TommySoda

@TommySoda@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FLASHBACK: FAA turned away qualified air traffic controllers based solely on race⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but where’s the actual proof? This is an opinion piece.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Russia | Taking Cue From Trump, Russian Historian Suggests Renaming Gulf of Finland⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  “It’s a big club circlejerk. And you ain’t in it.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Play adds a 'Verified' badge for trusted VPN apps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That almost makes me want to specifically avoid those given Googles track record on privacy. That’s like asking your mom who her favorite kid is. They’re just gonna give you the answer you want to hear so you feel better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google searches for deleting Facebook, Instagram explode after Meta ends fact-checking⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  As someone that deleted it 5 or so years back, after a while you won’t miss Facebook anymore. And I used to be on that shit along with Reddit daily for hours on end. Now I don’t use either and you’d be surprised how much better it is when you get used to it. Sure I’m on here a lot but it’s not even close to how much time I wasted before.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thousands flee as Los Angeles wildfires burn out of control⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Funny thing is I’m literally one of the surveyors that has been doing hydrographic surveying on the Colorado river so I’ve seen first hand how absolutely fucked it is and have the data to back it up. And lemme tell ya, it’s absolutely fucked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thousands flee as Los Angeles wildfires burn out of control⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh come on… This is supposed to be a summer time thing. If we start doing this year round we might run out of California.

  For real though this sucks. It’s kinda disappointing how normal it is that at least once a year the west coast bursts into flames and devastates thousands of peoples lives.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta’s AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder how advertisers feel about this. If these bot profiles have all the same access as regular users I’m sure they’d interact with advertisements in some way but aren’t even real people.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Ending that completely': Facebook gets rid of fact-checkers in wake of Trump's election⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly surprised people still use Facebook besides old people. Most people I talk to around my age or younger say they don’t have it at all, only use it to keep in touch with certain people, or use it for business related reasons. My nieces and nephews straight up think it’s just a site for old people. If Meta didn’t have other sites like Instagram they probably wouldn’t nearly be as big as they are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Developer of WalkScape (the fitness MMORPG where you progress by walking IRL) here again. We're accepting new players and have a Lemmy community!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey! I almost forgot about this when I left Reddit. I was so excited to see it come to fruition some day. I’d love to beta test but I’ve moved to an office job since then so I probably won’t be able to help much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨FBI recommends coming up with a 'secret word or phrase' to make sure your family know you're you and not some hellish AI copycat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s not do anything about the unregulated technology that can spread lies faster than ever before as websites get absolutely flooded with believable bots that outnumber the actual users. Let’s make secret passwords and handshakes like we’re in a clubhouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Like I said, making exceptions is always a bad idea. It’s how these fuck heads even get away with it. But at the same time I can’t agree with exceptions even if I agree with the reason behind it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, that’s kinda my point. The system is fucked beyond repair specifically because these people running the companies get exceptions. These people have basically let thousands of people die for the sake of money. So like I said before, murder is murder and should be treated as such.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you want the murderer of the UnitHealthcare CEO prosecuted?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If he gets caught, then I’d say yes. Murder should be treated as murder regardless of what the reason is. Making exceptions is never a good idea.

  I just hope he doesn’t get caught.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US vetoes fourth UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the US definitely seems to be abusing that privilege whenever it comes to anything about Israel.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US vetoes fourth UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire resolution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really starting to wonder why the fuck one country can just veto whatever the fuck they want.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why does anybody still even use Twitter outside of business related reasons? What if you get a stalker? If you block them it literally doesn’t do anything to stop them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta says it's making its Llama models available for US national security applications⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did we learn nothing from Skynet?

  For real though, with the amount of mistakes AI makes I wouldn’t trust it with anything concerning life and death. Best case it will decide to do something shady and worst case they can use it as an excuse to do something shady and blame it on AI to avoid liability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel like they’re doing this because they are going so hard with steam deck. Regardless, good on Valve for doing this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google plans AI browser assistant "Jarvis" to automate web tasks.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m starting to feel like this whole AI craze that big tech companies are forcing onto others is just a dick measuring contest that none of them have the balls to back out of even though they all know it’s a stalemate.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No Google Cloud for 12 hours due to power outage.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If only there was a way to keep files on a device you can keep in your home. Maybe even set up a closed system that you can access from everywhere without having to rely on Google’s servers 24/7.

  Oh wait, there is. Nevermind.

  As much as I’m talking shit, I get it. At the end of the day convenience is a hell of a drug.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pee posting?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like how they censor the “C” in dick so it’s just “DIK”

  I found that funnier than the whole rest of it lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can U.S. Tech Giants Deliver on the Promise of Nuclear Power?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  With how they treat the things they are supposedly good at, I can only imagine how catastrophic this could be. I don’t think you’d want the people working at a nuclear power plant to be so overwhelmed with work they need to piss in bottles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Stop all time wasting’: Woolworths workers tracked and timed under new efficiency crackdown⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a long time worker of many different jobs, slacking off is the most important part of the job. Even if you like the job. All this will do is burn out all their employees faster than normal and make productivity suffer for the whole company. I’ve worked for a lot of small companies and penny pinching is the easiest way to lose a lot of money in the long run.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Garbage in, garbage out': AI fails to debunk disinformation, study finds.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Five flavors 🤤⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Five Finger Death Punch is as close as you can possibly get to pop music without leaving the genre of metal completely. I don’t judge people if it’s their jam, I just think they are extremely mediocre at best. It’s no coincidence that the majority of their most popular songs are covers.

  But hey, people like what they like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google tests showing full recipes right in search results⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, whenever I use Google these days I just scroll down all the way and work my way up. It’s basically subconscious at this point and it’s surprisingly helpful. Makes Google actually useful again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cheeto liquor, so many regrets⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I respect your ingenuity and creativity. Also, I hate you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield's first DLC is one of the worst Bethesda and DLCs of all time⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same with No Man’s Sky. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but they buckled down and delivered on almost every promise that they failed on back at release. Not only that but every update since the game came out has been for free. Both No Man’s Sky and Cyberpunk are fantastic games, and they were garbage on release. Bethesda has been doing the opposite approach and avoiding feedback from fans since Skyrim came out the first time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And they’ll keep getting away with it as long as corporations are treated better than actual people. And you know they put shit like this in the agreements because they know nobody reads them. And every time we get complacent or blame someone else, it only gets worse.