sheesh. good riddance

Yes

“In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity.

Stupid people, Carlo M. Cipolla explained, share several identifying traits: they are abundant, they are irrational, and they cause problems for others without apparent benefit to themselves, thereby lowering society’s total well-being. There are no defenses against stupidity, argued the Italian-born professor, who died in 2000. The only way a society can avoid being crushed by the burden of its idiots is if the non-stupid work even harder to offset the losses of their stupid brethren.”

https://qz.com/967554/the-five-universal-laws-of-human-stupidity

“My pretties”

Waller, isch schwör!

damn, that looks fun!

Motion seconded. This post has been reported to the Venerable Council of Rock.

The Spazzening

wait. they have something in their Terms of Service that prevents you from deleting stuff you posted? That sounds illegal.

Oh, wow. Du hast Recht. Dachte immer, das war eine Gans. Aber nee, da lag ich wohl gans falsch … EDIT: Ich bin aber natürlich auch kein Schnabelexperte

it be a slippery slope

“des … [Gans holt tief Luft] … ERDINGA WEISSBIEEAAA!!”

Dangeschö – die Dreggsau

DroidCam ftw

this talk is basically a short version of Cory’s new book. To get a gist of it, check out reviews like: https://apnews.com/article/internet-con-doctorow-book-review-9a5645c075fa495f701481d50f3917c8

let’s see what the Digital Markets Act will accomplish. it’s a slow process for sure …

“self regulating bodies”

Alt Link: https://media.defcon.org/DEF CON 31/DEF CON 31 video and slides/DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow.mp4

you know what, I didn’t even notice (just copied from video). Title edited.

This will have consequences! tries to stand, winces, gives up

I do not consent to this photo of me! Take it down immediately!!!1

Ein ziemlich bekannter Augenklappenträger: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosche_Dajan

“Moschus Dayan”

enshittification all the way down

Pikachuception

Seems like the common vibe in “gaming” articles lately. Low hanging fruit Clickbait slathered in ads and autoplaying videos.

Reguläre Ausdrucke sind die ZIEGE

Please don’t gatekeep how people speak, thanks.

Now I want a marvel/Medici crossover!

Kaufen, kaufen, kaufen!

Wefwef

Open source, so anyone can look through the code, or self host it even.

Photopea is surprisingly capable

Hey, den kenn ich, das ist der Sohn von Alfred E. Neuman

wirt schon wieder

Well said. 13 years on my belt here as well. Deleted all posts and comments and never looked back.

I mentioned this in other threads as well, but only after quitting did I notice how the Reddit of today has actually not much in common with the site I joined many moons ago.

In the beginning it used to be a mostly text-based clunky forum type deal. And that’s how I kept thinking of it throughout the years. While in reality, more and more of the most upvoted content recently has been the same braindead short video stuff as on other social media sites. Short attention span moving images; little to no actual substance. The Dopamine Slot Machine Doom Scroller ™ patented and honed to perfection by our Silicon Valley Overlords.

It was only after quitting the Snoo cold turkey that I realized how much this kind of content was numbing my brain, how I waded through the stupid daily in search of in-depth forum-type threads, only to find less and less of it.

So yeah, all of this has been a net positive for me for sure.

Feels a bit like the proverbial frog being slowly boiled to death in shitty content without ever noticing, because the enshittification was so gradual.

So I guess, thanks /u/spez?

EDIT: fatfingers

Sechs, setzen.

Me and my popcorn are ready.

Lol, literally multitasking with 5 different clients/apps right now

Du WüRdEsT kEiN eSsEn HeRuNtErLaDeN!