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- Comment on Microsoft's Windows lead says the next version of Windows will be "more ambient, pervasive, and multi-modal" as AI redefines the desktop interface 1 week ago:
This. And less privacy.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
I get what you mean. You seem to have an optimistic view that technology will help us out of this mess eventually (or at least soften its impact). I guess in some ways I’m a pessimist, but I can respect your view and accept that your scenario is also a possible outcome. I happen to think it’s less likely than what the outcome I imagine, but it is possible. My uncle has always had a similar view as yours.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
I pretty much agree with most of your assessment. Thank you for mentioning insurance and real estate, as that will particularly impact countries like the US, where the two have been in a feedback loop, greatly inflating home prices.
I just worry that any technological advances will only be used to either directly help people at the top or to make them richer in the process of helping those below. That has been increasingly the trend over the decades.
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 3 weeks ago:
Yes, good example!
- Comment on Is this the end of Bootloader Unlocking in the EU? 3 weeks ago:
Is this also the end of Software-Defined Radio in Europe?
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
I hear you. I meant that more as in even more off the rails, like completely ejected off the rails.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
I have mixed feelings about it. I think it’s perhaps 50/50 on whether things really go crazy within 5-10 years. It’s definitely more than 0% chance, especially considering that people have already been dying due to climate change for quite a while now (extreme weather events, drought, and related conflicts).
- Comment on Microsoft suddenly bans LibreOffice developer's email account, blocks appeal 3 weeks ago:
I visited a local Microsoft office in the mid-90s. Their office employee kitchen had a poster of the Internet Explorer logo smashing the Netscape logo to a bloody pulp.
- Comment on Humanity will likely survive climate change, but the vast majority of humans won't. 3 weeks ago:
I’m not sure exactly what you mean regarding health and lifespan, but I think looking forward from 2025, things are quickly going to go off the rails. We’ve already been seeing severe problems resulting from climate change for years now, and I think that it’s going to rapidly get worse within the next 5-10 years. I’m not talking about sea level rise (except in very vulnerable places that are already partially underwater, like Florida), but about intensifying weather disasters, droughts, and shocks to the global food supply. As a result of this, I think we will see more and more unrest as well as authoritarianism used to deal with that unrest. How quickly all this is going to decimate the population is anyone’s guess.
- Comment on Zuckerberg says people without AI glasses will be at a disadvantage in the future 3 weeks ago:
(slaps forehead) Of course! People without AI glasses will miss out on all those free knuckle sandwiches that people with AI glasses will be offered everywhere they go!
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 4 weeks ago:
RickGuard
- Comment on Just a reminder that one out of three calories produced in the US gets thrown away because of shit like this 4 weeks ago:
It’s mind-boggling. American Evangelical Christians could hardly be farther from the actual teachings of Jesus Christ. They’re more like anti-Christians.
- Comment on News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline 5 weeks ago:
Interesting about .onion websites, thanks!
- Comment on News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline 5 weeks ago:
The primary purpose of archive.is is to get around paywalls though. That’s the only thing I’ve ever seen it used for.
- Comment on News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline 5 weeks ago:
Very interesting article, thanks! I had wondered about this. The whole thing sounds pretty mysterious. Who knows, it could be Meta behind the curtains, lol! They’ve been known to resort to piracy to feed their AI.
- Comment on News publishers take paywall-blocker 12ft.io offline 5 weeks ago:
archive.is probably next? It sounds like the same kind of tool.
- Comment on What are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses? 1 month ago:
I’m inclined to think that your IP provides powerful cross-reference potential. Imagine someone either buys the data off of all data brokers out there or a law enforcement agency obtains similar kind of data through warrants, etc. They can cross-reference IPs and time-stamps and determine, that you, Joe Blow, age 35, who works at X, volunteers at Y, and lives at 123 main street, browse for some kind of very embarrassing porn every night. It’s a drastic example to illustrate the idea, but I don’t think it’s far-fetched.
This could be taken further by imagining a wider net: say, a large portion of people who have donated to this political candidate or who work for this company browse for that same embarrassing porn every night.
I’m thinking birds-eye view of potential privacy violations here.
- Comment on Just a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break. 2 months ago:
Good to know, thanks!
- Comment on Just a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break. 2 months ago:
Interesting, thanks! I did not realize that.
What do you mean to edit your top posts to an archived version?
- Comment on Just a note: When lemm.ee shuts down, all the images will break. 2 months ago:
What do you mean? Don’t instances keep a local copy of images from other instances?