Substance_P
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- Comment on Governor Walz Shows How Not to Solve the Housing Crisis | National Review 2 months ago:
Interested but paywalled.
- Comment on Netflix Starts Booting Subscribers Off Cheapest Basic Ads-Free Plan 4 months ago:
I couldn’t have said it better myself.
- Comment on Tesla is recalling its Cybertruck for the fourth time to fix problems with trim pieces that can come loose and front windshield wipers that can fail | The new recalls each affect over 11,000 trucks 4 months ago:
The Tron-inspired Cybertruck failed in a catastrophic accident because apparently the super powered x-treem window wipers were turbo maxed to the power of RAD.
- Comment on Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote 6 months ago:
Xitter, nice name, sounds like an adolescent skin condition.
- Comment on Haiti gangs loot national library, putting historic documents at risk 7 months ago:
I can’t fathom how bad things will get if this years predicted hurricane season hits hard.
- Comment on CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried 7 months ago:
Good point, however a new elected conservative POTUS could bring back that sweet sweet oily past with a few petulant executive orders.
- Comment on Good job man 👍 8 months ago:
In the two memes you just posted my wife appreciated both.
- Comment on 8 months ago:
In the EU, there are standards that must be adhered to, but it’s unclear what privacy standards Meta will maintain or discard in other parts of the world. Their “free” WhatsApp messenger monetizes by collecting user data, including device information, contacts’ phone numbers, and usage patterns. This data collection also allows them to pinpoint your location and share this information with Facebook.
Outside the EU, Meta could potentially use other apps to supplement these data points. It has been well documented that WhatsApp/Meta has shared this data with authorities when required in the past. This move doesn’t give me the warm and fuzzies.
- Comment on Toyota cars collecting and potentially sharing location data and personal information, Choice says 8 months ago:
The Mozilla Foundation found that in late 2023, 92 percent of the automakers reviewed provided drivers with little to no control over their personal data. Additionally, 84 percent shared user data with third parties.
Why isn’t there more consumer outrage over this? And why haven’t lawmakers addressed this on a national level, given the potential dangers posed by this data collection?
- Comment on The unstoppable rise of batteries is leading to a domino effect that puts half of global fossil fuel demand at risk 9 months ago:
This is the second click bait article I’ve seen today from L4sBot.
- Comment on Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks 9 months ago:
Good to know, I thought I was reading the Onion there.
- Comment on Three million malware-infected smart toothbrushes used in Swiss DDoS attacks 9 months ago:
We need to protect our toothbrushes people, from being enslaved into botnets. What has the word come to, who needs a toothbrush connected to the internet?
Since I was a kid it’s been funny watching the dental industry trip over themselves with inventing ideas on how to sell toothbrushes, now here we are.
- Comment on Where are the good political songs? 9 months ago:
I love this question. Perhaps there is also the record labels and mainstream media that prioritize marketability and mass appeal, which most probably would discourage artists from producing overtly political content, the stuff that may be thrown into the controversial or polarizing basket just doesn’t pull in the bucks these days.
- Comment on AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames 9 months ago:
- Comment on 13 Best Open Source ChatGPT Alternatives 9 months ago:
I’ve been using iask.ai or Phind.com for mostly quick answers to my simple questions, these get me by but I’m no coder or author and I have noticed these options are often pretty terrible for math queries.
- Comment on Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them | It’s the beginning of the end in Google’s plan to kill cookies forever 10 months ago:
Not really a win for the casual web user - What Google will stop doing is selling web ads targeted to individual users’ browsing habits, and its Chrome browser will no longer allow cookies that collect that data. Meanwhile, Google will still track and target users on mobile devices, and it will still target ads to users based on their behavior on its own platforms, which make up the majority of its revenue and won’t be affected by the change.
Ad companies that rely on cookies will simply have to find another way to target users.
- Comment on Has google stopped working for finding anything? 10 months ago:
Lately I’ve been using more AI-derived search engines, I often need a direct answer to a certain problem, and not looking for a date specific answer. I haven’t used Google search for years, DDG is my daily driver but engines derived from chat GPT work for me. This is when I have a specific problem like when say building a recipe, or trouble shooting a mechanical problem etc. I use ask.ai or phind.com
- Comment on Chinese Carmaker Overtakes Tesla as World’s Most Popular EV Maker 10 months ago:
And those who have ETFs or index funds that track the S&P 500 also have Tesla stock as a hot trash albatross to deal with.
- Comment on Firefox for Android now supports over 450 add-ons 10 months ago:
Writing from a privacy perspective remember, browser add-ons can potentially make it easier to fingerprint or recognize an individual. But still, I can’t help but love this new FF feature.
- Comment on Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law 11 months ago:
Given that Googles estimated annual revenue is between 160 - 180 billion, that 74 million is only 0.04625% (if taken from the lower estimate) I’m sure they would chalk it up to just the price of doing business.
- Comment on Microsoft joins OpenAI’s board with Sam Altman officially back as CEO 11 months ago:
Exactly what I was thinking.
- Comment on The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans 11 months ago:
Absolutely terrifying.
“This is really one of the most significant inflection points for humanity,”
100%
- Comment on Flipboard leaves X for Mastodon 11 months ago:
And I have some bad news about Flipboard.
- Comment on DALL·E - a community for AI images generated by DALL·E 11 months ago:
Much appreciated Rikudou, I was looking for something like this today.
- Comment on X Is The Biggest Source Of Fake News And Disinformation, EU Warns 11 months ago:
Strokes cat and maniacally proclaims … . 43 BILLION dollars!
- Comment on s there a way to make an interface or to use an app like Signal so your texts can't get "legally intercepted" via bluetooth from all car manufacturers? 11 months ago:
It seems like more and more there is a need for some kind of privacy inclined instructional website to come out like iFixit to tackle such things.
- Comment on Facebook Finally Puts a Price on Privacy: It’s $10 a Month 1 year ago:
So much for the “It’s free and always will be” I can never understand how selling one’s information isn’t considered a form of payment.
- Comment on YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet 1 year ago:
that’s great! Yeah I understand the privacy implications but had no idea about Dark Reader. That’s why I love this community for answers like this. I’ll look into it as I’d prefer to use Librewolf as my daily driver.
- Comment on YouTube's ‘War’ on Adblockers Shows How Google Controls the Internet 1 year ago:
I love Librewolf, I just can’t work for hours using a browser that has dark mode disabled in order to preserve its privacy features.
- Comment on Google Brain cofounder says Big Tech companies are lying about the risks of AI wiping out humanity because they want to dominate the market 1 year ago:
When Google’s annual revenue from its search engine is estimated to be around $70 to $80 billion, no wonder there is great concern from big tech about the numerous A.I tools out there, that would spell an end to that fire hose of sweet sweet monetization.
