Grandwolf319
@Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on 'A Big F*ck You to Big Tech': New Jersey Residents Defeat AI Data Center 46 minutes ago:
This is what bugs me about capitalism, they don’t keep to their corner, they basically stand back and look for the most opportunistic land and steal it from people that want nothing to do with capitalism.
I wish we could encapsulate all that in one region so it would become obvious it doesn’t make things better.
- Comment on Get. Out 13 hours ago:
Seriously, idk why no one is talking about this.
I’m not even demanding action, just talking about how went through bad economic times, faced inflation just to arrive at this dystupidia hellscape.
Like if AI is gonna replace jobs (regardless of its capability), why the fuck are we not talking about UBI and VAT.
Where is Andrew Yang when you need him (not supporting him, just that this seems like a better moment for him than 6 years ago).
- Comment on Sacrifice for the greater good 2 days ago:
Yes! This is the satire I’m here for
- Comment on Having grown up on sci-fi I always knew there would be people who reject robots and AI on a visceral level, I just thought it wouldn't be me. 2 days ago:
Wouldn’t that require the LLM to actually grasp ideas?
Even brain dead people can understand some things
- Comment on You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised 3 days ago:
Built on rust you say???
- Comment on You probably can't trust your password manager if it's compromised 3 days ago:
Anyone got a good suggestion for a self hosted option? Ideally one that has a good iOS app and a web interface.
- Comment on YouTube adds new hurdles for ad blockers, and there's currently no way around it 3 days ago:
Could just be because they address it rather fast.
It could also be due to chrome limiting what uBlock can do.
UBlock + Firefox seems like the ideal combo.
- Comment on US Government Deploys Elon Musk's Grok as Nutrition Bot, Where It Immediately Gives Advice for Rectal Use of Vegetables 3 days ago:
Our use of AI makes it seem like we just lost 80% of the world population and desperately need to fill roles even if the replacement sucks.
- Comment on All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat 3 days ago:
Soooo here is a general question about cybersecurity.
Is it really important if there are no consequences to breeches?
Same way big business see fines as a cost of doing business, I think we are getting to a time that breaches might become part of business as usual.
I actually think that’s a good thing as a person who promotes self hosting. If the assumption becomes that your data is never safe in corporate hands, people might move away from having their entire lives on the cloud.
- Comment on Having grown up on sci-fi I always knew there would be people who reject robots and AI on a visceral level, I just thought it wouldn't be me. 3 days ago:
Nah, it’s not intelligent.
Everything we have today wouldn’t be considered AI in science fiction.
- Comment on This past week, Lemmy has gotten really good 4 days ago:
I think a lot of it is unfortunately tied to how quiet US politics is, more outrageous things happen, the worse the lemmy experience becomes.
We are just not the type to put our heads in the sand.
- Comment on ESL homework 5 days ago:
Why would the question have 3 lines, it’s almost entrapment
- Comment on 'What a great way to kill your community': Discord users are furious about its new age verification checks — and are now hunting for alternatives 1 week ago:
As someone who barely used discord, what are these other features, is it not just a regular chat app?
- Comment on 1 week ago:
But can you post from lemmy to Mastodon?
I’m not asking if it would make sense, I just feel left out cause of the one sided posting ability
- Comment on The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone. 1 week ago:
Or it could also be case of sunk cost fallacy. They have already put unimaginable amounts of money into it, backing down now would mean most if not all of that is lost.
Holy shit, I didn’t think of that angle, I think you’re probably right and that is horrifying cause I know they have no problem with letting us plebs go down with the ship and using their golden parachute.
- Comment on The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone. 1 week ago:
That requires it to provide something other solutions can’t.
People need taxis, uber drove them out and then increased the price, so people used it and ended up paying a similar amount to old taxis (maybe a little more).
People don’t need AI, if chatGPT stops working, you can just use a search engine again. Sure you might not be used to it and feel dependant on the chatbot, but if it’s free compared to a big price tag, the path of least resistance would be to use the cheap solution.
The only way is that if your brain dead enough and rich enough to pay high prices, but these robber barons are ensuring people don’t have much cash.
- Comment on The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone. 1 week ago:
While I agree with you, is there anyway to know how much an average prompt (let’s say a coding question that used to be a quick google search) costs?
I really want to ask people, would you pay X per prompt?
Cause most people “love” AI cause it costs very little
- Comment on The AI boom is so huge it’s causing shortages everywhere else The $700 billion AI spending spree has few precedents. Good luck finding an electrician or a reasonably priced smartphone. 1 week ago:
But critics worry that the up-front costs to develop AI have become so mammoth that the investment can possibly pay off only if AI reshapes life, work and the economy in a way that uncorks massive new profits for these technology firms.
So this is why I don’t think it would pay off:
Haven’t they already shoved AI in every aspect of our lives? I’ve literally seen tooth brushes with AI.
Putting aside how much normal people hate AI, if you already have integrated it everywhere, how can you grow further?
Seriously, we’ve already hit critical mass and now some people actively avoid it, even if you force them, how would the AI revolution look any different than what we have today?
- Comment on Consumer hardware is no longer a priority for manufacturers 1 week ago:
Even as consumer revenue remains sizable and maintains steady year-on-year growth, it finds itself competing against segments that grow exponentially faster and earn more per unit.
So it has nothing to do with people having less money. It honestly gives me hope, things could change with a bubble burst.
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 1 week ago:
Maybe more pride in home ownership?
Also, Canada has been far more left leaning than the other two, imo Canada is closer to New Zealand just harder to leave out of a world map.
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 1 week ago:
Full on shoes? That’s very odd.
Why not sandals? That’s very normal and imo way more convenient
- Comment on Man posts his incorrect opinion online 1 week ago:
Well this makes me more proud to be a Canadian.
Buuut, I’m noticing a pattern. If it’s a very dry country then I guess you have less chance of mud and are more likely to wear your shoes inside.
- Comment on The developers of PEAK, explaining how they decided on pricing for their game. 1 week ago:
As a Canadian, that’s 10 bucks cause of tax
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Is there a voyager equivalent for piefed?
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 2 weeks ago:
Isn’t 2K the same as 1080p essentially?
- Comment on The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K 2 weeks ago:
Right? I really don’t get it.
It’s the law of diminishing returns. When we went from 480p to 720p, it was a huge jump, something everyone noticed.
But the jump to 1080p was much less noticeable, to the point that people just thought its no different than 720p.
Now we have 4K, and most people stream, so it’s a bad bitrate ensuring it doesn’t look good all so the consumer feels like they are getting more cause 4K sounds cool.
I’m sooo glad 8K is not becoming a thing.
- Comment on ...is this retro? 3 weeks ago:
I don’t find this hard to believe at all.
Tried to play halo 3 campaign for the first time a little while back.
It really felt aged, like an upgraded ps2 game essentially.
And this was the pc version mind you.
- Comment on Tesla profit tanked 46% in 2025 | TechCrunch 3 weeks ago:
Excellent
- Comment on Xbox Hardware Sales Plunge 32% YoY as Services Keep Gaming Division Afloat 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on Schlip schlop 3 weeks ago:
Sure,
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