dan1101

@dan1101@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satellite firm pauses imagery after revealing Iran's attacks on US bases⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  That takes years, decades.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Gaming in 2028: I am an elite gamer, I have purchased 100% completion in Forza Horizon 7.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Oracle Layoffs: Tech giant to slash 30,000 jobs as banks pull out from financing AI data centres | Company Business News⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The data centers are still in high demand, Oracle just wants clients to bring their own chips.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Copilot to hijack your browser... for your own convenience⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  And locals around the data centers pay with their water supply, higher electric bills, and construction traffic and noise. All this so corps can take what used to be on your computer and try sell you their crappy genAI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cable and movie rentals was probably the optimal amount of digital media for a functional society. Get rid of commercials and that was probably peak.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know, YouTube with adblocker is a nice all you can eat buffet of new and old stuff. Watching MTV from 1993 right now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By bullying Anthropic, the Pentagon is violating the First Amendment. Here’s why.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Government of the people, for the people, and by the people. Not now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wow not bad, that’s a pretty big list.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google settles with Epic Games, drops its Play Store commissions to 20%⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Good news is GrapheneOS is planned to be available on Motorola phones. Probably time to leave Google and Microsoft behind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motorola GrapheneOS devices will be bootloader unlockable/relockable⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally a reason to upgrade my 5 year old Moto.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm struggling to think of any online services for which I'd be willing to verify my identity or age⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I even have a problem with ID.me, it’s a private company that the US government wants you to give your driver’s license and other information to. I don’t trust that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's frankly stupid of me to get annoyed when people at work ask me tech questions, I'm getting paid to give 0-effort answers.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Or Google it. But this is why we some people like LLMs, they can’t or won’t research the problem themselves and just ask IT or AI in natural language.

  There is the very old saying “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.” These people are dumb horses and it’s not getting any better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨how to pick up a baby⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We can power this model with only 3 glasses of water and 3 cheeseburgers per day. Much more efficient than data centers.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can a reasonable person genuinely believe in ghosts?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Ghosts are fun to think about and make good stories, but there’s never been one bit of reliable evidence. So no it’s not reasonable to believe in something that isn’t real.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Connected cars can be hacked, research finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So many issues with tech can be traced to crappy software where I’m not even sure there should be software to begin with. Vehicle manufacturers come out with many models and trims with different equipment, I don’t have a lot of faith their software people can keep up with the complexity and changes of all that, especially when you factor in all their suppliers and the fact they make new/updated models every year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mike Hardaker accuses Reddit of holding organic posting ‘hostage’ unless he buys ads, shares email screenshot⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I am on a 7 day ban for the same sort of thing, pointing out how ICE targets brown people. “Inciting hate”, how is pointing out hate crimes the same as inciting hate? Fight the power.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve been hearing about this. And the software isn’t great, I hear stories of kids taking tests online and software glitches keep them from completing the tests. I love computers, but you know what always works? Pencil and paper.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"I'm so sorry I hit you... I'm so sorry..." (Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon)⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It has a similar feel to Oblivion, but darker. Map isn’t as big and the world isn’t as rich, but it’s still fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months—for all white-collar work to be automated by AI | Fortune⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  He is learning from Muskrat.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨shut uppp⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Adding -ai to the search seems to work if you can’t install a uBlock filter or NoScript.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Android will become a locked-down platform in 194 day⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Presumably Android will still allow mounting the complete phone file system and the phones to have SD cards and headphone jacks. If we lose the ability to run whatever we want that majorly sucks, but still not as locked down as iphones.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Shit, I'd pay $9⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah I think it’s an Android thing. I’ve only gotten a valid answer maybe once or twice.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“Not Ready for Prime Time.” A Federal Tool to Check Voter Citizenship Keeps Making Mistakes: SAVE tool keeps mistakenly flagging voters as noncitizens⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Logically yes, but these are not logical times.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  His AI avatar can still post bullshit on Facebook, so it’s like he never died!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing times are getting tough and if a business gets $100,000 in revenue (before expenses) per month but is paying $3,000+ in credit card fees, they see that large expenditure and start wanting to recoup those fees.

  Personally as a business I find the “one and done” nature of credit cards much better than dealing with cash, checks, or trusting PayPal. So the fee isn’t that big of a deal to me.

  What I really hate is businesses that charge 4%+ surcharges, they probably pay more like 3.5% and are just gouging the customers. Or they are getting a terrible rate from their bank.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it a good idea to use an Android phone as an external SSD for backing up my home folder?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I think at this point we can consider anything in the USA cloud subject to DHS/government subpoenas and AI scraping. I really don’t want to have to sanitize my backup data, I’d rather just keep it offline and not worry about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New nickel-iron battery charges in seconds, survives 12,000 cycles⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope, but 90% of these never pan out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump FTC wants Apple News to promote more Fox News and Breitbart stories⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Makes sense, Fox is exactly what feeds his brain-dead fanbase.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are people disconnecting or destroying their Ring cameras?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Either they are ignorant or choosing convenience over security.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord walks back age verification fears for most users⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t even trust id.me. Why would I give my ID and photo or video to a corporation that is contracting with the Trump administration?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You can ask any question to the people of year 3000, but can only receive information in the form of a single bit. What's your question?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Is human-made climate change an existential crisis?