Pechente

@Pechente@feddit.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Through gritted teeth, Apple and Google allow alternative app stores in Japan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You forgot about the amazing public transport. Fast long distance trains, tiny local trains, towns with random monorails. It’s amazing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s exactly what I do but that doesn’t magically shield me from the bad software running on these machines. The OS is still unstable, tries to apply a bunch of filters that need to be disabled, has extreme lag unless gaming mode is being used and has stupid UI decisions like putting the audio level exactly where the subtitles usually are so that changing audio will obfuscate them. Once every 24h I‘m also getting a warning that the tv is not connected to the internet, despite network connectivity being explicitly disabled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explained: Why you can't move Windows 11 taskbar like Windows 10, according to Microsoft⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, they could just let their awesome Copilot vibe code it, couldn’t they?

  This is one of the best proofs that the AI industry is full of bullshit. If we can let the AI code everything now, where are our leaps in traditional, existing software?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure if it changed in the last year or so since I bought my tv but isn’t the issue that there are essentially no dumb tvs? The closest I could find were big monitors intended to be commercial public displays but they came with their own set of issues. In the end I bought a smart tv and I it’s quite bad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Websites have already been „done“ by the GDPR and the companies just implemented the measures with a clear malicious intent, bullying their users into compliance and blaming the horrible cookie banners they implemented on the EU.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes that would restore some of the worst changes but the US has been classified as a flawed democracy for quite some time now and I don’t see how it could be fixed without major changes that will certainly be opposed by many Americans as they tend to treat the constitution like holy scripture and would not accept major changes to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are first person shooters and third person shooters, but what about second person shooters?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually i remember some short indie game based on this.

  Sounds like a fun idea for a game jam or something

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RAM prices soar, but popular Windows 11 apps are using more RAM due to Electron, Web components⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but companies want full control and no ad blockers. That’s why they’re pushing shoddy Electron apps over their mobile experiences and PWAs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If your federal government cut internet access to your whole town then where in your town would you think that "the people" would get together to protest ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I was gonna say: the town square? Seems kinda obvious since it’s usually one of the most crowded places and easy to reach for everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Plex’s crackdown on free remote streaming access starts this week - Ars Technica⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are plenty of good Jellyfin players too. I‘m currently using Discrete and I‘m quite happy with it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LisaGUI recreates Apple’s Lisa interface in your browser⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This one is also really cool: aresluna.org/frame-of-preference/

  The history of Mac settings shown with interactive interfaces next to the text. This is also based on Infinite Mac, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy dying?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But what is missing? What’s your sort order? Hot or scaled work really well for me. Are you just looking at everything or did you pick communities to follow? How do you discover new communities?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is lemmy dying?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I‘ve been seeing similar comments pop up a few times already and it always confuses me. Aside from some niche interests, lemmy feels very much alive to me and there are plenty of discussions to join.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨iSweep⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Neato was bought by Vorwerk and as far as I can tell, the Kobold VR7 is a successor to Neato‘s robots. So it doesn’t seem to be all that dead. The VR7 has great hardware but it’s software is a bit lackluster.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ProtonMail Logged IP Address of French Activist; Should You Be Worried About Your Privacy?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A few months ago the CEO tweeted that he supported Trump and his policies. The most ironic part was that he’s an immigrant himself but lives in Switzerland.

  Not sure if anything else happened since.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta is removing its Messenger apps for Windows and macOS⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is This Social Media?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨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.