AwesomeLowlander
@AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox 23 hours ago:
Yeah, lemmy is really a hell of an echo chamber on certain topics. I see both pros and cons to AI, and that balanced view makes me literally the most anti-AI person in my social circle.
- Comment on Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy 1 day ago:
They were a few hundred million in debt. That’s gonna need more than a reorg to handle.
- Comment on Roomba maker iRobot swept into bankruptcy 1 day ago:
What market share? The article is very explicit that irobot went broke due to competition.
- Comment on Why does everyone put celery in soup stock? 2 days ago:
It does to some people, me included
- Comment on Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla 1 week ago:
Native speaker here, and that’s the first time I’ve ever heard such a distinction. Nothing on Google seems to back it up either, so take the asshole’s explanation with a grain of salt.
- Comment on What's going on with Quentin Tarantino? 1 week ago:
On the other hand, we have assholes like Elon
- Comment on Mozilla’s Betrayal of Open Source: Google’s Gemini AI is Overwriting Volunteer Work on Support Mozilla 1 week ago:
How in the world did you read an insult in that?
- Comment on Creative workers on the affects of AI on their jobs 1 week ago:
Effects is past tense. Affects is not.
- Comment on IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending trillions on AI data centers will pay off at today's infrastructure costs 2 weeks ago:
Who’s consulting IBM to build out an AI platform?
- Comment on After a teddy bear talked about kink, AI watchdogs are warning parents against smart toys 2 weeks ago:
I didn’t even know that SO many people still pay for toys.
There’s not many alternatives for kids
- Comment on xkcd #3174: Bridge Clearance 2 weeks ago:
Take a Claritin, you’ll get over it
- Comment on Is there an optimal home/apartment size that most people would be happy with? 2 weeks ago:
1st rule of acronyms - use the full term once first.
- Comment on I dunno 2 weeks ago:
I have some bad news for you about your education system
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 3 weeks ago:
I wasn’t referring to the Nazi part, I was referring to the ‘no contact with entire family’ part
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 3 weeks ago:
Sure, if that works for you. Given OP’s question though, it’s unlikely that’s what they’re looking for and you’re just pushing your own opinion instead of trying to help them.
- Comment on Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI 3 weeks ago:
All it needs is enough tech ability to run a few docker commands. That has absolutely nothing to do with LLMs. Not to mention the horrifying intrusion on our rights by limiting what we can host.
- Comment on So now that it's that time of year again in the US, what are some tips and tricks for dealing with that one relative who goes on about the same bullshit for hours and won't shut the fuck up? 3 weeks ago:
Most people have at least some family they’d like to see during holidays.
- Comment on Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time 4 weeks ago:
That’s a hell of a goalpost move. And anyway the accountability issue was already brought up. See sh.itjust.works/comment/22111884
- Comment on We* emphasize exclusive access to objects more than we ever did. 4 weeks ago:
Tragedy of the commons. As communities grow bigger and more distant, commons become more open to abuse
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Don’t feed the brand new troll acc, folks
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 4 weeks ago:
Doesn’t really answer the question for people like me who didn’t follow their every action
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 4 weeks ago:
That seems like way too recent to have any impact, though. It wouldn’t even have made it into their report data
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Fair enough
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
They’re still a horrible company in many ways. Forcing them to be better in this one aspect doesn’t change the fact they’re shitty
- Comment on Waymo says its self-driving taxis will take customers on freeways for the first time 4 weeks ago:
Drivers are literally known to make improper decisions and have been caught on camera crashing into things. What the fuck are people doing?
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
You misunderstand, I’m all for hiring them back. I’m saying that shouldn’t change his boycott of rockstar
- Comment on 4 weeks ago:
Why? Even if it goes through, they’ve already shown their colours.
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 4 weeks ago:
What did they screw up recently?
- Comment on The Economist on using phrenology for hiring and lending decisions: "Some might argue that face-based analysis is more meritocratic" […] "For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing" 5 weeks ago:
It’s petty reliable, it detected the authors to be psychos
- Comment on Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026] 5 weeks ago:
Why does everyone here Yuck other peoples Yum? You aren’t forced to buy them
The irony of this being your previous comment