multiplewolves
@multiplewolves@lemmy.world
(any/all) 1/6th scale figures and minis; tech
- Comment on Google tests replacing 'I'm Feeling Lucky' with 'AI Mode' 1 week ago:
I hadn’t realized the “lucky” button was still in use. The first result in Google searches is so much less likely to be of value now than it had been back when search was still unenshittified that I guessed they’d have done away with the ‘one result’ option.
If they left the lucky option as a fully functional silver arrow, they lose some revenue they’d otherwise have gotten by forcing you to sift through bad results.
- Comment on A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man 1 week ago:
…using several AI tools, Wales’ husband and Yentzer managed to create a convincing video using about a 4.5-minute-video of Pelkey, his funeral photo and a script that Wales prepared
Emphasis mine.
- Comment on A Judge Accepted AI Video Testimony From a Dead Man 1 week ago:
This was not testimony. It was part of the victim impact statement and was scripted by his sister. AI was only used to recreate the voice. I am usually a fan of 404 Media, but this title is misleading.
Full transparency: I haven’t read this article yet. My information is from other sources.
- Comment on A new 3-D display lets you reach in and touch virtual objects 3 weeks ago:
Reminds me of this research from a few years ago, though the technical aspects of that are hard to find online. It seems much less interactive than this, but contains some precursor concepts about manipulating a shared projection of a physical object.
- Comment on Facebook isn’t eavesdropping, but the truth is more disturbing 3 weeks ago:
People worried about “digital eavesdropping” aren’t paranoid. There’s an entire class-action lawsuit based on Apple’s Siri getting caught being activated without the trigger command and data that was captured being sent to third party providers.
- Comment on Exploring on-device AI link previews in Firefox | The Mozilla Blog 4 weeks ago:
Regarding this:
would you want previews of content requiring login, perhaps with a risk of accidentally changing related logged in state?
Absolutely not, no. Many platforms have a wait period prior to user-requested account deletion during which logging back in will halt the deletion request.
- Comment on OCDSB seeking court order in bid to unmask anonymous 'redditor'. 1 month ago:
Nailed it. This platform needs awards.
- Comment on X (Twitter) is down in worldwide outage. 2 months ago:
Add “cancel” after the X in the url for workaround access. Like any other workaround, this will only work until it doesn’t anymore
- Comment on A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content 2 months ago:
“Nothing there said the spokesperson is not a source”
They said in their statements that they wouldn’t identify a corporate spokesperson as a “source familiar”
- Comment on A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content 2 months ago:
A corporate spokesperson spoke to them “on background”. A “corporate communications professional speaking to [them] in [their] official capacity“ has the option detailed in that section to request anonymity while being quoted.
There must have been an agreement between The Verge and the corporate representative to speak without being identified beyond their affiliation with the company, as described In the section titled “on background”.
- Comment on A Reddit moderation tool is flagging ‘Luigi’ as potentially violent content 2 months ago:
Take the link and scroll down to the section titled “ON BACKGROUND”
- Comment on I'm Tired of Pretending Tech is Making the World Better 2 months ago:
Came here to say this. I will never be compelled to install an app on my phone by an eatery the first time I go there. That is severely hostile design. Don’t willingly inconvenience yourself just to freely provide them your tracking info to sell.
- Comment on Nobody Wants a Nazi Electric Car 2 months ago:
There is no shame in your ownership of the vehicle based on your intentions; I would humbly assert that anger is a more appropriate reaction to the current leadership of the company that made it. If strangers judge you, that’s on them.
If I had had the means to purchase one 10+ years ago, I would have. Most people who claim they wouldn’t are not being honest with themselves or disapproved of the virtue signaling associated with them at the time.
- Comment on Nobody Wants a Nazi Electric Car 2 months ago:
Temporary plates could be someone moving out of state. Are you sure it was the latest model?
- Comment on Downtown Doug Brown » The gooey rubber that’s slowly ruining old hard drives 2 months ago:
That’s an understandable point of confusion and an excellent case to avoid capitalization of that term in casual writing. I’ll leave it as is for context, but I’ll probably drop the capital moving forward.
I wonder why it became such a common name for newspapers.
- Comment on Downtown Doug Brown » The gooey rubber that’s slowly ruining old hard drives 2 months ago:
Someone needs to tell Downtown Doug Brown about dark and muted background colors to alleviate eye strain. The white is like staring into the Sun.
- Comment on China’s humanoid robot turns into Kung-fu master after dancing debut 2 months ago:
The badge, the soft landings, and the seams in the concrete blipping in and out were the biggest factors for me.
- Comment on China’s humanoid robot turns into Kung-fu master after dancing debut 2 months ago:
I was curious why someone downvoted you, so I took a look at the video.
That is absolutely 100% CGI and I’m not sure why anyone is doubting that. I’m on mobile and I can still see it.
Take my upvote.
- Comment on Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’ 2 months ago:
This guy lubricates.
Username checks out.