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- Comment on Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production 1 month ago:
Perhaps a bad example because most people undermine them, but China has still decided to move forward with 4 different nuclear facilities this year despite having an ABUNDANCE of solar manufacturing. If they found that decision worthwhile I would think the opposite, assuming most of the reasoning is current battery tech can’t sustain dark periods at a massive scale, but I’m not an expert.
- Comment on ByteDance won't sell TikTok, would rather pull it from the US 2 months ago:
If you have to ask that question you definitely don’t use Tiktok it’s far far superior algorithmically than Reels and YT Shorts which are both absolute garbage.
- Comment on ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail, sources say 2 months ago:
The article talks about why they’d prefer to shut down if you take their word it. Essentially the US is such a tiny portion of ByteDances it would be more optimal to shut down then to risk the sale of their algorithm, which is their primary revenue driver, as a whole. Assuming they’re using relatively similar algorithms on Douyin, and they don’t want this to turn around and be sold to their Chinese competition, which is where the real money is being made for ByteDance.
- Comment on Biden expected to sign the TikTok ban on Wed. 2 months ago:
Are US kids’ already dwindling attention spans going to be saved from exposure to the TikTok algorithm? Yes.
You’re pinning the blame on tiktok when this also applies to YouTube (shorts and not), Instagram (Reels), Twitter. If we wanted an actual solution here we would implement actual children screen time laws, ironically similar to the under 18 gaming laws that have been implemented in China.
Tiktok is the only platform I’ve seen legitimate progressive forward on various issues and discussions centering on what that means and takes, in a way that actually fosters a great democratic progressive movement in the US.
From all I’ve read on this issue, not a single person has provided me with any insight into what or who this benefits that does not also apply to every other social media other than an entirely fabricated myth that they’re controlling the algorithms to spread anti US sentiment. Anti-US sentiment definitely exists, but it exists as a discussion around what the US is currently doing. I.e. funding Israel, and as a counterargument I am also fed state department interviews.
- Comment on Court Bans Use of 'AI-Enhanced' Video Evidence Because That's Not How AI Works 2 months ago:
In the same vein Bloomberg just did a great study on ChatGPT 3.5 ranking resumes and it had an extremely noticeable bias of ranking black names lower than the average and Asian/white names far higher despite similar qualifications.
- Comment on Firefox saw an increase in users (~50% in Germany and ~30% in France) following Apple’s default browser changes in the EU, as did Brave. 3 months ago:
From the Brave PR account:
Also I believe it was legally required by the EU. List is randomized.
- Comment on US lawmakers vote 50-0 to force sale of TikTok despite angry calls from users 3 months ago:
The can very easily apply to every single social media.
- Comment on TikTok Is Destroying Itself From the Inside Out 4 months ago:
Tiktok is getting worse… for users. Not for “itself”.
The article also makes some very large assumptions about longer length tiktoks being inherently worse for its audience.
I for one would love longer length tiktoks, and as for those who don’t the algorithm is extremely efficient and will filter out that style of content for those who don’t.
This is similar to the shop discussion, tiktoks gives full control over filtering this out via the #shop hashtag and disabling the shop tab.
The article really creates artificial problems with the app to justify its own existence when really these aren’t major issues that would lead to the downfall of a company or reduction in users.
Personally I’ll be the first to stop using a platform when they spam me with ads (Instagram). But tiktok is generally very manageable, much more than most other forms of social media.
- Comment on China raises its electric car game 5 months ago:
It also skirts around the fact that the main reason China is so prominent in the EV market, both locally and internationally, is because Tesla’s biggest factory is located in China.
Tesla’s aren’t really the go-to EV locally in China. BYD is mostly the go-to and they’re even starting to overtake Tesla internationally as well.
- Comment on Threads is officially starting to test ActivityPub integration 6 months ago:
I can see a social media implementation of a communities section and feeding off lemmy that way.
- Comment on Relative size comparison of social media platforms (December 2023) 6 months ago:
Realistically this graph wouldn’t include Snapchat, as it’s less of a “social media” than the others. Most people nowadays use it strictly as a messaging platform.
- Comment on alien.top is a new level of Reddit crossposting spam 6 months ago:
Spam implies it’s useless but it seems I can read my content from Reddit on that instance? While also staying on a single app and getting my regular lemmy threads.
Not sure why it’s a problem other than resource intensity, if the users have the option to block an instance as a whole it’s fine.
- Comment on Average Lemmy Active Users by Month 6 months ago:
The app experience is much better than the browser experience imo
- Comment on We're going in the wrong direction 7 months ago:
TikTok has video controls you can move to any part of the video. It also has 2x play speed.
- Comment on No evidence that UFOs are aliens — NASA attempts to make conversations about aerial phenomena more scientific 9 months ago:
Right now the US military and NASA is in agreement that UAPs exist, there’s thousands of citizens interested in UAPs/NHI, yet not a single scientist in the past 75 years wanted to find the answer to what these UAPs are?
Science in itself is debunking trivial bullshit until you find a rock solid solution and right now we don’t have a solution.
- Comment on No evidence that UFOs are aliens — NASA attempts to make conversations about aerial phenomena more scientific 9 months ago:
Ofc they do but they’re compartmentalized as hell.
Why do you think Bill Nelson himself is a career politician, not a scientist? These are political figures in these politicians, not scientists.
- Comment on No evidence that UFOs are aliens — NASA attempts to make conversations about aerial phenomena more scientific 9 months ago:
Unfortunately NASA is not being transparent here. They created a UAP task force and would not reveal who was heading it and when it is released it turns out to be someone who’s spent his career with the DOD/Defense contractors. Not a scientist. Why are we not letting scientists handle this matter?
NASA also says they want to work to destigmatize UAPs and NHI, yet Bill Nelson slanders Grusch (highly decorated US military serviceman) and speaks down on anyone promoting more transparency here. The minimization of Grusch’s testimony all while the DOD is withholding Grusch’s security clearance and essentially stonewalling congress. Lots of reasons enough for us to be suspicious of foul play behind government figures here.
- Comment on Shazam’ Star Zachary Levi Calls Out Hollywood For Output Of “Garbage” Content 10 months ago:
Comments like this contribute nothing. Sure it’s true but it has absolutely nothing to do with the conversation at hand and is unnecessary.
Instead let’s have a discussion, do you think Hollywood has had a stream of Garbage content lately?
- Comment on On the future of Lemmy vs reddit 10 months ago:
Just FYI hot is probably the worst way to browse for news and events, I’ve found top of 6h is far better if you check often, Active if you check every 24 hrs ish.
- Comment on There's Nothing Green About Socialism - HumanProgress 11 months ago:
Your wiki links sentence says it’s within socialism which would make them socialist.
Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism
- Comment on There's Nothing Green About Socialism - HumanProgress 11 months ago:
Nordic countries are currently blowing the US out of the water on every measurable metric so you might want to rethink that argument.
- Comment on The Fall of Stack Overflow 11 months ago:
I’ve had an account for almost 10 years that I use at least every other day at work, and have seen plenty of questions I CAN answer but apparently don’t have the “reputation” to.
Honestly a really dumb system imo.