Ulrich
@Ulrich@feddit.org
- Comment on Matrix.org is Introducing Premium Accounts 11 hours ago:
At some point donations become unsustainable. Like literally their options are to start charging or close up shop.
The smarter thing to do would be to rotate instances on sign-up to decentralize the Matrix-verse but it’s probably too late now.
- Comment on YouTube might slow down your videos if you block ads 1 day ago:
Jokes on them, I already watch videos at 0.5x
- Comment on Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course 1 day ago:
Well. I haven’t told this story before because it just happened a few days ago.
- Comment on Half of companies planning to replace customer service with AI are reversing course 1 day ago:
I called the local HVAC company and they had an AI rep. The thing literally couldn’t even schedule an appointment. I called someone else. They never even called me back so they probably don’t even know they lost my business.
- Comment on For All That Is Good About Humankind, Ban Smartphones 1 day ago:
And what does it have to do with smartphones?
You said they make us “more social”. I said they don’t.
You think that “social media” is “antisocial”? Well, then write it as “ban social media”
Also acceptable.
- Comment on For All That Is Good About Humankind, Ban Smartphones 1 day ago:
Social media has replaced and ruined real human interaction.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
I honestly don’t even know what you’re trying to say.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
…well that’s an interesting (bad) presumption.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 days ago:
Ah yes, the classic “everyone who disagrees with me is a troll”
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 days ago:
So you made it up.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 days ago:
Where did you find that information?
- Comment on 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft 2 days ago:
Oh, he is a threat to all types of sovereignty, in every way.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 2 days ago:
I’m not a big fan of most RSS readers. And def not for Reddit content.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 2 days ago:
I replaced RIF with Stealth. It’s actually a really excellent read-only client that you can subscribe to subs and view content without contributing anything to Reddit.
- Comment on Been a good couple of years 2 days ago:
RIF arguably the best Reddit mobile app.
- Comment on If you can afford it, PeerTube is having a fundraiser for its mobile app 2 days ago:
I don’t see any of that as useful, personally, other than changing the resolution. I sure as hell would not want to manage my video from the app LOL. But it’s great that they’re adding that.
- Comment on climate.gov will stop publishing new content on July 1. 2 days ago:
An official website of the United States government
LOL WTF I’ll never not be blown away by the amount of corruption this guy is able to get away with.
- Comment on climate.gov will stop publishing new content on July 1. 2 days ago:
We will be able to but things are very much not trending in that direction. And even if we do it will likely take decades to undo the damage that has been done.
- Comment on climate.gov will stop publishing new content on July 1. 2 days ago:
“Close your eyes!”
It’s just like COVID Trumpism where he suggested we cure COVID by stopping the testing LOL
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 days ago:
The Steam Deck brings about a conversation about what a console is. To me, it’s something that plugs into the TV and doesn’t require KBM, and in that regard it very much is.
- Comment on 10 incredible PC games that never got console ports—until Steam Deck happened 2 days ago:
And trust me, I begged. Pleaded. Lit prayer candles.
Why would you do that?
- Comment on If you can afford it, PeerTube is having a fundraiser for its mobile app 2 days ago:
Wow. That was needlessly antagonistic. I don’t know your situation but what’s happening is that you’re pawning off these costs to other people. PeerTube is just not going to foot that bill for you, so you have unrealistic expectations.
Also most of that stuff is unnecessary, you can simply get a DAS box and connect it to your local machine as a hard drive.
- Comment on 'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on Microsoft 2 days ago:
You should read the whole thing but this is the important bit
Instead, the northern state will turn to open-source software to “take back control” over data storage and ensure “digital sovereignty”, its digitalisation minister, Dirk Schroedter, told AFP.
They also blame Trump which is pretty hilarious but probably not terribly relevant to the community.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
All the reasons listed in OP
- Comment on [deleted] 2 days ago:
It’s very likely that the Switch 2 will far outsell all other PC handhelds combined. And that is very much a loss. Not just to Valve, not just to PC gamers, but to everyone.
- Comment on If you can afford it, PeerTube is having a fundraiser for its mobile app 2 days ago:
Not necessarily. Like I don’t have my YT stuff stored anywhere any more.
I mean, that’s just poor archiving practices. There’s no reason you shouldn’t keep originals stored and backed up locally. You shouldn’t depend on someone else to archive that for you.
- Comment on If you can afford it, PeerTube is having a fundraiser for its mobile app 2 days ago:
Honestly, I have no notes for the PeerTube app. They really nailed it on the first try…
- Comment on The Wikimedia Foundation Pauses an Experiment That Showed Wikipedia Users AI-Generated Summaries at The Top of Some Articles, Following an Editor Backlash. 4 days ago:
So they:
- Didn’t ask editors/users
- noticed loud and overwhelmingly negative feedback
- "paused" the program
They still don’t get it. There’s very little practical use for LLMs in general, and certainly not in scholastic spaces. The content is all user-generated anyway, so what’s even the point? It’s not saving them any money.
Also it seems like a giant waste of resources for a company that constantly runs giant banners asking for money and claiming to basically be on there verge of closing up every time you visit their site.
- Comment on Menstrual tracking app data is a ‘gold mine’ for advertisers that risks women’s safety – report 4 days ago:
Because they don’t care. Even if it leads to potential abortion legal charges.
- Comment on Can't subscribe to PeerTube channels 4 days ago:
Yeah it’s broken right now. You are subscribed it will just take a long time to take. Come back and check again in a couple of hours.