VeryVito

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google criticizes Europe's plan to adopt free software⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Wolf decries Red Riding Hood for looking too closely at Granny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon's Ring and Google's Nest Unwittingly Reveal the Severity of the U.S. Surveillance State⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This is why Fahrenheit 451 (and not 1984) is my go-to analogy for today’s plight: Bradbury correctly predicted that people would willingly walk themselves into an oppressive technocracy for the sake of entertainment and convenience.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There are two ways to make money, and both of them are fleeting: Creating new cutting edge AI services (EXPENSIVE) or consulting others who are asking the same questions you are (CHEAP, but requires the usual salesmanship and won’t be lucrative for long as others start to recognize these same truths).

  If you create a capable LLM or other model that is more efficient, reliable and/or less expensive than others on the market, then maybe. But if you don’t already have the resources to do that (ie, if you plan to use an existing AI as a service), then no, you will simply be a consumer and not a producer.

  That’s not to say you can’t find uses for it, but there’s nothing you can do with it that all the other users won’t be able to replicate without paying you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump FTC wants Apple News to promote more Fox News and Breitbart stories⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My Apple One account is in serious danger of lapsing, Tim Apple.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There isn't a person on earth that doesn't look cooler with sunglasses on.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you forget about Oakleys? There’s nothing cool about a J6’er.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do people pronounce ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) like it's a word?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too. And I say them on the World Wide Web, which is quicker to say than the WWW.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok claimed bugs blocked anti-ICE videos, Epstein mentions; experts call BS⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What? MySpace never tried to topple a democracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  • Minecraft (A comfortable home away from home).

  • Wii Sports (The one video game literally made for everyone).

  • Bioshock (I may not play it again myself, but everyone should experience “Would you kindly” at least once in their lives).

  • PlayStation Dreams (This one is kinda like wishing for infinite wishes).

  • Bomberman Ultra (A stupidly fun couch-play game that my entire family has played together for more than 10+ years now. I have never NOT smiled when booting up this silly game).

  And then the games I’d forever regret not saving for myself: SuperGlob (Arcade), Tempest (Arcade), Uncharted 4, Bayonetta, Resident Evil 4, Portal and Heavy Rain (A brutal punch in the gut that I loved dearly but never want to play again).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Navy removes signs claiming a Mexican beach is US territory⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Look around. It’s a bad thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the name of the early-mid 2000's song that sounds like Beyonce, starts with a "dun...dun... dun DUN!" guitar part, and the singer makes this "dabudabudabu" sound?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet somebody nailed it. Apparently, it was dead on for that one person who knew the song.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are they CarPlay enabled?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple is reportedly getting ready to introduce ads to its Maps app⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Apple Maps had a rough few months at its start, but it’s never let me down since — I’ve used it to drive across country (many times, many directions) and across town. Combined with CarPlay, it’s the only digital screen I’d ever want in my car’s dashboard.

  Ads would destroy the only thing I’ve enjoyed about newer cars in decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You might have tried, but the company took all its products off the market for the last several weeks in anticipation of this announcement. You could use the trial, but you couldn’t purchase a new license.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gitea 1.25.0 | 3D file previews, improved archive downloads, enhanced authentication, and more security, API and workflow upgrades like automatic repo forking and email notifications for actions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  ForgeJo has been a joy to use over the past few months for me. No regrets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨thats all⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Username … checks out?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bioshock, Portal and Wii Bowling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which game would you erase from your memory, in order to experience it fresh once again?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It took me about five nights to get through Heavy Rain, and every night I went to bed feeling like I’d been punched repeatedly in the gut.

  Fantastic game that I consider one of my all-time favorites… and I’d NEVER want to go through that again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is up with Gen Alphas love for Austin Powers?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know whether this is serious or comically self-aware, but either way, this is a great take.

  Both my Gen-X self and my Gen-Alpha kid are amused, though neither of us knows what the other finds funny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. solar will pass wind in 2025 and leave coal in the dust soon after⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh heh. Heh heh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘It speaks to me in brain rot’: Theorising ‘brain rot’ as a genre of participation among teenagers⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Today I learned my 50-something ass is a teenager.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is this thing?! Oh...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The funny thing is that ours looks almost exactly like this one, and I still had a hard time making sense of the photo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And “Teen boys like older women” isn’t? I’m confused.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨the seven shits everyone meets⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting content from a shitposter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that you probably can tell a Policeman (or ICE agent) to go fuck themselves without legal repurcussions.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And they can kill you without legal repercussions.

  So remember kids: Legal !== Lethal

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How My Reporting on the Columbia University Protests Led to My Deportation⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  As a former journalist, this crackdown on free speech is concerning. As an American citizen, it’s terrifying.

  Thanks for skipping the vote last year, idiots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I Tried Pre-Ordering the Trump Phone. The Page Failed and It Charged My Credit Card the Wrong Amount⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird. Mussolini’s greatest achievement was at a gas station.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says will double steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So American manufacturers have to move to other countries to afford steel now, as it’s cheaper to import cars than the materials to make them.

  Fuck your jobs, fuck your household expenses, and fuck your votes — the GOP

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk's X temporarily down for tens of thousands of users⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are there still 10s of any users on that hellwash of a platform?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The chocolate cake featured in the 1996 film *Matilda* is the canonical chocolate cake for all 90's kids.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  White Castle was — until that movie — largely unknown in many areas of the U.S. So yes, until the scene in which they finally reach White Castle, I held out hope that it would indeed be worth the trip.

  The fact that it was, well, just a White Castle made it wholly relatable to anyone who ever had those late-night cravings, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US criticizes Germany for labeling AfD 'extremist'⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not quite over, but the chances of establishing a majority large enough to effect change are fairly overwhelming. The U.S. needs a pretty big education campaign to teach folks how democracy is actually SUPPOSED to work, but those in power certainly won’t be the ones to initiate it.