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Comment This is a crocodile warning you about alligators (Score 1) 84

"Apple has urged Australia not to follow the European Union in mandating iPhone app sideloading, warning that such policies pose serious privacy and security risks."

Of course, we're supposed to forget how Apple has whored itself to totalitarian governments, selling users out in return for child labour and market access.

Comment Re:When the American Reich falls (Score 1) 52

It takes a special kind of stupid not to understand the obvious about the United States. It is an end stage corporate kleptocracy staggering toward Third World status. It's like a caterpillar that ran into the wrong kind of wasp. The eggs the wasp laid in it hatched. The larvae have eaten the caterpillar alive, and they're now chowing down on the vital organs before they move out of the empty shell.

Comment A store for how we USED to shop (Score 1) 46

This store reflects a retail model that is simply dead now. You don't go in to a surplus store looking for something specific, as you likely won't find it. You go in with general ideas and you see what you find along the way.

Unfortunately very nearly nobody shops like that any more. We have a chain of surplus stores where I live, and the last several times I've gone in I've walked back out empty handed as they didn't have anything I wanted. They had plenty of things that other people want, but nothing I was looking for at the moment. 500 feet of rope in 12 different diameters? Yep they have it but I'm not looking for it. Cartoon character umbrellas? Yep they have it but I'm not looking for it. Firewire cables? Yep them have them but I'm not looking for them. Strange animated movies I've never heard of? Yep lots of those too. The list goes on and on but if they don't have anything I'm looking for then they won't get any money from me.

Comment Re:So, Ukraine expects Russia will now accept defe (Score 1) 245

So fighting back against genocidal Russians by striking 100% military targets makes you a "terrorist"? I think you have a problem with definitions.

And one question: When the Russians attempt their next bombing campaign against civilians in Ukraine, how many planes can they now afford to lose? Apparently, in addition to wiping out about a third of Russia's bombers, Ukraine is now equipped with better air defenses, which with any luck will further reduce the number of Russian planes and military personnel.

Comment Re:And the enshittification continues (Score 1) 183

Uh itâ(TM)s just the last 5 speed manual. 6 speed manual cars are still available in usa.

The list of 6 speed manual cars sold in the USA is very, very short. If you drop the ones sold by Porsche you cut that list in half. If you then drop the ones from VW (yes I know Porsche is a part of the VW corporate empire but we'll acknowledge them separately here) after that you end up with about 3 vehicles, and you find that even those only offer manual transmissions in very specific configurations.

The bigger news is that this isn't really news, as the manual transmission has been dying a gradual death for decades here. People don't learn it, and they don't want to drive it. On the plus side it makes it a theft deterrent technology for those who do drive it.

Comment What I love best about this (Score 3, Funny) 245

I love that the raid was surgically conducted against the armed forces of a vicious Russian dictator. I love that there were no civilian casualties. I love the the weapon of choice was a hobbyist-style drone. I love that the software was open source. But what I love best is that at the very moment Donald Trump and J.D. Vance were heaping abuse on Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, yelling at him, lying about him and dismissing him with the sneering claim that "he has no cards to play", Zelenskyy held his temper. He had to grit his teeth and sit there quietly while those unspeakable cretins humiliated him and his people in front of the whole world.

It must have been at least a little easier to endure the humiliation knowing that preparation for an attack that would eliminate roughly a third of Russia's strategic bomber fleet with the loss of zero Ukrainian lives was in its final stages.

I wonder who they'll get to play Trump and Vance in the movie. Because there absolutely will be a movie. Probably a mini-series, too.

Comment Re:They Already figured that out (Score 1) 157

I agree with you 100%, but I've seen far too many situations where nobody did the right thing until all the wrong things had been tried five times each. And to be fair, I was thinking more of the payload than the drone. The trend I'm trying (badly) to describe wouldn't have to involve anything mechanical. One example: we've mapped the human genome. That's the easy part. Even at our current "baby steps" level, there have been a couple of custom designed cures for genetic diseases and a few fake wolves...maybe a fake mammoth soon. As the pace of innovation increases, though, I don't think it will take long before some angry genius with a garage lab designs a disease to fit a particular genetic profile, or a kind of rabies transmissible by non-fertile mosquitoes, or some other horror. I could see particular populations being targeted, or perhaps even certain individuals. At the moment, this is just science fiction, but the technology isn't hard to visualize. It's more on the scale of workable nuclear fusion than faster-than-light travel.

What worries me most is that the trend you describe will probably take the option of a limited terrorist action off the table, and makes something truly catastrophic more likely. Meanwhile, as a society we seem committed to driving more and more people to the point where they feel they have nothing to lose. A lot of Trump voters don't seriously expect him to make things better...they'll be happy enough if he just breaks the system and wipes the smile off the faces of the smug pricks running things.

Comment Re:Sabotage for privatization (Score 1) 157

I wonder when these greedy bastards are going to realize that one of the steadiest trends in industrial civilization is that fewer and fewer individuals can inflict higher and higher casualties, when they choose to go on the warpath. It only takes one little security breakdown to make a yacht or manor house or private airplane vulnerable to some kind of drone with a nasty payload.

Submission + - Bitchute banned in United Kingdom

Mirnotoriety writes: UPDATE 2025-MAY-7 - Due to what we view as ongoing harassment from Ofcom, as well as our unwillingness to cooperate with a regime we view as hostile to our values and principles, we have disabled all remaining comment access entirely for UK video creators.

To our valued users in the United Kingdom,

After careful review and ongoing evaluation of the regulatory landscape in the United Kingdom, we regret to inform you that BitChute will be discontinuing its video sharing service for UK residents.

The introduction of the UK Online Safety Act of 2023 has brought about significant changes in the regulatory framework governing online content and community interactions. Notably, the Act contains sweeping provisions and onerous corrective measures with respect to content moderation and enforcement. In particular, the broad enforcement powers granted to the regulator of communication services, Ofcom, have raised concerns regarding the open-ended and unpredictable nature of regulatory compliance for our platform.

The BitChute platform has always operated on principles of freedom of speech, expression and association, and strived to foster an open and inclusive environment for content creators and audiences alike. However, the evolving regulatory pressures—including strict enforcement mechanisms and potential liabilities—have created an operational landscape in which continuing to serve the UK market exposes our company to unacceptable legal and compliance risks. Despite our best efforts to navigate these challenges, the uncertainty surrounding the OSA’s enforcement by Ofcom and its far-reaching implications leaves us no viable alternative but to cease normal operations in the UK.

Therefore, effective immediately, BitChute platform users in the UK will no longer be available to view content produced by any other BitChute user. Because the OSA’s primary concern is that members of the public will view content deemed unsafe, however, we will permit UK BitChute users to continue to post content. The significant change will be that this UK user-posted content will not be viewable by any other UK user, but will be visible to other users outside of the UK. Users outside the UK may comment on that content, which the creator will continue to be able to read, delete, block, reply and flag. Users outside the UK may share UK-user produced content to other users outside of the UK as normal. In other words, for users in the UK, including content creators, the BitChute platform is no longer a user-to-UK user video sharing service.

We deeply regret the inconvenience and disappointment this decision may cause to our UK users and partners. This decision was not taken lightly. It reflects our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of compliance, protecting our community, and ensuring that our platform remains a safe and sustainable space for creative expression globally. We recognize the value of our UK community and extend our sincerest apologies for the disruption caused by this necessary step. Our support team remains available to answer any queries or concerns regarding this transition.

We appreciate the support and engagement of our community around the world and remain dedicated to providing a platform that champions free expression and innovative content sharing in an environment of regulatory certainty.

Thank you for your understanding.

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