IcyToes
@IcyToes@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point 2 days ago:
I was referring to their credibility being short lived. I have no idea of their AGI usage. I’m still annoyed that when the UK Labour party had a left wing leader, they spent a lot of effort discrediting him. They’re usually crap on Israel/Palestine and have been historically pro-zionist on the UK site.
- Comment on Meet the AI vegans: They are choosing to abstain from using artificial intelligence for environmental, ethical and personal reasons. Maybe they have a point 2 days ago:
It was short lived. It is often called the Grauniad because of poor quality typos etc. historically.
- Comment on OpenAI beats Elon Musk's Grok in AI chess tournament 2 days ago:
AI dick measuring contest?
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 2 days ago:
Tried dual booting?
Linux for personal, Windows for work? I’d personally not mix work and personal on same device. Failing that, same OS.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 2 days ago:
Minecraft Java runs fine. Bedrock is pretty meh tbh.
- Comment on Microsoft no longer permits local Windows 10 accounts if you want Consumer Extended Security Updates — support beyond EOL requires a Microsoft Account link-up even if you pay $30 2 days ago:
Weird. I’m pretty sure I have played via steam and it worked. I’ll maybe try later if I remember.
- Comment on Google Gemini struggles to write code, calls itself “a disgrace to my species” 2 days ago:
It didn’t. It probably was coded not to admit it didn’t know. So first it responded with bullshit, and now denial and self-loathing.
It feels like it’s coded this way because people would lose faith if it admitted it didn’t know.
It’s like a politician.
- Comment on Nvidia and AMD to pay 15% of China chip sales revenues to the U.S. government, FT reports 2 days ago:
He probably knows. Redistributing wealth from working people to the rich via tax breaks and handouts.
Standard capitalism.
- Comment on They made his car "cease & desist" 3 days ago:
Who’d buy a shitty rust bucket with BS like this?
I feel this would not be allowed in the UK under the Sale of Goods Act.
- Comment on It's time to boycott U.S. digital services! Here's a chart to help you do so: 1 week ago:
No Proton Mail or Jitsi Meet?
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 1 week ago:
Because they’ve always railed against the nanny state. Kemi is a dreadful populist. It isn’t popular.
You’re simply making excuses for Keir and anyone that disagrees doesn’t understand. Copium.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 1 week ago:
Not really the narrative. Reform opposes it and Tories likely will. Only Lib Dems will complain and media ignore them anyway.
Our media are bad, but not that tabloid.
- Comment on Gamers Bombard Visa & MasterCard With Emails and Calls Over Steam and itch.io Censorship 1 week ago:
Would this not fall under collision?
I guess in the UK, Competitive Markets Authority may be interested if all companies in a space are colluding preventing effective competition.
Not sure if they have teeth though.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 1 week ago:
Lol. Democracy.
Democracies don’t care about their citizens privacy. Just the optics of getting spied on citizens.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 1 week ago:
No. They could put it into a review and quietly shitcan this. It’s not particularly popular. They just want to say they’re protecting kids.
They’re spineless and Keir is an authoritarian.
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 2 weeks ago:
what’s with the clickbait headline.
Linked source says opposite
Headline “Labour rules out VPN ban in UK but issues warning to UK households”
Byline “Labour won’t ban the use of Virtual Private Networks”
- Comment on Peter Thiel Just Accidentally Made a Chilling Admission. Five Decades Ago, One Man Saw It Coming. 2 weeks ago:
Technology is a great thing that can assist us, when it changes who we are it goes too far.
I love chocolate. I don’t eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nuance is indeed a thing.
- Comment on "Tea cup" app - user database leaked today (incl. drivers license & IDs). Daily reminder not to give your ID to online services [THEY DO NOT PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION] 2 weeks ago:
But are they abusers? You sure they ain’t just getting revenge on an ex, making them uhdateable. How do you even validate this information?
- Comment on Bluesky finally get Activity Notifications, you can now follow news and accounts with it. 5 weeks ago:
Is this really technology or social media marketing?
It’s not a new or unique feature…
- Comment on Micro-retirement 5 weeks ago:
Hey. I’m here to shame Americans, go easy on me.
- Comment on Micro-retirement 5 weeks ago:
Laughs in at least 25 days leave a year plus bank holidays too. UK isn’t dreadful for everything.
- Comment on Samsung phones can survive twice as many charges as Pixel and iPhone, according to EU data 5 weeks ago:
My 6a is over 3 years old and still strong. I had no Samsung battery that lasted under a year and a half.
- Comment on In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. 5 weeks ago:
Dangerous and many voted against in. We already had politicians dead across both sides of the pond. Shouldn’t be encouraging this BS.
- Comment on Lime bikes dumped in canals and rivers 'posing pollution risk' 1 month ago:
The problem is it’s done by folk that don’t pay and probably covering their face. The fact the company thinks it’s cheaper to lose bikes than pay rent for land for stations to secure the bikes between customers is the problem. They don’t care.
- Comment on Shooting an unarmed woman who was just trying to walk home: just LAPD things 2 months ago:
It’s a Nazi bar. Don’t expect reasonable posts from Nazi’s. There is no cross party lines with them.
- Comment on Slrpnk instance is down till mid July; they might relaunch their server on piefed. 2 months ago:
Appreciate the answer and the detail. Good luck getting it all resolved.
- Comment on ‘I sold my iris; now what?’: What drives Brazilians to hand over their unique, personal data 2 months ago:
So it could restart, you wouldn’t know and don’t receive calls because you haven’t authenticated?
- Comment on Slrpnk instance is down till mid July; they might relaunch their server on piefed. 2 months ago:
Is it in a data centre or someone’s house? If the latter, would they let a stranger in?
Surely they would need a backup and replicate db to so in case of hardware failure they switch over.
Sounds like they could improve their setup.
- Comment on Why is it ok to replace -ed at the end of a word with -t in some cases? For example, why are "vexed" and "vext" both acceptable, but "thrilled" and "thrilt" aren't? 2 months ago:
Nope. Brit here. All those examples were wrong. Yours is valid though.
- Comment on Cyberpunk 2077's sequel will see you return to Night City, and head to a new city described as "Chicago gone wrong" 2 months ago:
Hopefully they don’t release a buggy hot mess this time.
If history is anything to go by, I ain’t buying. They have to release a strong functional game with positive reviews first.