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New comment by frankyg in "Berlin Fought Soaring Rents and Lost"

frankyg — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 12:33:43 +0000

Berlin didn't care enough. Too many people just want to bang and be on stage or sit in front of it. Not wanting to change anything is a cool attitude among kids. Their parents and teachers did exactly as the system wanted them to. And the current gen. of teachers and parents is exactly the same.

It took a while to understand, but the simple truth is post-racism: the corrupted market determines the peoples value.

You can't afford an apartment because you are not running trackers and advertisements on your website, your body and in your lifestyle in general. Obey.

New money people and old money people share one thing: capitalism at all cost in their genes. And the group is big and strong enough to sanitize all guilt, which isn't even necessary because the dancing mob will go to that festival anyway and dancing people are never wrong.

Fuck the haters and throw the realists and super-rationalists in the same grave. Plant some concrete flowers on top. The soil is fertile from all the decomposed rebels and freedom fighters.

Eat and wear vegan from time to time and have a healthy sex life and all will be perfectly splendid.

New comment by frankyg in "How I got here"

frankyg — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 17:24:21 +0000

Haven't tried Meth yet. Jessa Reed almost inspired it couple o' years back when I was at my weakest but when her teeth fell out in the middle of an interview I decided to wait into my late 50s.

New comment by frankyg in "How I got here"

frankyg — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:48:24 +0000

MDMA either puts me to sleep or makes me talk faster than freaking Busta Rhymes raps, without effort. I recorded it once and it's crystal clear. Fun stuff.

Need to get to the science of that mechanism.

New comment by frankyg in "How I got here"

frankyg — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:43:00 +0000

Also some the best countries to hide criminal activity without having to hide yourself. <3

New comment by frankyg in "Debunking the Myth of "Anonymous" Data"

frankyg — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:33:45 +0000

I don't think humanity is going to get around disclosing how exactly all that data flows into marketing, UX design and policies. Not in the form of pop-science books or blockbuster documentaries but detailed statistics and open reports by the companies themselves.

New comment by frankyg in "Debunking the Myth of "Anonymous" Data"

frankyg — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:30:33 +0000

> More sophisticated methods of privacy also anonymize indirect identifiers, and in some cases personal attributes.

The original datasets are brokered anyway. [citations disclosed]

New comment by frankyg in "Debunking the Myth of "Anonymous" Data"

frankyg — Sun, 12 Nov 2023 07:23:13 +0000

I have thoughts like that all the time but then I remember how many people have accounts at xyz at all and how often I created an account on abc, made a list or two and never returned (until I did). I have over 600 logins saved in my password manager and "holy fuck shit" some of the data on these sites is still "part of me", I just don't actively spend time on it. It's all quite usable.