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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Slop Is Flooding Medium.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who writes on Medium ocassionally — no.

  Medium like all other blogging platforms has a problem of incentive. The pay is too little for quality writing and there’s always a gamble on whether your article gets views as you don’t control SEO or even formatting for that matter.

  It was always filled with low effor slop because most are either:

  • practicing writing
  • building out their brand which is basically newbies
  • trying to make pennies through low effor churn

  I feel for Medium here as it does have an unsolvable problem really and AI has nothing to do with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia says it might build its own Linux community after removal of several kernel maintainers.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re just jumping the newscycle for the propaganda machine. Russian government doesn’t care about tech or linux unless it can help them deliver more bombs to Ukrainian babies and you don’t need to fork the kernel for that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Court Orders Google (a Monopolist) To Knock It Off With the Monopoly Stuff.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The way Apple gets away with stuff makes me feel very conspiratorial. Like, how?

  How is Apple getting a pass every time and my tin foil hat would say that they are protected by the US government. Maybe because it’s just an important corporation for the US economy but maybe it’s an important corporation for US spying too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the price of real estate rising so dramatically?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The answer is always speculation investment. People are on average richer and real estate is the only trully limited economic resource as we have limited land especially in desired locations.

  Seriously lookup how much of real estate is uninhabitable.

  People are richer, the tech is better and everything we know about economy would indicate that real estate should be more accessible but that’s not the case because the market is manipulated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU to Apple: “Let Users Choose Their Software”; Apple: “Nah”.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s incredible how long Apple has gotten a pass which makes me wonder why are they so protected.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The Guardian review is more critical than others. I’ve never known they even review video games. Are they always like this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia finds way to buy sanctioned Nvidia AI chips: through Asian countries.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  100% this is not technology Russian citizens will ever see domestically. It’ll be some front for the propaganda machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One tries to make money by gathering data and targeting advertising to people intentionally addicted to a platform. The other is, you know… a blog.

  but that’s not the issue in question. The issue is social media is introducing negative mental effects into teens life. Which we can all agree is true to some extent.

  Now, how should we address this? Should we target specific elements like algorithmic timelines and lack of anti-bullying moderation which btw are 2 things that are scientifically proven here or we prohibit teens from accessing all social media even one that has no these harmful designs?

  Do you see how this is just a shitty policy no matter how you look at it? It doesn’t prevent big corps from making a bank and does zero things to address the actual issue. It’s fucking stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Where are you getting “corporate website”? when it would affect all social media websites including Lemmy and Mastodon or your moms blog comments.

  The idea of online social exchange of opinions or experiences is absolutely a social construct. We literally didn’t have this and now it’s part of every single person’s life in some shape. How can you just prohibit that? Imagine prohibiting phone calls lol it’s incredibly stupid.

  Again you compare this to substances and driving? You can’t be serious here? If you can’t even understand this issue then you shouldn’t be parenting let alone tell other people how to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it’s selling well too though it’s actually 78$. They put Mailbox and Auction House on it which AFAIK the only mount that has both which is incredibly valuable.

  If not the fuction I wouldn’t mind but because the function is so valuable it’s really poor form by Blizzard. I even love the mount and buy it as cosmetic but I’m not supporting this at the state it is currently.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  comparing substances to social media is fucking stupid and you should feel bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Now Meta not only knows your name and where you live and your darkest secrets but your legal ID too — fun!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really confused by this perspective and your comparsion to cigarettes is completely inadequette — you can’t compare substances to social constructs.

  If parents can’t influence their kids how is goverment powered prohibition supposed to do that?

  List one social construct that is successfully prohibited by a governing body and actually provides societal value. The only thing comes to mind is porn and take a look how fucking twisted countries where porn is supressed are. This is some north korea level of stupidity.

  This law is unprecedented and usually I’d say it should be approached with great care but clearly it’s just populist virtue signaling because it’s simply stupid and is backed by zero scientific or intelectual basis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  prohibition simply doesn’t work. Especialy with social constructs. Try telling teens that they shouldn’t listen to a specific music genre lol

  There are million other better ways to handle and this law just seems like a bunch of populist drivel:

  Therefore, the next step will be to push forward an age verification solution specifically for social media.

  So, now because some parents suck at parenting I should provide my ID to Instagram? How incredibly dumb is that?

  As a prent myself I’m so tired of shitty parents ruining it for everyone. Just talk with your kids, it’s really not that hard.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Norwegian government to set 15-year age limit for using social media⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That ship has long sailed. Most teens will find a way and the ones that don’t will be social rejects.

  Social media is fundamentally a part of our social fabric. There’s no going back on that. Instead, collectively we should promote healthier social networks not prohibit them. Norway is fucking stupid here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge delays order in antitrust case requiring Google to open up its app store⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Remember when they just gave basically a blank check to make this go away?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X's controversial changes to blocking and AI training saw half a million users leave for rival Bluesky in just a single day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like its the opposite.

  Mastodon’s hashtag following is by far the best discovery method out there.

  I’ve stopped using Bluesky because I can’t find any content and Threads it’s just engagement bait.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is UI design backsliding?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  UI designer here - people are simply getting dumber, tech-wise at least.

  That being said, there have been a lot of improvements in UI and UX world in the past 20 years the problem is that many users are so technically inept the drag down the entire curve all the way down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube is Losing The War Against Adblockers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I find the whole thing so ugly even as a youtube plus subscriber. How much possibly you could gain here? isn’t youtube already profitable? just let poor people watch and educate themselves and whatnot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just wanted to take a moment to enjoy how clean the web can be⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I heavily disagree with this. Stepping back to “walls of text with hyperlinks” is a bad idea that’ll service no one and will never succeed in any reasonable capacity.

  Current web technology is not what caused bad web. The exception would be too powerful js where js should only provide interactivity and extra flavor to the page rather than run a full application which can fingerprint and punish user agents.

  Javascript, embeded images and audio are awesome things that can improve content readability a thousand fold. Just look at best docs on the web - all of them use these features to tend their users. It works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google threatened tech influencers unless they ‘preferred’ the Pixel⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also these days it’s all about rushing content and pandering to the lowest common denominator. Though pop tech channels were always this way. I stumbled on Unbox Therapy lately and it’s so blatant that it almost feels illegal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Patreon will have to use Apple's in-app purchase system or be removed from the App Store⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just offer file downloads. I swear the society is regressing technologically speaking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alabaster Dawn Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I really liked puzzles and only found the timing puzzles annoying on a controller though with mouse and keyboard it was much easier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alabaster Dawn Reveal Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I love the movement a lot in the last game and it’s so great to see more of the same focus! I hope it’s just not a reskin though

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  swamp people?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Darksiders game teased by THQ Nordic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  so they’ve covered all 4 horsemen in the last 4 games:

  • Darksiders 1 - War
  • Darksiders 2 - Death
  • Darksiders 3 - Fury
  • Darksiders Genesis - Strife (+War)

  What do you think is next?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Music Generator Suno Admits It Was Trained on ‘Essentially All Music Files on the Internet’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But you can already train models at home also you can just extend existing models with new training data. Will that be regulated too? How?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Music Generator Suno Admits It Was Trained on ‘Essentially All Music Files on the Internet’⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re free to learn from any piece of music too. Whether AI is actually learning is still debatable but you have the same rights right now.

  I’m still on the edge tbh I feel like it is learning and it is transformative but it’s just too powerful for our current copyright framework.

  Either way, that’ll be such a headache for the transformative work clause of copyright for years to come. Also policing training would be completely unenforcable so any decision here would be rather moot either way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit blocking all major search engines, except Google⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, I don’t think so. Just because you put a clause in ToS doesn’t make it legally binding and most precedent is in favor of the original copyright owner.