TheKaul

@TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw someone say this on the last article I saw regarding this, but:

  What’s stopping the OSes from just putting “Not for use in California” on their product/website? Seems like a simple and easy fix lol.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I surprisingly haven’t had any issues using Teams on Firefox but maybe I’m just lucky…? Been using it for months now after uninstalling the app.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Teams’ invasive Wi‑Fi tracking sparks backlash as users say Microsoft crossed a line — “There must be a team at Microsoft tasked with making Teams worse”⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been using web client for work because the app takes seemingly over 50% of my laptop’s resources. Went from waiting 2-3 minutes for Teams to open at the beginning of the day to 10 seconds. Highly recommend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A little harsh. Some people (myself included) may not be getting the help or answers they need from a doctor. My insurance sucks ass and each time I see a doctor it’s at least $400. Repetitive appointments with no real answers. No diagnosis. Just chronic discomfort.

  Then the other day I decide to actually summarize everything I’ve tried, everything that hasn’t helped, and all my symptoms to an AI, and it was able to at least give me suggestions on what it COULD be, and what I can do to alleviate some symptoms. While I’m not convinced the AI knows exactly what’s wrong with me, I at least have more options to stay in control rather than feeling overwhelmed by it all.

  Maybe don’t use AI if something’s wrong that just started happening recently, but for chronic illness it may be beneficial for learning other ways to cope without spending hundreds of dollars to see a specialist that only has ~30 minutes to understand an issue you’ve had for 10 years.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What launcher should I replace Nova with?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Seconded, been using the fossify launcher for probably over a year now. Only thing I wish it had was customizable icons, but otherwise it’s perfect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  God damn I love The Onion

  …oh wait

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome increases its overwhelming market share, now over 70%⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  From what I’ve seen they’re only adding ways to use AI more efficiently from the browser, it’s not like they’re developing their own AI, or forcing anyone to use it. It’s not even an obvious feature either, and you need to set it up with an existing AI service.

  So on the AI enshittification scale, I’d rank Mozilla pretty low (unless there’s something I’m unaware of)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Luxury bones? In *this* economy.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw this meme a year or 2 ago and it gave me a chuckle.

  Fast forward to now and I realize it’s not actually a joke… 😭