skulblaka

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[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago

Unfortunately that's more likely a strike against them than in their favor

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 8 points 7 months ago

You are being blackmailed. This is no different than having the boys show up at your front door demanding protection money. Pay us and nobody (read: us) will break your legs. Pay us and nobody will steal your data.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 22 points 7 months ago

Yeah they won't speed up shit, that requires investment in infrastructure. They'll just slow down all existing lanes by 40%, blame it on something unrelated, and then charge you 2.5x as much as you used to pay to get your original speeds back.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago

I'll believe a corporation is a person when I see Texas fuckin' execute one.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

.... I don't, actually, I've been using ClassicShell basically since the day Win10 came out and it's always worked perfectly. Don't think I've even updated it actually.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

(Not OP) Point taken, but in that case the solution should also be obvious. Just use a different one that does provide that. If the product sucks, hit the bricks. DDG and Kagi are looking for market share, they'd love to have you.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I mean, ha ha funny joke, but realistically, yes. Someone with no money and no friends or family with money is a waste to advertise to. You fly under the radar by virtue of being a statistically bad investment. You'll still get hit with all the same shotgun-style advertisement that the rest of us do, but you're unlikely to find yourself being a priority for targeted advertisement. It's a little bit of a silver lining to an unhappy situation.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You're not allowed to keep Jackie hopped on stims in the Delamain until you reach Vic but two hours earlier you had a cutscene moment where you stim a hostage to wake her back up from basically death.

It's fucking bullshit

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I would much rather wear a silly hat than have open skull brain surgery to implant a device that will stop receiving security updates in 5 years.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website -3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've been able to stick an electrode to the outside of your head and pull electrical activity data from your brain without invasive open-skull surgery for a couple decades now. Neuralink hasn't actually accomplished anything new except making this same thing way, way more expensive and way, way more likely to end in death of the patient.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 4 points 8 months ago

Didn't know Santa Claus was a politician

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 2 points 8 months ago

The data is never getting deleted in the first place, "delete" just needs to set a flag for non-visibility. The language used in their disclaimer leads me to believe exactly that is what is happening.

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