Unprivileged users are stuck with cancer. Life ain't fair.

I would definitely say something very similar if the guberment went after ma 'tendos.

Bro just stop already. You like guns, it's a neat little hobby, and you're getting angry because people want to end it. I get that. My hobby is retro video games/consoles, and if it turned out that they were a threat to society and people wanted to take them away, I probably wouldn't do the sane/rational/adult thing and accept it. I'd fight to defend my god given right to own a Wii, and I'd get into angry bad faith arguments on the internet in a desperate attempt to protect my cherished pastime.

…but I'd be wrong, I'd be an asshole, and I probably wouldn't realize it. I like to think that I'd have the self-awareness to not fall into that trap, since I generally consider myself to be self-aware, but also I really love this hobby and it's a big part of my life, so it could go either way.

what kind of person is supposed to be targeted by this? What kind of person actually commits gun violence?

Easy answer to both questions: gun owners

Dexter Morgan is a better hero than Batman ever was

A gun owner with a lot of opinions about Mexico. That about tracks.

I've seen this term thrown around on Lemmy in different contexts, so I looked it up and the wikipedia page gives a very specific definition of that term relating to a type of economic situation. I don't think that particular definition applies in this case, or does it?

but how do you rule out the possibility that Thomas paid for the flight?

Good point, and I don't have an answer. However, I think it'd be interesting to see how often he travels in a private jet. Maybe he's a high roller who jets all the time? Or maybe he decided to treat himself this one time?

An optimistic interpretation is that they feel like they can't stop data collection without being hurt in the marketplace by competitors who will make more money by continuing to collect data, so they want governmentregulations to level the playing field.

That's being really charitable though…

Computer literacy needs to be a subject treated like math and science in school. It shouldn't just be one class that older students take one year, but a class that is taken every year and escalates to more advanced topics as they get older.

And if there's no space in the schedule, then cut back on the science classes. Who even remembers anything they learned in middle school science? Learning about sedimentary rocks and cumulonimbus clouds never helped me, personally.

DDG isn't the only alternative to Google. I use Kagi and love it. The results IME are definitely better than Google's.

I think if you were to ask "most people" about which search engine they prefer, they wouldn't really understand the question. I remember in highschool a teacher asked someone what operating system they have at home, and she replied "I think it's Microsoft Office".

Tech people tend to severely overestimate non-tech peoples' understanding of tech.

In the future, Google will create a chatbot doppelganger of you and use it to recommend products to your friends and family.

It's the least greasy browser that actually works with the modern web.

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Nope. I have some that I used as a kid, and sometimes I reuse them when I can't think of a new one for some throwaway service.

The idea of having an alternate online persona doesn't appeal to me at all, nor does the idea of being well known or recognized in general. I don't go out of my way to remain untraceable or anything cool like that, but switching up usernames every once in a while is easy to do.

Brother that is a wild fucking story. Write that shit down and turn it into a Netflix true crime mini-series.

I wonder, if you rip your dick off at a bowling alley in front of teenagers, does that count as a sex offense?

I don't think that's what the person you're replying to meant, but to answer your question, yes you can via Wine (or Proton, I guess)

It may sound glib

I prefer KDE, but to each their own.