TheBeege

@TheBeege@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't ask for more pixels⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t know there was a term for this! Thank you! I try to convey this concept all the time, especially for intelligence and skills, so having a word for it is immensely helpful.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers⁩ ⁨⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  This is short-sighted. It also reeks of “Fuck you, I got mine!” I know that’s not your intention. I just think you haven’t thought super hard about it. I was the same with privacy concerns.

  So let me throw some edge cases at you.

  You remember the network time protocol vulnerability that was used to power botnets for a little bit? Well, until everyone upgraded their shit, service providers had to just block IP ranges of compromised machines until enough machines in that block stopped DDoS’ing them.

  So what happens when some script kiddy pays for time on the botnet, which includes your box, to smash Wizards while you’re trying to look things up? Or what if someone uses your box as a jump box to go attack some giant corporation, and shit gets traced back to you? Or what if someone decides you’re the unlucky one where their whole goal is to dominate your entire home network, and they get your phone when it’s on your home wifi?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨noyb sends Meta 'cease and desist' letter over AI training. European Class Action as potential next step⁩ ⁨⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Not all AI is equal. Europe does embrace certain types of AI depending on their production and usage. I work at a company pushing our AI throughout Europe, and the reception is generally very positive.

  These LLMs are just shit built in shitty ways. Their problem definition is shit, and the marketing of what they can do effectively is bullshit. There are some LLM efforts that are less shitty, but they’re not very popular yet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft laying off about 6,000 people, or 3% of its workforce⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem is that they’re too fucking big. Office used to be the shining star of Microsoft, but now, it’s a total piece of shit. My company recently switched from Google to Microsoft, and holy shit, it’s a downgrade.

  Outlook is the biggest pile of shit software I’ve encountered in years. It’s eventually consistent but without user feedback, it’s very slow, meeting rooms aren’t consistent about meeting room responses, email filtering rules don’t work reliably… I could go on.

  Word sucks, too. Google Docs is way easier to use. In Word, copy and paste doesn’t work as you’d expect, even from Word doc to Word doc, there’s no templating in OneDrive, there aren’t shared folders unless you set up a whole SharePoint site… I could go on here, too.

  It’s this stupid, stupid focus on AI tools. AI ain’t making shit better! AI shouldn’t replace humans or things humans work on: it should augment humans. Products still need development on UX. AI should be incorporated into UX without being shoved down our throats. But these dumbass investors who don’t understand tech are jumping on the fucking bandwagon, and execs are towing the line.

  Sorry for the rant, but Microsoft is more than just development tools.

  Also, they need to get ads out of my fucking operating system. I don’t want my operating system natively communicating with the internet and recommending news stories. Fucking cancer

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But this is a bad idea.

  Areas with high property value have higher quality schooling. Area with low property value have lower quality schooling. The rich stay rich. The poor stay poor.

  Maybe education money shouldn’t come from property taxes. Maybe corporations should pay for the education they require their workers to have visa corporate taxes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE slashes entire government agency with average salary of $131,000 a year to just ONE staff member⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, you have no answer. I’m not surprised. Thanks for validating my stereotype. A part of me was hoping you were better

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DOGE slashes entire government agency with average salary of $131,000 a year to just ONE staff member⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Tell us what you know about charity, economic development, soft power, and trade deals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨US fab construction costs twice as much, takes twice as long as Taiwan⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I live in Korea. How do you define “loyal to workers?”