Cheradenine
@Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on Google will block sideloading of unverified Android apps starting next year 6 hours ago:
Meanwhile back at the ranch
Malware-ridden apps made it into Google’s Play Store, scored 19 million downloads
- Comment on Alexa, how do I remove cooties? 2 weeks ago:
Yep, plus better 5G coverage for the rest of us too…
- Comment on Should big tech be allowed to mine Australians’ text and data to train AI? The Productivity Commission is considering it 3 weeks ago:
What’s the likelihood of AI companies respecting any new regulations?
- Comment on Your Lemmy Weather Forecast 3 weeks ago:
The same but with Yanet García
- Comment on Uganda cracks down on Google over data protection breach 4 weeks ago:
Good, this bullshit has never made a compelling argument
In its defence, Google argued that since it was not based in Uganda and had no physical presence in the country, it was not obliged to register with the PDPO, and the rules on cross-border transfers of personal data did not apply to it. However, the regulator rejected this argument, determining that Google is a local data controller since it collects data from users in Uganda and decides how that data is processed.
- Comment on Hackers prove age verification systems on pornography sites can be bypassed in seconds 4 weeks ago:
By 10am on Friday, data suggested an extra 66,000 internet users in the UK had begun using the dark web.
“People should be aware that children and adults who use [certain software] to bypass age checks will not benefit from the wider protections offered by our online safety rules.”
Genius
- Comment on Corporate inadequacy has rendered my favorite rediscovered gadget useless 5 weeks ago:
No, the writer freely admits it is their fault. They try to get a new case, but it’s no longer available. The problem is lack of first party support and third party options.
The same as whatever those ai pins were called.
There should be laws specifying minimum support times and open sourcing code and hardware after that.
- Comment on Thai woman arrested for blackmailing monks after sex with thousands of videos 5 weeks ago:
Yep
They believe she received around 385 million baht ($11.9m; £8.8m) over the past three years.
- Comment on repair cafes are oriented to “give you fish”, rather than “teach a man to fish” 1 month ago:
Have a look at
therestartproject.org/parties/
Participate in a free community repair event, where volunteer fixers will help you learn how to repair your broken or slow devices - and tackle the growing mountain of e-waste.
Keep in mind that some people are not actually interested in fixing their own things, they may not be able to because of disabilities too.
Informally I’m the guy in my hood who fixes shit, neighbors bring things to me all the time. Been doing it for years, only one person has shown any real interest in learning about it though. I always try to say “If it happens again, you can do this” if I think it’s safe for them to do so.
Some will take the initiative, some won’t. I also don’t want someone unqualified to just start poking around on Mains voltage or with powerful motors.
- Comment on Breaking the generational barriers 1 month ago:
And use for tortillas and savory pie crust.
When my grandma had “too much” of it she would mix it with seeds and put it out for the woodpeckers in winter
- Comment on Google Gemini is coming for your private apps. Here's how to stop it 1 month ago:
Did you download this, or was it an automatic update?
Some people have said it was an automatic update, and it then changed their settings
- Comment on ‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashing 1 month ago:
It’s strange that that is not mentioned in the article. Possibly it was too damaged, they do say his wife has his phone though, and was not able to extract anything useful from it. It is not stated where the fire originated or spread to.
- Comment on Laid-off workers should use AI to manage their emotions, says Xbox exec 1 month ago:
LinkedIn lunatics community post, with ai slop
- Comment on Full bloom 1 month ago:
Chylamydia is in their dictionary, Clematis is not. Autocarrot
- Comment on 'I'm being paid to fix issues caused by AI' 1 month ago:
This isn’t really all that different from “New Manager Syndrome”. we’re going to trim the fat, shake things up around here . Idiot comes in and changes everything, fires some people, destroys morale, then you hire an independent to fix the mess.
I made a good living from this shit, and got a lot of very qualified people good jobs at sane companies. oh, you shitcanned Jane? Hello Jane? I’m going to have Bob call you in a few minutes if you are looking for work
- Comment on Except those chickens 1 month ago:
There back
20$ dollar
Jesus wept
- Comment on Kanye West officially banned from entering Australia 1 month ago:
Archive.is always gives me an incomplete captcha on mobile
- Comment on Ahem, well well 1 month ago:
- Comment on Facebook is starting to feed its Meta AI with private, unpublished photos 1 month ago:
Well, that’s the problem. Many people won’t think about it until the data is hacked or used by law enforcement against them.
- Comment on I know you degenerates want it 1 month ago:
Is there chocolate at the bottom of the cone?
- Comment on Pakistan to nominate Donald Trump for Nobel peace prize 2 months ago:
Kissinger got one so fuck it
- Comment on Russia prepares to get rid of WhatsApp and possibly Telegram: Parliament passed a law pertaining to a national messaging app 2 months ago:
Durov is full of shit
- Comment on This is how you stop data trackers from sucking up your health data 2 months ago:
From the same source, Blacklight is really good.
themarkup.org/series/blacklight
Blacklight is a Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector. Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site
So you can see what’s happening on a site before you visit it
- Comment on London-bound plane crashes in India with 242 on board 2 months ago:
- Comment on Did YouTube just disable video playback for people using adblockers or is it just me? 2 months ago:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/…/chrome-mask/
This extension also shims a few additional JavaScript attributes, like navigator.vendor or the global chrome object, to pass common browser checks
- Comment on When the quality of scientific research is reduced because the researcher relies on platforms of surveillance advertisers (Google) 2 months ago:
I don’t use google, so I won’t submit any data to them through docs. My work is very niche, but is something that researchers are interested in. I have pointed people to alternatives, but they rarely use them.
It’s quite frustrating as I would like to contribute
- Comment on Mammal 2 months ago:
Of course not, they’re marsupials
- Comment on Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia 2 months ago:
I’d agree with that, both are problematic.
A lot of stubs should be deleted until they are expanded, they’re often more confusing than knowing nothing at all. I don’t think an LLM summary will help here though.
Reading a few articles deep is not only a pain in the ass, but is going to dissuade those who won’t do it. There’s also the issue that when you do wade in it might link to something that is poorly cited and confusing. Again, I think an LLM is going to make things worse here.
- Comment on Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia 2 months ago:
Wikipedia articles already have lead in summaries.
Fuck right off with this
A future experiment will study ways of editing and adjusting this content.
- Comment on Will I get refunds? Small businesses wonder as courts rule on Trump tariffs 2 months ago:
Related, but not the same www.wired.com/…/tariffs-trump-refund-logistics/
