wewbull
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- Comment on OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot 2 weeks ago:
I think it’s that they are preparing for IPO, which means opening their books and being an attractive investment.
Sora was killed because it haemorrhaged cash for each generation. Investors wouldn’t be comfortable with that still running in the books.
This is killed because a respectable investment does sell porn.
- Comment on OpenAI drops plans to release an adult chatbot 2 weeks ago:
One product
- Comment on European Union finds PornHub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos in breach of the Digital Services Act for allowing minors to access their services 2 weeks ago:
Id say your parents managed to get you to educate yourself in lots of useful skills by giving you a motivation. Good job.
- Comment on 'Something really shifted': Inside the software company that laid off 40% of its staff 2 weeks ago:
Perfect illustration.
- Comment on who would win 2 weeks ago:
Boss on Teams: Why are you off-line?
Me: I’m not. I’m talking to you.
Boss: Oh…
My cares about tracking vanished in that moment.
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 2 weeks ago:
I think some are idiots with benign intentions and some aren’t. Your average labour back bencher is an idiot.
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 2 weeks ago:
I don’t like to bring it up, but it was the Germans that convinced us to get rid of them.
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 2 weeks ago:
No, they gave the government another reason for a mandatory government id scheme. Something deeply unpopular with a large part of the population, but that Starmer is devoted to.
- Comment on Apple rolls out mandatory UK age verification with iOS 26.4, requiring users to provide a credit card or ID, a first in Europe, after UK government pressure 2 weeks ago:
We have a government that thinks the population needs to be parented through authoritarian means. The don’t understand that even though their intentions might be benign, they are still building the infrastructure of an authoritarian state.
- Comment on Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says 'employers will see a stream of resumes of once-in-a-lifetime quality' after the company laid off more than 1,000 people 2 weeks ago:
Living it right now. Me: “We’ve sold off or had resignations from ¾ of our engineering” Boss: “We’ll rebuild”.
Also Boss: “Our value is in our people”.
- Comment on My friend Charlie is back.... 2 weeks ago:
…and learn better finning technique.
- Comment on My friend Charlie is back.... 2 weeks ago:
You just gave the same advice.
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’ 2 weeks ago:
Why do we need any of them? They’ve completed the job. All future plans cancelled.
- Comment on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘I think we’ve achieved AGI’ 2 weeks ago:
Cats may be able to read their human just as well or better, but as they don’t give a shit, there’s no feedback to base anything on.
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 2 weeks ago:
I thought it was Indian, but very possible I’m wrong.
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 2 weeks ago:
Remember Motorola phones are made by Lenovo which is now an Indian company.
- Comment on GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information 2 weeks ago:
Hate to say it but systemd, the init system of most Linux distros, already has PRs with maintainer backing to implement DoB recording.
Some people can’t kneel fast enough.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 2 weeks ago:
Oh. It’s more dangerous than a gun then!
- Comment on Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know how much he has liquid. The article says that “most” of his 814B is tied up in Tesla stock. Selling a couple of billion worth of stock isn’t trivial.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
So it’s on the same scale as buying a gun in the states.
I didn’t realise it was so dangerous.
- Comment on Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers 3 weeks ago:
Signs your business model has truly failed.
- Comment on Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over 3 weeks ago:
Ain’t that the tragedy!
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 3 weeks ago:
It absolutely is. They’re sociology problems. Observations can be made on causal factors in society, changes made, effects observed, results shared.
Have a read of the book “The Science Of Racism” for how science can give a insight into dealing with a social issue.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 3 weeks ago:
May the Reverend Magnus Pike be forever remembered.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 3 weeks ago:
…with a bit of technology just for spice.
- Comment on send thoughts and peer review 3 weeks ago:
Playing devil’s advocate: science hasn’t cracked any of those yet either.
- Comment on ‘It beggars belief’: Ministry of Defence(MoD) sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is a threat to UK’s security 3 weeks ago:
Thatcher, but it also happened elsewhere under different names, and the New Labour response to it. And then technology outstripping the intellect of politicians.
Basically the introduction of private industry deep into government became commonplace under Thatcher. Blair didn’t roll it back, and transitioned labour into a party that also invited private money. It was a transformation spearheaded by one Peter Mandelson. You may know him from such hits as “My best friend is Epstein” and “I was a US ambassador”.
He seems to be the the introduction conduit for companies like Palantir into government.
- Comment on We don’t have room in the carbon budget for a world war. 3 weeks ago:
…or AI.
- Comment on Iran includes American tech giants on list of new targets 4 weeks ago:
I wouldn’t say I’m rooting for Iran, but I’m not rooting for the US either. I’m just observing a massive case of FAFO.
- Comment on ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push 4 weeks ago:
No he doesn’t. The redundant 1,600 are only 10% of the workforce. 16,000 total.
