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- Comment on Tesla's 'unsupervised' Robotaxis vanish a week after pre-earnings announcement 4 days ago:
Oh, there’s efficiency–just in the wrong place. He efficiently made a 4% bump in Tesla stock value by telling a few lies. That’s all this is, and has been: profiting on hype/fomo.
- Comment on Leaked Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Test Presentation Impreses After Cancellation 5 days ago:
In other words, they’re digging deep in the nostalgia bin to avoid having to create something new
- Comment on noyb win: Microsoft ordered to stop tracking school children 6 days ago:
Why aren’t there harsher penalties for behavior like this? They’re given 4 weeks to comply, and then all is fine as long as they stop? Seems like the message they’re sending is “you can track our kids, just be more careful not to get caught next time… If you do, you can at least rest assured that there’s no real punishment”
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 1 week ago:
Interesting! I was under the impression all data centers were causing similar problems, but leave it to the X Man to go the extra mile to really fuck things up. That piece of shit has unlimited money and still pulls shit like this.
Just to add to what you said, it appears Musk is in violation of EPA standards and they may be doing something about it: techspot.com/…/110971-epa-shuts-down-xai-off-grid…
- Comment on Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it 1 week ago:
I’ve also read reports that the noise levels and pollution coming out of these things is staggering. Not to mention they appear to be built as quickly as possible with little regard for laws and regulations.
- Comment on CIRO confirms data breach exposed info on 750,000 Canadian investors 1 week ago:
Gotta love this whole schtick, “oopsie! We weren’t careful enough with your personal info–here’s a voucher for free protection after the fact, because we failed to provide it to you when it mattered”
…and that’s it! Business as usual after nearly a million people have their personal info compromised. As long as this is the punishment, it’s simply a business expense at worst.
- Comment on Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too 2 weeks ago:
“where’s the Tylenol?!”
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers 1 month ago:
You raise an excellent point, one which i was hoping to find out more about as well. It turns out Tesla has been working hard to keep pretty much any pertinent information to answer your questions firmly under lock and key.
From this Electrek article electrek.co/…/tesla-robotaxi-had-3-more-crashes-n…
Unlike other companies reporting to NHTSA, Tesla abuses the right to redact data reported through the system. The automaker redacts the “narrative” for each reported crash, preventing the public from knowing how the crashes happened and who is responsible.
Based on the limited information in Tesla’s reports, we know that one of the new crashes involved a Robotaxi driving into a car backing up, another involved a cyclist, and the last one involved an unknown animal.
So he’s basically fudging the numbers and anytime he’s questioned he points at the fudged numbers and says everything’s great, he’s great, now get out of the way while he deploys a fleet of these un-manned deathtraps to “half the US population” according to a properly ultra-super-inflated kind of claim only a douchebag like Leon can make. No, seriously–he actually claimed that by the end of 2025 he’ll have these things serving half the population of the US.
electrek.co/…/elon-musk-with-straight-face-tesla-…
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- Comment on Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers 1 month ago:
I found this part to be even more alarming:
All of the Robotaxi crashes so far have occurred with human safety monitors—who have been trained to take control of the car in the event of a software error—present in the vehicles.
This is significant because, as TechCrunch reported on Monday, Tesla is starting to send out its Robotaxi fleet without safety monitors.
So despite a pitiful record with people trying to correct the cars mistakes, they’re now ready to move on to running them without assistance?!? I am furious at the idea that our safety on the roads is this negotiable.
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 1 month ago:
Well if Susan isn’t being compensated several million dollars a year, what incentive would she have to help cancer patients? 🫠
- Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" 1 month ago:
Just looking for the next good browser, that’s all. Just the same as i was willing to ditch reddit for greener pastures, even with the snarky cunts that came along too lol
- Comment on It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser" 1 month ago:
I’ve been using Firefox for longer than i can remember. That said, I’m ready to make the leap if necessary. What’s the next browser to succeed Firefox? Suggestions??
- Comment on HDD prices spike as AI infrastructure and China's PC push collide — hard drives record biggest price increase in eight quarters, suppliers warn pressure will continue 1 month ago:
My fear is that this is only going to become the new pricing floor. Someone suggested that these companies are going to systematically scoop up nearly all remaining tech in an attempt to sell cloud computing etc as the only option for the average consumer (due to lack of affordable or perhaps even available tech)…
I wouldn’t be surprised to find out they don’t want us having any access to our own computers etc because they can only control so much of what we can do with them.
- Comment on Sooo... This is happening on Imgur 1 month ago:
Not the person you responded to but i love that one too!! Thanks for posting it 🙂
- Comment on Let's go girls 1 month ago:
I like to take a couple big gulps then pour some over my head to help beat the heat 😎
- Comment on French far right wants to reopen brothels and put sex workers in charge 1 month ago:
Nobody wants to have sex with the fascists, so they make a concession that allows them to get some (for money)
- Comment on ICE 1 month ago:
That can have her. I’ll happily remain on the correct side of history with an Espresso ♥️
- Comment on ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users 1 month ago:
“controlled blackouts”
Seriously though, why wouldn’t that asshole try something like that? Soon enough it’s gonna be a subscription-only service or you’ll have to start “paying” in compute somehow and you’ll get like 2400-baud chatgpt that’ll take like 3 days to complete a request, lol
- Comment on New tech pulls lithium from dead batteries cheaper than you can buy it 2 months ago:
That’s the advantage of sourcing it locally, of course. I have a feeling these guys have gamified lithium collection through an app like uber or grubhub or airbnb, ultimately taking all the advantage we once had for simply being local…
- Comment on Palworld dev isn’t impressed by "so-called" AAA, prefers indies since they "include the kind of systems you can’t find in other games" 2 months ago:
I fully agree! This is a perfect example of how true the cliche “variety is the spice of life” can be. Novel experiences are abundant when you’re young, but when you’ve “seen/done it all” life can become boring or perhaps feel like the movie Groundhog Day…every day the same routine, no change in schedule or behavior, no change in outcome or expectation. There’s certainly comfort in routine but i find learning and trying new things to be one of the most rewarding experiences as i get older.
- Comment on A Vibe Coded SaaS Killed My Team 2 months ago:
People read these?
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO Puzzled by People Being "Unimpressed" by AI 2 months ago:
Right?! At the end of the day, they’re still just people. Gotta eat, gotta sleep, gotta shit. I will never understand how any individual gets so much money/power/attention because they’re all just god damn people and in the event of a catastrophe i imagine they would be about as helpful as any other random human. They aren’t gods, and they certainly don’t deserve the stratification. It’s not like they’re enlightened or something, most of the time they’re just sociopaths who are rich, clever, and/or connected. When you get a glimpse under the hood at moments like this, it really is kinda jarring. Helps to dispel those silly presumptions about them at least.
- Comment on OpenAI Introduces 'ChatGPT for Teachers' to Further Destroy the Minds of Our Youth 2 months ago:
A solution in search of a problem
- Comment on I've heard New Yorkers are devastated 2 months ago:
No wonder the pedos love this guy–he’s writing their anthems
- Comment on You should start doing this today 2 months ago:
- Comment on It's 2025, And We're Getting A Brand New 8-Bit Game Console 2 months ago:
Strider is one of my favorite arcade games. I love the graphics and the mood of the setting. Still holds up to this day, imo 😆
- Comment on Elon Musk says Optimus will 'eliminate poverty' in speech after his $1 trillion pay package was approved 2 months ago:
I’ll fix everything, first i just need all the money… I mean, if I’m not given all the money, what do you expect me to do? Just hang out with concepts of ideas?
- Comment on Boeing won't face criminal charge over 737 Max crashes that killed hundreds of people 2 months ago:
Schrodinger’s corporation: either human or corporation until circumstances determine which allows them to evade responsibility
- Comment on Germany seeks deal with the Taliban to expedite expulsion of Afghan migrants 2 months ago:
“we will not negotiate with terrorists… well ok maybe this one time lol”
- Comment on Meta: Pirated Adult Film Downloads Were For “Personal Use,” Not AI Training 2 months ago:
Even the zucc himself 🫨
