Thedogdrinkscoffee

@Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China establishes global mediation body in Hong Kong⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Pouty China: “We don’t need your corrupt institutions! We’ll make our own corrupt institutions.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forced E-Waste PCs And The Case Of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I just switched to Linux mint as a HTPC and it works great! Wine and Bottles bridged most of the gaps in software availability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cory Doctorow on how we lost the internet⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  He is at least thoughtful, a good communicator and helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL: UnitedHealthcare Caught Paying Off Nursing Homes to Let Seniors Die Because Hospital Transfers were “Too Expensive”⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Self defense.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SignalFire: startups and Big Tech firms cut hiring of recent graduates by 11% and 25% respectively in 2024 vs. 2023, as AI can handle routine, low-risk tasks⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Complaints of labour shortages in 5…4…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨respect dandelions!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  But not in a good way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK government withholding details of Palantir contract⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Of all the partners you could have picked. Eek.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I created a dual boot to test the waters for a HTPC, and haven’t had to go back once. But Linux mint did shit the bed just once recently where the wifi drivers died. Only solution was to connect a cable, download a kernel update, then back to 100%.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Putin’s dream of a state-controlled internet is becoming a reality⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  …and for a time, it was good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We poisoned the whole planet so our eggs wouldn't stick to the pan 🙃⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Firefighting foam used at airports. Every airport, every military base with an airstrip practices routinely with PFAS. They are still doing it.

  It is everywhere. Water, soil, rain and you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Experts Alarmed as ChatGPT Users Developing Bizarre Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “and a paranoid belief that he was being watched.”

  It’s not paranoid. We call it surveilance capitalism.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China's Xi slams 'bullying' as Beijing hosts LatAm leaders⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The bully condemning bullying would be funny if it wasn’t so sad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With a mercenary death squad, probably.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations as fears of a wider military confrontation rise⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Universities are being disrupted. Everyone is going to have to rethink their role is society with AI, Universities included.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My shower thought these days: Black hole sun, won't you come? Wash away... everything⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What a coincidence. I have a move in the bedroom called the same thing!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Several phone brands rumored to be planning a major shift away from Android⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What about /e/OS?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After they kill Wikipedia history will be AI hallucinations.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And historians

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Venezuelan detainees at Texas center spell out SOS with their bodies⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  S’''OS

  I wonder what it means?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Starter homes' cost at least $1 million in over 200 U.S. cities, Zillow data finds⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop eating avocados. Start eating landlords.

  Tough to stomach at first, but very good for you and the community.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VCs are debt-trap diplomacy in tech — they vibe-loan a dream, then repo it into a nightmare⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Venture Capital is common tongue since 2000 tech boom.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hotdog for Scale⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy pedes!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Engineers advance toward a fault-tolerant quantum computer⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Bright”. Heh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Imagine being anyone anywhere whipped like an Amazon worker. Will the waitress have to piss in bottles? Bad for tips I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Report: Apple CEO “cares about nothing else” Than Building Breakout AR Glasses Before Meta⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A reality distortion field that seperates a person from the real world? What could go wrong?

  It’s about as dystopian as it gets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Virginia passes law to enforce maximum vehicle speeds for repeat speeders⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  When you rape people, ostensibly even children on Epstein Island, you get elected president.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨China Cries Foul At Philippines, But Its Own Cruise Ship Provokes Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If China didn’t have self serving hypocrisy, there would be only silence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YKK’s Self-Propelled Zipper: Less Crazy Than It Seems⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How did you get the beans above the frank?

  Frank and beans!

  Arrrgh!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨At some point, kids watching older cartoons will no longer understand why putting a thermometer under a desk lamp was a way to skip school.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My kids love the original Tom and Jerry and watched it on you tube. Then they watched the modern remake and they hated it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google senior executives told employees to destroy messages⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I respectfully disagree. They were built for power and control. Monestisation just paid for it and helped adoption.