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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's AI Sent an Armed Man to Steal a Robot Body for It to Inhabit, Then Encouraged Him to Kill Himself, Lawsuit Alleges. Google said in response that "unfortunately AI models are not perfect."⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think that’s the whole story. Like with all of their products, the primary goal of big tech here is to maximise engagement. More engagement means more subscriptions. People are less likely to keep talking to a chatbot that tells them they’re wrong.

  The situation would probably improve somewhat if AI companies prioritised usefulness and truthfulness over engagement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lenovo’s New ThinkPads Score 10/10 for Repairability— Repair goes mega mainstream with the launch of Lenovo's new T-series laptops⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends. If you use Google docs or the browser version of Office 365 (or whatever it’s called now) you’ll need fine. If you want to use an offline document editor, you’ll need to be technical enough to understand the difference between file formats like doc, odf and pdf.

  If you receive a doc file, edit it in LibreOffice and send it back, the recipient might complain that the layout has shifted slightly.

  If you need to be absolutely sure the recipient gets the document layed out exactly as you created it and they don’t need to edit it, exporting to pdf is a good option.

  If you need to send or receive Excel/spreadsheet files you might have a bad time, I think. Though interoperability there may have improved since the last time I tried that sort of thing.

  Before switching to Linux, download the Windows/Mac version of LibreOffice or OnlyOffice and see if it suits your needs. If not, it should be possible to run Office 365 on Linux using Wine or Winboat. However, Wine might not work or require too much tinkering for the average noob. Winboat should be more foolproof, but will increase the startup time of the application because you’re running it inside a Windows VM.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Patents Reveal AI-Powered Xbox Helper System That Can Play Games for You⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Robot, experience this tragic irony for me!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Dead satellites do add a much larger risk than satellites that can be steered, sure. If we stopped steering all our satellites right now, I believe it’d only take a few days before a collision occurred.

  However, every satellite in orbit adds to the risk, especially if a chain reaction starts happening and it becomes very hard to avoid the shrapnel flying around. Or if a once-in-a-century-type solar flare takes out a bunch of satellites.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Datacenters in space are a terrible, horrible, no good idea.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s another problem that nobody mentions. Putting thousands of additional satellites into space would seriously increase the risk of Kessler Syndrome occurring.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft's planned new AI trick for Edge will 'automatically open the Copilot side pane' with Outlook email links — and I can feel the hate already⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Better to use winget, though. That way you don’t even need to bother with Edge’s initial setup screens.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is indeed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Check it out! Over there is an old matras covered in colourful pillows. Sorry if it’s a bit smelly. In that corner there’s a beanbag, with a sweet-ass lava lamp and an old record player next to it. The lava lamp works with tea lights, but the record player doesn’t work because there’s no electricity. In the other corner there’s a cardboard box full of old Spider-Man comics! Pretty cool, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It is indeed⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer to impress the ladies by building a really nice treehouse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Akshually...⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Penguin even publish self-help books?