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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump taps DOGE-aligned tech leader to overhaul federal websites⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Gross politics and implications aside, I’m curious if this would replace USWDS or overhaul it. Probably replace knowing these guys.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are the most useful things you've printed?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I have one of those twelve foot tall skeletons for Halloween and the joints are pretty fragile resin for the weight, luckily there is a pretty strong DIY community for them and you can download free replacement parts.

  Every Halloween I take inventory of what needs replaced, print it, and it’s set for another year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple accuses former Apple Watch staffer of conspiring to steal trade secrets for Oppo⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And he searched the internet for terms like “how to wipe out macbook” and “Can somebody see if I’ve opened a file on a shared drive?” from his Apple-issued MacBook before leaving the company.

  Like you said OP, pretty dumb

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ecosia teaches how to activate ads for Ublock, but not for Ublock Origin.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Anecdotal, but every company I have worked for has banned using ad blockers, I’m guessing the risk from ads is lower than allowing extensions to read and modify all of your webpage data?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT Confessions gone? They are not !⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m confused with this whole thing, isn’t there literally a check box to make it discoverable by search engines that the user has to opt in to? Was that not there before?

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thingiverse uses AI to block production of ghost guns⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It should be noted that Thingiverse’s policy is against “firearms” and not guns in general. The company has no problem with replica props, airsoft guns, sci-fi blaster toys, or gun-like objects that shoot candy.

  …

  “AI will be used only to flag potentially harmful designs, but a human will always be the one to decide if something should be removed,” Chapman told Tom’s Hardware. If a file is removed from Thingiverse, it will be removed by a person, not a machine.

  This was my biggest worry, otherwise I see 99% of removed files just being cosplay props

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective Shout, catching an award-winning indie and more in the crossfire⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Reports on Twitter that they are deleting previously purchased games from users’ libraries as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My library district actually just got access to Mango in May, I downloaded it, but I haven’t had a chance to try it

  Thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m switching over to Babbel when my duo subscription lapses in the fall, much less gamified, actual human speakers for the language I want to learn, and they aren’t trying to shovel AI into everything like duo is

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From games to reminders to drink water: The rise of 'streaks,' rewards that keep you hooked⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Streak addiction is real, I had one Snapchat streak years ago that was over 1500, the person it was with and I would send one snap a day of nothing really just to keep the streak going and that was the only time I talked to that person, it was honestly a relief when it finally lapsed. I had a few times where I was camping with no signal and would literally go on hikes with no destination just to find phone signal to send my daily snap to them. Number go up makes monkey brain happy, even when you’re aware of how dumb it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When they rolled out the update that removed the toggle for it, I remember seeing steps for how to disable it via regedit or tools which would do that for you, all with the warnings of future updates may re-enable it.

  I haven’t moved from W10 yet so I’m kinda ootl on it, but that’s what I remember

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3D Printing Patterns Might Make Ghost Guns More Traceable Than We Thought⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Some good discussion from /c/3dprinting@lemmy.world about how it really isn’t as dependable/tracable as the article says:

  lemmy.world/post/33199760

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MEGA launches new large file transfer service Transfer.it with no file size limit⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its also worth noting that the service skips end-to-end encryption “to improve speed and compatibility across browsers”, … according to MEGA, files stay encrypted while stored and are only decrypted temporarily in server memory … this model may not meet the needs of users who require strict zero-access encryption.

  Oof

  Also only free until next year

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple sues YouTuber for alleged iOS 26 trade-secret theft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  According to the suit, Ramacciotti was in need of money, and had a friend named Ethan Lipnik who worked at Apple as a software engineer on the Photos team – two facts that Prosser was aware of when he allegedly offered to pay Ramacciotti to break into Lipnik’s development iPhone and show Prosser what the version of iOS running on the device looked like.

  Ramacciotti, who frequently stayed at Lipnik’s home, allegedly used location-tracking software to determine when Lipnik was far enough from home to be gone for an extended period. During such windows, he allegedly used the opportunity to obtain the passcode and access the device.

  Apple isn’t a very pro WFH or remote work company from what I learned when I was job hunting, I’m honestly surprised they let a dev iPhone leave their campus.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Galactic Armory Hit with Cease and Desist Over Warhammer 40K Models⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Takedown requests from Games Workshop are nothing new, though. The company was an early player fighting the sharing of 3D printable models based on its intellectual property (IP) – even those shared for free

  So they can turn around and charge ridiculous prices for minis.

  GA’s stuff is all cosplay, so it doesn’t even touch that market, you’d think they’d want creators doing stuff like this because that’s how you get new players and fans

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We caught 4 states sharing personal health data with Big Tech⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For those affected specifically by Covered California, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see suits for other states pop up

  A proposed class action, the lawsuit seeks to represent everyone who had information transmitted to the tech companies by Covered California

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨uBlockOrigin is porting uBOL to iOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah unfortunately this is only a safari extension

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I rip for my personal collection/data hoarding and was surprised to learn how much of a pain PSG subs are. I figured I just had HandBrake configured wrong until I started looking into it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions are getting more expensive⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Photopea has been great, probably not the best for power users, but it’s basically a clone of the Photoshop UI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Probably won’t renew this year. I have a 1500+ day streak, but a good chunk of that is just doing a single quick practice lesson every day.

  I learned enough Italian to use it when I went on a two week trip in 2023, but the problem with Duo’s lessons is nothing is conversational. I would be able to say/ask something, understand the response, but then not really have the ability to keep the conversation going.

  The differences in languages after so many years is also a bit disheartening, I had a friend show me all the tools available in their French course that I didn’t have, it made their Italian lessons look like vocab flash cards in comparison.

  I am not a big gen AI user, but I did try to use it as a conversation partner, which worked alright. I haven’t looked in a while, but my biggest issue was it would speak too fast and none of the available tools had a way to slow it down outside of telling it to add ellipses after each word.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That makes the most sense

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I didn’t believe that amount, looked it up, and it looks like digital W11 Home keys are $139 USD directly from Microsoft.

  I’m surprised manufacturers aren’t getting some sort of license discount.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Physical copies if they are made outside the US, digital no iirc

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the $450 USD was just keeping up with inflation.

  $300 in March 2017 when the switch originally launched is equivalent to almost $400 today ($392 and some change). S2 is launching at $450, if they were only expecting 15%-ish tariffs then maybe, but it should then be cheaper outside of the US if tariffs were the only reason.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Here's a list of browser extensions to un-shittify Youtube⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also Video Speed Controller

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's many Outlooks are confusing users and employees⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve also had no issues with Teams and haven’t had coworkers with issues in probably five years. I prefer it significantly over Slack, and my first job was using IBM/Lotus Notes before they switched to teams, that was a clunky nightmare.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how moderating would work in a merged community. Would mods not from instance X only be able to hide a post from that instance from the merged community, or would they have power to remove a post from another instance? I’d imagine that is one of the hiccups of a feature like this, it is a shame it has been collecting dust though

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Open Safety In The Auto Business: Renault Shares Its Battery Fire Suppression Tech⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Always cool to see companies opening up safety features to the benefit of everyone

  I have some friends working on EV fire suppression at another company and they said it’s a cool idea, but in practice is difficult for firefighters to reach. Renault’s is specifically under the back seat, how easy is it going to be to open up a car, potentially move a seat, and connect a hose during a big battery fire?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Full Xbox 360 recompilation for PC debuts with Sonic Unleashed Recompiled⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I understand, it isn’t fully drag and drop yet, it took a long time to get it tweaked to work perfectly with Sonic Unleashed, and, as the tool is now, would require similar work for other games, but it’s a huge milestone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon will remove the option to download/transfer Kindle e-books via USB by February 2025⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The title is misleading, they’re removing the ability to download and transfer from the Amazon side