just_an_average_joe

@just_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Downdetector is down⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Why use float when output is boolean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Surprise EU rollback of 'GDPR' digital-rights rules prompts alarm⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Frankly, that’s a stupid ass take.

  Reality is not binary, we progress and evolve. The constant pressure to be better than yesterday is the reason we got where we are.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bewildered enthusiasts decry memory price increases of 100% or more — the AI RAM squeeze is finally starting to hit PC builders where it hurts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There was a recentish model, qwen next that was advertised as smth that can be run entirely on RAM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't NASA have a go fund me page or kickstarter? Really don't know how they work but would donate. 380 million in the US if everyone gave a dollar would do good?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Nope, its worse. 1$ is worth far more in a poor person’s pocket than a rich one. Taxation atleast tries to be more fair by taxing based on income.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If only there were some security researchers who routinely release and audit open source implementations of encryption and data safety programs.

  The world would be so much better if people just trusted for-profit organizations instead of actual humans. Cuz all our modern crises like climate change, pfas in water and other ecological crises were caused by individual humans. Not these shareholder backed for profit organizations

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨European banks to launch euro stablecoin in bid to counter US dominance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Surveilence

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple steps up war of words with European regulators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Monopolies are bad, educate yourself before talking about something you have no clue about.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Roblox, Discord sued after 15-year-old boy was allegedly groomed online before he died by suicide⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its kinda sad, a child has just died, and some big corpo is right now would be thinking how they can use this as a way to extract more data out of everyone in order to make profits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren Questions Pentagon Awarding $200 Million Contract to Integrate Elon Musk’s “Grok” Into Military Systems Following the Chatbot’s Antisemitic Posts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Antisemites like the zionist state, cuz it means less jews in the west and the prophecies of armagedon could be fulfilled

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When the government can see everything: How one company – Palantir – is mapping the nation’s data⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s cuz of pro palestinian sentiments growing in the country. They don’t like these analytics companies, but their inner xenophobia trumps it. They have to defend against these filthy immigrants (especially the non-white, non-blue eyes, non-blond ones) from destroying German values. /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The EU has never been closer to agreeing on Chat Control – here's how we got here and what’s at stake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Germany and luxemberg alrrady opposes it btw.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mastodon says it doesn't 'have the means' to comply with age verification laws⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How about people parent their children?

  I believe the issue is that parents themselves are overworked from their job and have no energy to be a parent, because in our society, it is more successful to be a worker than to be a parent.

  (Sorry for turning it into a critique of capitalism, I just can’t help it these days)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uncomfortable Questions About Android Developer Verification⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How will they capture your data silly?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Comrade, the ignorance of the masses should not dilute our anger

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chrome VPN Extension With 100k Installs Screenshots All Sites Users Visit⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Whats more is that, anyone who creates a server can scrape all the data on fediverse. It’s every AI company’s wet dream.

  And any comment you delete will still be visible to server admin.

  Lemmy does have these privacy issues

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨aight... i'm out..⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine if someone writes a malicious extension and now with this, they will also have access to entire chat history.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Basically the government has been taken over by the fascist military, foreign reserves are already non existent, Pakistan is one of those countries who asks the IMF for a loan every few years, inflation is rising and the bill for electricity is going through the roof cuz god knows how they calculate it. Not to mention, it also has a huuuuge load shedding issue which means it’s not uncommon to lose electricity for 6-12 hours everyday and now Pakistan also has natural gas load shedding.

  Soooooooooo, these solar systems pay back their investment much much earlier than other countries I think. Keep in mind that people already don’t waste electricity or water or gas cuz of load shedding and high prices. So it’s considerably cheaper to move houses to fully solar.

  It’s funny how much wastage is there in western countries, iirc the carbon footprint of the average person in a third world country is roughly 10 times lower than developed countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choosing pink is chaotic evil?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, what else did he expect to happen when eating shit?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NoStupidQuestions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think his knowledge was lacking, he did have wisdom to first put enough effort in searching for it and then once he realized, he admitted to it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trick OR Treat⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  It would be ((trick nor treat) or treat) so basically all the non-circle region and the treat circle is filled…

  After writing this, i am wondering if you actually needed the information or was it just the funny thing to say…

  Guys am I autistic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You have 8 seconds.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Realistically nothing. You gain very little by saying something then you lose not saying anything. The only time people somewhat appreciate being talked to is when they already recognise you a little…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I really thought by making intentional mistakes in my comment people would be able to see the OBVIOUS sarcasm, but I guess not…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to reverse climate change won’t save us, scientists warn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a by-product of modern society (maybe late stage capitalism). We need to be sold a “solution” to a problem. Reducing consumption is not something that can easily be sold hence these carbon capture, recycling plastic “solutions”.

  Unless someone can make money off of it, reducing emissions is going to be difficult.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He wants money/power, and he is getting it. The rest of the AI field will forever be haunted by his greed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The saddest part is, this is going to cause yet another AI winter. The first few ones were caused by genuine over-enthusiasm but this one is purely fuelled by greed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You just haven’t tried OpeningAI’s latest orione model. A company employee said it is soooo smart, can you believe it? And the government is like, goddamn we are so scareded of it. Im telling you AGI december 2024, you’ll will see!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera explains how it plans to keep uBlock Origin support as Google Chrome disables it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  If you use android, just use adguard private dns. It will get rid of third party apps ads. For youtube you need revanced or newpipe

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Pringhouls⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why how many universes do you have in your cylinder?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wikipedia article blocked worldwide by Delhi high court.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Germany wants the immigrant but i don’t think young germans want that. Look at the recent rise of AFD among young germans. Maybe they need immigrants so when the economy goes down they can blame it on immigrants

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'll share a troubling fact with you if you share one with me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  At birth there are usually more males than females. Around adulthood age they are roughly equal, and around our death there are way more females than males.

  Another one, kinda romantic as well. Most life long couples, when one of them dies due to old age, the other one follows soon. Despite women having a longer life span than men.

  Another interesting one, most relationships end within 7 years. Once the 7 year period has passed, the likelihood of that relationship lasting till death increases significantly. It’s called 7 year ick.