darkevilmac
@darkevilmac@lemmy.zip
- Comment on [deleted] 12 hours ago:
He didn’t ban news on their platforms in Canada. He disabled links to news platforms because the Canadian government passed a bizarre law that forced them to pay news agencies for the privilege of hot linking to them.
- Comment on Brother accused of locking down third-party printer ink cartridges via forced firmware updates, removing older firmware versions from support portals 1 month ago:
You can run a power clean cycle which should help, then just replace the foam pads they saturate with ink for the cleaning
They’re not perfect but they’re still the most consumer friendly option on the market at this point
- Comment on Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data 1 month ago:
Too late for me personally, I’ve gone ahead and moved over to Zen.
- Comment on Lenovo responds to Trump tariffs in unexpected style 1 month ago:
This mostly just comes across like a statement to calm investors.
- Comment on Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said 5 months ago:
It’s super hit or miss, odds are it’s using azure though and not just running a model locally.
- Comment on Arc Browser - Changing focus when the main product isn't even finished? 5 months ago:
Yeah Zen is really nice, was going to try Arc one time but was immediately turned off by the account requirement.
- Comment on Bluesky’s upcoming premium plan won’t give paid users special treatment 5 months ago:
To be completely honest I think most sane people are going to be okay if bluesky ends up as even a slightly better version of what Twitter was.
- Comment on Meta strikes multi-year AI deal with Reuters. 5 months ago:
Of all the sources to use for accurate info on current events I’d say Reuters is probably one of the best. I’m not so naive as to think that these deals aren’t basically just trying to stall any meaningful cases on the legality of these models.
If nothing else though at least these companies get to be propped up for their work in a small way.
- Comment on I investigated millions of tweets from the Kremlin’s ‘troll factory’ and discovered classic propaganda techniques reimagined for the social media age. 6 months ago:
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.