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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Study Claims 4K/8K TVs Aren't Much Better Than HD To Your Eyes⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t get why HD tv was relevant at all. I really did not understand that at all.

  Then I got glasses.

  I suspect 4k matters for screens of a certain size or if you sit really close, but most of us don’t so it doesn’t matter.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man Alarmed to Discover His Smart Vacuum Was Broadcasting a Secret Map of His House⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  On paper all of this stuff is a great idea that would make our appliances more functional.

  In reality, this is sold to our corporate overlords so they can slap an ad on your refrigerator and sell you more plastic waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  They are built into the Voyager app! (☝︎ ՞ਊ ՞)☝︎

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I say this in his voice all the time. This is my new favorite picture.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨CNC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I had to come to the comments to find out what she meant. CNC fabrication was the only thing I could think of.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Reportedly Moving Ahead With Ads in Maps App⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I was bc it didn’t have ads, ironically.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I tire of this life⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I read a book series where people worship crabs in the Cult of Carcinisation. They may have “been into something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AI⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But Peter Thiel said regulating AI will bring the biblical apocalypse. ƪ(˘⌣˘)ʃ

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Smart Home is really good for me bc I have trouble remembering things, but I’m for building my own and running it on my own server vs using corporate bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get that we should expect shit like this from Amazon but at the same time, they bought something and the maker completely changed how the device worked after they bought it.

  I’d be pissed too. We have to hold these companies accountable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I kinda think a phone is the one thing that should come with cables. For most people, it is their only device. Nothing else should come with cables.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Investors are making up the highest share of homebuyers in 5 years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I get letters from realtors asking me to sell mine to their “client”. I’m sure they are investors so they can fuck off. I’ll take less money to make sure a family gets my house when sell.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motion sensors in high-performance mice can be used as a microphone to spy on users, thanks to AI — Mic-E-Mouse technique harnesses mouse sensors, converts acoustic vibrations into speech⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just use a mouse pad.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Valve must stop making excuses": Steam under fire for "significant price disparity for PC games," causing regional pricing that's "often 20% to 30% higher than the dollar equivalent"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  YouTube charges ≈$1.50 USD in some countries and charges $14 USD in the United States. I just thought this was standard. Shitty, but normal.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy.zip & Piefed.zip Server Update October 2025⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks like there are at least 7 of us reading these! I like them! I think it’s interesting but I also greatly appreciate the transparency as a donor.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Xbox consoles are now getting a fullscreen Xbox Game Pass Ultimate ad at boot, just a day after a 50% price hike was announced⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I used to get something like all the time, even when I already paid for Game Pass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨America could have avoided all of this with a functional justice system⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact that the other two branches decide the third branch’s members makes no sense. Congress doesn’t decide the president and the president doesn’t pick senators. So why does the president pick the judges and congress vote on them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I understand, but I do want to support devs, especially indie devs, when u can. That’s why I have no qualms about canceling an expensive service and putting that money directly in their hands when it’s possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shortly After Xbox Game Pass Prices Spiked, the Page to Cancel Game Pass Subscriptions Was Overwhelmed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I canceled. I don’t want the features they added. I don’t even use all the features they charge me for now. I just want to be able to try out so new games every so often. I’ll take the $30 I save and buy those same games, probably with some money leftover

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Once I looked celebrity’s well-known family member just to see how bad data brokers are. It game me her info and it had a relative section that listed all of the celebrity’s info too, including addresses and phone numbers. It was bonkers that it was so easy to find. Especially, since I didn’t pay for it. That was just 100% free searches on various data sites and google. Imagine what I could have done if I had paid for info.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t need to show you a badge. No one does. I can’t just go get your info from the data broker.

  Perhaps you see the problem here…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA CEO says company values will 'remain unchanged' under the new ownership of Saudi Arabia and Jared Kushner's investment firm⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So EA had poor values before and will continue to have poor values in the future. Got it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cracker Barrel Outrage Was Almost Certainly Driven by Bots, Researchers Say⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder what percentage of posts containing the words “woke” or “DEI” are from bots, and what percentage of posts with those words are from liberals getting upset about a bot post.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Do give it a watch but don’t rush. They cancelled the show before ending it so it’s very unsatisfying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s called Raised By Wolves. It was on HBO Max before Zaslov took over. He scrapped it completely and pulled it off the platform. I think it’s on one of those free ad-supported channels now.

  The show is produced by Ridley Scott and his production company Scott Free Productions .

  It’s quite hard to describe. At its core, it’s a sci-fi series focused on a couple on androids who are sent to raise human kids on another planet when Earth is destroyed by a religious war.

  Beyond that, it’s like someone took LSD before writing the weirdest sci-fi shit they could think of. I mean like:

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  androids giving birth to flying snakes, acid aliens storing babies in their chest cavity, and people turning into trees

  I don’t even know how to describe it without spoilers because it’s so wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No. The show is cancelled before they wrap up anything.

  Personally, I’d still watch it anyway because the show is so goddamn weird you can’t find anything like it anywhere else.

  For anyone reading who hasn’t seen it, I would describe it as the most metal (🤘) show I’ve ever seen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨oh cool⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m still upset that this was canceled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A ‘demoralizing' trend has computer science grads out of work — even minimum wage jobs. Are 6-figure tech careers over?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t like my job so I went back to school for tech. Not for the salary, but because I genuinely enjoy it. After 8 months of applying, I got 1 phone interview.

  The job I hate went fully remote around that time and I just gave up entirely. I’ll just keep doing a job I hate but at least I can work at home.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just duct tape an iPad to the refrigerator door. It’s cheaper and it works better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump's video on the shooting of Kirk appears to be AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think it’s both interlaced and AI. We know his face isn’t looking too good lately. Worse than normal, but you can’t see any signs of that in the video. Maybe he got some Botox?

  The hands are weird but that’s but that’s not what is giving me uncanny valley vibes.

  it’s the movement of Trump himself. I had to go find some other videos of him of the Oval Office trading from a teleprompter. I watched some older videos but, just look at the differences in the speech given 9/9 on about the NC stabbing vs this one on 9/10.

  He tends to lean back and forth while he talks and he likes to do a thing where he emphasizes points with his chin. I don’t see any of that here.

  It feels like that trend where people were using AI to bring pictures to life. Like it’s him but they enhanced it with AI or edited the hell out of it. I mean it’s definitely multiple clips spliced together. You can see and hear those cuts if you pay attention.