junkthief

@junkthief@lemmy.blahaj.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨talon voice, self hosted voice control of your computer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  You should probably delete one of these duplicate posts

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thank you, autocollections plugin⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This seems funny, but what am I actually looking at here?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think anyone using the term “slop” thinks it’s brave or leaving anyone else in tears and shambles. I’m fairly certain when folks say they’re tired of AI slop they literally mean they’re tired of AI slop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Industrial Light & Magic's Chief Creative Promotes AI Slop During His TED Talk⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is ILM, though, considering what they’ve accomplished in the past with hands-on tools, for the current chief creative officer to embrace AI so wholeheartedly, and for the result to just be “animal crossed with animal”, it’s pretty disappointing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Neat idea, but most question askers seem to be shoehorning their questions into the binary format instead of thoughtfully considering what the actual binary choice would boil down to. The low quality of questions makes me not want to participate in the jury duty option. I wish I had a suggestion- I’m sure you want to keep things simple and accessible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK Humble Bundle has a game store for GOG and Steam keys, which uses its profits for charity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Very good points!! I hope people realize these things- not to dissuade them from using it entirely, heck I still like it as a store and I’m glad it still donates something to charity- but i also think it’s important to recognize that it is definitely NOT the entity it once was

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Conduwuit is dead, long live Tuwunnel!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you just… thank yourself?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your voice assistant is profiling you, just not in the way you expect, new research finds.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you ever caught yourself doing anything suspicious?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get your new PebbleOS watch⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is that typical? I guess Apple sells watch bands at that price, but I’ve never bought a $60 Apple branded watch band. With the ubiquity of Apple Watches it’s not hard to find inexpensive Apple Watch bands even if they are proprietary. I don’t think that’s the case for other smartwatches, though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Automattic’s “nuclear war” over WordPress access sparks potential class action⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, that’s too big

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft is reportedly killing Skype⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Skype for business is Skype in name only. It’s basically Office communicator with several name changes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There Is No AI Revolution⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Aw I miss Google inbox 😢 time to put a flower on the google graveyard 🪦😋

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot with 1,000 muscles twitches like human while dangling from ceiling⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t understand these companies’ obsession with humanoid robots. A robot doesn’t have to humanoid to be a useful household helper. It doesn’t even have to be humanoid for people to form a friendly bond with it (something I think would be a good quality in a “household helper”) just look at Star Wars droids

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK there are other Pixelfed mobile clients than the flagship app (that include dark mode!)⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I absolutely love dark mode and find light mode headache inducing but will never understand the elitist attitude beyond a quick joke. Accessibility is good in all forms!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I apologize for implying that.

  You’re right that we shouldn’t care, but how do we help those who have been disenfranchised if we don’t identify them? Advocacy isn’t about caring about appearance over character, it’s is about shining a light on systematically disenfranchised groups of people so that we can support them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK in the U.S., you can buy produce directly from black farmers and they will ship it to you. It can cost less than your supermarket and will piss off people in power.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you are conflating where the “importance” has come from. A person can recognize that skin color does not matter. They can also recognize that the system they live in places a huge importance on skin color through endemic systems that have been in place for decades. How do you counteract an unbalanced system? By sticking your fingers in your ears and going “it doesn’t matter” or by seeking out those who are trying to make a change?

  Unfortunately, for some folks it’s never enough. Why only black folks? Why not disabled folks? Why not indigenous folks? Etc. But you have to start somewhere - and many people aren’t even trying. My point is that projects like this are a start. They’re not going to solve every issue but they’re trying to make a difference and I think that’s neat.