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This new dating app will use facial recognition technology to exclude trans women
  • I’ve read that the transition itself is usually a smaller part in addition to what has been already dealt by nature

    This is unfortunately not the case for most trans people. I think it's quite rare that a trans person would consistently be able to pass (=blend in) before HRT.

    There are some trans people who are also intersex, which is the condition when one's biological sex (without medical intervention) doesn't fit neatly in either the male or female boxes. But most trans people aren't intersex and about half of intersex people aren't trans.

    Edit: But I do agree with your main point, there's simply no way an app like this could identify trans people with the vast range of facial features humans have. It will both exclude many cis women and allow many trans women, as Giggle did a few years ago.

  • 2024 Indian Parliament election results - Maharashtra
  • my brain is melting from these colours 🥴

  • Linux May Be the Best Way to Avoid the AI Nightmare
  • Switching to Linux means you might have to say goodbye to certain proprietary software and games. Applications like Adobe Creative Suite

    as someone whose job mostly involves Adobe programs and whose many hobby is gaming, I think I'll stick with a Windows with all the AI crap disabled via group policies and O&O Shutup 😐 For now...

  • Messaging Service ICQ To Shut Down Next Month After Nearly 30 Years
  • damn, that was the first IM service I used, I still remember its logo from ~2001

  • Which games do you dislike, but the rest of the world loves them?
    • Abzu - hated the underwater movement controls
    • Deponia & MechaNika - the protagonist is an asshole
    • Papers Please - too stressful (works well as a piece of art, but wasn't an enjoyable experience)
  • The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour?
    www.theguardian.com The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour?

    His fundraising efforts offered a glimmer of light in a world darkened by Covid. But now his family are portrayed as freeloaders and a garden building created in his name faces enforced demolition

    The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour?
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    ‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped
    www.theguardian.com ‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped

    The long read: Migrants from the Philippines make up a huge percentage of domestic workers around the world. But when their employers are abusive, visa restrictions force them to choose between enduring more suffering or becoming illegal

    ‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped
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    Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs
    www.theguardian.com Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs

    For 15 years, Brent Lee spent hours each day consuming ‘truther’ content online. Then he logged off. Can he convince his former friends to question their worldview?

    Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs
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    Stop using Brave Browser
  • Tbh the homophobia was just the last straw on the hill of crypto nonsense they piled on the browser over the years. I've been increasingly uncomfortable with Brave the more "fluff" they added, so going back to bare Ungoogled Chromium has been pretty good.

  • Why are people hyped about RSS regaining relevance?
  • I used Feedly for many years, but recently switched to Newsblur, and I love that it lets me filter out posts by tags or keywords, finally don't have to use external tools for it.

  • Stop using Brave Browser
  • it was a similar article that made me switch from Brave to Ungoogled Chromium a few weeks ago, as a backup browser for the handful of sites that don't work in Firefox.

  • It's very old but if I ever get a tattoo, this will be it
  • this meme was my Facebook profile cover for a while 😁

  • I don't need it... 👀
  • Why not? I still look up information there too, but I use an adblocker, so it's not like Spez is profiting from me.

    If you don't want to give them traffic, you can always visit the search result URL through the Wayback Machine or Archive.today.

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    Hatred
  • Sorry, I misread the situation 😅

    Lemmy is really wonky for me today, but I think I managed to change the title and update the description.

  • The world's first colour e-ink monitor is essentially a 25-inch Kindle
  • I'm a graphic designer, and it could be interesting for working on CMYK files and actually see them as they would look on paper.

  • [Discussion] Threads and Tumblr are working on implementing Activitypub. How do you think this will affect fediverse
  • I also have limited understanding, but these are huge corporations with huge userbases. If they start giving "helpful" input on how the ActivityPub protocol should develop, it may exert a strong pressure/influence due to their sheer size.

    I know it's not the same situation, but it reminds me of how Google keeps trying to push shady stuff into Chromium, even though it's supposed to be free, open-source software.

  • [Discussion] Threads and Tumblr are working on implementing Activitypub. How do you think this will affect fediverse
  • I think this is their attempt to EEE (Embrace, Extend, Extinguish) the Fediverse, so I'm strongly in favour of immediately defederating corporate instances as soon as they are created.

  • [Done] Lemmy world was upgraded to 0.18.3 today (2023-07-30)
  • Thanks, but I'm a PC only user.

  • What happened to NSFL?
  • I still see it, albeit rarely, on some subreddits, eg. NatureIsMetal

  • [Done] Lemmy world was upgraded to 0.18.3 today (2023-07-30)
  • I want to be able to ban/hide entire servers. Regularly seeing lemmynsfw celebrity communities pop up in All/Hot :| (I have nsfw disabled, so it's just generic photos of random women.)

    Also an option would be nice to hide downvoted posts, I had that on in RES.

  • The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale
    www.theguardian.com The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale

    The long read: Across this fractured region, informal networks rule. So if you need to send something, ask someone who’s already going that way

    The Balkans’ alternative postal system: an ad-hoc courier’s tale

    I admittedly don't know much about its historical background, but I found this a fascinating read about the legacy of the nineties' Bosnian war that is still acutely felt throughout the region.

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    QBittorrent is better though.
  • I'm using whichever is the freshest version BakaBT allows (v4.5.4 right now).

  • Linux Group Shares Its First Open Dataset for Creating Real Google Maps Alternatives
  • OpenStreetMap is a joy to behold and fun to edit too, but for me where it really falls behind is its route planner :/ Google Maps lets us plan with public transport, shows multiple route options with journey times, and lets us edit walking paths by just dragging the line. OSM desktop doesn't seem to have any of these features.

  • [OldPost] Clips from the 2022-11-05 developer livestream

    Following ChthonVII's idea, I'm mirroring my probably only interesting post on the subreddit :D

    --- Finally got around to watch the 2-hours long GW1 segment of the recent Extra Life 2022 ArenaNet livestream. The devs had a lot of interesting insights and amusing anecdotes, so I made a bunch of clips - sharing them here in case someone else haven't had the time to watch the whole thing.

    The participants were:

    • Bobby Stein - writing team lead

    • Darrin Claypool - level designer

    • Colin Johanson - game designer

    The clips in order of appearance:

    A few more bits that were too short to worth clipping:

    • Early in development there were no professions, you could slot any skill.

    • They spent 4-5 months working on Sorrow's Furnace compared to their usual couple of weeks per zone.

    • GW1 development team was around 70-80 at launch, and peaked around 100 with EotN. (GW2 had 350 developers at launch.)

    Twitch only allows max. 1 min long clips, so sometimes I had to cut off an interesting follow-up - if you want to see how a clip continued, click Watch Full Video.

    PS.: For the story of the hideous leopard-print couch go to this timestamp in the VoD :D

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