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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • Emphasis on by comparison, as in “molten hot metal is cooler than the surface of the sun, by comparison”.

    TikTok and Temu actively have code in them that would be considered a virus in other contexts. They exploit your system to gain more access than they should, violating the point of sandboxed access.

    By comparison Meta and Google merely take advantage of user ignorance and apathy by making opting out frustrating - but still technically doable.

    Both practices are terrible, but that’s not the same as saying they’re equally bad.



  • Pascal was a famous thinker of their time, particularly in mathematics.

    Two of the ideas they’re remembered for are Pascals Triangle and Pascals Wager.

    Their triangle is a helpful tool for combinations of things. Their wager is a (kinda bad in my opinion) argument for why you should believe in the Christian God.

    The xkcd comic is a combination of both ideas