captainastronaut
@captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org
- Comment on ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’ 2 days ago:
Building an iOS app is faster and simpler than building a web app. The developer also said he took advantage of some privacy features in the iOS development kit that made it easy to keep people anonymous.
- Comment on Green leader Zack Polanski backs legalisation of all drugs 2 days ago:
That dude definitely looks like he has asked you at a party if you had any coke or E
- Comment on U.S. public power sector weighs risks and rewards of data center customers 3 days ago:
You should. There aren’t enough lifeboats for everyone and they don’t even view you as a passenger. More like cattle. So they aren’t saving one for you.
- Comment on Someone Is Sending Fake Letters To T-Mobile Customers Shaming Their Browsing History 3 days ago:
I wonder if someone is trying to cast shade on TMobile as an ISP who is monitoring content and violating consumer rights? Unless it’s a precursor to a follow-up extortion campaign for these customers, it seems like by itself it does more potential damage to TMobile then to the consumers.
- Comment on Meta greenlights Facebook, Instagram ads based on your AI chats 4 days ago:
Cool, so since I have never talked to that bullshit does that mean I won’t get any ads?
- Comment on Regulating AI hastens the Antichrist, says Palantir’s Peter Thiel 1 week ago:
Fuck this fucking pedo fucker.
- Comment on A tool to assess the “digital maturity” of science organizations 1 week ago:
But what we really need is a tool for assessing the science maturity of digital organizations
- Comment on where to move for cheap VPS? 1 week ago:
I really like Orange Host. Good service and reliable and based in Iceland. www.orangehost.com/web-hosting
- Comment on Apple iPhone 17 Devices Plagued by Wi-Fi Connectivity Issues 1 week ago:
“Plagued” … “though the scope of the problem remains unclear.”
A few people on Reddit complained. Reddit at this point exists largely to amplify and echo complaints. I don’t think this is news yet.
- Comment on World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life 2 weeks ago:
Can we just not, ok science? We can’t even get people to take the vaccines we create.
- Comment on Pope Leo XIV dislikes AI, won’t authorise creation of AI Pope—"If we automate the whole world and only a few people have the means with which to more than just survive"~ there’s a big problem 2 weeks ago:
Sam Altman is working on that, just needs another $20B
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
I agree and I thought more people would be frustrated enough to leave Reddit. But there are enough of us here now that there is an alternative to Reddit that is viable. Hopefully that becomes common knowledge and they realize leaving Reddit doesn’t mean not having a community, so they feel encouraged to switch.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Hulu, is everything OK at home?
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
Track down the advertisers on your local ABC affiliate stations and cancel them!
- Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges 2 weeks ago:
Anyone who fell into the trap of buying a fridge with a screen in it kind of deserves this.
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
This headline could be amended to be more accurate as “experts in a given field not swayed by marketing that does not respect their expertise”. I’m sure there are bullshit claims on fertilizers that landscapers laugh at. I’m sure automotive engineers aren’t impressed by most features in a new car brochure. Trying to market a software solution to software engineers with bullshit claims it’s just a bad marketing strategy.
If you want to sell software with bullshit claims, market it to the executives!
- Comment on Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds 2 weeks ago:
Ahem…. Star Wars.
- Comment on Millions turn to AI chatbots for spiritual guidance and confession 2 weeks ago:
Oh good. A population empowered by the ultimate “yes and” affirmation machine to believe all their opinions are perfect and they don’t need to compromise with each other.
- Comment on ChatGPT Building Age Detection Tools 2 weeks ago:
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- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 3 weeks ago:
No way. Life is way better with smart phones. Tap to pay, maps, always having a camera, always having my notes, working as a mobile hotspot, controlling my home security system. 25 other things.
This stuff used to be so much harder. I’m not going back.
I will freely admit there are some dangerous addictive and invasive aspects to it also. I’m ruthless about what apps I will grant permissions to. And I don’t browse the App Store getting tempted by their promises.
I think the appeal of our phones not having to be a computer and not needing all the same rigor and paranoia and extra steps of a computer was really exciting. But it hasn’t turned out to be true. So now I treat it like a computer and approach everything with that level of skepticism. And also treat it like the gateway to capitalism that it is and I am skeptical of anything that’s trying to take my data or money. I think with the right attitude it’s a net positive device in my life
- Comment on Best Fediverse platforms to do it all right this time 3 weeks ago:
Yeah same, I mostly just check the inbox for fun things my friends have sent. I’m not ready to give that part up yet
- Comment on Today marks the beginning of His Majesty's fourth year on the throne. May His Majesty have many many more! God save the King! 3 weeks ago:
Warm? That’s not an adjective that has ever been attached to Charles.
- Comment on Best Fediverse platforms to do it all right this time 3 weeks ago:
Pixelfed is good and has some great artists and photographers already there. The mobile app was pretty rough a few months ago but it’s getting better quickly.
- Comment on Yes, you can store data on a bird — enthusiast converts PNG to bird-shaped waveform, teaches young starling to recall file at up to 2MB/s 5 weeks ago:
It’s cloud storage and terrestrial storage. And it’s multi cloud. It’s the ultimate cloud hybrid!
- Comment on Microsoft fires 2 employees after they broke into president's office 5 weeks ago:
That was a bad move. Sit outside instead and block the door where everyone can see you and you get press coverage. Breaking into his office just gives them a reason to lock you up.
It’s not even the rainy season in Seattle. It would’ve been a nice day to occupy the lawn.
- Comment on Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus 5 weeks ago:
In a rising tide of enshittification we all have to find higher, cleaner ground. Standing on a hill that seems to be above the shit for awhile is an ok strategy even if that hill is owned by someone else and might sink into the shit eventually. It’s working for now and it’s better than being in the shit. Not everyone can build their own hill, at least not right away.
- Comment on Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia Could Use AI. Editors Call It the 'Antithesis of Wikipedia' 1 month ago:
Because this is one of the rare times he sat down at the keyboard to do the real work being done by people in this organization and he realized that it’s hard and he wants a shortcut. He sees his time as more valuable and sees this task as wasting his time, but it is their primary task and one they do as volunteers because they are passionate about it. He’s not going to get a lot of traction with them telling them the thing they do for free because they love it isn’t worth anyone’s time.
- Comment on US pursuing stake in struggling chipmaker Intel, commerce secretary says 1 month ago:
Oh good. Let’s nationalize the chip manufacturing so the government can install hardware security back doors.
- Comment on OpenAI eyes world’s largest valuation for private company in stock sale talks 1 month ago:
Agreed I don’t get why anyone would invest in them right now. Five years ago you were joining a hype train, but how does anyone think their value is going to increase from today forward?
Their biggest appeal seems to be that their consumer product ChatGPT is a household name and has widespread consumer use. But consumer adoption of a phone app is a very fickle thing to stake a trillion dollars on.
- Comment on SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink 1 month ago:
Not only do you have to deploy them in a constellation, you have to deploy them in a descending constellation. They are constantly burning up all the time and you have to keep launching new ones forever just to maintain current capacity. It’s the perfect business plan to make SpaceX look better on paper.