njordomir
@njordomir@lemmy.world
- Comment on Meta and YouTube found liable in social media addiction trial; Ordered to pay woman $3 million 2 weeks ago:
No real mention of the parents other than a line about how they’re lining up to sue too. When I was a kid, my parents made me log every moment I spent in front of the computer in a book along with what I was doing. I got into some stuff, but I also got sat down and talked to a few times. Many of my friends had to share phones with siblings. The computer was in a public space and we were all told to never use our real name online. Where did things go wrong and why?
I dislike Meta an FB a lot, but I think it’s ridiculous to make them responsible for every kid in America. Isn’t there a confirmation dialogue that says you’re not allowed to use it if you are under 13? The parents gave them a tool that can be used to look up >>>almost anything<<<. Thats like handing your kid a metaphorical RPG and sending them out the door to go play. Making sure kids have guidance and help in developing media literacy is at least partially the parents job.
Having said that, I do think there is a lot of other bad stuff META did that should have already put them out of business. In my opinion, they’re obviously a bad actor but blaming them infantalizes everyone else. Poor little Americans, powerless against the big bad Meta. Also, why is it okay to manipulate adults? If anything, these feeds should be boldly labeled as “does not reflect reality”, or “this content has been algorithmically selected to be addictive, take frequent breaks, touch grass”
- Comment on Apple will reportedly start stuffing ads into the Maps app 2 weeks ago:
I read that the one of the differences between Organic Maps and CoMaps is that the server side code for CoMaps is FOSS, while some of the server side code for Organic Maps is not. I hope I understood that correctly. I have Organic Maps installed because it was in the GrapheneOS app store.
If CoMaps has open server-side code, could I create my own map tiles with the best bike routes in my area and self-host them for myself and my friends? I find that google, bing, OpenStreetMap, etc all suck at recognizing good bike routes in my area and hand-curated routes are much better. I’d prefer to hand-curate the best routes color coded based on perceived safety and whether they are daytime only routes or acceptable for nighttime travel. Is something like this doable with CoMaps?
- 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:
"You have selected ‘Caucasian Christian’. Permanent light mode has been activated and you can no longer look up porn on Sunday.’
- 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:
So in other words, “Sure we built the people-crushing machines, but we didn’t wire them up or turn them on.”
- Comment on Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines 2 weeks ago:
I’m sure the trees appreciate the AI sicofancy. /s
- Comment on Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines 2 weeks ago:
Protip, you can use your hostsfile or your router to block google so you don’t get tempted. If you may have to bypass, you can use some blocking extensions to allow an override after a nag screen chastising yourself for being weak willed. I rarely reach for the goog nowadays because I have a whole workflow I go through before giving in.
- Comment on Robot dogs priced at $300,000 a piece are now guarding some of the country’s biggest data centers 3 weeks ago:
I wonder how far one of these would fly if it wandered onto a road and got hammered by a semi doing 55mph.
- Comment on French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle tracked via Strava activity in OPSEC failure 3 weeks ago:
I saw the location on one of those “war dashboards” a day or two ago. Can’t have been that secret.
- Comment on ‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine? 3 weeks ago:
Thanks for the correction, I’ve clarified my previous comment.
- Comment on If we cured all forms of cancer with the ease of taking a pill, what would be the next thing medicine would put the biggest focus on? 3 weeks ago:
Monetizing that pill and wringing every last dollar out of it.
- Comment on Tinder Plans to Let AI Scan Your Camera Roll 3 weeks ago:
When I see all the people running off this cliff, and the trump loving gen Z guys, I have to wonder if I’m going to have 5 simultaneous girlfriends before a single girl smiles at them. You gotta have self-respect before others will respect you.
- Comment on Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic 3 weeks ago:
I’ve adjusted to something similar:
- DDG for all-purpose searching
- SearXNG when I’m feeling extra FOSS
- Kagi when I need 1999 Google.
- Google “verbatim” mode when I absolutely mist use it.
- Comment on Google told staff worried about Pentagon AI deals that the company is 'leaning more' into national security contracts 3 weeks ago:
I got laid off by one of these big tech corporations and replaced by AI (in my opinion, they denied this). It couldn’t have come at a better time because I was past the point where my ethics were allowing me to continue. Let someone else build, sell, and support the framework of global oppression. I wouldn’t mind doing some Linux work (20+ years of Linux use, minor coding experience, some devops type stuff, but mostly support/sales). For now, I’m focused on my family and I might teach some dance in the meantime. Gotta dance while the world is burning; how else do I stay positive?
- Comment on ‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine? 3 weeks ago:
Here’s the link to the article, it’s accountwalled/paywalled but you can read the first paragraph or two (in German).
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
How about a 24 hour waiting period for me to harden my OS before Google slurps up all my data.
- Comment on Manjaro Linux Team Goes on Strike, Threatens to Fork the Project 3 weeks ago:
I liked Manjaro, they had a nice theme, it was in the direction of Arch, but still had some guardrails for the noobish.
Then my system kept breaking, then they screwed up their certs. If they want to fork it and go forward with a different focus/ideology, that’s fine by me.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
The constitution basically guarantees us root access to our own lives (life, liberty, and the pursuit of property/happiness). I’d like the same or better for my devices.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
An option for full password on every cold boot with pin for subsequent unlocks would strengthen security without removing user freedom.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
10 years ago I would have called that a stretch. After Windows 11, there is no doubt that Windows is spyware.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
Goodby Ubuntu (community), you are now (ukuhaha), freeBSD is now non-free BSD, openSuse/closedSuse, Fedora becomes Baseball Cap, Enlightenment WM becomes Samsara WM, etc.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
I have no doubt that they’re pushing this because it hands then market share stolen from superior devs who distribute via multiple channels and dont ascribe to their top-down philosophy.
- Comment on This is Android's new 'advanced flow' for sideloading apps without verification, includes one-day waiting period 3 weeks ago:
For real! I used to redo my phone all the time, especially before big trips. I can imagine myself getting ready to go to (insert remote designation here) and I’m sitting in my home office the day before prepping my phone with a fresh slate of travel apps after clearing out all the stale user data. Now if I start too late, I would theoretically have to finish 24h later, perhaps when I’m in Nigeria (frequent power outages) or Germany (different play store rules and feature availability). Just leave me alone already. If someone is really very very scam-prone, you buy them one of those fisher price phones with big huge numbers and no screen, or you put parental controls on the phone.
- Comment on CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court 3 weeks ago:
I know the type. They list themselves exclusively on job search sites for high earners like “Ladders”, they don’t listen to their employees ever because they’re a subhuman resource, they are first in line at every ceremony or circle jerk meeting, but nowhere to be found when actual work needs done, they spent the last few years bringing up how badly they want to go back to the office full time, and they unironically speak in corporatese even on Christmas. They like sports teams because they’re popular and a good segway, not because they care about the team, they view it as their duty to keep the ranks broken down and working hard in fear of their jobs.
- Comment on CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court 3 weeks ago:
I looked up a similar article without a paywall:
www.gamespot.com/articles/…/1100-6536280/
“Krafton recently declared itself to be an “AI-first company,” which led Unknown Worlds to issue a statement indicating that Subnautica 2 will not feature generative AI.”
The “AI first” shit is pure gold. I love the instant karma. Why are these CEOs throwing their money, reputation, etc. away on AI? Either they are even stupider than I thought, or the tech bros have some kind of massive blackmail machine they’re using to take over everything and puppet all the CEOs.
- Comment on 79% of smart dash cams we tested had security flaws and concerns, and in some cases they were breaking the law - Out of 28, only six didn't have any concerns. 3 weeks ago:
My cam is a Viofo or something like that, but I can’t recommend any of them. I’ve had l my share of annoyances and I’ve read similar about Garmin, Blackvue, and others. Its also been a few years, so they may have new models, but from what I see online, they look more or less similar.
What I did learn is this:
- Having front and back cams made it easier to pick out a license plate because you have more time to get a clear shot. You can also see what happened before that dickwad cut you off.
- Using a fast microsd card is critical. Don’t expect to throw in any old microsd sitting in your desk drawer.
- If it’s not recording, it does you no good. Check regularly. Make sure you know what the lights mean because 90% of using it is listening for the beep and the light when it starts up.
- Be careful how you wire it up. If it gets power when the car is off, you’ll be swapping batteries if you leave it sit for too long. Some aux plugs are powered when the car is off. Even if your battery can handle it overnight. You will eventually go on vacation and forget to unplug it. Boom! Dead battery. That one happened to my partner, but with an aftermarket seat warmer.
- Comment on 79% of smart dash cams we tested had security flaws and concerns, and in some cases they were breaking the law - Out of 28, only six didn't have any concerns. 3 weeks ago:
My camera has USB, WiFi, and MicroSD. I never found the WiFi to be usable. Putting the card in a card reader is wayyyyyyy faster and easier and if you get a USB-C card reader it will likely work on your phone over USB-OTG as well as at home on a desktop PC. I pull the card about once a month to make sure it’s recording properly.
- Comment on 79% of smart dash cams we tested had security flaws and concerns, and in some cases they were breaking the law - Out of 28, only six didn't have any concerns. 3 weeks ago:
Smart dash cams? This sounds like an opportunity to buy a couple dupes of my current dash cam before they enshittify the whole market segment.
I made the comment to my passenger a year ago that the image quality of most current dashcams is trash but didn’t full understand it yet. It makes sense now. They’re holding back the good quality, (phone/action cam quality picture) until they can counterbalance it with some bad features. A little bite of poison on a big bite of food is how you get the rats to eat out of the trap. I expect the next gen will be fully connected to he police department at all times.
- Comment on Study: AI autocomplete suggestions can nudge people's opinions - and they don't notice 4 weeks ago:
True. I am doubting, curmudgeonly, initially distrustful, and I see a scam coming from a mile away. I have a rule that I don’t buy anything that is advertised at me unless I looked it up first. Even so, they’ve got me a few times here and there. Anyone who is completely unnudgeable is in their own world :D
- Comment on Iran includes American tech giants on list of new targets 4 weeks ago:
Having worked in several large public clouds, I will always keep a local backup of my cloud data even if I am snapshotting it and even if I’m using geographic replication. Too easy for a misunderstanding or a bug to result in all my stuff getting deleted.
- Comment on System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks 4 weeks ago:
It has to be a foot in the door. If all they do is say apps have to do this, it’s ineffective at best. More than likely it’s dangerous because now you have built the gate and whoever comes after you can just hire the bouncer to stand in front of it (or rather contract it out to the cheapest shittiest companies imaginable). I can’t imagine this isn’t part of their plan because if wasn’t, you could still download an exe, MSI, deb, appimage, docker container, flatpack from anywhere and install it. Essentially the age game would do nothing except discourage use of the MS store, which is about the only good thing about it. :D