Pechente

@Pechente@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s quite an interesting take. I also noticed that it’s magnitudes better at coding with common frameworks and often sucks with more niche applications.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Meta is also planning to drop its native WhatsApp Windows app in favor of a web wrapper version soon, in what looks like a move to simplify WhatsApp development.

  So they are just going back to what they had before, probably to save money.

  But don’t they have AI now which makes development so much faster, easier and cheaper? It’s these things where you can see these companies are full of bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll be seeing an uptick in UFO sightings soon⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  In addition to intentional manipulation, AI might hallucinate things that aren’t there when used in computational photography when it’s trying to fill in the gaps.

  Blurry cloud? Now it’s a weird looking airplane.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I read the BBC article but why would she even have to prove anything? That dumb ass conspiracy theorist should be obligated to prove their bullshit made up claim and lose the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I was wondering about that with some of the recent removals as well: Why not just a PWA.

  Something like Voyager or Phanpy runs excellent when installed as a PWA and especially with Phanpy I‘m not even missing a native app or „wrapper app“.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BlueSky has drama so the Fedi-Marketers are waking from their slumber⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree and a lot of the fediverse does a terrible job at it BUT i wish people would just understand tech a bit better.

  It’s ridiculous to me how much time some people spend online / on their phone without understanding as much as what a URL is or how to change basic settings. There should really be better education around technology.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I wonder what game they're trying to play⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It matters as soon as people record themselves using it „wrong“ or tutorials go viral. Especially for a company that is really concerned about its public image like Sony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is it called when you believe the U.S. political parties shouldn’t exist?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think parties are fine but a multi party system usually works much better since parties will have to make coalitions and will usually shit on each other a bit less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨18% of people running Nextcloud don't know what database they are using⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘m using a hosted Nextcloud instance from Hetzner and I have no idea what this is running on either. There’s a significant number of people who didn’t set up their Nextcloud instance, so people not knowing what it’s running on isn’t too surprising.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WhatsApp's new AI feature lets you rephrase and adjust the tone of your messages | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  „We use end to end encryption but we kindly ask you to provide your full messages to our AI“.

  Using AI to write personal messages also seems like the worst use of it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's going on with imgur right now?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Lol same here. I wish Imgur stayed a simple image hosting site

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This Social Media?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Which is not fitting because it’s much more social than something as superficial as Instagram - to me at least. Let’s call what we have here social media and the other stuff can be legacy, corporate or ad based social media which describes it much better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neil Young Leaves Facebook & Instagram Over “Unconscionable” Policies for AI Chatbot Conversations With Children⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer „corporate social media“ or „legacy social media“ as a differentiator from the Fediverse. If anything in the Fediverse ever becomes truly mainstream, that’s completely fine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well that didn't work out as planned⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  ~sorry, I threw up in my mouth a bit~

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After nearly 30 years, Settlers II arrives on Amiga — classic RTS sequel finally gets the Commodore version it deserved⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This game is still awesome. There’s a modern version of it called „Return to the Roots“ that works well high resolution displays and modern OSs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why LLMs can't really build software⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Definitely not good. Sometimes they can solve issues but you gotta point them in the direction of the issue. Other times they write hacky workarounds that do the job for the moment but crash catastrophically with the next major dependency update.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They are still great for cable management

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Never had an issue with my Desktronic desk at home or the ones we used at work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla under fire for Firefox AI "bloat" that blows up CPU and drains battery⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to mention that constantly having to turn off crap is still awful UX

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah right? I tried it yesterday to build a simple form for me. Told it to look at the structure of other forms for reference which it did and somehow it used NONE of the UI components and helpers from the other forms. It was bafflingly bad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tastes bubbly⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because one way or the other similar products made it into our mouths before. Shampoo running down your face and some of it enters your mouth is definitely not unusual.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's not just kind, it's kinder⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or google Struwwelpeter if you wanna see what German kids are exposed to. Happy tree friends is tame in comparison.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there ettiquite for following people on Instagram?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Follow back who you like to follow. Some people might consider it impolite not following them back but I think that’s kinda silly.

  I would approve follow requests always when you are following the person. Sometimes someone follows me but does not accept my request to follow them back and that always strikes me as kinda frustrating, especially if I don’t know who that person is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hate when it happens!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  why I never wanted to exercise even as an adult

  Seriously, nothing has ruined exercising as an adult as much as gym class. It took me YEARS after being out of school to finally enjoy running.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Technofascist military fantasy': Spotify faces boycott calls over CEO’s investment in AI military startup⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And if want to stream your music on the go, setting up something like jellyfin or plex works really well

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy shit, I was vaguely aware of this site but I never heard of the whole Byuu situation and just googled it. It’s pretty fucked up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Techno feudalism, here we come⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I used them on some projects but it feels like copilot is still the best application of the tech and even that is very ummm hit or miss.

  Writing whole parts of the application using AI usually led to errors that I needed to debug and coding style and syntax were all over the place. Everything has to be thoroughly reviewed all the time and sometimes the AI codes itself into a dead end and needs to be stopped.

  Unfortunately I think this will lead to small businesses vibe coding some kind of solution in AI and then resorting to real people to debug whatever garbage they „coded“ which will create a lot of unpleasant work for devs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think they should be required to use all of the networks, just the open ones, i.e. no account registration required, easily accessible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077 released in December 2020. Almost 4 years later, what is your opinion on it?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I quite liked it from the beginning. I played through all of it on PC with the unpatched release version. It was not nearly as buggy as people made it out to be. The story was pretty engaging and made up for a lot of the game‘s flaws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. The only time I use the power button is when there is an issue which has been like 4 times in 3 years maybe? I think people complaining about the power button location have never worked with macOS and are used to shittier standby in other operating systems.