DirkMcCallahan
@DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
Well, it took them 60 years to make Pearl Harbor…
- Comment on Google's AI Overviews now link to Wikipedia and LinkedIn more than Reddit, study finds 1 week ago:
Edit: Thank you, kind stranger!
- Comment on New “Recall” feature in Windows 11 is a privacy nightmare 5 weeks ago:
We know this what the real purpose of this is, it seems like they’re going to sell it as a necessary tool for people who are too stupid to use a basic search function? Per The Verge:
“Microsoft’s launching Recall for Copilot Plus PCs, a new Windows 11 tool that keeps track of everything you see and do on your computer and, in return, gives you the ability to search and retrieve anything you’ve done on the device.”
- Comment on How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas 1 month ago:
c/fuckcars
- Comment on Prime Video subs will soon see ads for Amazon products when they hit pause 1 month ago:
Further justifying my commitment to avoiding Prime at all costs.
- Comment on They say your body is the only instrument that doesn't require any lessons 1 month ago:
Life is just one long, hard kick in the urethra, and sometimes when you get home from a long day of getting kicked in the urethra, you just want to watch a show about good, likable people who love each other, where, you know, no matter what happens, at the end of 30 minutes, everything’s gonna turn out okay.
- Comment on Peer pressure 2 months ago:
And the beauty of adult peer pressure is that I can completely ignore it without a second thought, and then go back to browsing Lemmy.
- Comment on President Biden is now posting into the fediverse 2 months ago:
Good. Fuck Twitter.
- Comment on Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’ 2 months ago:
You know how the right hates Taylor Swift? Perhaps this is the news that we can use to finally get them to agree to tax the rich.
- Comment on I don't believe Auto Save feature in any software 4 months ago:
It’s because the first time doesn’t always work. I swear, sometimes it doesn’t!
- Comment on Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows 4 months ago:
This is basically “dog bites man” territory at this point.
- Comment on Dropbox spooks users by sending data to OpenAI for AI search features (Enabled by default) 6 months ago:
And this is precisely why you don’t store your files in the cloud.
- Comment on The fact that there's a lady out there named Stephanie who insisted the whole world call her Lady Gaga and we're all just like, "okay." 6 months ago:
Steph-Steph-ooh-la-la doesn’t have quite the same ring.
- Comment on 23andMe confirms hackers stole ancestry data on 6.9 million users 6 months ago:
Yet more evidence that we shouldn’t be handing over sensitive data to random companies. Will this change anyone’s behaviour? Sadly, probably not.
- Comment on [deleted] 7 months ago:
And Star Trek.
- Comment on LinkedIn user data leaked: Database shows emails, profile data, phones, full names, and more confidential info. 7 months ago:
Well, fuck. This was the ONE social media site that I put my data on, and that was out of necessity (job hunting). I know it’s not the same, but this sort of feels like the Equifax breach.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s X Has Started Selling Off Old Twitter Handles For $50,000 7 months ago:
Sounds like a money laundering scheme.
- Comment on Elon Musk Offers to Also Ruin Wikipedia 8 months ago:
This does lend credence to the “He’s intentionally tanking Twitter” theory.
- Comment on The Monkey's Paw - A place where you can make a wish and ruin other's 8 months ago:
Nice community idea! I’ll definitely be subscribing.
- Comment on [deleted] 8 months ago:
Rounding, let’s say that there are 125 million people in the Philippines and New Zealand. And let’s say that for some reason they all decide to make a new Twitter account and pay for it in perpetuity. Elon paid $44 billion for Twitter. At this rate, this move would allow him to recoup his investment in…352 years.
- Comment on Michael Caine Announces Retirement From Acting 8 months ago:
I can’t remember, tell me…what’s his name? My name…is Michael Caine
- Submitted 9 months ago to fediverse@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Comment on Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series & Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee 9 months ago:
This is fine with me, since clearly they’ll pass their increased profit onto their underpaid employees.
Wait…
- Comment on X plans to collect biometric information, job, education history for safety, security, and identification purposes. 9 months ago:
Sadly, plenty of idiots will gladly hand over whatever he wants. Even if you COULD trust that he wouldn’t use your data for nefarious purposes, why would you want yet ANOTHER company to have the complete story of your life in a hackable database? Remember the Equifax data breach? Guess most people don’t.
- Comment on X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history 9 months ago:
I’m not worried about Twitter. I’m worried about other platforms following suit. What if we get to the point where the power company wants your biometric data before they’ll let you pay your bill?
- Comment on Really, ….. it's my fault they built a terrible system? 10 months ago:
Oh, I’m sorry, of course…it’s OUR fault that we’re broke!
- Comment on Sure it's artificial, but is it intelligent? 10 months ago:
“The ability to type does not make you intelligent.”
- Comment on What more need be said about it? 10 months ago:
Pure poetry!
- Comment on Be kind, everyone 10 months ago:
Well, to be fair, I don’t care what you’re going through; if you run a stop sign and nearly T-bone me, then fuck you.
- Comment on Programmer's Credo 10 months ago:
And then we find ourselves falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.