LordMayor

@LordMayor@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Alternatives to Mattermost⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And, people have been asking them to clarify it and they just say, “no.”

  They’re acting very suspiciously.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes wonder if that is exactly what it would look like to aliens. 👽

  It could be how our species responds to overpopulation pressures. Though, I think wealth concentration is a more likely cause.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Becomes Max-Level Patron Of Blender's Development Fund⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There have several reports recently of Netflix pressuring writers/directors/producers to create shows and movies tailored to distracted consumers. Basically, telling them to repeat plot points in dialog so that people ‘watching’ while doing other things can keep up.

  I’d put that in the evil category along with advertising and media company consolidation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production, converting Fremont factory lines to make Optimus robots⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  This will be a glorious failure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can checkout, but you can never checkin. You will only ever check in, or check-in⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I logged all of my work for years and it shows that I’m not a logger.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are super-computers used for ?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Galaxy collisions, protein folding, mechanical design and much more. Big simulations of real world physics and chemistry that require massively parallel computation, problems that require insane numbers of calculations running on multiple machines that can pass data to each other very quickly.

  Every supercomputing center has a website where you can read about the research being done on their machines.

  No, these can’t be done at similar scale on your desktop. Your PC can’t do that many calculations in a reasonable time. Even on supercomputers, they can take weeks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨In a 38-page essay, Dario Amodei warns of civilization-level damage from superintelligent AI, questioning whether humanity has the maturity to handle such power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Fucking delusional twat. Either he’s on some serious drugs or this is some PR bullshit made to sound like he’s genuinely worried that Nobel laureate-level AI is right around the corner so that people will throw more money into his pocket company. Or both, could be both. But, I think he’s simply an asshole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am surprised that no one has started selling shell headphones for sleeping.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  But, shells are sharp and wearing them that way is going to slice your ears off, anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic and Google have a secret $800 million Unreal Engine and services deal⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The only thing I respect about Tim Sweeney is that he has enough money to buy better looks but still looks like that. I mean, yeah, he looks like an insufferable dork/prick but he could afford to look like an insufferable dork/prick with hair, designer clothes and roided physique.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am surprised that no one has started selling shell headphones for sleeping.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Might as well slice yours ears off. Same effect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are you people all bots?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There are bots. Some are self-identified and some even put ‘bot’ in the username. There are bots that just repost from Reddit, bots that post only articles from a specific site/publication—like the BBC bot.

  There’s not as much use for Reddit-like karma farming bots because karma isn’t really a thing on Lemmy/piefed/etc. But, there are definitely bots that that post agenda-pushing content or SPAM pushing content.

  I assume any account with only posts or extremely high post to comment ratio is a bot. I wish they would force participation requirements for posting.

  You also have troll accounts and weird accounts that will make one controversial post and then ghost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LMAO too much ID tv here. If I wanted to bury a body in my yard, should I still call the hotline so I don't hit a gas line or something? I nominate this for stupid question of 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you hit a line you’ll be found out. Call the hotline dig the hole then install something like a clothes drying rack after depositing the body.

  Make sure to put sod around it or a concrete pad otherwise it will be obvious that the hole was too big for the pole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm about to get fired. How do I make sure my next job is a better place to work?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Make a list of all the things that went bad and turn them into questions for the interview.

  For example, you say management is new and half the staff have left. Ask the new employer about turnover rates, how long people have been in their current position, how long with the organization, etc.

  If they don’t offer it, ask to interview people in the position for which you are replying and people with whom you would work. Ask the how quickly they advanced, how the supervisors

  Remember, you are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you.

  Don’t wait for them to fire you. Get out there, now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What do all the subgenres of music mean? How does anyone make sense of them?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The best way to learn this is by listening to music.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What does that mean ?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Don’t worry about it too much. I don’t judge anyone banned from that community harshly. The mod is… overzealous to say the least.

  I consider myself progressive and I’ve checked out the modlog there. It’s a bit much.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK this is Edward Bullmore, one of the world leading expert on the human brain. He believes a lot of depression is linked to inflammation⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an AI generated SPAM account.

  There was a Wazal1 account that got banned for this crap. He’s avoiding the ban with this account.

  Report it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Removing the auto-off timer from my coffee machine⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The smarter move is to simply buy a coffee carafe.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Are there any art programs designed specifically for mouse users?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mouse users? As opposed to what? Stylus users? Touch?

  Any software that can be used with a mouse can be used with stylus or touch. Any raster art program made for a personal computer will have mouse support.

  It’s not clear what you’re even asking.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We should make some ai blocker working like sponsorblock⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The worst part is that alternative search engines like DuckDuckGo and Ecosia seem to return those sites more than Google.

  Google has become shit, no doubt. But, it’s still better than the alternatives. I think we need something like Yahoo!, again, but curated Wikipedia style.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  For iPhones, Find My only works powered off by Bluetooth connections to other devices. Unless someone is scanning and tracking Bluetooth radios, they can’t track you.

  The vulnerability in the article is about apps that send location data back to a third party who makes it available to law enforcement.

  Mainly, this is a problem for people who give any random app access to location data.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tawny Newsome Gives Update On Live-Action Star Trek Comedy – “We’re Ready!”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right, parody is a better description than mockery.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tawny Newsome Gives Update On Live-Action Star Trek Comedy – “We’re Ready!”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Has Star Trek jumped the shark?

  ToS and TNG were always a bit cheesy but at heart they were morality plays and social commentary. I couldn’t get into much after TNG. I’ve been watching Strange New Worlds and it’s all right but the musical episode and some other bits were a bit too… campy?

  But, a comedy? Is it becoming Galaxy Quest? The movie that mocked it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  HBO execs are letting out a sigh of relief.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Office has been renamed to “Microsoft 365 Copilot app”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  “Let’s take the most recognizable software package name and make it something totally divorced from what the software is supposed to be for.”

  There are probably people for whom Microsoft Office is the only desktop software that they use. There are probably many people in procurement that are going to scratch their heads and think twice about signing off on something that sounds like a flight simulator.

  This is an opportunity for alternate office suites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe, they transitioned before the diagnosis?

  But, it was the ‘80s…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nvidia insists it isn’t Enron, but its AI deals are testing investor faith⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say, “never trust a CEO who wears a leather jacket.”

  I’ve know plenty of bikers, punks, artists, etc that wear a leather jacket. But, a CEO in one stinks of, “hello there, fellow plebs.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA Puts 100-Hour Monthly Limit on All GeForce NOW Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  6.5 hours per day every weekend does not seem reasonable or healthy to me.

  Hell, if someone was exercising that much or fishing or knitting or any hobby, it wouldn’t seem healthy. Once in a while, sure. But, not every weekend.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  And of course, he’ll probably be hungover on my birthday tomorrow.

  Jesus, that sucks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Visa says AI will start shopping and paying for you in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Now, you may ask. “How is this different than autopay.” Well, for one, you no longer would have to configure your autopay with every single company, you just do it with your bank or cc company, making it more centralized and convenient.

  But, that’s how I’ve been doing autopay for years. My utilities send the bill to my bank. My bank gives me the option of automatically paying it or logging into the bank and clicking a button.

  This existed before the latest AI craze.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We Won't Be Covering ModRetro Products Moving Forward⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Trademark law would apply. Tolkien estate never used or even registered them as trademarks.

  Another comment mentions Droid phone. In that case, Lucasfilm had registered “Droid” as a trademark.