CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@corbden Because actual tin was too easy to subvert, you see. In order to ensure there was adequate protections available for people who need to keep signals out, they had to infiltrate the tin foil companies and subtly shift to a far superior material without raising suspicion.

@jimfenton Eeeh... I still plan to move more to cash. I prefer the trackless victory over the symbolic one.

@cR0w Not sure on the reference, but I love how this is clearly a conversation where both are tired of this.

@AAKL @ppb1701 i will be surprised if there is a plan at all. Pleasantly so if it isn't "Fuck you buy a new one at a massive markup"

@malcircuit I propose tbis isn't "being taken seriously" because it's seen as a plus for individuals seeking control.

@janl @seldo AI summaries very much feel (to me) like the difference between quoting and plagarizing/putting words into my mouth.

An automated system that exists entirely to make up things that seem like I would say them? No thank you.

@thomasareed Can't speak to the buisness owner experience, but I have learned I cannot rely on Yelp for things like "where is this buisness" and "when should I plan to call or stop by"

@AAKL @thenewrepublic Strange how people who think this way go out of their way to avoid legal accountability as adults.

@josephcox Literallg the only shield they have against how blatantly illegal this is is the "AI" layer.

@cR0w "some of y'all"? "y'all"?

Aren't you the one who broacasts the GayInt ThreatActor stuff to my feed?

This absolutely includes you.

@raphaelmorgan @leeloo @briankrebs I imagine my stash of outdated 10/100 routers is about to become extremely valuble?

@AAKL @Engadget You know what I find hilarious?

Before embracing AI and fucking with moderator approved bots, Reddit actually had this problem nearly solved with their reputation system and distributed moderation system.

Moderators would manage their communities and utilize bots they specifically chose to handle the large volume of comments. Users would upvote each other as they interacted as humans. Bots would then be nearly contained and restricted on the platform while users managed the spam for free.

@AAKL Okay forget everything else

How do they think that name is okay?!?!

@nazokiyoubinbou @FifiSch @grote

you can just flash again

Look that is comforting to someone who knows they can flash their phone. For someone who is doing it for the first time with exactly one device, that's essentially saying "If you find you do not have what it takes to do this, you can just do the thing you found you could not do to fix the mess you made!"

That is NOT going to be comforting to those who need that comfort.

@nazokiyoubinbou @FifiSch @grote Consider the failure state. If a user fails to set up installing outside programs, they can still use their phone and make calls. If a user fails to install a new OS, they have no phone until they succeed.

@Walker @acsawdey @davidgerard What is BBS?

@ra6bit I may not be great at writing regex, but at least I know what tools I need to do it right! And to test it.

Today on "Google used to work" - Octoper 20, 2025 is not seven hours ago.

ALL STAB!

@erosalie These companies are selling their product as a major inevitable and crucial transformation. If theses things are true, then they can afford to be taxed.

However - I do wish we used some term other than "Data Center", as it would be "Building a data center" for me to renovate a building to run local company websites out of.