Meron35
@Meron35@lemmy.world
- Comment on How do I "sabotage" my own online content to throw a wrench in AI training machines? 19 hours ago:
If your online content is audio or video then you can replace the default subtitle track with nonsense. This is because AI scrapers generally only check the default subtitle track to understand audio or video.
The process would be more difficult with text or image content, but you can still apply the same principles.
Poisonining AI with “.ass” subtitles:
- Comment on Is This Social Media? 3 days ago:
I don’t think the any interaction definition is too broad at all. Primitive forms of social media such as mailing lists and forum threads form are very similar in functionality to simply following hashtags, or I guess whatever the algorithms suggest.
The distinction using account based versus conversation/thread based is not too helpful, because the majority of users of modern social media don’t really use it to follow accounts, with the majority of their time is spent doomscrolling generic hashtags or algorithm recommendations.
The similarities are easier to see if you think of how people actually used these technologies in their daily lives. Pre Facebook, people would log in and refresh their Usenet, emails, and forums threads to keep in touch with friends and interests. Post Facebook, people would log in and refresh Facebook/Insta instead.
- Comment on Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones 3 days ago:
I owned a Remarkable and returned it because it is so frustrating.
Remarkable runs a scuffed version of Linux, which requires developers to release a separate version of whatever app they have. Although the selection is growing, it is paltry compared to offerings from a typical Android or iOS device.
Below is a list of so called “best” apps. No syncthing, no Obsidian, no Saber, etc. Multiple scuffed versions of Zotero that can’t do annotations.
github.com/reHackable/awesome-reMarkable
Even for the few custom apps available, these are all uninstalled and reset with every OS update.
remarkable.guide/faqs.html#what-happens-to-third-…
If you don’t want to use the few third party cloud sync options, then Remarkable charges money for cloud sync.
remarkable.com/shop/connect/pricing
Remarkable’s notes are also stored in a proprietary format that cannot be read by other applications. Attempts to reverse engineer it are jank af.
It it works for you, great 👍. But I cannot whole heartedly recommend it. Even if you love eInk, just grab an Android based one like Boox.
- Comment on Here’s What Happened When I Made My College Students Put Away Their Phones 4 days ago:
Thumbs down for Remarkable. Dumb vendor lock-in with subscription fees and inability to easily transfer notes, no external app support, yet still retails close to iPad prices.
At that point, deploying locked down iPads is easier, cheaper, and offers more flexibility. Which is exactly what a lot of schools and universities already do.
- Comment on Wealth inequality seems like the only outcome in a system where capital gains are taxed less than labor 6 days ago:
This is basically the central thesis of world famous economist Thomas Piketty.
Inequality inevitably worsens if the rate on capital exceeds the rate on labour. That is, when society rewards simply owning capital and wealth more than working.
- Comment on Mozilla warns Germany could soon declare ad blockers illegal 1 week ago:
Africa tech is just Chinese tech so they’re already cooked.
Australia basically banned encryption long ago and in doing killed off their tech industry.
We need a New Zealand tech revolution, which is where all the Australian IT firms relocated to following the encryption ban.
Encryption laws are hurting Australia’s tech sector, Atlassian says | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian - theguardian.com/…/encryption-laws-are-hurting-aus…
- Comment on Caption this. 2 weeks ago:
Trixie Mattel and Kim Chi
- Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September 2 weeks ago:
As much I despise Spotify, I’m trying out Qobuz and it’s just not really it.
No folder organisation for playlists or albums.
No Linux application.
No lyrics.
No support for smart speakers.
No information linking to artist tours and merch.
Generally lacking when it comes to non western artists.
Prides itself on providing high quality music, yet still only has lower quality masters for some artists compared to Apple Music, Tidal, and even Spotify.
I want to love it, like the way it loves and respects the music industry, with it’s special magazine etc, but it’s just not it.
- Comment on One Angry Man 3 weeks ago:
1 centimeter per second
- Comment on Kill Them With Fire 3 weeks ago:
I don’t, because sadly it’s the only thing that works with the right, and really people in general.
They don’t care about actually well researched policies or political content - these get labelled as the “liberal wall of text.”
We need more of these sorts of jokes for engagement. See for example Megan Coyne’s tweets when she ran Biden’s official Whitehouse account.
- Comment on Mastercard release a statement about game stores, payment processors and adult content 3 weeks ago:
Single payer healthcare systems get all the political attention, but we really need a single payer judicial system. Basically public defenders but properly funded and for prosecution as well.
The US judicial system is also particularly bad because each party is responsible for their own legal fees. Most of the world has the loser pay the winner’s fees.
American rule (attorney’s fees) - Wikipedia - …wikipedia.org/…/American_rule_(attorney's_fees)
- Comment on datacenter liquid cooling solution 4 weeks ago:
Water cooling is typically much more complex and expensive than air cooling, and is mainly attractive because of space limitations. The same applies to data centers. IBM’s mainframes have a liquid cooled version mainly targeted towards users wishing to get the most out of their data center space before upgrading sites. These ship without coolant, and simply ask the user to “just add water,” i.e. just demineralised/distilled water.
Sure Mainframe ain’t dead, but what about that toilet water? | Aussie Storage Blog - …wordpress.com/…/sure-mainframe-aint-dead-but-wha…
- Comment on You deserve better, honey bun. 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 5 weeks ago:
The WiFi tracking tech is not too new, but re-identification of subjects is. That is, instead of the shopping centre having to build up their own database to profile you, they can just match your unique biomarker to a external data broker’s database, supposedly.
- Comment on Everything is a problem 5 weeks ago:
Luckin Coffee, the extremely successful Chinese competitor to Starbucks exclusively operates via their app. Sadly, users prefer it because of all the discounts and coupons it offers. So really, just surveillance capitalism as usual.
- Comment on Israel finds new ways to be a cartoon villains 1 month ago:
The danger being the IDF, who will shoot Gazans for being in the water
U.N. official says he saw Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians fishing off Gaza coast - CBS News - cbsnews.com/…/israel-war-gaza-troops-kill-palesti…
- Comment on We'd like to welcome our newest Student to Hogwarts, Hun-Gary Mc'Spud. 1 month ago:
Nia Nubia
- Comment on A Polish jalapeño pastry 1 month ago:
If white people can’t handle heat then explain this spicy polish pastry
- Comment on Hell yeah bröther 1 month ago:
Zohran can destroy me anytime
- Comment on Blocking real-world ads: is the future here? 1 month ago:
Just be like the French and ban billboard advertising. No need for these stupid gadgets.
French cities are banning billboards - marketplace.org/…/french-cities-are-banning-billb…
- Comment on Tesla's European car sales nosedive for fifth month as customers switch to Chinese EVs 1 month ago:
Competition is fierce, but they are not exactly struggling due to government subsidies/incentives. These are so extreme that Chinese manufacturers are over producing and dumping “used” EVs with zero mileage for export.
Similar to US agricultural dumping, this is a terrible policy for everyone, except for the beneficiaries of the subsidies, and maybe the overseas consumers who get cheap EVs in the short term.
China’s Zero-Mile ‘Used’ EVs Are Flooding Global Markets - insideevs.com/news/…/china-zero-mile-used-evs/
- Comment on Please remember to spread the word about this :( 1 month ago:
Pure oxygen is actually toxic for humans, leading to hyperoxia. People who breath pure oxygen such as scuba divers need specific training.
Oxygen toxicity - Wikipedia - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen_toxicity
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day 2 months ago:
AI = Actually Indians
- Comment on no way right 2 months ago:
The CIA produced many briefs for Bush warning about Bin Laden in 2001 before the actual attacks. Bush did not take any of these seriously, as summarised by one of his now infamous response “All right. You’ve covered your ass.”
Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US - Wikipedia - …wikipedia.org/…/Bin_Ladin_Determined_To_Strike_i…
- Comment on Make dinosaurs weirder 2 months ago:
This was already done in “All Todays,” which features depictions of modern animals as distant-future paleontologists might reconstruct them, given just skeletal remains.
Example of Elephant, Zebra, and Rhino: Image
‘All Todays’ Explained - obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/…/all-todays.html
- Comment on Pikachew 2 months ago:
- Comment on Uhh... 2 months ago:
- Comment on VCs are starting to partner with private equity to buy up call centers, accounting firms and other "mature companies" to replace their operations with AI 2 months ago:
NYC’s AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law. The city isn’t taking it down | AP News - apnews.com/…/new-york-city-chatbot-misinformation…
- Comment on Tea ☕ is leaf juice. While, coffee ☕ is bean juice. 3 months ago:
A soy vanilla latte is a three bean soup
- Comment on Is it true that femboys are "fetishized" by right-wingers or something like that? Or is my friend(who told me this) tripping balls? 3 months ago:
Madison Cawthorn Says ‘Blackmail Won’t Win’ After Nude Thrusting Video Leaks | HuffPost Latest News - huffpost.com/…/madison-cawthorn-leaked-nude-video…
