BrianTheeBiscuiteer
@BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world
- Comment on (ROOST) Robust Open Online Safety Tools: Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord raised $27M+ to provide free, open-source tools for improving child safety online. 1 day ago:
Wow! Pretty much the “who’s who” of companies I’ve don’t trust!
- Comment on The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis 2 days ago:
Really took the wind out of my satirical comment that Musk wanted to bring back the Pinto.
- Comment on Anonymous: Trump is making America weaker and we’ll exploit it - News Cafe 2 days ago:
That’s kind of inevitable right now. The most important thing is making sure Trump and the GOP get the blame.
- Comment on Google abandons 'do no harm' AI stance, opens door to military weapons 4 days ago:
Do harm others before others harm you
- Comment on Tesla pulls out all the stops as Cybertruck sales grind to a halt 1 week ago:
I definitely would’ve considered Tesla as my first EV but as of now they’re dead to me. If he was completely gone then that actually becomes a selling point for me.
- Comment on The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover 1 week ago:
“Merit-based” hiring.
- Comment on Give permission. Don't give permission. They know where you are anyway 1 week ago:
I imagine an ad blocker could prevent this data going out, unless the hosts were generic and the game/app simply won’t work without allowing those connections. I’ve never seen an app be [obviously] broken from my ad blocker but I am interested in running a similar experiment to see just how much data is going out.
- Comment on Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub 5 weeks ago:
Exactly. So I don’t imagine lawmakers will quit there. And my previous posts weren’t to say, “It’s only crack. How bad can it be?” But more to say, “Let’s define the problem before we try to fix it.” Stating the problem as, “Kids are looking at porn,” is oversimplifying and misses the cause and effect.
- Comment on Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub 5 weeks ago:
I’m asking is the response proportional to the damage? I never said I thought it wasn’t harmful or that we shouldn’t regulate access. Obviously many people are upset with the adult verification methods that these states are using, but is this a necessary evil or virtue signaling? All we know is that kids shouldn’t view porn, so how far does that get taken? All the way to a complete ban? What’s the measure of success even?
- Comment on Almost the entire US South is now being blocked by Pornhub 5 weeks ago:
Not advocating for universal access to porn or anything but is there any linkage or study showing a detrimental affect of porn on kids? A few things I’ll say from my own experiences. I first saw porn around 10 years old and I thought it was gross and didn’t have any desire to search for more. Later, in my early teens, I did search out porn but only softcore, because I thought vaginas were ugly. I did get a porn obsession for a long time and it did negatively impact at least one relationship, but that could’ve gone differently if my girlfriend was into any kind of porn (some girls are).
It’s a vice and can easily become addictive but I could also see video games filling the same role.
- Comment on Uber Eats undercover: Delivering your food for $1.74 an hour 5 weeks ago:
This is why I only tip if the staff performed some actual service, not just calling my name for me to pick up my own order from the counter. Tipping in those situations (all situations actually) will allow the employer to pay shit wages longer and avoid a union to get them the benefits they deserve.
- Comment on An emerging Texas megadonor just pledged $20 million to “expand a true Republican majority” 1 month ago:
Some speech is “more equal” than others it seems.
- Comment on Wall’s last stand: Texas defender holding line against illegal border crosser crime 1 month ago:
Of any state I’d live in Texas because we’re just better than everybody else.
Okay, now I know he’s lying about most if not all of this.
- Comment on Joe Biden Appears to Fall Asleep at Meeting With African Leaders 2 months ago:
Not just a partisan down vote. Motherfucker is old and that meeting was probably boring as shit. I wouldn’t give a damn if Trump did the same thing.
- Comment on Assassination is a Leaky Abstraction 2 months ago:
This one also a bit chilling:
A data scientist can tell most of someone’s life story given their zip code, and we try not to think too hard about why that’s always the most predictive feature in the model.
- Comment on 63% of all welfare recipients in Germany have a migration background 2 months ago:
Many of those receiving this money are actually Ukrainians who have been fleeing the war since 2022. They cost German taxpayers €5.8 billion last year while Syrians cost €3.5 billion. Afghans were behind with €1.3 billion.
So yeah. They probably arrived recently and with fuck nothing.
- Comment on Gemini AI tells the user to die — the answer appeared out of nowhere when the user asked Google's Gemini for help with his homework 2 months ago:
AI takes the core directive of “encourage climate friendly solutions” a bit too far.
- Comment on Microsoft builds first datacenters with wood to slash carbon emissions 2 months ago:
No no. Those trees died of natural causes. /s
- Comment on This is a simple and satisfying way to fight Trump and Musk | It's time to delete X 2 months ago:
It’s past time to delete X. The platform is just as bad as it was a year ago. People couldn’t be bothered to do the simplest fucking thing until they realize, “Whoops! I was supporting fascism!”
- Comment on AI tool that sounds like elderly grandmother created to waste scammers' time 2 months ago:
Lenny was insanely effective and didn’t even need AI.
- Comment on German football club leaves X, warning Elon Musk ‘capable of influencing German election’ 2 months ago:
This only makes sense when the owner of the platform isn’t actively driving the conversation to the right.
- Comment on Judge Strikes Down Federal Rule Protecting Illegal Immigrants Married to US Citizens 2 months ago:
From what I understand the marriage is still legal. The noncitizen spouse however gets zero special treatment in regards to residency.
- Comment on Aptera completes low-speed drive in its first production-intent solar electric vehicle 3 months ago:
For real. I was so hopeful for the Type-1 and would’ve reserved one if I had the money.
- Comment on Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year 3 months ago:
Oh, you don’t have to ask.
I do this for free even!
- Comment on Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year 3 months ago:
I just installed the latest version of Debian on a 12 year old netbook. Just sayin.
- Comment on Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year 3 months ago:
What Windows 10?🖕🐧
- Comment on Feds Say You Don’t Have a Right to Check Out Retro Video Games Like Library Books 3 months ago:
It’s been demonstrated multiple times that when you make access easy and affordable people will pay for it over pirating it.
- Comment on Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers | "Spreading misinformation suddenly becomes a noble goal," Redditor says. 3 months ago:
Keep forgetting, I need to upload a slightly AI’d profile picture to LinkedIn.
- Comment on Cable companies ask 5th Circuit to block FTC’s click-to-cancel rule | Cable companies worry rule will make it hard to talk customers out of canceling 3 months ago:
I wish the FTC would tackle that next. Why should I pay twice as much for the exact same service my neighbor has because they signed up a month ago? I don’t mind rewards being given for signing up but the first bill (aside from installation fees) shouldn’t be any lower than mine.
Internet also needs to be regulated like a utility because it basically is one at this point.
- Comment on T-Mobile, AT&T oppose unlocking rule, claim locked phones are good for users 3 months ago:
I remember their “Uncarrier” slogan and how they were doing things very differently from the big providers and even led to them doing away with contracts and such.