NotAnotherLemmyUser
@NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 2 weeks ago:
Ok, I think I found it then:
old.reddit.com/r/duolingo/comments/…/iwwsfxw/?con…
How do you respond to the idea that the new path is much more difficult for neurodivergent individuals to use?
Respectfully, I personally do not agree with this criticism, even though I’ve heard it before. Anecdotal evidence is one thing, but even in this thread there are a lot of neurodivergent individuals who prefer the path.
How do you feel about the criticism of the new path in terms of overall user experience?
We read it all, and have made a number of changes based on the feedback. However, as I said above the new path is better for usage and we also believe it is on average better for learning, since the in the previous layout people spent a lot of time redoing the lessons they already knew only to extend their streak or compete in the leaderboards, while in the new path the vast majority of lessons actually teach people.
What do you think about the decline in stock value since the new path was implemented? Or is the timeframe too short for you to draw meaningful conclusions?
I like the conspiracy theory :) Given that all metrics are equal or better in the new path, I can’t imagine this is related (the stock market has been doing weird things in the last several months, especially for tech companies).
- Comment on Duolingo CEO on going AI-first: ‘I did not expect the blowback’ 2 weeks ago:
I looked through a few pages worth of his comments (in English and Spanish) and I didn’t pick up on that. Was there a particular response you were thinking about, or might it have been something that is now deleted?
- Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 3 weeks ago:
If I read somewhere correctly, they’re also the first to open source their swipe dataset:
huggingface.co/datasets/futo-org/swipe.futo.orgYou can also contribute and help out with their dataset here:
swipe.futo.org - Comment on In North Korea, your phone secretly takes screenshots every 5 minutes for government surveillance 3 weeks ago:
An NPU isn’t required for something like recall, it just makes running local models more efficient.
- Comment on Is it OK to leave device chargers plugged in all the time? An expert explains 4 weeks ago:
Life pro tip: bend the prongs a little to give your device more grip if you encounter outlets like this.
- Comment on This Printer company served you malware for months, called them false positives 5 weeks ago:
Poe’s law: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
- Comment on HBO Go HBO Now HBO Max Max Is Changing Its Name to HBO Max 5 weeks ago:
For those who didn’t click on the link to see the actual formatting of the title:
HBO GoHBO NowHBO MaxMax Is Changing Its Name to HBO Max - Comment on Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants 5 weeks ago:
Or you bought his car before you saw him for what he is. Tesla’s have been around for almost 2 decades now.
- Comment on Tesla Reportedly Has $800 Million Worth of Cybertrucks That Nobody Wants 1 month ago:
I actually saw the opposite last week. It was a Tesla but on the back was a sticker that looked like this:
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- Comment on North Korea Stole Your Job 1 month ago:
This is why you don’t take on odd jobs from people contacting you remotely.
If your only job is to forward packages/letters/money sent to your home address (or to pick up packages from nearby addresses) and you get a cut of the money, you’re probably a mule for money laundering.
If your only job is helping others from another country (they will like about where they’re actually from) get through interview/hiring processes, you’re probably working with countries like this.
If they want to use your name for a job application, you don’t have to do any work, and they will send you most of the paycheck, you’re probably working with countries like this.
- Comment on Did TikTok tell you to buy luxury goods straight from China? Experts say proceed with caution as videos contain hallmarks of online propaganda 2 months ago:
Sounds more like scams trying to pass fake knock-offs as the real thing.
- Comment on Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 2 months ago:
I was just about to edit my post because I just got done with watching the video. I’ll just give you an overview of what he talked about. It was a 13min video.
It does sound like legal action has already been taken against Jono (MegaLag) in some way since he mentioned that he can’t talk about everything, “There are just some things that I can’t share with you right now”, but that could also just be because he’s still tracking down additional information and doesn’t want any companies to try to cover their tracks while he’s following a lead.
He started off the video by recounting his experience from when he first dropped the video, to the next day when he woke up to notifications from a lot of family, friends, and dms from influencers. He ended up working through Christmas with everything going on.
Ryan Hudson, the founder of Honey, dm’d Jono (MegaLag) on Twitter. He only showed a few screenshots of this conversation (not the whole thing) and mentioned that, by the end of it, Ryan Hudson insinuated that he would be suing Jono.
Ryan also made a Reddit post trying to disparage his investigation: web.archive.org/…/im_ryan_hudson_the_cofounder_of…
He mentioned that there are now 60 class action lawsuits (that expand beyond Honey) which includes people suing Capital One, Klarna, Microsoft, PayPal and RetailMeNot (he was only able to look into about 30 of them).
He mentioned that Google has updated their Affiliate Ads Policy in response to everything. He covers this in more detail on Twitter: xcancel.com/…/1899611189107147223
MegaLag reached out to the FTC asking them to clarify whether Affiliate Marketing disclosures is required for browser extensions. They gave him the run around for a few weeks and eventually replied, “Nothing to say on this one. Sorry.”
MegaLag finished the video talking about how he developed a new browser extension which helps detect Cookie Stuffing (whenever a webpage attempts to drop an affiliate cookie when you wouldn’t expect it). He’s using it now for more investigations. It’s not out yet, but he’s looking to eventually make it public for everyone.
- Comment on Honey has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealed 2 months ago:
Looks like they had already lost 4 million users within 2 weeks of MegaLag’s video.
Are we saying that the numbers haven’t moved since then? Is this article sourcing their information from a few months ago, or maybe just looking at different metrics to come up with that number?
It’s also worth pointing out that MegaLag mentioned that there’s a Part 2 to the original video, but it hasn’t been posted yet even thought it was supposed to come out early January.
I’m assuming PayPal didn’t like what he was doing and sent some lawyers his way:
- Comment on Men Harassed A Woman In A Driverless Waymo, Trapping Her In Traffic 8 months ago:
What do you mean by “allow you to kill a 3rd party”?
Like if rioters are breaking into your window and start trying to pull you out through it, then you floor it and kill someone else in the crowd who wasn’t actively breaking into your car?
This is something that’s going to vary from state to state, but ultimately it will be a case by case decision where a jury will decide if the use of deadly force was reasonable.
You will be judged based on other’s perception of the events, not based solely whether you yourself thought you were in danger or not.
So, someone trying to “drive slowly” through a group of protesters would probably be found at fault, while a car that was stuck trying to wait patiently suddenly having a Molotov cocktail thrown on it would be judged differently. Even then they will need to consider whether you could have just gotten out of your car and run.
