monsoon

joined 1 year ago
[–] monsoon@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Interest based ads that everyone who has connected to the same wifi as you will now see. And it's not just interest based ads. They will use this to calculate your whole personality and manipulate you and others based on that.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad to have moved to lemmy. It feels raw and real, vs reddits polished curated feel. As if I'm actually reading posts by people. And I like that is doesn't get me scrolling too much.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

A really simple creative hobby could be drawing mandalas.
You can completely freehand it, or use a circle tool like a compass to make guides to make it more symmetrical. Search for "mandala shapes" if you want some ideas for basic shapes to use.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 34 points 1 year ago

Every comment here is missing a crucial point. The data is used to identify what kind of person you are and then manipulate you based on that. It's not just to target specific ads to you. It is to control how you behave in any way that will profit them. An example of what has been done is to identify democrats that were unlikely to be convinced to switch to republican, so instead they targeted them with content that would get them to not vote at all.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I got two of the cheap single hob ones from ikea. I have been using them for a while and the function just fine. Having two seperate ones also means that I can just put either one away if it's not needed.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Lithium on android, I set it so I can scroll down the book rather than flip the pages. Then I get my books on lib gen for free.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vegans are far more likely to have changed their consumption habits outside of veganism as well. It is not a "save the animals and fuck everyone else" stance, and it is odd that you try to make it seem like that.

We're all just trying to do our best. With animal products it's simple; if there's a dead animal on your plate then you can be sure an animal suffered for your meal.

[–] monsoon@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The reason hiking shoes have ankle support is because most people already have glass ankles. If you let your ankles strengthen without them then rolling your ankles doesn't equal injury. I went on a long hike just last weekend and rolled my ankles pretty hard on two occations without any pain or injury.