for this shit lol.

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"If its on the internet, it's out there forever" is simultaneously true and false... (sh.itjust.works)
 

If the government is willing to spend the effort to investigate, they'll find that deleted comment you posted 10 years ago criticizing the government.

But if you want to find your lost files after your cloud account gets suspended for vague "ToS Violations", I hope you have a backup, because good luck trying to get the cloud provider to send you a copy of your files.

It might be out there, but not for you.

Unless you convince a government to try and get it for you. ๐Ÿค”

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How exactly are people supposed to "be honest" with their therapist, when they type their notes into a computer system? (sh.itjust.works)
 

Especially considering the fact that your country's politics could change in the future.

Going on an honest rant against the regime seems very dangerous.

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How are people supposed to have secure/private communications in the digital era? (With Therapists/Psychaistrists, Lawyers, etc) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
18 comments fedilink
 

You can have a face-to-face conversation with a friend, but how do you do that if you want to talk to a therapist? No therapist is gonna make an exemption and leave their phone in another room, not to mention, they literally write their notes into the computer system, instead of on paper.

And with lawyers? I just read about how Luigi Mangione's conversation with his lawyer is being unlawfully recorded. How do you even have a conversation with your lawyer if you are in custody and they could just hide recoding devices all around the jail?

Sure, maybe they can't use the evidence in court, but they could just leak an out-of-context audio clip to the press to win the "court of public opinion".

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Would you rather live the life of an average person in the current era, or live as an absolute monarch 500 years ago? Why? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
68 comments fedilink
 

This question is common throughout the internet, but I'd like to see Lemmy's response.

The country you end up in would be random, you don't get to pick.

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What are some of the impacts of a power outage that isn't that obvious / isn't talked about a lot? And What happens to restaurant bills? Do Buses still work? (since card payments wouldn't work) (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Obviously this is about the power outage in Spain.

While normally, if a card declines, people would probably have to leave their IDs with the restaurant while they went to get a withdrawl from their bank; this is a power outage, withdrawls wouldn't work. It would be silly to arrest people because of a power outage. So I'm assuming people just have to give the restaurant owner/management their identity info with a promise to pay?

And power outages shouldn't affect buses, since they run on gasoline/diesel, but the payment system processing transit passes might not work. Do buses still get run during a power outage and they just let people on for free, or do they just shut down the bus lines?

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Spy on your family member's movements for just 10 Dollars a month! Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back! (lemmy.ml)
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/37022405

This is a carrier in the USA (T-Mobile).

I did a quick search for the other 2 carriers using the term "[Carrier Name] Family Tracking" and Verizon and AT&T also seems to have it.

And according to https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-mobile-familywhere-app, it says:

FamilyWhere uses geolocation data from the T-Mobile network and is not affected by changes to device location settings.

So it appears that its using cell tower triangulation. Turning on Airplane Mode should stop it (assuming there isn't a separate tracking app on your phone)

Oh Wow, What a wonderful tool for abusive spouses and abusive parents. And telecom companies are making money off of it. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

TLDR: Its a good idea to get your own separate cellular plan.

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Spy on your family member's movements for just 10 Dollars a month! Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back! (sh.itjust.works)
 

This is a carrier in the USA (T-Mobile).

I did a quick search for the other 2 carriers using the term "[Carrier Name] Family Tracking" and Verizon and AT&T also seems to have it.

And according to https://www.t-mobile.com/support/plans-features/t-mobile-familywhere-app, it says:

FamilyWhere uses geolocation data from the T-Mobile network and is not affected by changes to device location settings.

So it appears that its using cell tower triangulation. Turning on Airplane Mode should stop it (assuming there isn't a separate tracking app on your phone)

Oh Wow, What a wonderful tool for abusive spouses and abusive parents. And telecom companies are making money off of it. ๐Ÿ™ƒ

TLDR: Its a good idea to get your own separate cellular plan.

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