JohnEdwa

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Pebble isn’t eink either. The B&W models use Sharps transflective memory LCDs - part number LS013B7DH01 - and the colour models ones from JDI.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit plans to unify its search interface as it looks to become a search engine | TechCrunch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
And Reddit can blame only themselves for it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Itch.io has begun restoring NSFW content, but only if it’s free⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
A payment processor tells that they either remove the porn games, or they will remove the ability to pay for all games for them. The only company that can stand up to them in any way is one that was large enough to call the bluff and the payment processor wouldn’t be willing to actually lose.

And that list is basically Amazon, Apple, Google and stuff like that, and definitely not a tiny thing like itch.io.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

To me the karma system is about quality. Not an “I agree/disagree” button.

That’s how it was meant to be. The original Rediquette from over 15 years ago has:

“Vote. If you think something contributes to conversation, upvote it. If you think it does not contribute to the subreddit it is posted in or is off-topic in a particular community, downvote it.
[Please don’t] Downvote an otherwise acceptable post because you don’t personally like it. Think before you downvote and take a moment to ensure you’re downvoting someone because they are not contributing to the community dialogue or discussion. If you simply take a moment to stop, think and examine your reasons for downvoting, rather than doing so out of an emotional reaction, you will ensure that your downvotes are given for good reasons.”

But 99% of people definitely use them as an Agree/Disagree button.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's rude to show AI output to people⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
And now googling will just result in “I asked AI and it said X”, as the first thing you get is the AI summary shit.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s マリウス.com but the “internationalized domain name” system pynycodes it to gibberish to prevent spoofing urls using lookalike characters.

Like аmаzon.com. Those are cyrillic lowercase а, not ‘a’.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
If it’s like here in Finland, coverage means there’s a fibre running under the street in front but because it costs a ton to connect a building to it, especially if you want higher speeds and have to start retrofitting every apartment, many haven’t done it.

For example our house officially has fibre coverage, but the street-to-house connection costs ~1800€ which is why we still run a VDSL.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

they say it’s really 19 fibers in one … It’s not that insane in perspective

The impressive bit being that the bundle of 19 fibres is around the same overall diameter as a single regular one - “diameter of five-thousandths of an inch (0.127 millimeters)” - meaning those individual strands are unbelievably thin.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Japan is already pretty damn close to achieving 100% fiber network coverage for every household.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

ranked by Speedtest.net data for January 2025

And the average speed of a passenger car is 170km/h, as ranked by speed data from the Nürburgring.

People on shitty slow connections don’t have a need to go test that speed much, they know it’s shit, people who just got their fancy new 1Gbit fiber and want to know exactly how fast it is do.

⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit users in the UK must now upload selfies to access NSFW subreddits⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

<html>
  <head>
    <meta agerating="totallysafeforkidstrustmebro">
  </head>
  <body>
   <iframe src="https://www.pornhub.com/"></iframe>
  </body>
</html>

⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube's Latest Update Shows That Online Monoculture Is Dead⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Youtube has just one priority, it wants you to watch as much monetised content as possible. If you watch those types of videos, it’ll suggest them to you.

I don’t, and I never see them recommended either - here’s my youtube homepage right now.
DIY, electronics, cooking, gaming, science, with some weeb stuff sprinkled in - exactly what I’d expect.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨HMD is ‘scaling back’ in the US, killing Nokia all over again⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They were always going to “kill” Nokia, as it was a limited time brand deal that ends in 2026, and iirc the exclusivity part of it already ended in 2024.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Opt-out in the EU I’m fairly sure.

You can check here: myactivity.google.com/product/gemini
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grok, Elon Musk's AI chatbot, seems to get right-wing update⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Even more so when you ask Grok about something Elon did, as it quite often replies back in first person.

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I finished my 3D Printable screw design! Excellent print ability, reliable for simple use, though the head is prone to strip... can't win them all.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Robertson is a square. Rotate it 45 degrees and it has no overhangs at all.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘You can’t pause the internet’: social media creators hit by burnout⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
As OP specified in another reply, they were talking about streamers specifically. And with them, big chunk of the income comes from Twitch subscribers, which is a monthly paid subscription. If you are willing to pay someone for it, you’ll notice pretty much immediately if they miss their scheduled stream and cancel it.

For many other platforms that is true, I’m way more likely to unsubscribe from someone when they post a video and remind me I’m still subbed than when they take a break and fade out of my feed.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kids are making deepfakes of each other, and laws aren’t keeping up⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Back in my day we just had to use our own imagination.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
I was basically after that same concept - create that credential, and have the website only verify it’s legit and nothing else.
I think my example of how it’s currently done for basically everything in Finland just confused people, I wasn’t suggesting every country implements adult age checks with their banks.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Was an example of the security, not who is running the service. But I mean, guess who knows if you pay for OnlyFans or stuff like that?
Your bank.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK’s Major Porn Providers Agree to Age Checks From Next Month; Aylo, Owner of Pornhub, YouPorn, and RedTube, Will Add Age Assurance Checks by July 25.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Depends entirely on how it’s implemented, because the website doesn’t need to know who you are, only verify that you are over 18. Which can be done reasonably securely - you generate a random ID on a secure service, give that ID to the website, and the only communication between the two of them is “Is id 123 valid and an adult? Yes/No”.

Now, if that “secure service”, most likely a government contract done as cheaply as possible turns out not to be, and they keep logs linking those IDs to the URLs requesting verification, then the entire thing goes belly up.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Robotaxi Freaks Out and Drives into Oncoming Traffic on First Day⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Self-driving cars are a thing, Weymo is doing pretty fine.

But you might be able to spot a few (dozen) teeny-tiny (huge, bulky and extremely obvious) differences between a Waymo and a Tesla cybercab.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube Will Add an AI Slop Button Thanks to Google’s Veo 3⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

the subscription feed still and always has completely bypasses Youtube’s recommended brainrot anyway

Though they are messing with that too, on mobile there is a “Most Relevant” section on top. Though thankfully they are videos from your subs.
…for now.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨France Moves to Classify X as an Adult Site Amid Digital ID Crackdown⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Annoyingly many artists still use it, and for some it’s their only platform they post at any regularity, except for paid posts on patreon. I haven’t used Twitter as a social media site for almost a decade now, but my “twitter only” art list still has 18 people on it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple announces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Major version numbers are used when stuff changes, and especially when shit breaks. Can the latest OS X 10 run the same software and on the same hardware as the first OS X 10? If not, increase the major number.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple announces iOS 26 with Liquid Glass redesign⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
That jump at least had a reason, as a bunch of older software checked if they were running on windows 95 or 98 by checking for “windows 9”.
And what it actually feels like is the jump from windows 3.1 to 95. Because it’s literally the same one.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
Making up answers is kinda their entire purpose. LMMs are fundamentally just a text generation algorithm, they are designed to produce text that looks like it could have been written by a human. Which they are amazing at, especially when you start taking into account how many paragraphs of instructions you can give them, and they tend to rather successfully follow.

The one thing they can’t do is verify if what they are talking about is true. If they could, they would stop being LLMs and start being AGIs.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Arc Browser Is Dead⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
That figure is entirely irrelevant when you need to target users who are willing to try a new unknown third party browser in the first place.
And you’ll find orders of magnitude more of those among Linux users than you do on the Mac, which is where Arc launched on.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
It is. And has always been. “Artificial Intelligence” doesn’t mean a feeling thinking robot person (that would fall under AGI), it’s a vast field of research in computer science with many, many things under it.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple just proved AI "reasoning" models like Claude, DeepSeek-R1, and o3-mini don't actually reason at all.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
"It’s part of the history of the field of artificial intelligence that every time somebody figured out how to make a computer do something—play good checkers, solve simple but relatively informal problems—there was a chorus of critics to say, ‘that’s not thinking’." -Pamela McCorduck´. It’s called the AI Effect.