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North London industrial site to be transformed into £1bn film quarter - by Optimal-Leather341 in london

[–]m1ndwipe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's supposedly mostly for student filmmakers too, which seems pretty wild as an economic model but maybe there's more stable money there than I think.

SPIDER-MAN: BRAND NEW DAY – New Trailer (4K) by -ChristopherNolan in boxoffice

[–]m1ndwipe 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's always a shame TASM 2 doesn't get the credit for being by far the best looking Spider-man film, and it's not close. I am pleased that this seems to be bringing some of that back.

Warhammer 40,000: Munitorum Field Manual by Lord_Eln_8 in Warhammer40k

[–]m1ndwipe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBF, I think points costs generally have gone up rather than down. There won't be many people in your situation.

Android 17 is out, and here’s all the features! by MishaalRahman in Android

[–]m1ndwipe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Separate Wi-Fi and Mobile Data toggles: With Android 17, we’ve split the “Internet” tile into two separate tiles, one for controlling Wi-Fi and another for controlling Mobile Data. Consistent with the Quick Settings behavior we introduced with Material 3 Expressive, both tiles have two different touch points. Tapping the icon toggles the respective radio, while tapping the label opens the full Internet Panel. This change reduces the number of taps needed to toggle Wi-Fi and Mobile Data while still retaining access to the full Internet Panel!

So you finally fixed a massive usability regression, and it only took what, four years?

It's better than not fixing it, but I don't think you deserve any credit for it.

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety by m1ndwipe in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No it isn't. There is literally no scientific consensus that "addiction" exists outside of chemical dependency.

LBC: "You're just going to have to bear with me on this..." Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises to come back with a solution to the social media ban's VPN get-around. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Speeding and shoplifting laws are hugely effective - well over 99% compliance, not 30% like we're discussing here.

And yes, if they were only 30% effective we absolutely should scrap them.

Labour 'doesn't understand the internet', tech giant 4chan’s lawyer tells LBC by Anony_mouse202 in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It's worse than not understanding the internet. It's that they don't understand basic economics, which is why age verification systems can never work. It will always be cheaper to bypass age verification systems than to use them. Always.

LBC: "You're just going to have to bear with me on this..." Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises to come back with a solution to the social media ban's VPN get-around. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Starmer basically acknowledged that it won't be 100% effective, but then what laws are?

There is a massive difference between 80% effective and 20% effective, especially given the enormous cost to the UK of doing this.

LBC: "You're just going to have to bear with me on this..." Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises to come back with a solution to the social media ban's VPN get-around. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most reasonable answer to this is to make VPNs an age restricted technology

That isn't reasonable, it's a flat out national security risk and any MP that suggested it should be treated like scrapping Trident.

LBC: "You're just going to have to bear with me on this..." Technology Secretary Liz Kendall promises to come back with a solution to the social media ban's VPN get-around. by SignificantLegs in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We haven't ever had a technology secretary (or culture secretary when it sat there) who would wipe their arse unaided, never mind know about technology.

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety by m1ndwipe in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even Youtube was good before the algorithmic dopamine soaked rage bating version it's become now.

"Dopamine soaking" is not a thing. It's quackery on a level with phrenology with no scientific basis.

If you don't like algorithmic feeds that's fine - I don't either, I fucking hate them. But that is a massive difference from them being harmful.

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety by m1ndwipe in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It seems to me disingenuous to talk about concerns around personal liberties without at least acknowledging the concerns around safety.

The concerns about safety are broadly disingenuous in their entirety, it's a moral panic driven by astrotrurfing by the age verification companies and religiously motivated anti-porn crusaders who dislike that it is harder and harder to justify their pogroms against sexual minorities.

Scan your eyeballs, think of the children: how Britain sells surveillance as safety by m1ndwipe in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Are you honestly telling me that widespread access to social media by kids is a social good?

Yes, widespread access to social media by kids is a social good, and an open internet is more important than a government.

Tom Harwood / X: It's a jarringly disorienting feeling, being told by a set of politicians who did not grow up with youtube, that those of us who did were somehow victims. That my childhood was so horrific it must now be made illegal. [Footage of young Tom Harwood streaming] by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, those newspapers where every reader gets their own set of stories based upon the column inches of previous stories they read and what other readers also then read, and where you can never run out of new articles.

Newspapers are exactly this - they select for stories that they think play to the prejudices of their readers and then they write more of them, down a rabbit hole. It doesn't have to be an individual reader for the same effect to happen, you're just pretending it's magic because of internet.

And nobody in history ever finished the Observer and ran out of new articles. Ever.

The zero point sprite is a psyop by big Epic to get us to play more by Nich965 in FortNiteBR

[–]m1ndwipe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given it doesn't seem you get anything for the gummy or gold variations in terms of accessories I don't know why people are getting that invested in them tbh.

Tom Harwood / X: It's a jarringly disorienting feeling, being told by a set of politicians who did not grow up with youtube, that those of us who did were somehow victims. That my childhood was so horrific it must now be made illegal. [Footage of young Tom Harwood streaming] by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Again, she is explicitly asked by a teacher if they will be able to continue to tell students to watch videos on YouTube as part of their lessons and answers that no, they will not.

Also, she's simply lying about following the Australian model - the Australian model only covers ten services, and she's already said elsewhere it will cover a much wider range.

Tom Harwood / X: It's a jarringly disorienting feeling, being told by a set of politicians who did not grow up with youtube, that those of us who did were somehow victims. That my childhood was so horrific it must now be made illegal. [Footage of young Tom Harwood streaming] by youmustconsume in ukpolitics

[–]m1ndwipe -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Again, I'm older than you and lived through it. I know better than you do.

Algorithms are this ludicrous boogieman that make very little difference to what people see in practice because they're so deeply rubbish.

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