RFBurns

@RFBurns@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Suddenly it’s 1960.

  Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google have replaced ABC, NBC, PBS and CBS.

  Your “personal computer internet appliance” is a black-box running rented software, just like in the ‘dumb-terminal time-sharing’ era.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft’s Windows Hello fingerprint authentication has been bypassed⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Correct answer.

  Using any form of biometric ‘login’ under the US’s “justice” system is supremely ill-advised.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US broadband grant rules shut out small ISPs and municipalities, advocates say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When the dust settles, it’ll be just like Ma Bell in 1975: There will be the “Internet Company” just like there was the Phone Company, with a probable ‘bonus’ of an extra “National Internet Corporation” modeled on the BBC.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All of Japan's Toyota Assembly Plants Shut Down for a Day Because Their Server Ran Out of Disk Space⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Storage has never been cheaper.

  There’s going to be a seppuku session in somebody’s IT department.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Modern cars are a privacy nightmare,’ the worst Mozilla’s seen⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Off to the wrecking-yard and auto-parts house to get more spares for my '99…

  If you’re going to monitor me like an airline pilot, you can pay me like one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  …useless tech

  Oh, it is “useful”; to the real ‘owners’ of “your” car…

• AI creates a complete South Park episode: It's SHOW-1 time!
  Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩ | ⁨9⁩ ⁨comments⁩
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if it was done on purpose after it came out that the Pentagon had typo’d “.ml” instead of ‘.mil’ and exposed a lot of sensitive emails…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon saved children's voices recorded by Alexa even after parents asked for it to be deleted. Now it's paying a $25 million fine.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah? What’s that; 14 seconds of their profits?