Meron35
@Meron35@lemmy.world
- Comment on Artificial Intelligence Spots Hidden Signs of Depression in Students’ Facial Expressions 4 hours ago:
As suspected, this paper is based upon Paul Ekman’s Facial Action Coding System, better known as micro-expressions.
This controversial literature borderlines on pseudo-science, with Ekman’s work having significant conflicts of interest in the form of undisclosed funding from US defence, police, and border control, who wanted Ekman to create systems that can detect lies based on supposed micro expressions. Subsequent independent meta analyses have found that micro expressions cannot be consistently read, even by Ekman’s own researchers.
Unfortunately, despite this, world governments have poured millions of dollars into private contractors to develop AI systems based on this flawed research for border control.
Munecat’s video essay on debunking body language experts goes into much greater detail:
- Comment on arriving 1 day ago:
❌ hot girl summer
✅ cold bitch winter
- Comment on Fuck you in particular 3 days ago:
I think this is being overly judgemental. He originally created his reputation by going to war against Pantone, a company which holds a near monopoly on colours. At first it was patches to get Adobe to use colours it locked users out of, which he then expanded into Freetone, a colour palette that is free for anyone except Adobe.
Looking at his other behaviour (such as legally changing his name to Amish Kapoor to piss off Anish Kapoor who sued him for colour infringement) suggests that he’s messy, rather than a grifter.
Pinkest Pink | FREETONE | LIBERATING COLOURS SINCE 2016 | CultureHustle - culturehustle.com/products/freetone
- Comment on Clock logic 4 days ago:
You mean like metric time?
- Comment on I wish there was a system to verify that a webpage was written by an actual human before showing me it 6 days ago:
No need for any new extensions. Just add a new uBlock filter for AI slop.
- Comment on Saw this on another instance and knew it belongs here. 1 week ago:
“Chill, it’s just a
jokeragebait ad campaign, bro” - Comment on Google admits the open web is in ‘rapid decline’ 1 week ago:
Even browsing existing small to medium sized sites has become such a chore, with all these verifications and rate limiters as part of the anti AI scraper effort.
So many cloudflare verification checkboxes. So many Google sign ins. So many cross site cookies and tracking for even basic functionality.
Care about privacy and restrict browsing data even a little? Captcha hell.
- Comment on ISO 26300 1 week ago:
Tbh it’s probably less of an Adobe problem and more due to the absolute mess that is PDF annotations.
Despite being a defined open standard, most free PDF viewers either don’t support them (zathura etc), or fuck them up (GNOME evince). Even some of the viewers that do support them like Okular need extra configuration.
Unironically Firefox as a PDF viewer actually has the best support for PDF annotations.
The state of PDF Readers on Linux - Discussion - It’s FOSS Community - itsfoss.community/t/…/12798
- Comment on How do I "sabotage" my own online content to throw a wrench in AI training machines? 3 weeks 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 weeks 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 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 4 weeks 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. 5 weeks ago:
Trixie Mattel and Kim Chi
- Comment on Spotify to raise prices in September 5 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 5 weeks ago:
1 centimeter per second
- Comment on Kill Them With Fire 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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. 1 month ago:
- Comment on Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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. 2 months ago:
Nia Nubia
- Comment on A Polish jalapeño pastry 2 months ago:
If white people can’t handle heat then explain this spicy polish pastry
- Comment on Hell yeah bröther 2 months ago:
Zohran can destroy me anytime
- Comment on Blocking real-world ads: is the future here? 2 months 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 2 months 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 :( 2 months 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
