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  • Desert Solarpunk is Real

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  • Haven't read the books, but isn't Paul/Leto II taking the golden path ironically an implied long-term hope for humanity? >!Since it's understood humanity will die out otherwise.!<

  • Senate passes bill forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell or face ban, sends to Biden for signature. Biden expected to sign on Wed.

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  • Are US kids’ already dwindling attention spans going to be saved from exposure to the TikTok algorithm? Yes.

    You're pinning the blame on tiktok when this also applies to YouTube (shorts and not), Instagram (Reels), Twitter. If we wanted an actual solution here we would implement actual children screen time laws, ironically similar to the under 18 gaming laws that have been implemented in China.

    Tiktok is the only platform I've seen legitimate progressive movement on various issues and discussions centering on what that means and takes, in a way that actually fosters a great democratic progressive movement in the US.

    From all I've read on this issue, not a single person has provided me with any insight into what or who this benefits that does not also apply to every other social media other than an entirely fabricated myth that they're controlling the algorithms to spread anti US sentiment. Anti-US sentiment definitely exists, but it exists as a discussion around what the US is currently doing. I.e. funding Israel, and as a counterargument to that I am also fed state department interviews on my FYP.

  • How bad is it if I slack off on accessories?

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  • Personally I've worked out for years doing primarily the big 4, and have gotten good results. Occasionally id do assistance work but not usually. The only thing that's noticeable are my arms and back are a little lacking in definition imo, but not severely. Id say you should be fine, especially if you plan to pick it up more accessory work later on.

    I also lift on the heavier side of my %ORM for strength though.

  • U.S. likely to enact a law soon that could ban TikTok nationwide, President Joe Biden vowed to sign it into law

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  • Platforms such as TikTok operate on "pushing" content the algorithm wants instead of users "pulling" content they want to see

    This is just outright wrong, like hilariously wrong and if you used the platform for more than 10 minutes you'd see that. Tiktok is the ONLY social media that feeds me content I want to see as accurately and often as I want. It will even adjust the videos I see within the same 30 minute session to feed me more of what I'm favoring within that 30 minute session.

    There is not any other single social media that does this.

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  • There is a severe misunderstanding of what this is going on in this thread. 4 years ago when regulations were introduced on shipping pollution it vastly reduced the amount of cloud trail produced off the pollution. Covid also played a role here as there were far less active ships.

    That pollution mixing with the clouds is theorized to have actually been helping stave off ocean warming because of the increased cloud coverages around shipping lanes reflecting more sunlight.

    Source: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/china/shipping-pollution-global-warming-climate-intl/index.html

    Now there have been tests in the past 4 years to recreate the cloud coverages with sea salt in order to bring the rate of temperature increase back down to the previous levels.

    Does this solve climate change no of course not. But it does fix an accidental fuckup we made that came from an ultimately good decision in standardizing emissions in 2020. And we need to do anything possible to bring the RATE OF CHANGE down.

  • Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works

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  • In the same vein Bloomberg just did a great study on ChatGPT 3.5 ranking resumes and it had an extremely noticeable bias of ranking black names lower than the average and Asian/white names far higher despite similar qualifications.

    Archive source: https://archive.is/MrZIm

  • Lyft and Uber say they will leave Minneapolis after city council forces them to pay drivers more

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  • They threatened the same with Seattle and surprise surprise they're still here. They did pass the entire fee onto the consumer though, which sucks ass but at least gig workers are being paid.

  • Recovery sleep aids.

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  • Not sure if you already take creatine but it helps my recovery out quite a bit. It won't help much in terms of sleep though, might try magnesium for that.

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  • From the Brave PR account:

    Also I believe it was legally required by the EU. List is randomized.

  • US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users

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  • The can very easily apply to every single social media.

  • More people from China seeking asylum at US border

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  • Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

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  • This is referring to the team working on the self driving functionality.

  • California Bill Would Require Landlords to Accept Pets

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  • Definitely a YMMV situation, with corporate landlords when I've called them out for breaking the law they usually backpedal. Mom and pop landlords in my experience always attempt to skirt around laws and just out right down respect them.

    The golden experience to me has always been small businesses landlords who aren't quite corporate yet, might own a building or two, but generally small in the grand scheme of things. They ofc eventually sell out to the corporate ownership anyways.

  • Israel vows to 'finish the job' in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah

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  • The "hospital bombing" Was a Hamas rocket

    This was independently verified as an IDF rocket from multiple sources. Also what about the other 7 hospitals bombed?

    Yeah a military will kill their enemies when there's a war.

    Snipers are executing children with bullets to the head. Men are released blindfolded to run and be executed via bullet. This is not what many would be considered, "normal war killing"

    There is humanitarian aid going in. There is a border between Egypt and Gaza, it's mostly just Egypt is being weird causing problems.

    Not only is the IDF stopping aid into Gaza as are Israel citizens.

    A lot of the humanitarian problems are because there are so many people in Rafah, a place that doesn't have the infrastructure to handle that many people

    Interesting that Israel specifically chose this as a place to evacuate civilians to, and despite that still decided to do both a bombing and ground invasion.

    what's left of their homes to the north

    There is nothing left. The IDFs entire plan was the destruction of civilian infrastructure and we're already seeing Israeli settlers moving into these western locations.

  • Pro-Palestinian protesters block traffic on Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

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  • Honestly people hate to hear it, but voting for or against Biden won't change anything in the US.

    What can change things is a greater involvement in local politics, changing our local community and continuing upward to the state level. Then we can talk about abolishing the two party system, introducing term limits, and abolishing lobbying. These are the true plagues of American democracy imo and we'll be stuck in this cyclical cycle of Biden vs Trump for far longer than the two will be alive for in the form of different names.

  • TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out

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  • Tiktok is getting worse… for users. Not for “itself”.

    The article also makes some very large assumptions about longer length tiktoks being inherently worse for its audience.

    I for one would love longer length tiktoks, and as for those who don't the algorithm is extremely efficient and will filter out that style of content for those who don't.

    This is similar to the shop discussion, tiktoks gives full control over filtering this out via the #shop hashtag and disabling the shop tab.

    The article really creates artificial problems with the app to justify its own existence when really these aren't major issues that would lead to the downfall of a company or reduction in users.

    Personally I'll be the first to stop using a platform when they spam me with ads (Instagram). But tiktok is generally very manageable, much more than most other forms of social media.

  • US begins strikes on militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack, officials tell AP

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  • No Iraq officials condemned the attacks and accused the US of violating the countries sovereignty.

    "These strikes constitute a violation of Iraqi sovereignty, an undermining of the efforts of the Iraqi government, and a threat that will drag Iraq and the region into undesirable consequences, the consequences of which will be dire for security and stability in Iraq and the region,” Yahya Rasool Iraqi commander in chief

  • Universal Music Group Severs Ties With TikTok, Alleges “Indifference” and “Intimidation” in Open Letter

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  • China has their own version called Douyin which is really just a clone managed in China instead.

  • Tencent CEO feels its game business "achieved nothing" during 2023

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  • I understand the sentiment against the kernel based anti cheat, but as someone who's played a lot of Counterstrike the top level, cheating essentially ruins the native game and forces you to use 3rd party matchmaking systems (Pre verified era)

    I appreciate Riot for implementing Vanguard into Valorant, I don't play a lot but it seems in a far better position because of the ability to control native matchmaking.

    I'm also hoping the introduction to league leads to Smurf reduction which is primarily the biggest problem with their native matchmaking system.