ifItWasUpToMe
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- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 1 day ago:
If it’s a never before thought of idea how can there possibly be ads for it? No one has ever thought of it and the product doesn’t exist right?
Like I said, there are always other ways. Maybe you searched something related the day before and don’t remember. Maybe your friend did.
- Comment on I still don’t think companies serve you ads based on spying through your microphone 2 days ago:
It can always be explained by something else. Recency bias being a big one. It’s very possible you saw an ad yesterday as well, but didn’t notice you saw it because you haven’t talked about that item. Talk about it today, see the same ad, and now you think you’re being listened to.
It’s very possible your father googled something after hanging up the phone. There are endless ways they can connect you to knowing your father.
It’s possible someone on the same wifi network as you or your father overheard the conversation and looked it up.
All of these are far more likely than everything you say and do being recorded without anyone ever finding any definitive proof.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 2 months ago:
Sleep mode on the mini < 0.5W
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 2 months ago:
A key on the keyboard turns it on afaik. You don’t need to press the power button.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 2 months ago:
I think it’s more just their minimal design combined with the fact that a normal user will never press the power button. Most people don’t shut down their computers, and if they do, a key on the keyboard turns it on.
The only argument I’ve seen to this being bad is in a server rack environment.
- Comment on Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats 2 months ago:
In the future I’d recommend adding your card to your phone. It’s more secure paying with your phone vs card, and if you need a new card for whatever reason, your phone will automatically just keep working.
- Comment on Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide 2 months ago:
I get what you are saying, and somewhat agree. However this really reads exactly like a decade ago when it was “teens can’t tell the difference between killing someone in a video game vs real life”
- Comment on Only 3% of UK 12-year-olds don’t have a smartphone. Here is how four of them feel about it 3 months ago:
Apple Watch is a good solution. Can be locked down as much as you want
- Comment on Discord lowers free upload limit to 10MB: “Storage management is expensive” 3 months ago:
Maybe it’s not even about you at all.
Intergalactic turtle, fucker.
- Comment on Meta considers mixed reality glasses , code name : puffin, will release by 2027 4 months ago:
It’s a good thing you aren’t a CEO.