meejle

@meejle@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Revealed: “Shocking” scale of Big Tech’s influence over Labour⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Not remotely shocking.

  They also dropped their plans for new anti ultra-processed food guidance, because Coca Cola and Nestlé told them to. 😬

  “Please do also let us know as soon as possible when you have clarified next steps for removing the reference to ‘minimally processed’ from the promotions guidance – as mentioned on the call, this is a particularly contentious issue for our members.”

  It’s corruption all the way down.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the web we lost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been thinking a lot about webrings lately. Now that Google is basically cutting off traffic from the indie web.

  I feel like everyone’s kinda having the same idea at the same time, which gives me some hope, but… it’s difficult enough to find a ring to join, that I think most people will give up?

  I don’t know what I think the solution is. Centralising it and having a big, user-friendly “webring platform” is just inviting more enshittification. But the handful of webring directories I’ve found are really lacking.

  Does anyone have any suggestions? Or, does anyone want to team up and make, like, a Gaymers Webring? (That’s pretty much what I’m looking for.)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to the web we lost⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is probably a bit “I’m 14 and this is deep”, but I was thinking the other day about how “pull down to refresh” is weirdly similar to pulling a slot machine handle. 😬

  I don’t think that was ever part of its design (didn’t the Tweetie dev invent it?), but still.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Why would anyone opt in 😭

  Is this just so they can wait a few months and say, “Not enough people were discovering this Great Feature, so we’re enabling it by default”?

  I’ve already been getting the itch to leave Samsung and try something different. I’m keeping my eye on the upcoming Nothing Phone 3, if it’s genuinely a “flagship” for £800 I might jump ship.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[UK] Live facial recognition cameras may become ‘commonplace’ as police use soars⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Drink 1 shot if they ban face coverings because of this.

  Drink 2 if they somehow link it to hijabs and burqas in a skewed bid to “win back Reform voters”.

  Down your drink if they fuck up and do it around the time of the next pandemic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Persona 4 Remake Is Apparently Happening, As Voice Actor Confirms He's Not Coming Back For It⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  There’ll almost certainly be new/expanded and altered dialogue.

  I’m intrigued to see whether they’ll try to rework any of the more ‘problematic’ stuff, now that Katsura Hashino (P3–P5 director) has left. Or go for a truer-to-the-Japanese-version Teddy this time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SteamOS finally released by Valve⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  SteamOS SteamOS 2 SteamOS 2: Episode One SteamOS 2: Episode Two SteamOS: Alyx

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump says a 25% tariff "must be paid by Apple" on iPhones not made in the US, says he told Tim Cook long ago that iPhones sold in the US must be made in the US⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Grok wouldn’t fuck up the spelling so badly

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨https://www.404media.co/chicago-sun-times-prints-ai-generated-summer-reading-list-with-books-that-dont-exist/⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense that it’s paywalled, how else would we pay for such good journalists and editors? 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deal with EU will make food cheaper and add £9bn to UK economy, says No 10⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Very pleased, but very worried this is another weapon in Farage’s bum-bag of horrors.

  It’s not like “the elites have undone Brexit!” has to be true to be effective. It just has to activate the braindead “i just want are sovrinty back” subset of voters who fucked us all over in the first place. 😬

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Experts Alarmed as ChatGPT Users Developing Bizarre Delusions⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is an obvious downside of LLM glazing and sycophancy. (I know OpenAI claim they’ve rolled back the “dangerously sycophantic” model update, but it’s still pretty bad.)

  If you’re already prone to delusions and conspiracy theories, and decide to confide in ChatGPT, the last thing you need to hear is, “Yes! Linda, you’ve grasped something there that not many people realise—it’s a complex idea, but you’ve really cut through to its core! 🙌 Honestly, I’m mind-blown—you’re thinking things through on a whole new level! If you’d like some help putting your crazed plan into action, just say the word! I’m here and ready to do my thing!”