i_am_not_a_robot
@i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk
Avatar is a lemming in bed because this account wasn’t intended to be used except for creating communities… and then my instance announced it was closing.
Fedia: @chris@fedia.io
Mastodon: @confusedbunny@oldbytes.space
- Submitted 3 hours ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 4 comments
- Comment on I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre 4 days ago:
Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?”
- Submitted 1 week ago to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org | 2 comments
- Comment on Trump says U.S. will 'get Greenland,' military force may not be needed but not ruled out 1 week ago:
WW3 here we come.
- Submitted 1 week ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 7 comments
- Comment on how tf do you warm up plates? 1 week ago:
If you have a grill directly above the oven, put them in there whilst the oven is on. They’ll warm up nicely.
- Comment on Why don’t wireless connections (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) use anything between 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz? 2 weeks ago:
Here’s a massive list of the UK allocations: static.ofcom.org.uk/static/spectrum/fat.html
- Comment on Do you have a favorite Game and Watch game? 2 weeks ago:
I have one of the original Zelda ones. I played it loads, but it’s the only one I have/had.
- Comment on Bookwyrm.social, BookBrainz, OpenLibrary, etc. 3 weeks ago:
I’ve been using Bookwyrm since I learnt about it - not long after I joined Mastodon. Migrated my GoodReads history over. @chris@wyrms.de if you want to follow!
- Comment on SymbOS 4.0 release 4 weeks ago:
It’s basically a Windows 95 style OS on 8-bit hardware.
I’ve been running the preview on my Next since it was available. It’s very impressive.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 4 weeks ago:
Then you have to check those answers, so you need to search for an authoritative source anyway… which means you need a regular search engine. At that point you may as well have used the search engine on the first place.
If Google does this, you’ll need to find an alternative search engine to check Google against… so you may as well just switch to a different search engine in the first place.
There are things that LLMs are good at, being a search engine isn’t one of them. Although I have asked searchy type questions and got some interesting links back which I probably wouldn’t have found on a normal web search with the terms I was using, so they can be useful as a supplementary search tool. I’d rather that than it just giving the answers, which then need to be fact checked elsewhere.
- Comment on You knew it was coming: Google begins testing AI-only search results | This version of Google won't show you the 10 blue links at all—Gemini completely takes over the results in AI Mode 4 weeks ago:
Hmm, in theory I don’t have a problem with an AI telling me the answer to my question or whatever I’m searching for - but this isn’t a web search. If I’m actually searching for a particular page or context, then I want to be able to do that.
These are two entirely different things, and if Google goes down this route they aren’t a search engine anymore - they are an LLM provider.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org | 3 comments
- Comment on Why does most religion talk about their GOD being male? Especially Christains and Muslims. Is there a prominent female god that as big as the other two that I am missing? 1 month ago:
Greek, Roman, Norse gods had a mix of male and female, although I think “head god” was still male.
In Hindu there is also a mix, although I’m not sure if they are all equal or one is in charge.
Shinto has animal gods (I’m again unsure if there is a particular “head god” or whether they are male or female, but at least it probably isn’t “a man”).
- Comment on Daily Bunnies - a mirror of Will Quinn's daily bunnies 1 month ago:
Done!
- Submitted 1 month ago to newcommunities@lemmy.world | 2 comments
- Comment on Kamiya Critiques Wii Version of Okami | Retro Gaming News 24/7 1 month ago:
Oh, that sucks. Surely they could have added the Wii-specific credits afterwards and kept the original video. I’ve seen that sort of thing done many times.
- Comment on Kamiya Critiques Wii Version of Okami | Retro Gaming News 24/7 1 month ago:
That’s interesting. I’ve only played the Wii version but I don’t recall anybody saying anything was missing at the time. In fact, using the Wiimote to do the paint strokes was hailed as an improvement (having not played the original, I can’t even envisage how doing the strokes with an analogue stick would work)
- Comment on Is there a Lemmy community for finding Lemmy communities? 4 months ago:
As well as the ones that have already been mentioned, you can also check out !lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com which is in the process of being updated.
- Comment on Nintendo Music – Announcement Trailer 5 months ago:
It’s a bit odd, but it only needs the basic subscription. It’s fair enough, I guess, gives a bit of extra value for the subscription. I can see why they wouldn’t want to give access to their entire music library for free.
- Comment on Sending intranet Email on a token ring network still used the same process as creating a Memo 5 months ago:
Yes, I think that’s probably how it worked.
- Comment on Sending intranet Email on a token ring network still used the same process as creating a Memo 5 months ago:
My memory of token ring is vague, but I think it was originally a ring in series as you said - however token ring switches (that isn’t what they were called) also existed, which was the “modern” way of writing up a token ring network.
- Comment on Is there a video-game .ics/calendar that I can subscribe to keep up with recent releases? 5 months ago:
I suspect there should be something using the IGDB API, if not it ought to be possible to make one. I found this (I didn’t try it) but it’s not quite what you want: github.com/omoosey/video-game-calendar
- Comment on Woman admits hurling McDonald's milkshake over Nigel Farage 5 months ago:
Or a Knighthood.
- Submitted 5 months ago to unitedkingdom@feddit.uk | 10 comments
- Comment on Revolut customers say e-money firm failed them after being scammed - BBC News 5 months ago:
If it’s all authorised like this, it is technically a legit transaction. Revolut should have flagged it up for review though as per the article. I think card transactions are a bit different, as usually they don’t need to be authorised in the app, but this sounds like he spoke to a scammer, transferred them some money, handed out a 2FA code (something which banks always say “don’t give this to anyone, not even us”), and then was surprised when lots of money was transferred out of his account. I’m not sure Revolut are at fault here.
- Comment on The Disappearance of an Internet Domain 5 months ago:
Sounds like they just won’t be renewed when they expire.