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New comment by Swoerd123 in "We need to talk about Big Tech's role in Fascism [video]"

Swoerd123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:01:57 +0000

For me the weirdest capitulation comes from Tim Cook, who for years cosplayed as an LGBTQ inclusion proponent but now actively undermines these values by brown-nosing the Trump regime. First, by personally gifting Trump one million dollars for his inauguration; then the grift with the golden statue; and very recently, by attending the Melania movie premiere.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues"

Swoerd123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:26:32 +0000

except with a different brand of fascism.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "We need to talk about Big Tech's role in Fascism [video]"

Swoerd123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:59:43 +0000

"The time has come, I can no longer remain silent. The current US administration is perpetrating a fascist takeover of our democracy, and Big Tech CEOs and companies are complicit. It's time to reckon with the inextricable ties between the companies we turn to for innovation and excitement and the government's horrific actions. If this video alienates you because you support this administration, good. You are not welcome here. Please unsubscribe. Everyone else, let's keep these things in mind as we go forward. Never forget the gross violations of civil liberties, baldfaced corruption, and gross acts of evil being perpetrated."

We need to talk about Big Tech's role in Fascism [video]

Swoerd123 — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:59:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzHaChKlYq4

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46778840

Points: 24

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New comment by Swoerd123 in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

Swoerd123 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:30:14 +0000

Anyone working at FAA(N)G is complicit at this point.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

Swoerd123 — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 12:49:06 +0000

It's time for Americans to overthrow the Trump regime.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Harvard legal scholars debate the state of the U.S. constitution (2025)"

Swoerd123 — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:30:48 +0000

For decades, historians will debate how the United States ended up capitulating to a thin-skinned piece of foreskin—and how that failure damaged not only America, but destabilized other countries as well. Home of the brave, my hairy ass.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Photos capture the breathtaking scale of China's wind and solar buildout"

Swoerd123 — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:55:17 +0000

I'd have to be full on, 100% retarded to have voted for Donald Trump.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Keep Android Open"

Swoerd123 — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:52:20 +0000

Bold move, arguing against yourself like that.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Denmark bans civilian drones as it ramps up security ahead of EU summit"

Swoerd123 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 13:55:58 +0000

The irony is that the civilian drone market exploded (no pun intended) because of cheap innovation, and now the same qualities (small, cheap, adaptable) make them nearly impossible to regulate without sweeping bans.

I suspect that an increasing number of countries and cities will move toward permanent drone bans, as battlefield technology inevitably filters down to organized crime—and eventually even petty crime.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting"

Swoerd123 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:58:23 +0000

Siteimprove Analytics appears to be confident enough about their cookieless tracking technology (compared to cookie based tracking) to claim:

In general, Visitor Hash is expected to be more persistent, resulting in a drop in the number of unique visitors. Since cookies are known to have an increasingly short lifetime, leading to overestimated data about unique visitors, we consider the Visitor Hash technology to be more accurate at capturing information about unique and returning visitors

When Cookieless tracking is enabled, it replaces the traditional use of cookies with a "Visitor Hash" made of non-personal information only. This information includes hashed IP and HTTP header values including browser type, browser version, browser language, and the user agent string. The Visitor Hash only consists of server-side attributes passed along by the website server.

Note: Siteimprove analytics does not collect client-side attributes. The Visitor Hash is used for the same functionality as the cookie and nothing else. For some websites, like intranets, there is an increased likelihood that the visitors could end up getting the same Visitor Hash as they might all be accessing the site from the same IP and on the same device setups. In those cases all page views would appear to be coming from one, or a few, visits. That's why we recommend excluding those domains from using cookieless tracking. See the "How to exclude domains from having cookieless tracking enabled" section below for more information.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal"

Swoerd123 — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:50:01 +0000

Republicans have got to be some of the dumbest motherfuckers roaming this planet.

Trump is the Milli Vanilli of negotiations. "Russia not taking over Ukraine is a concession". He really said it. What a stupid fucking retard.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "I Tried to Buy an Actual Barrel of Crude Oil (2015)"

Swoerd123 — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:25:08 +0000

This is common for a huge number of products, ranging from cosmetics, consumables, pharmaceuticals, bottled water, etc.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Careless People"

Swoerd123 — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 11:18:36 +0000

Imagine being so spineless, so utterly desperate for power, that you’re willing to contort your public persona just to appease a man who made lying a brand. Zuckerberg didn’t just sell out—he gift-wrapped his integrity and hand-delivered it to Cheetolini.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "Apple needs a Snow Sequoia"

Swoerd123 — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 09:28:40 +0000

In my own experience, I have noticed that Apple's software 'breaks' more on older hardware, be that Mac's, iPhones or iPads. For all the credit apple gets for supporting older devices, those devices are definitely not treated as first class citizens. For example, the touch keyboard on my (work) iPhone 12 Pro works decidedly worse than on my (private) iPhone 16 Pro. The error rate is much worse, and I believe it's due to the amount of useless features that get added with each new installment of iOS.

Whether that's intentional or not (I believe it is), Apple should focus more on delivering a stable experience, on both new and old devices.

I echo the sentiment a lot of people have already expressed. That is, using Apple products is like being a junkie. You need to use their products because there is no real alternative, but you feel kind of dirty because of their practices.To me, that sounds like it should be a huge red flag for Apple execs.

New comment by Swoerd123 in "I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks"

Swoerd123 — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 13:06:13 +0000

The real question is: Where are the American people? Americans need to get of their asses and stop the fascist in chief.