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- Comment on Digg founder Kevin Rose and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian buy Digg for an undisclosed sum from Money Group, aiming to focus on “connection and humanity” online. 4 days ago:
Inb4 it turns out they bought it to promote an AI that specializes in connection and humanity…
What, me, bitter? Naaaw, what makes you think so?
- Comment on Mozilla is already revising its new Firefox terms to clarify how it handles user data 6 days ago:
That’s good and I’m genuinely glad they’re trying to clarify it, but it proves yet again that their top management is out of touch with reality and their users: somebody (most likely more than one person actually) had to sign off on these changes and the message they sent out - this whole thing could have been avoided if they understood their users better (and/or if they actually cared nore about what users think).
- Comment on Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’ 1 week ago:
That’s the advanced cutting edge AI recommendation system for you. Oh, you just bought a fridge and a large TV? Here are fifty more fridges and large TVs that would be great for your fridge and large TV collection! And also a cheap Chinese knockoff impact drill, because they paid us to show it to people searching for fridges, TVs, jewelry, mineral water and potting soil!
- Comment on Google will use machine learning to estimate a user’s age 3 weeks ago:
“When it detects a user may be under 18, Google will notify them that it has changed some of their settings and will offer information about how users can verify their age with a selfie, credit card, or government ID.”
This will definitely not be used to get a massive amount of face and ID data from users who get misclassified as underage due to “glitches” and suddenly locked out from their Gmail accounts or Android phones. Nope, no sirree, that will never happen at all!
- Comment on Palantir CEO Sures Seems Pleased His Tech Is Capable Of Getting People Killed 3 weeks ago:
People like him “love disruption” only if it’s them doing the disrupring. Some eggs have to be broken to make an omelet, but not their eggs. But the millisecond someone else disrupts or breaks their shit (which clearly shows it wasn’t working properly, right?), they’ll whine, get mad, sue, involve the government, protest and cry - because suddenly disruption and sacrifice and rolling heads are not as much fun anymore…
- Comment on Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government 2 months ago:
He bought himself a president already - looking to add a king to his collection now?
- Comment on Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is reshaping social media, but advertising isn't off the table 2 months ago:
I have no complaints about Lemmy, but posting on Mastodon is basically screaming into the void - I’ve been trying for more than a year, and I basically hardly ever get any reaction at all. In comparison, in the first week on Bluesky I found multiple people following me, commenting on my silly wine and cactuses posts, and in general just interacting.
Don’t get me wrong, I still prefer Mastodon technically and ethically, but it’s just so goddamned barren and dead I feel completely unmotivated to post there…
- Comment on Türkiye police detain dozens protesting violence against women 3 months ago:
Honest question - when did everyone collectively decide to stop calling Turkey Turkey? And why? Must have missed that memo. I don’t really mind, I just wonder why and when it happened…
- Comment on KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK 3 months ago:
”Plantation owners say they won’t be able to phase out slavery because of insufficient supply of people who work for free without being chained and whipped"
- Comment on Is there a Lemmy community for finding Lemmy communities? 3 months ago:
Not sure about Lemmy community, but I use this page when searching for communities: lemmyverse.net/communities
- Comment on Least-Intrusive Social Media Platforms; Reddit and Snapchat Leads The Way. 4 months ago:
"A new eye-opening report (that we are not going to link, or even give you a title of, because trust us bro) has revealed something surprising about our social media platforms
- Comment on Three Lebanese journalists killed in Israeli strike 4 months ago:
This one is certainly the last straw, right? This is when Israel starts facing consequences for their war crimes, right? Right?!
Oh, wrong? Put it on the pile of war crimes over there then, right next to the pile of money from Uncle Sam they got to perpetrate even more crimes…
- Comment on Mozilla launches privacy friendly AI addon called "Orbit" 5 months ago:
Amen to that. I’m not a busy CEO of four companies, I don’t need or want an assistant, digital or otherwise. I want to read through articles and watch videos, I can scroll/fast-forward through myself if I feel like it. And while we’re at it, I don’t really need or want personalized anything - just give me ALL the search results and I’ll sort through them myself. Luddite? Maybe, but I literally cannot think of a case where this would be useful or helpful to me…
- Comment on Are there any video games in the Warhammer universe that are actually good? 6 months ago:
I still play it, even though the console version was basically abandoned ages ago and we didn’t even get the offline mode and seasonal journey PC players got. It’s still really fun regardless and is recommend it to anyone who likes that style of game.
- Comment on Not sure of anyone still here, but I just got two really beautifu Alocasias and I want to brag a bit ;) 6 months ago:
They do, don’t they? Here’s hoping I manage to keep them both alive and happy!
- Comment on Not sure of anyone still here, but I just got two really beautifu Alocasias and I want to brag a bit ;) 6 months ago:
They were both surprisingly cheap too - just saw them in a home center I went to buy some other stuff and couldn’t resist :)
- Not sure of anyone still here, but I just got two really beautifu Alocasias and I want to brag a bit ;)i.postimg.cc ↗Submitted 6 months ago to houseplants@mander.xyz | 8 comments
- Comment on Twitter/X CEO Linda Yaccarino Files Antitrust Suit Against Advertising Groups Over "Systemic Illegal Boycott" 6 months ago:
“Illegal boycott” what a fantastic concept! What’s next, Starbucks suing everyone who doesn’t buy at least one overpriced frappucino per day for “illegal boycott”? Am I allowed to not buy McDonald’s burgers because I don’t like them, or is that an “illegal boycott” too? The possibilities are endless!
- Comment on Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks 7 months ago:
Right, can’t have records of illegal raids, theft or murder uploaded somewhere before they can destroy/confiscate them…
- Comment on Record labels sue Verizon for not disconnecting pirates’ Internet service 7 months ago:
Next step: sue the power companies for providing electricity to the bad, nasty pirates, their landlords for allowing the egregious acts of piracy on their property, and their mothers for not raising them right… /facepalm
- Comment on Home routing and encryption technologies are making lawful interception harder, Europol warns 7 months ago:
Warning: non-transparent walls, window blinds and door locks prevent lawful interception and surveillance - how are the authorities supposed to know you’re not doing something naughty in there?
- Comment on What is Windows 11 'AI Explorer'? Everything you need to know about Microsoft's upcoming defining AI PC feature (including it always watching you) 10 months ago:
Same! It was actually a pretty big surprise that Mint worked flawlessly out of the box on my crappy pre-built PC. Everything’s working great including the printer! I’m seriously impressed.
- Comment on ‘Nowhere is safe’: Fear and mourning inside the West Bank villages where Israeli settlers went on the rampage 10 months ago:
They are “settlers” in the same way a lerson robbing a bank with a gun is a “hunter-gatherer”…
- Comment on First draft of a label for one of my ciders 11 months ago:
Do you have pictures of those too? I’d love to see them!
- Comment on First draft of a label for one of my ciders 11 months ago:
It’s still awesome, stolen or not :) I do love the idea of using movie poster - style graphics as wine or cider labels, I think it’s a great match.
- Comment on First draft of a label for one of my ciders 11 months ago:
Love it! Highly likely I’d buy this if I saw it on a shelf just because of the label!
- Comment on Skyrocketing bluesky engagement since opening to the public 1 year ago:
Same - I was mildly curious to be honest, but not nearly enough to give them my phone number.
- Comment on Cable Firms to FTC: We Shouldn’t Have to Let Users Cancel Service With a Click 1 year ago:
Or, it should be exactly as difficult/complicated to cancel as to sign in. Want a 15-step cancellation process involving phones, faxes and a blood offering? Gotta require all that to sign up too!
- Comment on Betavolt's miniature battery could spell the end of smartphone chargers 1 year ago:
Another revolution in battery tech? Man, is it Friday already? Look how time flies…
- Comment on Smokey's Simple Guide To Search Engine Alternatives 1 year ago:
What I did was first set all the options up and save them, and then go to “Cookies” in the search engine settings and copy the “Search URL of the currently saved preferences”. Then, open Firefox settings -> Search -> Manage alternative search engines -> Add search engine and paste the thing into the “Search string URL” field, type in the name and press save. After that I just set it as default, and it works.
Hope this helps!
