WindyRebel

@WindyRebel@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam is now blocking NSFW updates for published adult-only games, according to a raunchy RPG developer⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I honestly don’t understand how to “do” crypto. Here’s my brain’s interpretation and questions. You will probably see why I, and many others, don’t use it or dabble in it:

  It’s got to be mined to obtain (power hog and time)

  You can buy it but it is traded like stock which may inflate it to be more expensive to obtain

  Who really owns or has responsibility over what you purchase?

  Where is it “stored” (locally, on a cloud somewhere)?

  What coin type do you choose and how do you know it’s safe?

  Do you just make your own coin and use a program that does everything needed to package it as “money”?

  How does someone verify that you actually have the money behind the coin(s)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rock Band 4 to be delisted on tenth anniversary following the expiration of its licenses⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve got a bad feeling about this…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney sells us imaginary heroes while supporting real world villains.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to my knowledge, but that fucker, the Easter Bunny, Leprechauns, and Tooth Fairy all support/practice breaking and entering!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I canceled my stuff over this and I don’t even watch him. I let them know it was because they are free speech abolitionists and capitulating to Trump. I’m also a huge Star Wars and Marvel fan, so this was a big deal to me to cancel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Michigan GOP Lawmakers Propose Total Ban on Porn⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  GOP projecting again. Sounds like the party has a porn addiction!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did Luke Skywalker learn to communicate with Astromech droids? How did he learn the language whilst living on Tatooine?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How do parents know what a baby is saying? They don’t. They spend enough time learning what sounds and movements or facial positions mean to speculate what is being communicated.

  Artoo speaks with whistles and beeps and he moves. I’m betting that in the time they spent together, Luke had a vague understanding of the general gist of what Artoo was trying to communicate.

  Droids personalities also expand as time goes on and they learn, which is why wiping their memory often is something that happens in Star Wars. R2 and 3PO both skirt memory wiping many times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google should have called it JIF, not WebP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, I like peanut butter and that’s how it’s pronounced. I guess I’m part of the quarter gang.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google should have called it JIF, not WebP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So what you’re saying it’s that just like articles—THEY DIDN’T READ. Then they perpetuated fake news until it was accepted by half the audience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google should have called it JIF, not WebP⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well now I feel like an idiot because I thought they were actually two different file types with some stupid rule like how many pixels they could display. 😂

  I had to look it up and find out it changed because of operating systems and what they could handle for naming conventions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What if I have bird blindness and I try and teach it to a duck?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah yes. Thank you for that correction! I knew it shared one and I conflated the assembly line with the platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, and the Mazda6 and Mustang shared a platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are people young enough to not even remember Pokémon Red/Blue who are old enough to be parents now⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You should already be thinking about failure of social security nets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amy Klobuchar learned that a video clip of her was going viral. So she clicked on it and saw her face and her voice saying vulgar things she had never said. It was AI.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, but with the definition having multiple meanings then can easily make that call.

  the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction

  So all those things posted online like “food porn,” “travel porn,” etc can be classified as pornography because now we have a definition that isn’t necessarily sexual.

  It’s bullshit, but they can still make it the definition used to make their case about why it’s “bad.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gen Z Is Cutting Back On Video Game Purchases⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Happy dweeb/nerd confirmed here. Single player, story-driven is where it’s at.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  We’ll fuck, I forgot about Dre!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I understood this reference!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Imagine being a billionaire, running one the most powerful, corporations in the United States, and prostrating yourself to Donald Trump in this very public and embarrassing way.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s Apple or Google pretty much here for us Americans. Who do you think we should support? Or do you think we should go back to t9 Nokias?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, but I think we should amend this phrase.

  Release the UNREDACTED Epstein files

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow! Thanks for this response. That makes a lot of sense as to how it’s done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for that explanation!

  So, this is probably dumb but could their whole argument be that it’s E2EE ffromnyour phone to their server, which unpacks it and reads it, then repackages it and E2EE from the server to the recipient while the AI sends the summary back to you E2EE from the server?

  It’s so stupid, but I could see they’r their marketing saying that it’s technically E2EE just with a…detour.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  First, if I were to take a guess I would assume that it can be coded to give the AI access to messages because it’s part of the encryption protocol? I really have no idea because I don’t write code or deal with backend stuff.

  Second, I’m not defending the tech company. I’m coming up with a hypothesis as to why something may be possible. I’m not saying it’s probable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp deletes over 6.8m accounts linked to scams, Meta says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll my best guess is you have numbers associated with profiles and maybe the numbers get reported as scams through various watchdog orgs or people reporting to Meta directly?

  The profiles aren’t encrypted I don’t think?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So, yes?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch Console & Accessory Prices Are Going Up In The US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for the nice reply. I hope you have a great weekend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Switch Console & Accessory Prices Are Going Up In The US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Didn’t upvote or downvote you, but just voicing my disdain for that stupid ass slogan because “master race” has always been associated with Nazi beliefs and I don’t think making it cute or trying to take it back is something that should really even be considered.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, guess not. Trump’s Lemmy account is here to gaslight us.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI uses facial recognition technology, online photos to identify and arrest ICE Portland protester⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the way. Sadly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hertz' AI System That Scans for "Damage" on Rental Cars Is Turning Into an Epic Disaster⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus they are worshipped as a god in some sectors of the universe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man, I hate it when this happens!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Jesus fucking Christ. How long has Coppertone been around?!