Lonewolfmcquade

@Lonewolfmcquade@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Disney Exits OpenAI Deal After AI Giant Shutters Sora⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Great read! I wonder what his perspective is now. That article was written in August 2024 and a lot has happened since then. For example, I cannot fathom the agreement to Sundar’s latest pay package. Another example of failing up the corporate ladder.

  Also, it feels like competition with China was an overlooked wildcard in his argument. It would not surprise me if the bubble continues to grow just to try and beat China.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨self-hosted KeePass database in the cloud, what are some good options?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Second this. In the spirit of a 3-2-1 backup scenario, I also like to keep a copy on SpiderOak or Proton Drive and that works well for me. Encrypted cloud storage is my recommendation. And store your key file someplace apart from the database.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Fiber will be sold to private equity firm and merge with cable company⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For real. Last year we finally got some competition against Spectrum and their customer service is actually worse than Spectrum. I didn’t imagine that was possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed. Tried NextDoor years ago and found it was primarily a venue for busybodies, nosy neighbors and HOAs to complain and nag people about nonsense. I love the idea of an app like this, but hate the people who use it the most.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t do that! PCs refuse to shut down after Microsoft patch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Since Windows ME, a system update was always a risk. You never know when some BS like this might happen. It taught me at a young age to turn off automatic updates and only update when necessary and ready to do some troubleshooting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨State of the Fin 2026-01-06 | Jellyfin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for this. Good to know! I haven’t taken the leap yet. I’ll plan the upgrade when we will be on vacation…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨State of the Fin 2026-01-06 | Jellyfin⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why I don’t update unless absolutely necessary. I’m only running a local instance so it is less of a security issue. Once I land on a working version, I’m gonna go ahead and stick with that as long as I can.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Global Rise of Low-Quality AI Videos: new research shows that 21-33% of YouTube’s feed may consist of AI slop or brainrot videos⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  To expand on this, I have witnessed small, indie channels have their content copied, processed through AI so it is stripped of audio, watermarks and re-edited. Then it is posted as a new video. When it is reported as a fake, or pirated copy, or not original content, Google then puts the burden of proof on the small indie channel that originally created the content, often requiring them to lawyer up and file a legal complaint, before they will take any action to remove the AI slop. It is fucking absurd. It would only take a real person about 60 seconds to compare the content and dates to determine who is the theif.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m eagerly awaiting an update to Eternity. It was the best! For now I’m using Connect

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Crews Walk Out on Nashville Tunnel, Claiming Boring Company Failed to Pay Workers and Snubbed OSHA Concerns⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Happens all the time in construction. Especially bank financed builds or anytime an investment bank is involved in any way. It is in their interest to delay payment as long as possible because the longer that money is in the investment, the more interest they make. Yes it is that greedy and petty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotifies come and Spotifies go, but that folder of badly-sorted MP3s will still be there in the 2050s.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Amen. Glad to hear I’m not the only one baffled that Spotify’s app development is total garbage. It is one app that doesn’t get updated ever - once I have a working version. If it were up to me, I’d happily never use it again

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla Introduces Firefox’s First-Ever Terms of Use⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember reading a lot this past year about Mozilla fretting about their market share and trying to figure out how to grow their user base. Did I hallucinate that? Cuz their actions lately appear to be driving users away. Are they taking notes from Google or is there some other MBA making these brilliant changes?