dmalteseknight

@dmalteseknight@programming.dev

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I might have worded my comment poorly. I did not mean to insinuate that it was “safer” but that there is more variety. That is, it is easier to find 18th century toaster porn today than back in the 2000s.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How the American war on porn could change the way you use the internet⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The porn landscape has changed quite a bit since the 2000s:

  • Accessibility: In those days people had the “family computer” which limited the time you could access to porn and had to be extra careful as to not get caught. Nowadays you can see porn on a plethora of devices and can basically see porn 24/7.
  • Variety: Nowadays you can find porn for anything and it can get pretty dark. Porn addicts get bored of regular porn and go down a dark rabbit hole. Back in the day you had to make due with what you get or go through a lot of effort to find something you like more.

  Mind you I am not saying that porn should be outright banned but there should be barriers in place. Example porn can only use the domain “xxx” so parents can add the filter to the parenting controls of whatever devices. Sure there are ways to circumvent that but it at least takes more effort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But wouldn’t them buying all the rights to “basically everything” incentivise them more to jack up prices and include ads since the user base has no legal alternatives ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Steers Onto Train Tracks It Apparently Mistook for a Road, Police Warn⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The Autopilot was in TRAINing mode

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take a gander at this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Take a gender at this*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, you don't need a 'very bespoke AOSP' to turn your phone into a Rabbit R1 — here's proof⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah wasn’t aware of the ability to change assistants. I stand corrected!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨No, you don't need a 'very bespoke AOSP' to turn your phone into a Rabbit R1 — here's proof⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not sure what the surprise is. It is a device that needs you to sign into an account and have an internet connection. Ie it is just a dumb terminal. Kind of like how Alexa speakers are useless without an internet connection. All the processing is done on servers.

  Even if it was not an android app, you probably could have made a clone of it since you are basically interacting with a web api.

  In their defence the device has the advantage of giving you instant access to their ai through the touch of a button whilst on phones you would need to physically open the app as the “assistant” functionality is already reserved to Siri, Bixby, etc.

  Personally I like the concept if the processing was done within the device, but considering you need monster machines to run llms I guess we are least decades away from that reality.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google lays off hundreds of 'Core' employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The fact they chose india is probably for the low wages. So I wouldn’t get my hopes up.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨checkmate, big geology!!⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Given the state of the world, those volcanoes are probably already owned by foreign investors to use as land banks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple must open iPadOS to sideloading within 6 months, EU says⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Speaking metaphorically they basically have to create “doors” for the hundreds of “walls” they made to originally prevent this.

  I say “doors” since they will probably make them oddly shaped and hard to access to still make it difficult to allow you in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is what peak performance looks like⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This guy looks like an anime character

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Has Lost Its Magic⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And they are all judging you.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tech Used to Be Bleeding Edge, Now it’s Just Bleeding | After a decade of scandals and half-assed product launches, people are no longer buying the future Big Tech is selling.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The kicker is that the devices are usually locked down so even if you have the motivation to get your hands dirty, you can’t. The device dies as soon as support dies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - The issue has arisen after major Tsunami warnings have been issued in areas of Japan following a strong earthquake⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They do, all phones get an emergency alert and tvs display a message. Twitter was another vector to spread the word out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How have you personally found the Lemmy community compared to its competition and other social media?⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed an echo chamber is like a community/subreddit dedicated to pizza but bans any mention of " pineapple pizza".

  A group of like minded people might generally dislike pineapple pizza but would still allow it to be discussed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Race to Put Brain Implants in People Is Heating Up⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  People seem to think it is a one time thing. But are you going to have invasive brain surgery every time you need a major upgrade because your current implants are no longer being supported?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Broadcom lays off VMware employees after closing its $69 billion acquisition of the company⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well the difference between 69 billion and 70 billion is 1 billion.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the LG wing and it’s great. I am going to really miss it when I have to do the inevitable change…