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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Worst part about living in Europe⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  American here. I have seen plenty of roadkill in my lifetime, but none of it was ever a baguette.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I unplug my smart tv from the internet?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Aren’t smart TVs basically dumb TVs when they’re offline?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Proton’s Lumo AI chatbot: not end-to-end encrypted, not open source⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Again.

  If you own your own domain name, this process is easier. Your email address can stay the same, even when moving to different email services.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why doesn't the US build a bridge here to connect Alaska to the mainland? Are they stupid?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand that this is just a shitpost, but the scaling here is crazy 😆 Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t think Spotify wants to do it, but it’s probably a better option than abandoning their UK users.

  I assume the other streaming options will do the same in the UK market, so probably better to look at self-hosted alternatives, if you’re into that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify fans threaten to return to piracy as music streamer introduces new face-scanning age checks in the UK⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  +1 for vinyl. The album art, inserts, etc. really adds something to the experience that I had long forgotten over the years of downloading and streaming music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Like… In general, or are you referring to a particular situation in which that happened?

  I’d disagree with the “never” part, in general. For example, it’s probably good not to know how it feels to murder.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I don’t see any reason why I should, despite the “YSK” part

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🤔 why should I know this?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to disable Microsoft Recall & stop the AI from taking screenshots of your desktop.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Many years ago, when I was repairing computers for a living, spyware like this was highly frowned upon.

  I haven’t touched Windows in a few years, but I’m still somewhat saddened to see how normalized this has become. Why did society stop valuing privacy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  reputation laundering against Ukraine

  What does this mean?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! I edited it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Two major AI coding tools wiped out user data after making cascading mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  A good craftsman never blames their tools

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Women are anonymously spilling tea about men in their cities on viral app⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kinda wild that app stores allow something like that. I wonder how long it’ll take for someone to build the same up, but with the roles reversed: Men anonymously talking about local women 😬

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. They don’t sound very neutral on the weapons stuff. TIL 😕

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I meant current times, not in the past. Sorry, I assumed that would be obvious. There are also some things I like about Germany, though they have a pretty terrible past.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Switzerland plans surveillance worse than US⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is the first thing I’ve ever disliked about Switzerland (not that I know a lot about the country).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨:3‎ ‎⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re not wrong about the fun, but every time I buy a car, I eventually miss having an SUV when I can’t move things that are too big for cars 😕

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mmmm suppositories.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That reminds me of a joke:

  What’s the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? The taste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Force is the last refuge of the incompetent⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  With ADHD and social anxiety, I’m more productive when the office is less social. I definitely got much more productive when I started working from home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Rats.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe they’re vegetarian ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK about StopICE.net to send and receive alerts about ICE raids in your area⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  send and receive mobile alerts via text message

  I hope this database of phone numbers, and all programs that connect to it, are secure.

  (Not that text messages are even secure, but a database is much easier to extract a complete list from.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you set up a Lemmy instance, and follow the Docker setup instructions to the letter, it will send lemmy.ml your admin password during the setup process⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They could have done both.

  If it’s not fixed by Monday, I will consider starting the approval process from the legal department that requires it from me.

  I wish I had the freedom to just open a PR anywhere anytime, but I don’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you set up a Lemmy instance, and follow the Docker setup instructions to the letter, it will send lemmy.ml your admin password during the setup process⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s not get carried away.

  …

  Right…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: If you set up a Lemmy instance, and follow the Docker setup instructions to the letter, it will send lemmy.ml your admin password during the setup process⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It sounds like a pull request would have been much more helpful, with much less effort. But you want it fixed less than you want it publicized, so you chose this option.

  In other words, you cared less about the people impacted by this problem, and more about your own opportunity to put the author(s) on blast like this.

  And you care about that opportunity so much, that it’s even worth it to show this dark side of yourself publicly.

  Am I understanding that right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  TASER uses their products on their employees? Lol that’s wild

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeon⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  OR maybe everyone — including the poor — will eventually have access to robotic surgeons with the equivalent of like 500 human years of experience, but with the latest surgical best practices that have only existed in recent years. The experience gained by a single surgery could be shared across all of them.

  We’re talking about surgery. If some technology can provide significantly more valuable labor than its human counterpart (which, in this case, could mean more lives saved), then it might actually be worth exploring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How does AI use so much power?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s kinda interesting how the most power-consuming uses of graphics chips — crypto and AI/ML — have nothing to do with graphics.

  (Except for AI-generated graphics, I suppose)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk’s Grok Is Calling for a New Holocaust | The chatbot is also praising Hitler and attacking users with Jewish-sounding names.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Microsoft Tay would have been proud of Grok for this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full Hitler⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Heh, that kinda reminds me of Microsoft Tay.