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- Comment on Japan asked countries to skip China's WWII commemorative events in Sept. 3 weeks ago:
Read The Rape of Nanking, by Iris Chang. It’s horrific.
Japan refusing to take responsibility for the atrocities committed by their soldiers is bullshit.
- Comment on From Snoop Dogg to Lap Dogg 4 weeks ago:
If this is real, he’s lost all street cred.
- Comment on Apple accuses former Apple Watch staffer of conspiring to steal trade secrets for Oppo 4 weeks ago:
If they just made up a bunch of accusations with paltry evidence to prove it, the scandal would make headlines. “iPhone maker found to be full of shit in court!” is clickworthy gold. I don’t think your stance is very strong. Every entity tries to spin things in their favor, but you make it sound like they’d bring an empty case and they very much would not. No one starts a lawsuit they don’t think they can win unless they’re someone with no credibility and endless money like Elon Musk (see lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI) or oil companies going after environmental lawyers.
- Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed 4 weeks ago:
Lemme help you spice things up: Wait until you’re passing by a guy who’s super clean cut and wearing business attire. As you go by, yell: “Get a haircut, hippy!” It’s funny every time.
- Comment on Throwback to peak plague time when the animals were wondering where all the hoomans went 😂 4 weeks ago:
Perl programmers will be like gods in this new world.
- Comment on US | Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it 4 weeks ago:
It’s awesome how our liberties are being trampled. I’ve never been more proud to live in this shithole country.
- Comment on 80s Nostalgia AI Slop Is Boomerfying the Masses for a Past That Never Existed 4 weeks ago:
I hate to tell you this, but the mullets were very real. It was a dark time and we’re all glad it’s in the past.
- Comment on Finally found where they store all the excess 4 weeks ago:
I’m impressed by their operational efficiency. Here they are, making it happen 365 days per year. Someone deserves a raise.
- Comment on Just when you thought having to listen to the endless BS was finally over 4 weeks ago:
Recently had a meeting where the organizer was summing up that we were done when someone brought in an off-topic thing that got people joking around about nothing. At the first lull, I said, “Ok, so I guess if that’s it, everyone have a good weekend.” That worked and everyone started signing off. I hate that I have to jump in to make things end, but at least it worked.
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
I frequently add links to a book that I oft recommend, a torrent exposing USA fascists, and a podcast about the housing crisis. It wouldn’t kill me to do two more, but there’s only so much time I’m willing to spend.
- Apple accuses former Apple Watch staffer of conspiring to steal trade secrets for Oppowww.theverge.com ↗Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 8 comments
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Let’s see, that’s like four or five articles with basically the same observation this week? That I’ve seen or read about. There are probably others. The clock is ticking.
For a good ongoing rundown of what a shit hype bubble the industry is in, see the newsletter and podcast of Ed Zitron.
People keep replying to recommendations for Zitron’s work asking for links or thanking people who post them. Can people not search “Ed Zitron newsletter,” or “Ed Zitron podcast”? I’m kinda surprised how much this happens (I promote his work on every story about AI going to shit because he does a great job of breaking it all down).
- Comment on Be Fast. Be Spontaneous. Don't Suck. Get Paid. 4 weeks ago:
Perhaps. I like dry, absurdist humor. This doesn’t read like that to me at all.
- Comment on Be Fast. Be Spontaneous. Don't Suck. Get Paid. 4 weeks ago:
This person is unwell. Not because of the desire to chase someone (I have thoughts on that, but…) the high five and shit. Getting sweaty but they won’t pay if they can’t catch you but you also can’t go easy on them if they’re a slow fuck who can’t catch you otherwise or you won’t get paid. If I knew someone who posted this, I would disassociate from them.
- Comment on Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those? 4 weeks ago:
Also, old records (from early in the CD era) had nowhere near the fidelity of modern records. I played a modern record for my father once and he was astounded how far they’ve come.
- Comment on Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those? 4 weeks ago:
Digital fidelity (sample rate) grows more granular in higher frequencies because that’s easier for us to distinguish. (See the Fletcher-Munson Curve from Bell Labs: on a bell curve, we hear best at the frequency of a baby crying.) Think of stair steps that get closer and more numerous over time. That’s a representation of the resolution of the sound across frequencies from low to high. I may be explaining it poorly because I moved away from audio engineering toward a different career a long time ago.
Analog has all the information that’s missing in between the larger, wider steps. It’s not a placebo (didn’t say you called it that). It’s how digital audio works.
My instance isn’t allowing me to upload images for some reason. It had extended downtime the other day, so maybe that’s related. Anyway, here’s a link to a page with a chart that illustrates what I’m attempting to describe.
- Comment on Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle. 4 weeks ago:
The industry went to shit after non-nerdy people found out there could be a lot of money in tech. Used to be full of other people like me and I really liked it. Now it’s full of people who are equally as enthused about it as they would be to become lawyers or doctors.
- Comment on Computer Science, a popular college major, has one of the highest unemployment rates 4 weeks ago:
The industry went to shit after non-nerdy people found out there could be a lot of money in tech. Used to be full of other people like me and I really liked it. Now it’s full of people who are equally as enthused about it as they would be to become lawyers or doctors.
- Comment on It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes 4 weeks ago:
“If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”
-Jack Handy
- Comment on It Took Many Years And Billions Of Dollars, But Microsoft Finally Invented A Calculator That Is Wrong Sometimes 4 weeks ago:
Best headline of the day. I like it a lot.
- Comment on Taylor Swift’s new album comes in cassette. Who is buying those? 4 weeks ago:
Another one of those pointless articles… Cassettes have been on the rise for a couple of years now, and for the same reasons that vinyl has been making a comeback; mainly fake nostalgia and the yearning for true ownership in form of physical media.
No. Cassettes sound like shit. They are a very lossy format. Vinyl actually sounds different in ways that people like. My vinyl collection has nothing to do with nostalgia (I grew up after CDs were on the rise). On a solid system, there’s a lot more fidelity in the bass on vinyl.
- Comment on UK Official Calls for Age Verification on VPNs to Prevent Porn Loophole 4 weeks ago:
Let’s extend our unpopular law to more places! Soon, you’ll have to verify your age to see boobs in real life. Which will be pretty unfortunate for teens trying to get busy in the backseats of cars.
- Comment on Dennis Prager in Harlem 4 weeks ago:
Obviously, the man was a saint and all the copious evidence of his crimes was faked by Hollywood because Dear Leader is even higher than Jesus. Duh.
- Comment on Google CIO Calls Trump Admin’s Climate Denialism “Fantastic” | Ruth Porat called for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear 4 weeks ago:
If I had a cloning machine, I’d make many Luigis.
- Comment on Electricity Consumption 4 weeks ago:
Those people were condemned as witches. Best not to think about it.
- Comment on Andrew Tate sues Meta, TikTok for over $50 million for ‘deplatforming’ him 4 weeks ago:
I hope this chud gets a bad batch of protein-shake powder and gets horribly poisoned and dies.
- Comment on Now I finally get it 4 weeks ago:
It’s about time someone made some sense from this hateful and damaging book. Next time I decide to eat some gummies, I’ll be sure to do so with an open-minded male friend. Let’s rock and roll.
- Comment on TikTok Shop Sells Viral GPS Trackers Marketed to Stalkers 4 weeks ago:
The news is that they’re being promoted (very successfully) on TT, not that they exist.
- Comment on Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’ 4 weeks ago:
Hey, if Google has to think about the future of the environment, they can’t shamelessly build massive data centers for a service that a majority of people don’t want. Try thinking of the poor executives instead of yourself for a change, huh?
Only selfish people want a livable earth.
(If you can’t identify sarcasm, go away. You aren’t fit to internet.)
- Comment on Senior Israeli official flees US following arrest over paedophilia 4 weeks ago:
Why wasn’t his passport revoked pending trial? We already know they help war criminals escape. Of course this guy was gonna take off.
A senior Israeli foreign ministry official told Channel 12 on Saturday that “the subject he talks about all the time in an exaggerated way is prostitutes”, adding: “That’s what he tells everyone about, that’s what he likes to talk about the most.”
That sounds completely normal. /s