el_abuelo
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- Comment on Japan Unveils Human Washing Machine, Now You Can Get Washed Like Laundry 23 hours ago:
Judo is more focussed on throwing and grappling than it is on joint locks and holds, or “folding”.
The more you know.
- Comment on Don't throw away your old PC—it makes a better NAS than anything you can buy 1 day ago:
I’ve got 2 rPis - a pi5 running Home Assistant and a pi4 with a USB drive caddy acting as little more than a NAS (it also does all the downloading through radarr etc… )
I find them perfectly adequate.
My gaming rig acts as my emby server as it’s basically on all the time and it has a beefy gfx card that can handle transcoding.
- Comment on Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out 1 week ago:
Okay sounds probably gonna get crucified for not reading this…but if the headline is true and combined with the fact that LLMs have been known to expose training data, this seems to introduce a non-zero chance that my personal emails are going to get shown to strangers…
- Comment on Devs gripe about having AI shoved down their throats 1 week ago:
Careful with views like that. They’re not very popular here on Lemmy. Can’t possibly promote responsible and reasonable use of new computer software.
AI bad.
- Comment on It's been downhill from that day 1 week ago:
We dont? You must not be from UK.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 week ago:
Fair, I did anticipate it not being a popular view here.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 week ago:
What do you think I’ll think of it in 5yrs?
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 week ago:
Yeah fair, I just wish people didn’t try and suppress views they disagree with. It’s how we end up with shadow voters.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 week ago:
Downvotes because disagree. I thought this place was meant to be better than reddit.
- Comment on Microsoft AI CEO pushes back against critics after recent Windows AI backlash — "the fact that people are unimpressed ... is mindblowing to me" 1 week ago:
I know this isn’t going to be popular here, but I do really worry that people who take this approach will end up hamstringing their opportunities in life.
I agree that AI is over hyped, easily misused and being forced into things it’s not necessarily very helpful for…but that’s also what it was like when the internet came around.
I think people would be wise to familiarise themselves with the tools available if only to hedge their bets…you can’t find a software engineering job right now that doesn’t want experience with AI tools, and if it’s as successful as many think it will be - you will find most jobs will expect proficiency with AI in the same way they expect proficiency with computers.
- Comment on Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean 1 week ago:
Interesting. And what was the how back then?
- Comment on Google CEO: If an AI bubble pops, no one is getting out clean 1 week ago:
The money to be made is on predicting when, not it it’s going to burst. Otherwise we’d all be betting the house on it.
- Comment on do no harm 3 weeks ago:
Having just gone through something…I can attest to the fact that when you see no end to the pain, the mental anguish is immense. For some people that means a couple of points.
For me when asked, I always think “could it be worse?” and having never had my balls trampled by a herd of elephants, or been hanged, drawn and quartered…I could never give a 10.
- Comment on U.S. Tech Layoffs Hit Two-Decade High in October 3 weeks ago:
AI can do that.
- Comment on Long-time iOS user considering switch to Android - Need advice on $1000 flagships 4 weeks ago:
I’ve not run into any of these issues…but as I went from iPhone to samsung perhaps its all just a matter of perspective. Perhaps the Pixel is superior.
I check each year what the reviews are saying and the Samsung always seem to edge out on top for what I want - a large device (i get the Ultra) with a premium build and great camera. I also have a samsung watch so the integrations work quite nicely. I found the google wallet on the watch constantly asked for my pin while the samsung wallet only would the first time since I put it on. Oh and you have to unlock your device to use Google Wallet as your travel payment…with samsung wallet I can just tap and go which is much more preferable to me as it means my eyes are up and paying attention to my world, not looking at my phone unlocking it.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 4 weeks ago:
That’s not evidence. That’s just making stuff up to fit a narrative of your choosing.
I’m no fan of billionaires either, but they do plenty of evil without us having to just make shit up. That only serves to dilute your (our) credibility.
- Comment on Reddit’s CEO Debuts As A Billionaire 20 Years After Cofounding The Company 4 weeks ago:
Convinced by what evidence?
- Comment on Promised myself I will support them after they go stable. They kept their promise and so did I 4 weeks ago:
I dont get the “server” vs “individual” support levels? Im an individual and I have a server…but presumably everyone buying immich has a server? Otherwise it’s pointless? Or is it expected that I buy a server package, plus an individual package for each and every user?
I know it’s OSS and so any and all donations are voluntary - just the naming here confuses me.
- Comment on GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation 3 months ago:
S3 seems like a really expensive way to backup personal data. Are you doing it to achieve the offsite backup?
I currently dont have an offsite and im weighing up having a NAS at my parents place.
- Comment on Does anyone else find it suspicious that there wasn't any criticism on here about Stop Killing Games until after it hit 1.4M signatures? 4 months ago:
Excuse the ignorance, what’s the difference?
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 6 months ago:
The protagonist is a woman.
- Comment on "You can't just have Geralt for every single game" says his voice actor, and if you think The Witcher 4 making Ciri the protagonist is "woke," then "read the damn books" 6 months ago:
Tomb Raider. That’s all I’m gonna say.
- Comment on 7 for me 6 months ago:
What about a foggy day?
- Comment on People have private conversations on speaker phone but if I participate then I'm the crazy one 6 months ago:
The other day a dude was using his phone on speaker in the gym. Just sat there on the machine casually having a conversation on the phone and not doing a whole lot of working out.
I asked him if he could use the phone normally and made the “hand to face” gesture and he just mumbled a “yeah” and took it off speaker.
Now if he had considered my request outlandish, presumably there would have been a little friction in this exchange? But no…he knew exactly what he was doing, why it was annoying, and immediately how to remedy it.
Why the fuck are people using speakerphone instead of the God damn normal speaker to have their conversations? They know it’s annoying.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 6 months ago:
Thank you that’s very helpful! I’m pretty handy with software so not troubled by that, but I am lazy outside of work so I’ll likely follow your envision advice! But still sounds like a fair bit to do so I suspect I’ll kick it down the road till WMR finally goes.
Thanks again!
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
Thank you for the insight. I’m glad to have the opportunity to have this discussion and gain some new understanding of the world outside my usual.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
Thank you. No sources required, and I already try to do those things…hence my questions! I hope that my questions don’t cause harm, if they do I would like to find a way to learn without harming.
If they had said “biological male” then this would be okay? Sounds equally as hurtful to me…what is the correct term use? Trans woman?
The only thing I see them denying is that the same group of people spreading trans rights are also the ones spreading transphobia…which sounds logical to me?
I appreciate that this sounds like I’m defending them but I’m really not, I suspect from what’s said in this thread that they have a storied history of being hurtful on this topic which i think is indefensible. But I am out the loop and have very little idea who this person is.
- Comment on End of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again? 6 months ago:
How are you getting on with VR? I have a Reverb G2 and if I can play Elite and DCS on Linux I’m basically sold at this point.
I really want a new headset but nothing beats the G2 right now, without giving money to Meta which I refuse to do.
- Comment on Please consider supporting Lemmy development 6 months ago:
What would be the correct way to voice opposing views about these issues?
Genuinely asking as to my ignorant eyes this looks like a reasonable way of discussing the issues, so I must have some kind of wrongthink here and would love to be guided back to a place where people can discuss opposing views safely.
- Comment on Post your setup. no matter how uggo 1 year ago:
I have a pi4 and been very happy with the dimensions and low power usage. What could I get for the same price and power use?
Genuine question. Im looking at a pi5 right now.