vanontom
@vanontom@lemmy.world
Tech geek. Film nut. Gamer. Cat. Etc.
- Comment on Generative AI could soon decimate the call center industry, says CEO 2 months ago:
We’re experiencing extremely high call volume."
Every hour of every day, because company won’t hire or pay for anything better.
Press 3 to have a representative call you back; You won’t lose your place in line.
Sure. Meanwhile, I get on their website and try their weird “chat” support popup, that somehow takes care of the problem hours before I ever get a call back.
This is why people hate phone support. And why I don’t trust and won’t buy products from companies who only have phone (or “social media” support). Give me a dedicated support email address, or something text-based (live chat, contact form) on website, thanks!
- Comment on Wyze says camera breach let 13,000 customers briefly see into other people’s homes 4 months ago:
Exactly. Don’t have cheap web cams pointed inside the home, and it’ll be fine. Have them outside, watching doors and gates, providing
securityvideos of shadows and wildlife, whatever. They can still be useful tools. - Comment on Tesla Cybertruck May Have A Rust Problem 4 months ago:
What a deal. Save 25%, get rid of the cancer that’s killing Tesla.
- Comment on Taylor Swift deepfakes on X falsely depict her engaging in election denialism — and have been viewed millions of times 4 months ago:
I’m amazed her team of lawyers haven’t filed a lawsuit yet. Just collecting evidence for now, I suppose. But it’s starting to pile up quickly.
- Comment on $300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device 4 months ago:
Agreed. To be clear, I only meant this in the most insulting way to Apple, the proud engineers of $300 goggle straps and $1000 monitor stands.
- Comment on $300 Vision Pro developer strap is just an expensive USB2 device 4 months ago:
Just extracting wealth from the
cultfans and tech illiterate. And they will keep pushing the insane prices, until people stop paying (sounds familiar). I wish they’d use their absurd profits to actually bring to market something truly spectacular. Dyson makes more daring and innovative products, funded by vacuums, heh. - Comment on Browser maker love-in snubs Google-shunned JPEG XL 4 months ago:
Perhaps true from his… perspective. I’ve found JXL surprisingly awesome and easy to use (size, quality, speed, encoding options, supported in XnView /XnConvert). AVIF was terrible in real-world use last I tried (and blurs fine details).
- Comment on More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices 4 months ago:
I think of “thumb drives” as portable flash storage + USB. “Portable backup drives” have taken its place for me. Incredibly fast (NVMe + USB-C), quite small (M2 card size + case), durable (same as thumb drives), growing sizes (1-2 TB affordable).
I keep my old flash drives for smaller things like bootable apps, fresh OS installs, firmware updates. I definitely have no need for mystery off-brand storage though.
- Comment on Pornhub blocks North Carolina and Montana as porn regulation spreads 5 months ago:
I think most people, by far, don’t know how to use (or want to pay for) a VPN. What they’ll do is use one of the other porn sites. There are probably dozens! And it will push sites to operate outside of US and ignore our dumb state laws.
- Comment on Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy 6 months ago:
They nuke if you cancel for a few months. There are so many services, I only need 1-2 at a time. (If you forget you’re sub’d, they will never nuke or let you know.)
- Comment on Netflix Resumes Advertising on X After Elon Musk Controversy 6 months ago:
I cancelled (again) because… let me think. Apparently they nuke your account if you don’t use it for, say, 6-9 months (nice). All ratings, history, watchlist, etc: Fuck you, gone. Could not disable ads, AKA autoplay previews. Quality of content massively decreasing. Cost increasing (and never any deals). Mediocrity hit them hard years ago.
- Comment on Naughty Dog Ends Development Of The Last Of Us Online 6 months ago:
(And will sell millions more when finally available on something besides PlayStation.)
- Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 6 months ago:
The Florida vibe is definitely oozing from this trailer. I can almost smell it, and quite frankly I’m disgusted. Bravo. I would’ve preferred the next GTA being somewhere else, but maybe this it exactly where it belongs.
- Comment on The Cybertruck Is a Disappointment Even to Cybertruck Superfans / Looking at the specs alone, the car is delivering 30 percent less range than expected for 30 percent more money 6 months ago:
Technically, not wrong. It’s worth noting that Cybertruck is shockingly different from Von Holzhausen’s previous work, which all share sleek and modern designs and principles (dare I say critically-acclaimed and beautiful). I think it’s obvious there was heavy “outside influence” for the truck (as emphasized), and the timing also lines up with Musk’s growing (untreated, public) mental illnesses.
- Comment on The stainless steel body of Tesla's Cybertruck is reportedly leading to issues with gaps in between the panels 6 months ago:
It’s one of the biggest pieces of evidence (besides X…) of Musk’s growing mental illness and bubble of sycophants. I’m sure many very respected people in the field told him this would be a Very Bad Idea. I doubt any still work at Tesla. This should’ve been the first EV truck to market.
- Comment on The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley 7 months ago:
This is the future of air travel! An airship revolution! Just need a few million dollars from
daddy“investors”. Silicon Valley is full of these absurd schemes and games for bored billionaires. - Comment on Rockstar Games regarding Grand Theft Auto VI 7 months ago:
My thoughts exactly. However, it excites me that Rockstar still managed to make RDR2, and it was a masterpiece. Even so, I never played “Online” MP mode, nor have I ever played GTA’s, and I hope they noticed, lol.
- Comment on YouTube is now fully blocking ad blockers around the world 7 months ago:
I’m using uBlock Origin (with Firefox) on PC, and ReVanced on mobile, and have had zero indication that Google is at war with ad blocking. It’s fucking fantastic. I don’t expect it to last forever, but bravo to these devs and contributors.
- Comment on Google Fiber is getting outrageously fast 20Gbps service 8 months ago:
I think they slowed their expansion of new, unannounced cities. If they announced or started work in an area, it will very likely be finished. I think all of their “easy” targets were hit, others have fiber competitor or difficulties, and rollouts were more expensive than anticipated.
- Comment on Cyberpunk patch 2.02 now available 8 months ago:
The patch notes are just super-detailed, no need to worry about game-breaking bugs IMO. Finished once on 1.63, then added PL and 2.1 and finished all at 100%. No infuriating bugs, 4-5 clean crashes to desktop.
It’s probably the best game I’ve ever played, honestly. Incredible work that is now well-polished, even 2.0. First 20-40 hours felt a bit underwhelming, but by the end I was blown away. And 2.0 adds a lot of fun. At almost 250+ hours now, new game and choices, still wanting to play every day.
- Comment on Russia and China-backed hackers are exploiting WinRAR zero-day bug 8 months ago:
WinRAR also has clever password and encryption features. (Set short master password, quickly encrypt/decrypt any saved very long passwords.) Integration is great. Updates are regular. I only wish the UI would be updated a bit (more than just icon packs, dark mode).
- Comment on When two people kiss, they form a long tube from one anus to the other 8 months ago:
For more information, see: Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005). Miranda July is
weirdtruly special. - Comment on Hackers Say They've Breached "All Sony Systems", Threaten To Sell Stolen Data 8 months ago:
I left their entire ecosystem forever after they were hacked multiple times during PS3 era, and were still too lazy to add 2FA to accounts. (My bank at the time wouldn’t even allow my card to be added to PS store because of rampant fraud.) They were later hacked by (checks notes…) North Korea, who spilled their corporate secrets (and pissed of Sandler, Fincher, others).
Not to mention rootkits, insane DRM (see Cinavia), Blu-ray shady business (looks at price of BD players now), proprietary everything (memory cards, cables), focus on gimmicks, the horrendous design of PS5 (lol), etc.
- Comment on An NYPD security robot will be patrolling the Times Square subway station 9 months ago:
Maybe this ridiculous thing will eventually replace some of the worst or most useless human cops… in twenty years, after a few billion tax dollars, just before their union neuters the project and renders it virtually useless. Think of the possibilities!
- Comment on I'm so glad I waited nearly 3 years to play Cyberpunk 2077, but I dread the fact that this is our new normal 9 months ago:
Very nice summary, thanks. I just recently started CP77, about 30 hours in now. My notes: The story and writing seems mostly excellent. (But not near the magic and masterpiece of Witcher 3.) Feeling that development was chaotic (pieces cut, rearranged, “montage” with Jackie was jarring.). World seems quite empty, soulless, few “layers”, unpolished. Car controls are not great, very “floaty”. Literally zero encounters with NCPD yet (lol). Bugs still apparent (floating cars, missing items), but nothing game-breaking. Graphics quite underwhelming (mostly very high settings at QHD 2K, but not able to use HDR or ray-tracing).
- Comment on Microsoft’s big Windows 11 update drops on September 26 with Copilot AI baked in 9 months ago:
What I mean is more options for those features. The profiles and password tools are especially clever. (Examples: Password organizer can be locked with short master password, great for quickly decrypting archives matching ANY stored password. Profiles can quickly encrypt using specific settings, including super-long saved password without entering it.)
- Comment on Microsoft’s big Windows 11 update drops on September 26 with Copilot AI baked in 9 months ago:
People using WinRAR. “Why would people use WinRAR?” It has more features than 7zip (password, encryption, profile presets especially).