FarraigePlaisteach
@FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world
- Comment on Mastodon is testing easier ways to get you started in the fediverse 1 week ago:
Because the term is loaded. There are technical implications (who will you be federated with and how do I connect with them?), and it’s jurisdictional (which laws apply when I post here?). Also, for non-technical people, you only hear the word “server” in techno-babble word salad from movies. I don’t blame them at all for being confused.
- Comment on The EU Moves To Kill Infinite Scrolling 2 weeks ago:
Why claim “pseudoscience” when real world studies, as well as internal documents of the companies themselves, show that these platforms are addictive? Studies also show that kids want to, but can’t, spend less time on these addictive platforms.
- Comment on Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story 2 weeks ago:
Good recommendation. They have an API and plugins mediabiasfactcheck.com/appsextensions/
I was thinking of something that also alerts me to how many times the publication has been found to have published AI under the name of a human. But Media Bias Fact Check might actually cover that well enough. I’ll install that extension now, thank you!
- Comment on Ars Technica makes up quotes from Matplotlib maintainer("An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me"); pulls story 3 weeks ago:
Hard to keep track of all the recent changes in media ownership, editorial and quality control. Would love a browser plugin to give me an indicator because on the rare occasion I read a publication in say, USA, it might have had a good rep last time I read it several years ago. I imagine managing the detailed scores that a plugin might pull from would be a mammoth task, though.
- Comment on we need more users 1 month ago:
Comments (quality ones) are the life of a community.
- Comment on we need more users 1 month ago:
Not memes but I keep the address bar in the screen shot.
- Comment on Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? 1 month ago:
Yes, I feel the same way you do. I really don’t want to add to the download metrics. I’m making an exception this time. Some good journalists, for example Richard Chambers (Ireland), have downloaded it to test and debunk claims made by Musk about safeguards. I think their contribution was a net positive. So there are cases where it’s worth doing. I feel when it comes to a CSAM factory such as this (possibly even trained on CSAM material), and with EU headquarters in my country (Ireland), I have to report it so Apple cannot claim ignorance. Who knows, maybe a whistleblower will someday tell us how many reports there were. Unfortunately our leaders are not leading on this issue, so the social contract is broken and we should all (IMO) do much more than posting on social media.
- Comment on Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? 1 month ago:
Perfect. Done. Thank you very much. I really appreciate it.
- Comment on Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards - X’s deepfake porn feature clearly violates app store guidelines. Why won’t Apple and Google pull it? 1 month ago:
Thanks, this is very helpful!
It’s only allowing me report apps I’ve installed so I’m wondering if I should very briefly install the app to allow that. I’m generally cautions of allowing dodgy apps on my devices.
- Comment on That time Apple sent everyone a U2 album: 'I DONT WANT YOU.' 1 month ago:
Do tell. It deserves a post of its own.
- Comment on I'm NOT affiliated with this project. I just came across them in the Fediverse Subreddit, and I thought that it was interesting. Project Name - The Indie Beat TV - The Indie Beat Radio 2 months ago:
I just came here to post the same thing haha. It’s very cool! Reminds me of when MTV started. I’ve only watched about an hour of this station but it appears that:
- Live stream music video format
- Independent musicians feature
- There is a schedule you can view on the site to see which genres / shows you want to tune in for
- There are no presenters currently
- There is a group chat feature which sometimes opens for some viewings
- There is a follow button that lets you get notified of broadcast. It works via your fediverse handle.
Personally I think this is among the coolest things to happen online in some time.
- Comment on Artists dump X as launch of new AI image editing feature sparks outrage - Cryptopolitan 2 months ago:
Damn. Disappointed in Ubuntu and I’m not motivated to distro hop. But maybe it’s time to bite the bullet. It’s tricky because I also avoid software hosted on Microsoft services such as GitHub. Ubuntu being hosted on Launchpad helped there.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 2 months ago:
Hold on: isn’t it a smear to say someone has a bad reputation and not supply a reason? Because you’re basically giving me your interpretation and no substance.
He is hard working. It’s difficult to build and communicate and do open source but all of those things are happening with regards to Loops. Nobody is perfect and a label like “bad reputation” is very subjective.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 2 months ago:
Somewhere between being a hater and a fanboy, there’s basic respect. And it’s a one-person project for now, not a big company, so the words we choose should reflect that.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 2 months ago:
You’ve expressed my feelings about it exactly. It’s very easy to criticise things that aren’t custom made to our individual preferences. But every time we do that we short circuit our capacity for reflection and empathy. I wonder if developers are so often a target of harshness and abuse because software users are used to instant gratification.
It’s a monumental job he’s doing and open sourcing it is basically a gift to the entire internet. The new features keep coming and with video being so expensive to host, it’s a very different undertaking to non-video social media.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 2 months ago:
I suppose that by using the word “publish”, I made it sound like the algorithm had been private until this point. I could probably have chosen a better phrasing like “published breakdown illustration”.
- Comment on Loops publishes their recommender algorithm 2 months ago:
Not that I know of, but you could make a feature request if one doesn’t already exist github.com/joinLoops
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- Comment on What would community moderators want in an automod for the Fediverse? 3 months ago:
I would like to be notified when users who are on a warning post or comment.
- Comment on What would community moderators want in an automod for the Fediverse? 3 months ago:
In the mean-time this works schedule.lemmings.world/auth/login
- Comment on LBreakout2 level 19/37 - How the hell do I get past the unbreakable bricks? 5 months ago:
Welcome to the club :) I used to play it in the 90s. Then I got distracted my more flashy games. I just rediscovered it recently and I really enjoy the polish and graphics.
- Comment on LBreakout2 level 19/37 - How the hell do I get past the unbreakable bricks? 5 months ago:
Thanks for this. I tend to avoid power ups if it means I might lose the ball. That strategy obviously isn’t a good one here :) I appreciate it very much! This is one of my favourite games so thank you again!
- Comment on LBreakout2 level 19/37 - How the hell do I get past the unbreakable bricks? 5 months ago:
I’m assuming it’s the default in LBreakout2HD. I just installed the game and started playing.
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- Comment on Disney+ cancellation page crashes as customers rush to quit after Kimmel suspension 5 months ago:
I don’t see lookmovie2.to there. That’s another one.
- Comment on "Very dramatic shift" - Linus Tech Tips opens up about the channel's declining viewership 5 months ago:
Some pretty serious things going on in the world today that need our support and therefore attention. I consume less entertainment as a byproduct.
- 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 months ago:
I would have understood this quicker if the picture wasn’t of a bird.
- Comment on If Lemmy disappeared tomorrow, what would you use instead ? 6 months ago:
Mastodon or Tildes.net
- Comment on Germany's Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine, said on Thursday it has submitted a proposal to assume a 10-year stewardship of Google Chrome 6 months ago:
Thanks. Yeah I think if a company like Ecosia is involved it could be win-win. But if it’s another purely capitalist outfit then it’ll probably be business as usual.
- Comment on Top 50 news websites in the US in July: BBC drops five places as paywall introduced; Most report traffic declines. 6 months ago:
I forgot about the paywall and assumed this was due to their international reputational damage, over things like their pro-Israel “reporting” of the occupations in Palestine.
