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- Comment on Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse 1 day ago:
FWIW this was always an ideological choice, not a technical one. Masto users saw how quote-posts were used on other platforms to generate harassment, doxxing, dogpiling, etc. and chose not to include the feature. It’s hard to say whether it has had a cooling effect on those, but it seems like most people on Masto consider the benefits to outweigh the costs.
- Comment on Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic 2 days ago:
I can see a use case when it comes to search - like you said. If the question is relatively trivial and slightly obscure then a LLM summary is probably adequate (maybe problematic for other reasons).
But this is being marketed in Productivity software! I really and genuinely want to understand why it seems so popular.
- Comment on Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic 2 days ago:
That has sorta been my experience so far. LLMs are great at producing output as long as the quality of the output doesn’t really matter. Maybe there are a lot more tasks than I realize where this is the case - in my work there are not many.
- Comment on Microsoft ends OpenAI exclusivity in Office, adds rival Anthropic 2 days ago:
What are people actually using AI for in office programs? I spend almost all day working on email, documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Every time in the past that I have tried to use AI tools, it has either failed to perform the task, done it poorly/incorrectly, or taken longer than using traditional tools (requiring multiple prompts, editing and correcting, etc.)
Am I just a dinosaur? Are there people who really use these tools productively?
- Comment on Activity Pub: Can I join a PeerTube or Mastodon server using a Lemmy account? 5 days ago:
Also a Mastodon user can follow a Lemmy user.
The replies will federate but not the threads. So for example, the Mastodon user will get notifications about replies to their comments and the Lemmy user will get notifications of the Mastodon user. However, the two users will see the conversion displayed quite differently, especially if there are more than two users in the conversion.
- Comment on First Time Self Hoster- Need help with Radicale 6 days ago:
I set up mine through docker and it works great. I’ve switched from other CalDAV / CardDAV hosts and it really is the most stable and reliable.
- Comment on Does anyone use a VPN to subvert the Netflix household device fencing? 1 week ago:
I use a third party VPN without any issues (USA)
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Unpopular opinion: Lemmy-UI is a bottom tier app. Use any one of the better options available
- Comment on US Wants Judge to Break Up Google, Force Sale of Chrome: Here's What to Know 1 week ago:
What would happen if you disabled all connections on a Tesla? Or put it in some kind of Faraday cage? Would it just shut itself down, or would it keep running in its current state?
- Comment on Confidence 1 week ago:
Humans are just off-brand octopuses.
- Comment on No brainer 1 week ago:
“Doctor, please help me! I have a terrible pain in my side.”
“It’s just gas. Trust me.”
- Comment on No brainer 1 week ago:
Seeing inside empty containers is way more useful than it seems.
- Comment on A tiny thin knit sweater would be a chunky sweater for a mouse 1 week ago:
You’d have to make it with embroidery floss or something to get a thin knit.
- Comment on Immortals must be riddled with cancer thanks to gene errors in their dna replication. 1 week ago:
I dunno, I guess we’d have to ask that crayfish that cloned itself a few million times and will likely never die.
- 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 2 weeks ago:
This only seems to support the theory
- 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/swww.tomshardware.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 152 comments
- Comment on Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws 2 weeks ago:
The more interesting question is, who would you arrest? Just ignore the law. It’s unenforceable when it comes to the fediverse.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Yes, it depends a lot on the jurisdiction where you live. In general where permitted, it involves a process of legally establishing your wishes, receiving qualified counseling, and then obtaining the “means” to use according to your designated plan.
- Comment on Title 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on DM me on Spotify: Spotify launches a messaging feature. 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s both. There are an unbelievable number of people on Facebook, and there are also a TON of bots and inauthentic users. Meta has every incentive to exaggerate their numbers and permit bad actors (at least up to the point that real users are driven away). Same goes for all corporate social media.
- Comment on Schools in Florida are testing armed drones as a defense against school shootings 2 weeks ago:
Florida once again forgets that Black Mirror is a cautionary tale.
- Comment on DM me on Spotify: Spotify launches a messaging feature. 2 weeks ago:
It’ll be more popular than Twitter in a week. Not that it’s hard…
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- Comment on What do you use for music library streaming? 2 weeks ago:
One last comment on your edit: Tempo is great, and I used that as well, plus it’s open source. The symfonium dev is actually pretty cool about helping you work around Google if you want to buy it another way, but it has to be activated manually by the dev on each device. I just didn’t want the hassle.
I’d probably go with Tempo if I were still using navidrome since it’s open source.
- Comment on What do you use for music library streaming? 2 weeks ago:
I did this for a while, and only switched back to Jellyfin/Finamp while degoogling (needed for paid version). I thought it was definitely worth it while I was using it. I also listen to music on the TV and Jellyfin handles it better than other options I tried (including side-loading symfonium).
I currently use a separate music library manager on my server to organize my music collection, then Jellyfin just does the server work.
I think you’ll be very happy with the setup you are using.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
Also note that this app is closed source so there is no way to audit the claims of data protection. The following is from their privacy policy:
Analytics Data
We use Vercel Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics including:
- Page views and navigation patterns
- Device type and browser information
- Geographic location (country/region level only)
- Referral sources
- Analytics Cookies: Vercel Analytics uses cookies to track usage patterns anonymously
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
FYI, MintPress news (featured in the screenshot) is funded by shadowy oligarchs associated with Putin, Assad, and Iran. That’s how a journalism student with no real world experience founded and funded a million-dollar news source.
I’d trust this app about as far as I can throw Putin.
- Comment on YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE 3 weeks ago:
✅ Discount number of limbs
✅ Cheaply made eyeballs
✅ Held together with a bunch of inflexible bones
Wait, am I just an off-band octopus?
Damn.
- Comment on Ready or not! 3 weeks ago:
“Delicious.”
- Comment on Now I finally get it 3 weeks ago:
The word ילד would be insufficient. It does not include נער, or עלם, which would be the more likely scenario (not to mention עול, which would be unthinkable). זכר is the more obvious choice.
