dmalteseknight
@dmalteseknight@programming.dev
- Comment on Take a gander at this 1 day 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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!! 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months ago:
This guy looks like an anime character
- Comment on AI Has Lost Its Magic 2 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. 4 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 5 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? 5 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 6 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 6 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 9 months 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…