If they’re using bluetooth and wifi, we better find and remove those components too. Ain’t no way they won’t have the OS forcibly connect to the nearest open network or start bluetooth to deliver what they want when you ain’t using it, regardless of whether or not you have connected to internet or not.

Okay, but this isn’t all that surprising, to me at least, considering there are really only a couple other actually viable¹ options ( linux things like ubuntu touch not included since only a single phone brand uses it as an option ).

¹ viable as in has major corporate support and isn’t something you usually are the one installing by hand

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Nothing against projects like ubuntu touch, but I kinda meant viable as in easy enough that if you replaced an older person android for it, they wouldn’t struggle any more than they currently do. Also, that other companies see as viable and worthy enough for them to spend the resources on trying to support, hardware wise.

Can confirm that my ISP has blocked their website, Autistici’s that is.

As someone who hates the cold, gonna have to disagree on it being a bad season. As much as I hate the bees/wasps/mosquitoes, I hate the Devil’s Dandruff ( snow ) and the ice that follows with it more.

I can handle the higher heat, but struggle a lot more with the cold.

That is also another reason why I don’t trust those things. Majority of them are from companies you’ve never heard of and therefore cannot fully verify if they don’t, unless you know what to look for. At least with known brands you know you are being screwed over and people have probably found a way to try and mitigate it, or are at least trying to find a way to do it.

I have yet to have many issues with it, so far. So many people say you don’t need an antivirus on linux, but I am of the belief that you should have it regardless. Better safe to have a scanner just in case, especially if you download anything off the internet. Doesn’t matter if it’s from a supposedly safe source, it’s better IMO to just scan it just in case.

The AI itself is spyware itself, IMO. So my answer is a huge yes.

Halfway between 2-3 is absolutely peak, if you ask me.

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And they will wonder why nobody will treat them like an adult when they are physically old enough. At least that’s how it should be, IMO. My vote is to emasculate their toxic masculinity and treat them like the little boys they are.

If nothing else, they either be treated like little kids the rest of their life or maybe learn about a questionable kink they never knew they had if they don’t shape up.

I will concede on the algorithm. Can’t get too mad at advanced maths, but I can get mad at the lazy people using it for nefarious purposes or just because they’re lazy.

Compilers ain’t a problem for me. Compilers aren’t enabling people to claim writing they never wrote as their own so they can sell “books”. Compliers aren’t generating false information on purpose in order to trick me because it was built to be a gaslighting yes man¹. Compilers aren’t deleting anything from certain files to whole directories¹ off my system unless I tell them to.

I don’t have to worry about a compiler trying to steal all my data¹ in order to please braindead C-suites trying to replace all humans with clankers. So I have zero issues with a good genAI free compiler.

¹ unless they have been compromised/my system has been infected

For me, I would personally make the adjustment:

chatgpt —> NOTHING

I’d rather go my whole life with people ridiculing me for not using genAI then hand over my status as a person to any form of genAI.

Not just that, but also think of all the unforeseen zero days and other types of vulnerabilities people are gonna be dealing with until a real coder comes in to fix the mess left behind.