August27th

@August27th@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal announces a backup feature that includes 100MB of storage for texts and the last 45 days' worth of media for free, or 100GB of storage for $1.99/month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, so that’s why Google is killing sideloading.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI adoption rate is declining among large companies — US Census Bureau claims fewer businesses are using AI tools⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Then again, I could have accomplished the same thing by knocking off work for the day and going to the driving range.

  Hey, look at the bright side, as long as you were chained to your desk instead, that’s all that matters.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our debt crashed the model⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you aware of any exceptional economists (besides yourself, of course)? Can you divulge their name(s)?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  uninformed for skeptical

  Perhaps one begets the other.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xAI Data Center Emits Plumes of Pollution, New Video Shows⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not fishy, you are just uninformed. They are powering the datacenter with turbines fueled by natural gas. To top it all off, they have approval to run only a handful of turbines (after not even seeking approval in the first place, i.e. running them illegally), but they are running a ton of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forget Big Brother. It’s the startups silently watching workers now.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel there’s a certain sad irony about the domain on that link.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Breathtaking How Fast AI Is Screwing Up the Education System⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am having flashbacks to the scene in Idiocracy where the doctor is talking about his wife.