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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Wired analysis shows that ICE & CBP have collectively spent at least $515 million on products from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Palantir in the last few years alone.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And yet so many people have a hard time acknowledging it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair to Cash for Clunkers, the intent was to get people on better gas efficiency cars, not to downgrade people to worse cars.

  I was a supporter of the program at the time and agreed with that intent. However, In retrospect it was more of a handout to the auto industry. And whether intended or not, it hurt the used car market and got people to abandon very reliable (and more importantly, easily self repairable) cars that were built in the 90s.

  2008 was right around the time when automakers started adding more tech to cars. So that’s where my suspicions about surveilance comes in. In fact, an infamous vulnerability, which can be used to uniquely identify vehicles, was introduced into most US vehicles made after 2008.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So this is my understanding:

  • Microsoft is moving to a subscription model OS
  • new tpm requirement
  • hardware is sold out and/or 3x more expensive because of Sam Altman
  • Microsoft is leaning into thin clients

  I see people celebrating this “stupid decision” by Microsoft and saying that it’s the year of the Linux desktop. Honestly, I’d love that outcome.

  But what if Microsoft is willing to destroy Windows right before the AI bubble pops, shift the entire industry away from consumer parts, get people to throw all their old devices in a landfill, and then recoup their losses when Trump inevitably bails out the industry?

  I always think about how Obama’s Cash for Clunkers got people to trade in their old, reliable cars for arguably shittier new cars with built-in Surveillance capabilities and planned obsolescence. It ended up ruining the used car market too. I wonder if we will see something like that for AI. “Trade in your pc for a free year of windows 12 and a new pc (thin client) to run it”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My SO works at a callcenter and they get dinged for the use of what they call “tragic phrases.” These include, but aren’t limited to:

  • "Unfortunately"
  • Words/phrases that imply uncertainty like "should"
  • Words/phrases that imply non-commitment like “I can’t do that” or “that’s against policy” or "that’s not my dept"
  • So-called sloppy words/phrases like “No problem” or “hold on just a sec”

  Its fucking ridiculous. They pay some outside vendor for training and guidelines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'I had to RUN to my Mac mini like I was defusing a bomb': OpenClaw AI chose to 'speedrun' deleting Meta AI safety director's inbox due to a 'rookie error'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I personally wouldn’t be announcing this failure to the world if I were in her position. I don’t think you could torture it out of me lmao

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla's New Sales Data Is Absolutely Brutal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fun fact: X is ASCII representation for the decimal 88, which is Nazi code for Heil Hitler. Dunno if that is what motivates him to name things like that, but he IS a descendant of grandparents who belong to the Canadian Nazi party. They moved to Apartheid South Africa because Nazism became too taboo in Canada. So, it seems a likely possibility to me.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doors⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even if this thing was left on a single city block for 8 hours with its door open, the data it collects about nearby cars, Bluetooth devices, phones, WiFi SSIDs, recorded video/audio, etc. makes it worth it for alphabet, I imagine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Not to go all conspiracy-nut, but it feels like the net (at least the social spaces) is decaying, and it feels intentional / coordinated.

  At this point, I don’t think it’s conspiracy-nut to say this. We have a group of tech oligarchs in the US who are openly collaborating with a fascist administration. It is a conspiracy and this kinda shit is the result.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, my group of friends will be very resistant to moving away from discord. They’re all aware of the issues with it, but It’s too convenient of a platform. Personally, I will give up most of the comforts to not be under the thumb of a corporation, but I’m an outlier in my friend group with that perspective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App (Mobile Fortify) Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Deport anyone they feel like. Blame the app and “AI” when the damage is done.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epstein files leak personal passwords including #1Island and ghislaine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I really think this administration trying to muddy the water by “accidentally” fucking everything up with the release. Weaponized Incompetence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We have Steve Bannon suggesting that Trump send ICE to polling locations on election day . ICE is currently purchasing large warehouses across the United States so they have more capacity to jail people. ICE is now one of the most funded military orgs in the world.

  So…

  What, everyone?

  Yes. He will keep broadening the definition of “terrorist” and narrowing the definition of “citizen.” Not saying it will work, but I believe he will try. I think there’s plenty of evidence showing that it’s a real threat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How ICE is watching you: A rundown of some of the tech the government is deploying to identify and spy on us⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  To track, intimidate and eventually disappear activists I imagine

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A generation taught not to think: AI in the classroom⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Cant remember the last time a calculator told me the best way to kill myself

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Agreed

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Charged for Wiping Phone Before CBP Could Search It⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Given that it says the phone was a Google Pixel, I’m guessing it was GrapheneOS and the activist entered their duress PIN before handing over the phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Infosys co-founder once again calls for longer than 70-hour weeks - and no, he's not joking⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And he wants person 2 to be desperate for person 1’s job

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And you’ve never hit a cat that was hiding under your car? Are you sure? How can you prove it? Have you gotten out each time you drove away to make sure there wasn’t a cat left behind?

  I don’t find this convincing. Have you asked the Waymo Taxi the same thing? I can check if I’ve run over a cat, and I’m naturally Inclined to care. I can’t say the same about a robot–especially one that isn’t open source.

  If they can avoid animals now (which they can, and do), they can improve that detection and/or logic for cats that have disappeared under the car and not reappeared. That’s not even an assumption, much less a “big” one.

  I develop software for a living. It is a big assumption to think that this will be fixed with a software update. I don’t know why you act as if it’s a sure thing.

  I personally don’t like the idea of driverless cars. And there is your bias.

  Yes I am biased against driverless cars. They are a new technology that is being tested without our consent, and they are dependent on corporations rather than humans being held accountable when things go wrong (something that we currently struggle with as a society). The fact that you think I should default to the contrary is strange to me.

  No one argues self-driving cars are “needed.” The point is, they are a significant improvement over humans when developed correctly.

  I’d rather gravitate towards a driverless society where we invest in public transit and infrastructure rather than further ingraining cars into our society and adopting private companies (who use us as unwitting beta testers) as the solution to our problems.

  How are people this fucking stupid? Really? I don’t want you to answer that. I would need some rational and intelligent discussion on the subject.

  You need to calm down. Attacking my intelligence isn’t helping your argument. I think I’m done engaging with you now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Death of beloved neighborhood cat sparks outrage against robotaxis in San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This, at least, can likely be remedied fleet-wide and permanently with a software fix.

  Oh? That seems like a pretty big assumption. Even if the company themselves said that a software update could fix running over a living creature, I would be skeptical.

  These people are just looking for an excuse to rail against automation

  Excuse or valid criticism from a negatively affected community? I personally don’t like the idea of driverless cars. I don’t think they are at all necessary to society. I don’t see them as inevitable infrastructure or even a good path forward. I don’t think my stance is unreasonable.

  as if a human driver would have definitely seen the cat.

  There are plenty of cats in my neighborhood and I’ve never hit one. I’d expect an automated vehicle to drive better than a human, not worse.

  You talk about people “railing against automation” but is it more productive to make reflexive excuses for its failures? The fact of the matter (IMO) is that we shouldn’t be beta test subjects for these companies and this new technology.

  Also, keep cats inside.

  This I can agree with.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, it’s a 40 series GPU, so pretty new. That’s encouraging. Maybe I will try dual booting first.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Microsoft Forces Users to Ditch Windows 10, It Announces That It’s Also Turning Windows 11 into an AI-Controlled Monstrosity⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Do you have an AMD gpu? I’m running Nvidia GPU using windows 11 and I’m hesitant because I’ve heard people say that Nvidia poses problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fake Protest Videos Are the Latest AI Slop to Go Viral in MAGA World⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The sooner you realize that the call is coming from inside the house, the better. We’re dealing with a revived KKK and a government that openly supports them. These people are very capable of running their own psyops.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Router suggestions for a complete noob⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I bought a Flint 2 GL-MT6000 and I’ve been pretty happy with the choice.

  • its currently on sale for $125
  • it comes with a custom version of open-wrt, but it can be flashed to a different firmware
  • easily purchaseable through their site
  • I have not had signal issues in my place, but YMMV
  • sustained speeds are at least 500Mb/s
  • supports features like VLAN, which is part of why I bought it

  Side note: Flint 3 just came out, but I’m not familiar enough with it to recommend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Investigation: Israel's Unit 8200 built a system to collect millions of mobile phone calls made daily in Gaza and the West Bank using Microsoft's Azure platform⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you read the article?

  This isn’t some random company using azure to host an app. This is Microsoft dedicating a team of engineers to write a custom version of its software to track people on behalf of a genocidal government.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨St. Paul, MN, was hacked so badly that the National Guard has been deployed⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also, could it be a 'the call is coming from inside the house " situation?

  I think this is far more likely than China, North Korea, Iran or Russia having a sudden interest in St Paul Minnesota (a city that most people in the US don’t even think about).

  Who benefits more from the crippling of city-level liberal governments and stealing their data, Trump or China? If we see ICE conducting surgical raids within St Paul in the coming months, I think we’ll have our answer.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women’s ‘red flag’ app Tea is a privacy nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wouldn’t some sort of proxy in between the bucket and the client app solve this problem? I feel like you could even set up an endpoint on your backend that manages the upload. In other words, why is it necessary for the client app to connect directly with the bucket?

  Maybe I’m not understanding the gist of the problem

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yep, everything is politics whether we like it or not.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Men are opening up about mental health to AI instead of humans⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also worth noting that:

  1. AI is arguably a surveillance technology that’s built on decades of our patterns 2. The US government is increasingly authoritarian and has expressed interest in throwing neurodivergent people into labor camps 3. Large AI companies like OpenAI are signing contracts with the Department of defense

  If I were a US citizen, I would be avoiding discussing my personal life with AI like the plague.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Google about to destroy the web?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Lots of projecting on your part I think. I hope you find the validation you’re looking for. I’m gonna mute this now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is Google about to destroy the web?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not butthurt. Just trying to help you.