cygnus
@cygnus@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base 7 hours ago:
These 2023 stats have Chromebook sales at only ~25M units globally, so this is probably the second scenarion, people decommissioning Windows computers and using the phone and/or tablet instead. canalys.com/…/global-tablet-market-share-Q2-2023
- Comment on No JS, No CSS, No HTML: online "clubs" celebrate plainer websites 5 days ago:
That’s almost worse. I don’t want to install 5000 NPM packages to generate 2 basic-ass pages.
- Comment on Tesla Robotaxi Drops Off Passengers in Middle of Intersection… Handpicked Riders Say the “Performance Was Great” 1 week ago:
This has always been Uber’s goal, it’s why they’ve shovelled literally billions into self-driving research.
- Comment on Operation Narnia: Iran’s nuclear scientists reportedly killed simultaneously using special weapon 1 week ago:
All’s fair in love and war.
- Comment on OpenAI supremo Sam Altman says he 'doesn't know how' he would have taken care of his baby without the help of ChatGPT 1 week ago:
This is a good thing, because it’s unlikely ChatGPT would suggest he molest his child as he did to his sister.
- Comment on GendBuntu: How France’s Military-Police switched 100,000+ PCs to Linux 1 week ago:
Chepas, moi… Pourquoi pas G’b’ntu tant qu’à faire?
- Comment on Intel Confidential CPU? 1 week ago:
Neat. What does your OS tell you it is?
- Comment on GendBuntu: How France’s Military-Police switched 100,000+ PCs to Linux 1 week ago:
True, but then it should have been GendUbuntu… Although people may think that’s a guy named jean d’Ubuntu.
- Comment on GendBuntu: How France’s Military-Police switched 100,000+ PCs to Linux 2 weeks ago:
“GendBuntu” is an atrocious name, and it doesn’t sound good in French either (perhaps even worse). I don’t know why they insisted on referencing Ubuntu in the name. GendarmOS would have been fine, or GendarmeSE to be more correct.
- Comment on Harris Yulin Gave 'Deep Space Nine' One of Its Greatest Performances 2 weeks ago:
That was such a good episode - I think the first episode during my first rewatch since it first aired when I realized this show had more of an edge that I remembered.
- Comment on Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying Headphones 2 weeks ago:
It would be easier to just let us all know you didn’t read the article.
At the time [product launch in 2022] he was bullish about the Zone’s chances: “After six years in development, we’re excited to deliver pure air and pure audio, anywhere.”
- Comment on Dyson Has Killed Its Bizarre Zone Air-Purifying Headphones 2 weeks ago:
Ironically their timing was almost spot-on for COVID… I could see these being somewhat useful for air travel, for example.
- Comment on What editor or IDE do you use and why? 3 weeks ago:
Never heard of Zed, trying it out now… I"m not sure I’ve ever seen such a responsive GUI app. Crazy.
- Comment on Wikimedia Foundation's plans to introduce AI-generated summaries to Wikipedia 3 weeks ago:
It’s actually true. 54% of Americans are “partially illiterate”:
In 2023, 28% of adults scored at or below Level 1, 29% at Level 2, and 44% at Level 3 or above. Anything below Level 3 is considered “partially illiterate”
- Comment on Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers - Ars Technica 3 weeks ago:
I’m guessing you use Firefox? It’s much better at evading that tracking.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 4 weeks ago:
Linux is a better alternative to windows than, e.g., LineageOS is to android?
It’s true. Camera apps for example are much, much worse than the OEM version.
- Comment on Gemini will now automatically summarize your long emails unless you opt out 4 weeks ago:
FWIW I use Fastmail and it works great.
- Comment on Meta and Palmer Luckey's Anduril Industries partner to build EagleEye, a new AI-powered weapons system, including rugged helmets, glasses, and other wearables 4 weeks ago:
At least Luckey went with the name of the good guy’s sword rather than the bad guy’s surveillance device, like Peter Thiel.
- Comment on Do you actually audit open source projects you download? 4 weeks ago:
No, I pretty much only look at the number of contributors (more is better)
- Comment on Louisiana Becomes First State to Adopt DOGE Voter Maintenance Database 4 weeks ago:
Critics of aggressive voter roll purges warn that certain methods can disproportionately impact communities of color, naturalized citizens, and other vulnerable populations.
Wow I can’t believe the Racism Nexus built by racists is being used in racist ways.
- Comment on (Technology Connections) Closed captions on DVDs are getting left behind [33:46] 4 weeks ago:
Alec is also (unsurprisingly) on the Fedi: mas.to/@TechConnectify
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 1 month ago:
Really, can you point out which section that’s in? All I find is “creating fake accounts or content, including fake reviews”, which doesn’t apply here if the person does use the service.
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 1 month ago:
ou’re not allowed to review your own companies software
Says who? They can still be a user of it.
- Comment on Fake reviews on Play Store by Plex staff 1 month ago:
Yeah, I`m all for roasting Plex but nothing about that review is inappropriate or prima facie untruthful.
- Comment on Neville Page Says ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Season 1 Klingons Were “A Salty Broth” 1 month ago:
“Discovery”? Never heard of it.
- Comment on Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans 1 month ago:
- Comment on Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans 1 month ago:
Your comment just sounds like a high schooler upset that people like other types of music.
Yes, that’s definitely it, rather than the multiple lawsuits and claims of plagiarism she has faced over the years.
- Comment on Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging British Prime Minister Starmer to rethink his AI copyright plans 1 month ago:
Pretty funny that Dua Lipa is so opposed to this when her entire catalogue sounds like blatant ripoffs of other people’s music.
- Comment on Former Palantir workers condemn company's work with Trump administration 1 month ago:
Remarkable how that happens, isn’t it? The company was fine while they received a paycheque but the very next day they are despicable.
- Comment on I installed Linux on this 8-inch mini laptop, and it's my new favorite way of computing 1 month ago:
That keyboard layout gave me a stroke.