Bilbo Baggins

u/Bilbo@hobbit.world
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on *Permanently Deleted* · c/asklemmy · 1 pts · 53d

In highschool I bought $20 in raffle tickets and won a $120 mini fridge that I used throughout college. I would get happy feelings when looking at that fridge for years.

Only positive feelings I ever got from gambling.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/asklemmy · 2 pts · 53d

I tried slot machines in Vegas. Even themed ones for properties like Back to the Future were the single most boring experience I've ever had.

You'd think they would see mobile games and come up with a fun way to lose money, but they are just a chore.

I cannot conceive how people sit at those things. At least poker is a fun game. Never played it for money though.

on OpenAI opened AI · c/showerthoughts · 2 pts · 93d

AI has plenty of good uses. It's not all negative. But, I think the negatives probably outweigh the positives. So much slop.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/privacy · 2 pts · 103d

Remember that woman who was arrested because her phone indicated she was at a house that was burgled at exactly that time? Police just do a dragnet. Turns out she just drove by the house as it was happening.

In the above example, imagine someone did an anti Israel terror attack in the area. Everyone mentioning such things will be found via dragnet searches and who knows if you just happen to have been nearby when it happened while also making suspicios SMS messages.

Dragnets are profoundly likely to catch innocent people. Protect yourself from them however you can. That should be in everyone's threat model.

on *Permanently Deleted* · c/privacy · 4 pts · 103d

I personally find it easier to use a separate browser for anything I don't need to be logged in for. It deletes all cookies when closed. No need to trust the untrustworthy.

My understanding is that Among Hen and Mount Doom are special. Amon Hen just gives far seeing abilities that work both ways. Mt Doom is linked to Sauron specifically.

I think the idea is that the ring's power is mental. It influences people around you. On Amon Hen that connection is bigger and Sauron senses it. And in Mt Doom, he claims it, thus sending out that mental control in ways Sauron notices.

Personally, I would have been more worried about that if I were Frodo since it's not like Gandalf was there to explain it. He just tells Frodo to take it off without explanation.