vaquedoso

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[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

This warning saved my life

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Because not everywhere works exactly like the US? Besides the point, if you work at a McDonald's, they are not going to give you a phone so you can text your manager. If you don't have a means of communication you are not getting the job.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The only SMS I've gotten in the last 5 years are the double authentication ones. WhatsApp is the default way of texting in many countries. Outside of the US, when you ask people to stop using WhatsApp, chances are you are asking them to give up texting entirely. Which you must realize is complicated to say the least

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Almost all jobs in which you have to interact with people, so most of them. I work in an office and i need it to communicate with clients, with my boss or coworkers, or with a government agency. You have to understand that WhatsApp is ubiquitous outside of the US. Here we never got free SMS, so WhatsApp became the default way of texting. Even people on iphones use WhatsApp here

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When everybody uses WhatsApp to communicate, which is a meta service, it's a bit complicated to cut off communication with literally everybody in your country (work, friends, businesses) just to not use a service. It's disingenuous to expect this without some sort of change within the current status quo. And this is coming from someone who doesn't use any of their other platforms but has to use WhatsApp, because that's literally the only choice

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I agree with you, but let's try to not treat massive organizations as a single being. I'm sure even there some people were not ok with how pervasive Russian talking points were there. But then again, maybe I'm being naive.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Infallible logic. Have you considered becoming president?

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (5 children)

He's saying that the only corporations with the fighting power to take on legal battles will end up being the big ones. So we may end up in a situation where AI will only be in the hands of the mega wealthy, instead of in the hands of regular people.

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

One of the most compelling arguments I've heard. I must say I was a skeptic before but this really opened my eyes

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I used to watch his castle videos and found them interesting during the pandemic, and i hadn't heard he was a deranged and hateful person. It's really a shame, but i went ahead and unsuscribed and blocked his channel

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

An image is worth 3.5 BILLION words

[–] vaquedoso@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's what I'm saying, it's incredible! Here where I live fast food places don't offer free refills, you have to buy another soda if you want more

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