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[–] ErrorCode@lemmy.world 3 points 33 minutes ago

Hey, we had a whole Orville episode on how this was a shit plan. The US Media trashed China for this plan.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 64 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Always relevant:

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 30 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I didn’t remember emigrating to China.

Damn, this dude has to pick the shittiest aspects of every other country and implement them. But even the shitty countries have socialized health care and things like paid maternal leave. Does he pick those features? Of course not.

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Nobody here in China knows wtf a social credit score is. Also the healthcare is less socialized than your average European country, but they do take measures to keep costs down.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (2 children)

Hi, im potential threat #3EF728.

Anyone who would use this metric to categorize me in the first place is inherently a threat to me.

Figure that one out.

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Hello, potential threat CSS lime green

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. You're not rich so you don't matter.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 13 hours ago

Ok, but you dont need a database to see my signature look features velcro addias sandals and a t-shirt with a hole in the pit.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Planter nooooooooooo

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 37 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Don't be afraid of them. Say it all loudly and often.

Donald Trump is a traitor who should have been hung years ago. Elon Musk is a Nazi who should be beaten to death in the streets. Palantir should be dismantled for supporting and enabling fascism around the world. All billionaires should be publicly executed for crimes against humanity. The current American government is an enemy of freedom and democracy around the globe and should be overthrown by force if peaceful means are no longer possible, which looks more and more each day to be an accurate assessment of the situation.

Fear will not silence us. We have more power than they ever will. All we have to do is decide to use it.

[–] merdaverse@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Palantir should be dismantled for supporting and enabling fascism

Unfortunately that has never happened. In fact, a lot of big name companies made a fortune exactly due to their collaboration:

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

We don't have to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Let's find every palantir employee, and make sure they each get their very own wall.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

it wasn't a mistake then and it won't be one this time

I would argue letting the seeds of fascism remain in the world, including the power structures that made those decisions.

[–] SpaceShort@feddit.uk 1 points 12 hours ago

Just because it hasn't happened before does not mean it can't happen in the future.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 6 points 12 hours ago

Hey Iran, if you're listening, and you're looking for a soft target to add to your retaliation list for the recent attack...well while you probably can't break into the White House, something tells me Palantir's offices are a lot less heavily defended...They also do a lot of intelligence work, so they're a valid military target.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 67 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

it's okay guys! The NRA said they were here to prevent this sort of thing!

We're in goooood hands!

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 17 points 18 hours ago

Oh yea they will rise up but they will stand on the side of tyranny.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 29 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

boomers will be dead and gone and not have to deal with it

classic fucking boomers

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago

Specter of death, can we speed this along already?

[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 148 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Brought to you by the party of:

  • small government
  • personal freedoms
  • states’ rights
  • less spending
  • free speech
  • religious liberty
[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 55 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Don't bother. Hypocrisy is the gas, and cognitive dissonance the oil that power Conservatism.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 22 hours ago

And racism, anger and fear are the highly reactive napalm that drives their dumpster fire of a train wreck

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 21 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Between this and the ICE contractor ShadowDragon using their platform SocialNet to track "potential threats" it's beginning to paint a grim picture.

[–] sommerset@thelemmy.club 7 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

How does it work? If people post from a anonymous accounts

[–] KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca 10 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I don't know a lot but I made a comment about it before that I share here with some basic info and further reading. I'll post it here.

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TL;DR:

ICE contractor ShadowDragon uses their platform SocialNet to map individuals' digital footprints, personal data and connections across 200+ sites such as OnlyFans, WhatsApp, Roblox and Duolingo.

ShadowDragon claims it accesses data in real-time without storing it, sidestepping some accountability.

ICE and other agencies, including the DEA and State Department, use SocialNet for investigations, citing its utility in tracking criminal activity, despite their unwillingness to prove that criminality in court.

Link to the 404Media article without the required sign in.

Link to Mozilla's follow-up article which mentions some additional involved companies.

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 29 points 20 hours ago

Writing about the secret social credit system:

-200 good boy points

[–] ChidiAnagonye@infosec.pub 5 points 14 hours ago

I love trump so much that I wanna give him a very nice gift β˜’οΈπŸ’£ 😏

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 39 points 22 hours ago

Make America North Korea Again!

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago

next up credit scores based on Palantir db.

[–] uss_entrepreneur@startrek.website 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t this essentially the plot to Winter Soldier?

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 18 hours ago

And Minority Report.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Isn't that what credit score already is?

Just expand that, maybe with generative AI since the accuracy doesn't matter.

/s

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Not really, a credit score is based on your ability to repay loans.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

As well as your willingness to take on debt.

No credit score (AKA living so frugally that you don't need credit) is a bad score too.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Is it though?

I work on an adjacent industry.

Lenders lend money, that's how they make money.

If you've got savings and a steady job and can offer something a house as security they're gonna lend you the money to buy thay house, even if you don't have a score.

The score as a number, and the concept of building your credit score, is really just something bankers tell you when they're trying to get you to take a credit card.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 3 points 12 hours ago

So if you have taken more loans in the past & repaid a lot of credit card debt you get a cheaper loan/can afford a bigger loan.

It's what we call predatory tactics & are usually banned.

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

How do you know that? The algo is proprietary, anything can go into it

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The minutia of the algorithm is private, to prevent gaming it, but the major factors are very well known, and make perfect sense.

  • utilization percentage (if you're maxing out your credit line(s) all the time, that's a bad sign)
  • payment history (if you don't make payments by the due date consistently, that's obviously an indicator that you're risky to lend to)
  • age of account(s) (having made consistent payments for 6 months naturally isn't going to look as good as having done so for 5 years)
[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Also if you repay your loan early is somehow bad for your credit score.

If you change your bank to go to a cheaper one alters your score (creating sticky monopolies).

makes prefect sense

To scam citizens out of yields while minimising the chance of nonperforming loans?

The rest of the world puts citizens first.
The banks are the professionals with all the data & capital. They get to multiplicate money (give loans without backing) and get to charge relatively big interests on those loans (interes rates (spreads over risk-free) tnot indicative of/to cover the expenses of defaults, which are very rare overall, or their own operating costs).

The money multiplication thing comes from the state (central bank), and it exists to allow people to live & to perpetually stimulate the economy (eg getting a house earlier than saving up the lump sum to buy it whole). The banks job is to balance things out & offer competitive loans in terms of profits vs probability of defaults. Without that it's just free money for the banks. Like insurance business only selling policies to people/entities that won't ever need them.

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 4 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

And it determines where you can live, what jobs tou can hold, and wheree your kids can go to school. The system that was developed immediately aftyer the federal government said you can't discriminate on race is definitely fair.

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yeah the Nazi shit snuck into this meme with the "kosher tier" shit on the text of the phone is gonna be a no from me dogg. Israel loves antisemitism actually. It would be a good idea to actually fight antisemitism and help Jewish people everywhere feel safe so they don't buy into Israeli BS telling them they're only safe there.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 18 points 23 hours ago

Every accusation is projection once again

[–] AngrySquirrel@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Thank you Dear Leader.

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