mirshafie
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- Comment on Lemmy users who say that Lemmy users are smarter than Reddit users 1 day ago:
I’m new here but this reminds me a lot of what reddit was like around 2008. I and lots of people came from slashdot, to be able to talk about things other than computers. So everyone is a nerd that cares about data and wants to have a genuine conversation, and I think that makes my experience more intelligent because it becomes less about winning by drowning interesting topics with the same rehashed jokes or tropes, and more about formulating your own thoughts as best you can.
- Comment on Valve dev counters calls to scrap Steam AI disclosures, says it's a "technology relying on cultural laundering, IP infringement, and slopification" 3 days ago:
I’mnot even opposed to AI in games. I’d love to see more granulated disclosures, but Steam-style disclosure should be the bare minimum.
- Comment on FACTS 5 days ago:
Are we positive this isn’t satire? Like this dude might just be a real life Borat and we’re to dumb to stop giving him attention so he just keeps raising the bar?
- Comment on OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates 6 days ago:
Maybe reconsider which model you’re using?
- Comment on OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates 6 days ago:
Bitcoin is a pyramid scheme. I mined bitcoin in the early days when you could literally make 1 whole bitcoin in two weeks. The next two weeks I mined 0.3 bitcoins. That’s when I realized that it was a scam.
It’s not about facilitating peer-to-peer transactions like its proponents claimed. It’s about creating a huge money store. The more we use it the more inefficient it gets.
- Comment on Insulin 6 days ago:
Nils Bejerot was a total hack. He tried to ban comic books, and later transcribed that same energy in a war on drugs that has resulted in some of the worst health outcomes for drug users in Europe. Unfortunately his ability to be confidently incorrect swayed a lot of gullible rubes, and his legacy still casts a shadow over Sweden to this day.
- Comment on Another angle of this modern art installation 1 week ago:
This can be fixed by the drivers paying extra attention in front of them when entering a roundabout.
When you enter a roundabout you need to be clear from the left, that’s normally all you need to worry about. In this case because the buses are so long, the bus that locks them is in front of them when they enter, and there’s another bus to the right. This should be clearly visible.
- Comment on Another angle of this modern art installation 1 week ago:
Honestly I’ve never heard about a roundabout traffic jam before seeing the picture of the Norwegian four-way bus lock a couple of days ago, followed by this example right here.
I think Cities Skylines is either badly programmed or propaganda for Big Intersection.
- Comment on After Today's meeting where Trump fell in love with Mamdani, this is MAGA tomorrow morning. 1 week ago:
I think what Trump loves the most is to hold power over people. In a weird turn of events, protecting Mamdani really put his circle of sycophants in their place.
- Comment on Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous 1 week ago:
This somehow assumes that your fingerprint is going to vary, and be unique, every time you interact with a tracker. That’s basically not ever going to be the case for casual use.
If Cloudflare fails the tick-box Captcha and I need to tell it what squares contain motorcycles, that would suggest that I currently have a unique fingerprint that they do not have yet enough history on to tie to a person. How often do you get to do the square puzzle nowadays?
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 week ago:
The scariest part is how the general population just accepts how bad Windows (and many corporate applications) is, because they don’t have a concept of what a decent piece of software looks like. They just assume that they hate computers but are simply forced to tolerate it to do their job.
- Comment on Microsoft finally admits almost all major Windows 11 core features are broken 1 week ago:
Imagine they removed the oil, engine and fuel lamps, and the while driving:
Car Malfunctioning. Attempt Repair?
- Comment on Browser Fingerprinting And Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous 1 week ago:
Isn’t it a bad thing to be unique in this context? If my browser is 1 in a million, that means that a tracker can pick me out of a lineup of a million users, no? That’s why a captcha can verify you as human simply by checking a box, because it can identify your unique browser as associated with human activity.
If I’m not mistaken, we want the opposite. We want our browsers to be as generic as possible if we don’t want to be tracked.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 2 weeks ago:
Windows 8/10 introduced touch features that lots of people really wanted, so if you care about tablets at all I think that it’s reasonable to say that Microsoft Surface is probably the best tablet out there. I personally don’t give a shit about tablets so I’m not too happy.
- Comment on Windows 11 could actually become the same kind of mistake Sony made with the PS3 2 weeks ago:
Every other Windows version is basically a test to see what sticks. They usually have huge ideas that push the boundaries of the current technology, and implement it as a prototype to gather data.
Incorporation of web frameworks into Explorer and the desktop, shift to ntfs/64bit, use of gpu acceleration, touch-enabled desktop, now incorporation of AI features. Many of these features also forced hardware vendors to adapt for Microsoft’s vision. So as annoying as it is, it’s probably a good strategy for them. We just need to treat every other Windows as a beta (or preferably switch to Linux).
- Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin 2 weeks ago:
This is not true. I’ve helped lots of people install Linux on their old laptops, they used them until the hardware stopped working and I rarely if ever got any questions or requests for help.
Because it just worked.
- Comment on Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading 2 weeks ago:
The Sands of Time series and Beyond Good and Evil are incredible, and they’re on gog. I’m thinking of getting them, but I have no desire whatsoever for anything that Ubisoft, EA or Activision makes.
- Comment on Truth is way more fucked up than fiction 2 weeks ago:
That’s not nearly enough skin, I think we may need to ready the machetes.
- Comment on Truth is way more fucked up than fiction 2 weeks ago:
It’s wild the things they accuse Russia of. My favorite is when everyone was convinced that Putin blew up Nord Stream 2, and now everyone thinks it was genius statecraft from Ukraine.
- Comment on Valves first title with a 3 in it 2 weeks ago:
Please no I’m trying to live a normal, happy life.
- Comment on The Answer May Surprise You 2 weeks ago:
I was under the impression that the real costs are associated with training the models, in the belief that they’ll arrive at a self-improving AI that will explode in functionality and basically become the most valuable asset on the planet, especially for governments and armies. In the meantime, you offer services to users at a loss, in order to gather unique data that isn’t open to your competitors.
That’s what excuses this level of investment.
- Comment on How do you beat post-work floppiness? 2 weeks ago:
This is pretty much always the case when you start a new job. It takes time adjusting to the environment, the people and everything else. It’s going to get better, it always does.
However, skipping proper food and exercise is counter-productive, so do make an effort to cover those needs.
- Comment on Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions! 2 weeks ago:
It’s great that smart people are working on this, but I don’t think we can expect hobbyists to make a useful OSS implementation of smartphones. Especially since there is so much dependence on the hardware. We either need a company that can throw some weight behind it, or just straight up governments that value it (e.g. from a sovereignty point of view).
- Comment on Is self-hosting becoming too gatekept by power users? 2 weeks ago:
The best thing to do is just start with whatever you already have. An old gaming rig, laptop or Raspberry Pi, doesn’t matter. Each will present some technical obstacle that you need to overcome (for example keeping the laptop going when the lid is closed). That’s part of learning.
Self-hosting is a hobby where we gradually learn more. Experimentation is just as important as reading the docs.