An attacker could trick a user into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad, causing the application to launch unverified protocols that load and execute remote files.

“launching unverified protocols” - does that mean the network fetching is done by the Notepad app, and Notepad doesn’t open the browser for this…? If so, bloody hell, Microsoft…

I did the same misreading lol

To answer the question:
Have a healthy outlook on life where money is an integral part of functioning in a modern society.

Humans are easily addicted to power (a survival trait, in some ways), and money is essentially that, considering what one can use it for (corruption). The more one has, the more disconnected one becomes from the origin of money as a system: A favor system. A healthy life (imho) is one where you contribute to society in balance with what you receive from it.

Considering how they completely messed up the launch of Payday 3, and then furthermore saying since (among other things) that they’d work on including an offline mode, only to decide after about 20 months that they’re not gonna do it after all due to “it wasn’t a feasible route for us” (Steam news) proves to me that they’re only thinking about the money, not the player. And fortunately, as with most companies who focus purely on the money, they get dumped by the userbase for it, as evident in the other comment here.

An article about it.

A Soviet anti-war film sounds intriguing, especially considering the times. I’ll definitely give that a watch. Grave of the Fireflies has been on my list for ages as a Studio Ghibli film, so I guess it’s about time for that one too, thanks.

When it comes to real footage, I’ve seen too much. It’s what still sits with me, the gut-wrenching despair people are exposed to, and the lifelong nightmares in active development. There are videos I’d like for certain people to see, but I’m unsure whether it’s a good idea or not to show them. NSFL content is something I generally don’t share unless I’m completely confident it will have a constructive reception. Hence I ask for common media instead, that is thought provoking on a less risky level.

I do think with the right angle, those out for blood can indeed be persuaded. There’s no “general cure” to the bloodlust, which makes it difficult, but far from impossible. And vilification is but one angle. Another is a profound sadness, felt in relation to their personal situation.

It might drive the good people to passivity, true, but I believe that the fear of conflict can become great enough to warrant action, so that fascists/imperialists meet resistance/consequences internally within the nation. Like by the workers who are in the business of weapon logistics, the journalists who write glorifying articles in the news, the people who not only speak up but act against “their own people”. I think there are already many like it, based on several videos I’ve seen from Russia in 2022 for example, although not many enough, evidently.

Interesting suggestion! I’ve heard about this game, and my initial thoughts were exactly as you described, so maybe I should try it out indeed.

Also thanks for linking a study!

I’ve already watched Arcane, and it indeed is a great show in how it displays each death as an immensely impactful event for each close character, making them feel anger and desperation, ultimately leading to regretful emotional decisions.

In regards to war being necessary, I partly agree: It only becomes necessary because one side finds it a worthy method to gain what they seek. The Nazi party decided that taking by force is a viable option, and they got support for it. This is what I hope to prevent in the first place. One example is the (initial) support Kremlin had to intervene in Ukraine with a military force. Another example is Trump taking Maduro; also a clear act of war. I’m honestly impressed by the world’s reluctance to give military consequences, though I fear it’s for the wrong reasons…

The people of the aggressor’s side are the ones that would benefit the most from un-glorifying of conflict, and I will surely recommend people I know some of the great suggestions in this post.

History being rewritten is no small thing. These nuances are indeed something capable of swaying opinions of many, especially considering how many read Wikipedia compared to physical history books.

In the example of Kaja Kallas, one who’s not familiar with her origins might check out her Wikipedia page and find that she was born “as part of the Soviet Union”, and might judge/defame her as someone with an upbringing or values unfit for her political role.

Nevertheless, the information is accurate (that was the place and the state of the country when she was born). And if you click on Estonian SSR (currently live on Wikipedia), you will immediately see on the top of the page:

“… was an illegal administrative subunit (union republic) of the former Soviet Union, covering the occupied and annexed territory of Estonia in 1940–1941 and 1944–1991.”

So the accurate information is still present, though it indeed matters how it is presented.

I’m not denying the campaign of disinformation and history manipulation, but I think a huge part of the problem here is how people read and consume information; take one bite of what is presented and go straight to an extreme opinion. We have become so polarized it’s ridiculous, and it’s detrimental to civilized societies.

I use it on Android all the time. I don’t do a lot of advanced web browsing on my phone, but it works fine, doesn’t it?

Personally I find Navi better to use for the purpose of “not having to remember commands”. It also provides a description of the command, fuzzy search, and essentially pastes the command in the current terminal, not having to think about current directory or user.

Just is essentially a collection of aliases, while Navi is a collection of pre-written commands in full length (with optional description).

An artist sneaked an AI-generated print on to a gallery wall (…)

Isn’t it “snuck”, and not “sneaked”?

Anyhow, I’d agree with both parties: AI generated art can be considered a form of art, but not in the same league. Just like you have people who perform sports with “artificial enhancers” are separated from the naturals.

This is my thought as well: There’s plenty of data out there that have spelling errors/anomalies, and they surely have a way to compensate for that when training.

Ah, makes sense, kinda. Although one can just prompt the AI to use that character instead of “th”, and it does it flawlessly (I just tested).

Depends on the method, but a lot of normies find these pirate websites where you stream directly through a player on their website, and here they can serve ads, i.e. get money. Pirate Bay and the like also serves ads.

This is something I’d love to have for the past decade or so, but as I’m now transitioning to Linux I hope to not have much of this problem anymore.

Nice of you to create this though, and I share your tiredness of settings being changed behind our backs…

I’m also curious about this. If there are any transparency reports, I’d love to read through that.

The Wikimedia Foundation are trying to implement some AI solutions (for helping humans, not write articles/information), which is likely quite costly, unless someone donates it. However, I imagine many others’ scrapers for AI are constantly demanding a lot from the Wikipedia servers since some years ago, probably resulting in increased costs. Hopefully the AI builders use a local copy of the torrent instead, but I fear they don’t…

I’m still happily donating though, as I think the Wikipedia Foundation are still doing a solid job, despite me not always agreeing with their decisions.

Can recommend Fairphone for exactly this.

If it results in a basis of good values later in life, I’d say it’s definitely worth the time of OP.
However, it’s arguable whether making a post on Lemmy is the right way to get feedback on rights and wrongs, although I’m positively surprised by the comments here being so understanding and constructive.

I’ll try and answer seriously, with some non-exclusive options, in no particular order:

• Feeling ashamed, mostly because they’re realizing they’re either wrong or sounding stupid.
• Not wanting controversial stuff related to them to be “saved” for others to find and use for scrutiny.
• Honest mistakes (wrong community, thread, etc.)
• The post becomes a cesspool in the comments.
• Other personal reasons (feeling threatened, wanting a clean inbox, question got answered and they don’t care about historic purposes, etc.)

These are just my guesses though, and I try and not delete anything personally. I’m aware that anything I put on the internet will be immortalized, and that the healthiest thing I can do is own both my mistakes and my opinions, even if I’m convinced of my stupidity or ignorance at a later time. I’m only a human after all, and doomed to talk before I think. Best I can do is to learn as much as possible from it, and hope that others can also learn from my actions.