MusketeerX

@MusketeerX@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How did we move from forums to Reddit, Facebook groups, and Discord?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t disagree.

  There is one forum I still participate in:

  forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum/

  It’s mostly tech-focussed and Australia-centric, but it does have other topics like sport, TV etc…

  I wish there were more like this.

  I hate that the bulk of online discussion is now owned/monopolised by a couple of huge corporations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[rant] I want computers to become personal again⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A decent percentage of Gen X and early millennials grew up familiar with computers. You kind of had to be, to some extent. Stuff didn’t always work smoothly or easily, so some tinkering and understanding of how things work beneath the surface was required.

  We’re moving towards a future where a computer becomes just like an appliance, like a TV. Both the hardware and software will be locked down and set up to work. You just tap and press buttons to get it to do its thing.

  Eventually, we may even get to the point where computers are required to be locked down “for our safety”.

  If we get that far, then I can imagine those who want to build their own and have full freedom to install and customise it any way they want could be considered the very fringe/fanatical elements of society.

  “Hey, you want an illegal unauthorised computer, why on earth would you need that, are you a terrorist or criminal or something?”

  I hope things don’t go quite that far. But I don’t think it’s out of the question.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is social media fuelling political polarisation?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a good point/observation.

  Makes me wonder how different things might be if the mainstream media were more neutral and less prone to sensationalising everything and stirring outrage.

  Social media just adds another layer on top of this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This would be a win for Facebook and Twitter/X.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, haven’t thought about that book for many years.

  The concept behind the story seems a lot less fictional/unlikely than it used to 20yrs ago!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Moral Crumple Zones: Crushing the Human to Preserve Venture Capital⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Analyzing several high-profile accidents involving complex and automated socio-technical systems and the media coverage that surrounded them, I introduce the concept of a moral crumple zone to describe how responsibility for an action may be misattributed to a human actor who had limited control over the behavior of an automated or autonomous system. Just as the crumple zone in a car is designed to absorb the force of impact in a crash, the human in a highly complex and automated system may become simply a component—accidentally or intentionally—that bears the brunt of the moral and legal responsibilities when the overall system malfunctions. While the crumple zone in a car is meant to protect the human driver, the moral crumple zone protects the integrity of the technological system, at the expense of the nearest human operator.”<

  Great. Humans taking the fall for technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FOSS scanner app surpasses Microsoft for usability⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for sharing.

  All too often the free and open alternatives (or these days even just the non-subscription alternatives!) involve compromising some features or convenience.

  But not always.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨More and more people are ditching carrier roaming in favor of travel eSIMs⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same as Australian carriers. Mine is $A10 /day (about $7 USD). If you’re travelling for a long time the cost can eventually add up and it’s possible to get some cheaper travel sims. But it’s just so much easier to not do anything and use your phone as normal.

  Big improvement from the old days of roaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adding TV to bedroom without using mainstream smart device⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  For me, I think adding Projectivity Launcher over the top of it took it from a good device to a great one.

  It’s let me customise the thing just how I want it.

  As for voice, I find it handy rather than typing text with the remote when searching in YouTube etc.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the coming flood of AI-generated content might actually free the soul of Internet⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s long, but well worth the read.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Adding TV to bedroom without using mainstream smart device⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like you don’t want to do this, but I am loving my Nvidia Shield TV Pro.

  I’ve installed Projectivity Launcher on it and all the apps I want. It’s such a smooth, clean experience.

  Whether it’s Netflix, Tivimate, Kodi or Plex, it all runs super smoothly, no stutters, no ads. Highly recommend.

  The backlit, voice capable remote is really nice too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My Review of Halloween (1978)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for the review. Added to my ‘to watch’ list!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apartment furnishings should cost credits, not resources⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree. Wish I hadn’t chosen the dream home perk

  1. because it’s empty and I couldn’t be bothered mining resources and making stuff

  2. Because that house is in the middle of nowhere

  3. The Vanguard quest gave me a penthouse in New Atlantis which I like better

  But of course that penthouse is also empty and I don’t even have the option to make a double bed for some reason (sorry Sarah!)

  So I just use my room in constellation as home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids and teens are inundated with phone prompts day and night⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Only kids and teens? Pretty much everyone around here has their head down starting at one.

  (He says while scrolling through Lemmy on his phone…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon Is Using Your Conversations With Alexa to Train AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Is this a surprise to anyone?

  This was already my understanding when I got the first pre-release one in 2014.

  In that time, it has mainly learned how to"dim the living area lights to 50%" and “set the AC to 22 degrees”. That is about 99% of it’s use.

  Wonder if that’s helped it’s AI much…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nice, I’ve been using it for years and didn’t even know about this feature!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Escalating scandal grips airlines including American and Southwest, as nearly 100 planes find fake parts from company with fake employees that vanished overnight⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Train goes onto ship, ship sails out, train continues on the other end :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instance Protectionism in the Threadiverse happens because of the Prisoner’s Dilemma (protecting one's own instance is currently more sensible than increasing overall discussion quality)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  When I first joined I mainly used all to find communities I was interested in and then subbed to them.

  Now that I have nearly 100 communities subbed, I mainly use the subscribed view, occasionally I’ll take a look at all, very rarely local.