MolecularCactus1324

@MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk wants to rewrite "the entire corpus of human knowledge" with Grok⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  iamverysmart

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bill Gates and Linus Torvalds meet for the first time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That backdrop makes everyone look even grayer than they are

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your approaches to donating?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I give to politicians I really believe in. Occasionally, I give to nonprofits I support. My biggest gripe about giving is getting put on some stupid mailing list, where they send you junk mail. If I could give without telling them my identity, I would be more likely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Digg has been basically dead for 15 years.

• Here's your first look at the rebooted Digg | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which Lemmy instances use Photon?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  p.lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  TV being the lesser evil

• YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of the country population has ever failedwww.bbc.com ↗
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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they monetize it? I don’t remember that really. I think they just redesigned the site abruptly and the user base didn’t like the change and migrated. Anyway, still always liked the community and diggnation. The founder was always a bit less of a dick than spez, despite his flaws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Digg invented the category of social media that Lemmy is and it’s back

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.blahaj.zone has setup a piefed instance.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I could see it. Lemmy devs are weirdos and I’m not sure they’re the right group to attract and grow a Reddit alternative.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨where are worker rights parades? why are we focusing on very limited issues?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, I think it’s a strategy to separate the left. We should have a workers movement because it will literally unite everyone that is not a 1 percenter

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an ad

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you're having difficulty figuring out how to pronounce "data," say database.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Easy, Dah-tah-base

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Java at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhouse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  C++ has classes though and if you start with C and then try to go to other Object-oriented languages then you’ll be a little lost. But, by learning C++ first, you’re pretty much learning C at the same time, you just need to avoid using classes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Java at 30: How a language designed for a failed gadget became a global powerhouse⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I learned C++ as my first language and it was a great way to understand the core issues of a programming language — like memory allocation, memory freeing, and the difference between memory addresses and the memory contents themselves. Java obscures these nuances to a degree, but Python is too friendly and makes it hard to understand them.

  I believe if you learn C++ you can easily learn any other language. After C++, I learned Python, JavaScript, and Java in a few days each without formal instruction. If you learn Python first, you’re probably going to struggle learning those other languages because you haven’t grasped the lower level concepts yet and may never if you’re not in a formal setting that forced you to learn them.

  No one disagrees that Python is easier, but if your goal is to get a foundation in programming that allows you to easily pick up other languages, you should start with C++.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xitter Pause Encrypted DMs.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought they disabled DMs when some influencer refused to have Elon Musk’s babies and shared her DMs with a friend

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta and Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries partner to build EagleEye, a new AI-powered weapons system, including rugged helmets, glasses, and other wearables⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Palmer Luckey is one of the ugliest mother fuckers I’ve ever seen in my life.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Meta exec says asking for artist permission will kill AI industry⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If the AI industry doesn’t ask artists for permission, then the art industry will die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New York Times stands by article mentioning Chinese women small fingers. The paper says Apple engineers privately talked about this⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My social studies teacher cited this 20 years ago as a major reason electronics manufacturing was done primarily in China and other Asian countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOOM: The Dark Ages Has Reportedly Sold Less Than 1 Million Copies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This graph but with fediverse apps?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Pretty sure TikTok and instagram users have main character syndrome

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can know the impact of what the tariffs would be by looking at Purism. They sell a Linux phone for $800. If you want the same phone built in the US, they charge $2000.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah he was on Screen Savers with Sarah Lane (who he dated) and then Alex Albrecht. TechTV was bought by G4 and Screen Savers became Attack of the Show. While at TechTV, he started digg and actually advertised it on the Screen Savers, without clarifying that he was the owner. Later, G4 fired all the Tech TV staff, so Kevin worked on digg full time. He went on to start diggnation podcast with Alex Albrecht — which they’ve recently brought back. As many know, when digg v4 launched, it was widely rejected, and the site lost its user base to Reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Digg founder Kevin Rose offers to buy Pocket from Mozilla⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they actually say that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I need to go back to this, never should’ve given it up honestly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify caught hosting hundreds of fake podcasts that advertise selling drugs⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The recommendations are hard to beat, but I hate how these moderns treating platforms make you a passive listener. My most enjoyable music listening days were when I actively managed my music collection.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doom the dark ages...⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I feel the same. The atmosphere is decidedly less doom-like in my view and I’m a little skeptical of these new gameplay mechanics. Riding flying dragons? I’m also not a fan of the way Marty Stratton handled the situation with Mick Gordon. I bought Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal on launch. I will not buy this game until it is bargain bin prices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, mortgage involves risks that renting does not. Rent includes compensation for the risk spread out over time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A family of 5 downsized to a one-bedroom apartment to escape feeling 'house poor.' Saving money hasn't been the only benefit.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sort of. Rent actually should some times be more than mortgages, but only for comparable property types. I agree that renting a 1BR apartment should not be more than renting a 3 BR house. But, renting a 3BR house should be more than having a mortgage on a 3BR house.