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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces quantum computing breakthrough with new Majorana 1 chip⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
DARPA is always cost a lot of money. Wouldn’t they the ones that try to investigative psychic powers were real? Oh and for a while they were trying to develop a perpetual motion machine.

Of course in retrospect that looks stupid, but if they’d ever succeeded in building a perpetual motion machine they would have made all their money back and then some. So it isn’t immediately apparent that they will have saved anyone any money. They’ve just not spent the money, which is not the same thing at all.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Humane (makers of the Humane AI Pin) acquired by HP: "HP Accelerates AI Software Investments to Transform the Future of Work"⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
It wasn’t standalone though everything still ran on the cloud. At the time the product came out everyone said exactly the same thing, this product is just an interface for a remote AI so why not just use a phone?

Given the fact it had the battery life of a suicidal mayfly and the capacity to heat itself up to 700° I could forgive you for thinking it was running the AI locally
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
It’s called a viral marketing
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
I’ve always been a fan of book ciphers, but they’re probably really annoying to actually use.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Infamously G4S don’t conduct background checks. If they did they wouldn’t hire anyone because all of their employees are psychopaths.

Even when they are hired as mere security guards rather than close protection they still end up killing people.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
These people have enough money to hire private protection already, it’s not the lack of an app that has stopped them from doing so up until this point. It’s simply that they didn’t actually believe they were in any danger from the peons.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Uber for Armed Guards' Rushes to Market Following the Assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO | Are you scared to walk down the streets of NYC and also have too much money? There's an app for that⁩ ⁨⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Buy a few drones and you could automate the assassination process for maximum efficiency.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I suppose it would be useful for low poly assets but I’d probably just make them myself because I can’t imagine the AI would do exactly what I wanted
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
What? I read that three times and it still doesn’t make sense.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft hypes another generative AI model but doesn't really explain how it'll help [game] developers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
That is it. I’ve lost all respect from Microsoft.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France runs fusion reactor for record 22 minutes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
The only reason to pursue fusion power research is so you can say this on a weekly basis. Any benefits to humanity are purely secondary.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
The product was a failure long before HP got anywhere near it
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I ethically use LLMs?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

LLMs have consequences to climate

I would have no problem asking and AI agent to speak to a colleagues AI agent to automatically find a mutually acceptable time for a call or meeting.

Yeah I mean the climate’s important but screw talking to people
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Researchers are training AI to interpret animal emotions⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Hungry, they are usually feeling hungry.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
That doesn’t fix the problem though. For one thing they’re not net zero because they’re not capturing 100% of the carbon and also that’s like putting a bucket under a leaky pipe and claiming you fixed the pipe.

The bucket will overfill and then you’ve still got water on the floor.

Or you could fix the pipe.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carbon capture more costly than switching to renewables, researchers find⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Well yeah that’s like saying it’s more costly to fix an oil spill in the ocean then just simply not use oil to begin with. Yeah obviously.

The point of common capture isn’t to allow us to continue to use carbon producing fuels it’s to undo the damage that’s already being done. So this cost comparison is daft.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I don’t want to find out about games in this game community.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Also I need to use Windows anyway for work so it’s going to be dual booted anyway and if it’s going to be dual booted anyway then the entire “supporting them” argument is irrelevant.

Also right-wing fascist developed Lemmy so a little bit of worldview consistency would be nice
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah I mean it’s why I’m here. I’m much more interested in finding out about indie games then AAA games, if only because I probably already know about the AAA games. Especially because they’re apparently AAAA these days, and presumably some of that budget includes advertising.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech's Dumbest Mistake: Why Firing Programmers for AI Will Destroy Everything⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
I ever so slightly miss all of the Internet Explorer 6 hacks. Sure it was utterly stupid they were required and we are in a much better position now, but it’s less fun now. Everything just uses Chromium.

Fortunately Safari is still utter garbage so we’ve got that.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
How come we have to talk about this prat every 4 weeks?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah but couldn’t he just resend the law. I can’t see why renaming it would be required also if not he’s, what a stupid loophole.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In light of recent events, here's OpenStreetMap editors discussing naming of the Gulf of Mexico⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
If it was left up to Trump he probably would. I don’t think he’s entirely sane at this point, unfortunately there are plenty of people manipulating things behind the scenes and they do have plans.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy Who Ruined Buzzfeed With AI Now Says AI Is Bad, Launches New AI Platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The issue is they’re not being honest about its limited capabilities. They keep telling everyone that we’re going to have a Sci-Fi utopian future in 6 months. They’ve been saying that for 3 years.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guy Who Ruined Buzzfeed With AI Now Says AI Is Bad, Launches New AI Platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Imagine being known as the guy who “ruined” it. That must have really taken some effort. It’s like trying to come up with a version of hell for pyromediacs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Driver caught doing 122mph on 30mph road as UK’s shocking speed records revealed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
The goal is to have the sun never set on you.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Driver caught doing 122mph on 30mph road as UK’s shocking speed records revealed⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
There’s a road near me that clearly should be a 50 but they can’t be arsed so they’ve just slapped to 30 limit on it. It’s long straight has no hills has two lanes and a central reservation, it’s a perfectly safe road.

But at 150 mph that road would be a death sentence, because it has a very very slight curvature to it, so slight that you barely even notice that you are going around the corner your brain just automatically has you turn the steering wheel ever so slightly. At 150 though the motion would probably destabilize the car.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Republicans are full of it anyway.

Study after study has shown that a nationalized healthcare system increases a nation’s GDP in the long run. After all, people who are unable to work due to sickness or death that were caused by preventable condition, don’t pay taxes.

For everyone else, not having to pay for private health care gives them more disposable income. Which means they spend it on other things which makes businesses more profitable.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
Apparently a lot of them are losing their farms. Which tells me that the US had too many farms.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:
You have to hit them in the wallet. Every time Trump does or says anything about tariffs, just starting increasing tariffs on all Tesla products.

We can’t hit Trump directly but we can hit his little friends quite easily.

Musk will have an absolute meltdown on twitter of course, but if you just ignore him he’ll give up. He’s already shown that he is prepared to back down if he’s actually facing financial penalties.