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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Invasive, deceptive, and unlawful’: Texas says your TV is tracking you illegally, and is suing to stop the dreaded Automatic Content Recognition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Because at the same time they’re trying to implement age verification for app stores while also very vaguely defining what an app store is.

  The Act defines an “App Store” as “a publicly available Internet website, software application, or other electronic service that distributes software applications from the owner or developer of a software application to the user of a mobile device.”

  So… what constitutes a mobile device? Who is an owner/developer? Does github have to implement age verification for mobile devices?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you hate AI?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Totally agree. In my day to day work, I’m not dealing with anything groundbreaking. Everything I want/need to code has already been done.

  if you have a Copilot license and are using the newest Visual Studio, it enables the agentic capabilities by default. It will actually write the code into your files directly. I have not done that and will not do that. I want to see and understand what it is trying to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marco Rubio bans Calibri font at State Department for being too DEI⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The font was chosen in an effort to make documents easier to read for the vision impaired.

  This is like removing the requirement of having curb ramps on new sidewalks because it makes it possible for people in wheelchairs to navigate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you hate AI?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m really split with it. I’m not a 10x “rockstar” <insert modern buzzword> programmer, but I’m a good programmer. I’ve always worked at small companies with small teams. I can figure out how to parse requirements, choose libraries/architecture/patterns, and develop apps that work.

  Using Copilot has sped my work up by a huge amount. I do have 10 YoE before Copilot existed. I can use it to help write good code much faster. It may not be perfect, but it wouldn’t have been perfect without it. The thing is I have enough experience to know when it is leading me down the wrong path, and that still happens pretty often. What it helps with is implementing common patterns, especially with common libraries. It basically automates the “google the library docs/stackoverflow and use code there as a starting point” aspect of programming.

  But yeah search is completely fucked now. I don’t know for sure but I would guess stackoverflow use is way down. It does feel like many people are being pigeonholed into using the LLM tools because they are the only things that sort of work. There’s also the vibe coding phenomenon where people without experience will just YOLO out pure tech debt, especially with the latest and greatest languages/libraries/etc where the LLMs don’t work very well because there isn’t enough data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They were referring to the PS5

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In this economy I think we can survive without the balls.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fight me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In terms of “use electricity to make heat” it still trounces resistive heating. This whole thread is arguing about the definition of efficiency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now do America

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Honestly Bizarre⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this is probably a repost but the self-censorship is super annoying and has entered the lexicon in ways that can permanently damage human communication as a whole.

  Yeah sure censor stuff from kid shows but we’re at the point where “unalive” and “pdf file” are being used as code words. Everyone knows what they mean, even the censors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google just broke *all* third-party web clients, including yt-dlp; a full JS implementation is now required.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They won’t kill it, just like it hasn’t died so far. The content, viewer demographics, and algorithm continue to shift. There’s too much money with all the ads and subscription fees. Most people view some content on it by default.

  Its gonna be the new cable TV in a way. Kinda sucks, some good stuff on it, but mostly slop filled with ads. And everyone will still use it. Even if they block all 3rd party access, people like me are still going to use it to some limited degree. There will be a video about how to fix a random plumbing fitting that is leaking in my house, or how to fix some random thing on my 15 year old car.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung Embeds Israeli Surveillance App on Phones Across MENA⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Could it be your carrier somehow doing that? I’ve literally never had that happen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dinner is ready! ⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  D or G

  D gets you most of Middle Eastern, all of India, most of China, all of South Asia, most of Australia, most of Japan. Huge variety, extremely high number of options, lots of spice availability, lots of meat and nonmeat protein options.

  G mostly because of Mexico alone. I’ve traveled there a bunch recently and the food game is insane. You also get the US South (which does have a lot of great food outside of deep fried everything), Spain, Portugal, and Morocco.

  C gets an honorable mention mostly because of southeast Europe. That whole area has been a crossroads for a very long time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did any of them involve a massive government scandal involving violation of basic rights supposedly guaranteed by said government?

  I’ll also take it with a grain of salt, but the difference here is that I personally know people who have cancelled. With prior boycotts I never really did, save for maybe some people shopping at Target less.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A big plus is that I can actually interact with people here in a usually lighthearted manner. You can still find that on Reddit, but it is extremely hard to do now unless you have some extremely niche interests.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I ended up being a bit of a hypocrite by not cancelling Hulu when Disney bought them. I gave money to Big Mouse. Not anymore.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Target stock is down but it is hard to tell. There have been some mismanaged Target stores in my general area that have closed, but there are also many that seem to be run well and are always full of people. You can compare it to Walmart but I don’t think it is a 1:1 comparison since most Walmart locations are also full blown grocery stores and they typically have more locations in suburb/exurb/rural areas that have fewer shopping options.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did blow $300 on headphones mostly because I was extremely underwhelmed with bass on cheaper ones. That’s where I’m at - research the best thing for my use case in my budget, and sometimes my budget increases based on my research.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Marketing Doesn't Work on Nerds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Are nerds all audiophiles tho? 320kbps is usually fine. $300 speakers are usually fine. Nerds do the research, audiophiles are seeking unobtanium.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  One of my favorite recent memories is someone tapping into the YouTube app on a powered display Saumsung fridge in Home Depot and blasting Caramelldansen. Happened about a year ago. It was surprisingly loud!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They actually have fairly cheap and somewhat reliable basic appliances now. I’m still never buying a Samsung fridge with a tablet shoved in the door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung brings ads to US fridges⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Either that or you rely on Google for literally everything. It can be convenient but I’m growing tired of it, I don’t want my data being potentially leaked in 10000 different ways just so I can open my door easier 4% of time time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The bad take I was referring to was OP claiming the mortgage payment would be lower than the rent payment. In the US this is almost never the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit lost it⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It isn’t just that, a ton of subs are complete garbage now. Dumb meme? 15k upvotes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Fudging the numbers a bit, but let’s say I’m paying $3000/mo for a mortgage. Brokers tell me I can afford $10,000/mo.

  I cannot afford $10,000/mo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mortgage payments are almost never lower than rent unless you are seriously downgrading

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A conundrum⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad take. In my situation it went from us paying $1900 in rent to paying $4500 in mortgage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m looking at Fairphone 6. EU based, has an option called /e/os which is basically degoogled Android, and it also has full support for Ubuntu Touch (Linux phone).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m actively looking for a new phone that has 0 Google in it, and am looking ad de-Googling the rest of my life.

  I remember being genuinely hyped about Gmail in 2008. Now, I don’t want them accessing any of my data.