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- Comment on Quora’s Chatbot Platform Poe Allows Users to Download Paywalled Articles on Demand 2 days ago:
Does Microsoft think things behind paywalls are fair game for LLMs too? (I know this isn’t Microsoft, but I bet OpenAI got around paywalls toooo…)
- Comment on FCC proposes ending cellphone carrier locks after 60 days 2 days ago:
He would help with e-waste too.
- Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims 3 days ago:
This is why companies like Apple are at least a tiny bit correct when they go on about app security and limiting code execution. The fact it aligns with their creed of controlling all of the technology they sell makes the whole debate a mess.
- Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims 3 days ago:
Shop like a billionaire targeted by state sponsored hackers.
- Comment on NBC to use AI-generated version of Al Michaels' voice during Summer Olympics 4 days ago:
We fuckin on the fisher bed tonight.
- Comment on McDonald’s Gives Up On ‘AI’ After Comedy Of Errors, Including Putting Bacon On Ice Cream 4 days ago:
Denny’s offers this. Or use to.
Im pretty sure this is a click bait headline since a certain percentage of people see the appeal of bacon on vanilla ice cream.
- Comment on boost security across multi-site chain stores 5 days ago:
I guess it’s at least a transparent solicitation post.
- Comment on I miss console ads being this weird 1 week ago:
I dunno if corpos hiding under sex and drugs to lure people to their corpo products is a great reality too.
- Comment on Herd of 170 bison could help store CO2 equivalent of 43,000 cars, researchers say 1 month ago:
Corn is insidious.
- Comment on New Teslas might lose Steam 1 month ago:
No, nothing like that. I’m just calling Elon a petulant man-child.
- Comment on New Teslas might lose Steam 1 month ago:
Because Elon is a child.
- Comment on Microsoft PC Manager App 'Repairs' Your System by Making Bing the Search Default 1 month ago:
Like most things, it was nearly 30 years ago. So everyone acts like they can’t remember it.
Institutional knowledge is not something corpos seem to like anymore. That hampers next quarter thinking.
- Comment on X rolls out a revamped version of its Communities feature, which lets users network around topics of interest, including improved discovery tools and search 1 month ago:
I wonder if this will slowly morph towards Reddit/Lemmy structure. All the major platforms are becoming homogeneous as they chase each other.
- Comment on Microsoft's carbon emissions up nearly 30% thanks to AI 1 month ago:
- Comment on State-backed digital violence used to silence women in Thailand 1 month ago:
Wow. Let’s hear people just say they should “grow a thicker skin” and “block and move” on to this one.
- Comment on Read the memo: Meta is shutting down Workplace, cutting back enterprise ambitions 1 month ago:
They use it internally. I wonder if they will continue to.
- Comment on Firefox 126: New Search Data Telemetry, Improved Copy Without Site Tracking, Security Fixes, and More 1 month ago:
That tracking removal feature is awesome. Anyone know of versions of that for Safari on macOS?
I hate cleaning those out on YouTube links. They started adding it this year 😞
- Comment on Comcast Unveils Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle 1 month ago:
“StreamSaver” is such a junky name for it.
- Comment on Comcast Unveils Peacock, Netflix, Apple TV+ Streaming Bundle 1 month ago:
Apple and others have tried to fix the discovery issue. And some of the platforms tell them to fuck off. Such as Netflix. And formerly Amazon.
If you’re not aware, AppleTV will list things across many streaming services and take you right to the shows/movies in the respective apps. As long as a platform is participating.
Apple and Amazon worked out their differences a few years ago and their stuff is now part of the index.
I wonder if this bundle will change that. AppleTV does not index Netflix.
- Comment on Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024 1 month ago:
I guess you can do that when you own Windows.
- Comment on Xbox Has Had More Studio Closures Than First Party Game Releases So Far In 2024 1 month ago:
It seems weird for a platform holder to do this.
- Comment on iFixit hails replaceable LPCAMM2 laptop memory as a 'big deal' 1 month ago:
Sounds like there is a bunch of nuance in this topic!
- Comment on Apple introduces M4 chip 1 month ago:
Do you just mean M4? Or all Apple Silicon?
- Comment on [Serious] Why do so many people seem to hate veganism? 1 month ago:
I guess I’m lucky I’ve never personally known anyone to preach about their diet.
For someone like myself, this all sounds overblown and just a meme/trope you see in movies and TV.
- Comment on Is Boeing in big trouble? World's largest aerospace firm faces 10 more whistleblowers after sudden death of two 1 month ago:
Passing bucks around is what capitalism is all about!
- Comment on New Federal Rules Protect LGBTQ People From Misgendering, Bathroom Bans 1 month ago:
Federal, Global. 🤔
- Comment on A sign of late stage capitalism? 1 month ago:
Same.
- Comment on After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat 1 month ago:
Didn’t the pace of change influence our perception more than anything else?
Don’t old computers on old operating systems work as well as they did when support was dropped? Much like your example of consoles?
The rate of software gobbling up newly available resources seems to a big reason people feel the need to move on. But I think that is starting to flatten out as the pace of processor improvements slows.
The bloat on the web is a huge burden on older devices too. Especially for your average person.
The bloat on the web and in native software (and in non-native software that is just another copy of Chrome posing as native software) comes from our newly available resources allowing for “lazy” development practices that prioritize cross platform development and other factors over writing efficient native software for each platform.
There are a lot of factors involved in the rate of device turnover. I don’t think any one factor is consistently forcing people to upgrade hardware. It’s a collective situation.
I use my desktop computers, for work, for nearly 10 years before replacing them. For my gaming computer, I swap in parts every 5-6 years.
- Comment on If everyone had access to healthcare the net benefit of treating the mental illness and other disabilities holding them back would easily cover the cost of the healthcare itself. 1 month ago:
Yup. Everything is better when everyone is doing better. It’s weirdly simple.
- Comment on Congress lets broadband funding run out, ending $30 low-income discounts 1 month ago:
“It’s the only way to get it to pass.”