Didn’t Google try this a decade ago with Google Glass, but recieved such a negative response over privacy concerns that it abandoned the project.

Am I remembering this wrong? Have people’s views on privacy changed to the point where this is acceptable? Does Meta not have the features that Google did which prompted to backlash?

This would make traveling to Italy so much more convinient.

Out of curiosity, what word do you use to describe the act of run fingers over brail characters to process their meaning?

The bar has been lowered so much that I wouldn’t be surpised to learn that some of them couldn’t even read.

With the existing international cooperation agreements now lapsing, the Geneva-based organization is expected to expel hundreds of scientists on November 30 affiliated with Russian institutions, Nature reports.

signed “Childless Cat Lady.”

If these posts are made in a relatively short time then it could appear as spam. I browsing New is my default and, on a couple of occasions, I have blocked a user simply for being too active and flooding my feed.

As individuals will each have multiple records associated with them, one for each of their previous home addresses, the breach does not expose information about 2.7 billion different people. Furthermore, according to BleepingComputer, some impacted individuals have confirmed that the SSN associated with their info in the data dump is not correct.

What is Flipboard?

Seriously, 4 to 6 words is all it would take.

Flipboard, a social media aggregate app, is making good on a major fediverse promise.

Is that what it is? Did I guess right?

The first two sentences of the article literally answer your question.

I think that there is something wrong with the “not my job” approach. I believe in the saying “The only thing evil needs to thrive is for good people to do nothing.”

Assuming that everyone has shared in your socioeconomic upbringing and therefore has the same access to diverse ideas is flawed.

I am personally inspired by Daryl Davis, a black musician who, through simple conversation, has convinced grown adult Ku Klux Klan members to change their ways and renounce the KKK.

I believe that people should work towards the changes they want to see manifest in the world.

I understand the frustration and seeming futility in trying to change the minds of those with opposing views. It takes constant work and vigilance, but it is important challenge their ideas. Even if you make zero impact on them, you can reach other people. Especially if you have the discussion in a public venue, like an internet firum. Even if you don’t change any minds, if you truly believe in something then you should continue to work towards it.

As for the “they should already know better” argument, I wonder if you are familiar with Daryl Davis, a black musician who would sit with members of the KKK and talk to them about their beliefs. He has well over 20 robes from former klansmen who have given him their robes after he changed their views with those conversations. Turns out that most of them have never had anybody calmly listen to and then dispute the racist claims that they grew up with and have heard repeated their whole lives.

Notice how I am talking about confronting and challenging ideas, not tolerating them.

The only thing evil needs to thrive is for good people to do nothing.

This sounds like you are promoting an “I’m right, your wrong, and I have no responsibility to correct or educate.” mentality. I’m not sure if trusting the people with opposing views to change on their own is the best approach. I think only deepens divides and entrenches opposition.

People with opposing ideas do exist in a vacuum and will have no problem putting the time in to recruiting others to their way of thinking and promoting similar thinkers to positions of power and influence. Ostracizing those you disagree can just as easily put you in a bubble of isolation, or an echo chamber, as them.

Not to mention that discussing opposing ideas improves understanding both by defending your views and by better understanding the why and origins of their ideas.

universal mask and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the city

So municipal mask and super flu vaccines are still okay?

Think of it like this

• HTTPS hides what you are saying.
• VPN hides who you are saying it to.

I just don’t get it. That money has already been spent or guaranteed for the current leases. It’s a sunk cost either way. If they end up not needing it that office space then, once those leases are up, that become a cost saving and improve the bottom line of corporate profits right?

Only thing I can think of is that a a considerable percentage of upper management are getting kick backs by property owners who can see what WFH policies mean to their business model, or there are a lot of managers that don’t know how to evaluate employee performance based on their deliverables.

“These are my seasonal summer, autumn, winter, and spring plants. I promise to remove them within a reasonable time, once those seasons are over.”