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I don't think being afraid of it is the right way to go. But that is really convenient for Big Tech isn't it? At least as of now, being online (or a digital being) means you only see what Google or the LLMs want you too. There is a complete detachment of local culture to give in to this global vision, but as envisioned by Big Tech.

I've searched for local newspapers using Google Maps localization, which is far from perfect, just to see if my local culture is still there. If people actually live like they lived 10-15 years ago. And they're the same. It's just that, as incredible as it may seem, the local physical culture of the city is getting superseded by digital realities. The people are the same, but they're more or less invisible now.

It's crazy the way things are going, but I think the response should be technological also and not avoiding knowledge or the effort necessary for it.

I agree that the tech culture isn't healthy. It has been shown to be an unstable position several times these last years. It isn't as stable as being a medic or a professor, for example. It's always this "running after an opportunity" feel. I'm a freelancer, so that's natural, but I think it's like that for the colleagues who work at a company as well, judging by the news.

Because it deepens the rift. Donald Trump as president also helps Putin a lot, as the russian president have said before, since Trump also wants to shake things up. As could be seen by his tariff policies.

Not all people need to stop eating meat. If city people from urban areas (that get meat without even seeing the source) stop feeding this industry, it would already make a big difference. Hunters would be able to continue living as they like and the overall impact would be greatly diminished.

Russia has been cut out from the West, it couldn't even participate in the Olympics. So it got closer to China. Its economy is resilient despite the war. Russia has also been the leading country in the BRICS in regard to finding an alternative to the dollar together with Brazil. And it is working to ditch SWIFT (the banking system). So I'd say Russia is pretty interested into getting away from the West, at least economically and politically.

If I had to guess (my knowledge is a couple of geopolitics books), I'd say Russia wants to create a rift between East and West that is beneficial to China as well. China helped Russia build a quantum computer recently and there are more clues that they're getting even closer together. I think Russia wants to shake the current world order.

This is very interesting. And what kind of platform wouldn't process citizen data on the EU, I wonder?

The Court doesn't even hide its unfairness. This isn't good.

In Brazil we say: "you already got the 'no', so go for it". I guess that means milking every last penny and drop from whichever endeavor you take.

Just put me through 4 years of a paid training position instead of University already. Finding a job has been shit because of lack of experience.

If everything goes right (no Lula, no Bolsonaro), Brazil will move towards the Center in 2026.

I think that if the algorithm is so broken to the point of only listing things that are interesting to Google, the search is beyond redemption.

I think that if we work together as people we can achieve more than just a couple of good organizations that can fade. That doesn't mean I wouldn't donate to Wikipedia or Internet Archive. The goal isn't to compete, it isn't a business. Just to make things stronger.

How does it work? Does it download all Wikipedia or any other website I point it to (like Project Gutenberg as it says on the website) pages or does it download it when I access the page?

Both the Internet Archive and Wikipedia are really important. I guess the way is to make alternatives or datahoard in these difficult times.

I like this alternative to conspiracy theories. Much more sophisticated.

cries in waveforms

Copying is not stealing!

Television lose their hold on opinion, librarians become dangerous.

Crawling the web is an important right for access of information. I think big crawlers shouldn't dominate the market. Especially since Google isn't up to par to find anything that is wanted anymore.