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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is social media fuelling political polarisation?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh my. Sometimes Betteridge’s law of headlines is wrong.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was about to mention this example. It’s everything you love about mythbusters (doing crazy science experiments), without everything you hate about mythbusters and what made me stop watching. No more constant hopping over between the different myths per episode, or tons of recaps.

  Just myths, one at a time, no bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You, me, a few other people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India to mandate USB-C connectors on smartphones and laptops by 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they may have been rhetorical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla roll out first AI features in Firefox Nightly⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes, I do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft employee accidentally publishes PlayReady code⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  So… What link did you send?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla roll out first AI features in Firefox Nightly⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  At least this is opt-in, and Firefox still allows for manifest v3 extensions, and, on the whole, isn’t using a engine funded by a billion dollar company that’s doing everything in it’s power to spy on you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside Netflix’s bet on advanced video encoding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone who worked on a couple of video encoding / streaming services, this was an amazingly interesting read. Some personal highlights:

  • Custom encoding settings offer shows, per episode, and even per scene.
  • They created a short film specifically to cater to hard-to-encode scenes.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI says Sky voice in ChatGPT will be paused after concerns it sounds too much like Scarlett Johansson⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow, time goes that fast where you live? I’m posting this 15 minutes after you, so that’s like 2 weeks for you.

  For any stock tips?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  TLDR: “AI” is not always right, and does not fulfil all dreams you may have of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just doing a public service reminder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing this has to do with technology is that some of the things in the article happen online.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Teslas might lose Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  8 found an article about it that has some details, you might find it interesting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Customers own their own Customer Data.

  Okay, that’s good.

  Immediately after that:

  Slack […] will never identify any of our customers or individuals as the source of any of these improvements to any third party, other than to Slack’s affiliates or sub-processors.

  You’d hope the owner would get a say in that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Slack is now using all content, including DMs, to train LLMs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah, there’s tons of features that slack has over irc. To start with inline media (images, audio, video), but most importantly lots of out of the box external integrations and webhooks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for that clarification. I was afraid it would be that murky.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not through the API.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not a lawyer. But isn’t the reason they had to go to reddit to get permission is because users hand over over ownership to reddit the moment you post. And since there’s no such clause on Lemmy, they’d have to ask the actual authors of the comments for permission instead?

  Mind you, I understand there’s no technical limitation that prevents bots from harvesting the data, I’m talking about the legality. After all, public does not equate public domain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think creating a lora for your character would help in that case. Not really easy to do as of yet, but technically possible, so it’s mostly a ux problem.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeviantArt’s Downfall Is Devastating, Depressing, and Dumb⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Almost 10 years old now, more relevant than ever: Humans need not apply.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok wants to be YouTube now, tests 60-minute video uploads⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  As if their user base has that kind of attention span /s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Instagram and Facebook under EU investigation for causing child addiction and harm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So ehm, how old are your kids and how do they like it so far?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hello GPT-4o⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would you wish for technology to stop improving?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bloomberg - Apple Says No Major App Developers Accept New Outside Payments⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The reason: Apple will charge a 27% fee to developers who want to use the link entitlement program — and when combined with payment processing fees, the total is even more than the 30% the App Store has taken for itself for years, the judge was told at the hearing in Oakland, California.

  Motherfuckers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla accused of union buster bluster at Buffalo factory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  C’mon. We both know the only reason this gets posted here is because the community has a rage boner for Musk. I’ll agree with you this is business news, and there’s a wonderful sticky about that on the top of this community. I think this counts as much as “tech news” as a workers strike at Samsung’s smart refrigerator department over their retirement plans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla accused of union buster bluster at Buffalo factory⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm yes, news about unions at a car company. Definitely why I subscribed to a tech community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meet My A.I. Friends | Our columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  On a only slightly related note: When I worked on a helpdesk many years ago, at the end of my shift at night, I’d use that same technique to call my own cellphone, as well as my girlfriend’s, connect the two, and have hour long conversations for free.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Are you saying Google is herding their users to the new product of their competitors? I honestly don’t understand what point you’re trying to make here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok sues the US government over ban⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Also requires the company to be US-based, so doesn’t apply here. Well, not yet, that’s the whole point of forcing them to sell or be banned.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peter Thiel was trapped inside a student debating hall by pro-Palestine protesters accusing him of genocide⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Or on devices with Firefox.