brie
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- Comment on don't use ladybird browser lol 4 months ago:
- Comment on Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission 4 months ago:
As a reminder, you can always just uninstall OneDrive and call it a day.
Until Microsoft takes that option away as well…
- European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Actec.europa.eu ↗Submitted 4 months ago to technology@beehaw.org | 1 comment
- Comment on YouTube is dedicated to making itself worse; destroys SponsorBlock with ad injection changes 5 months ago:
Not PeerTube, but he is on Odysee/LBRY.
- Comment on Mozilla Firefox new alt-text generator powered by "fully private on-device AI model" 5 months ago:
On the one hand, having an AI generated alt-text on the client side would be much better than not having any alt-text at all. On the other hand, the pessemist in me thinks that if it becomes widely available, website makers will feel less of a need to add proper alt-text to their content.
- Comment on New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds 5 months ago:
The original research was regarding supercapacitors, not Lithium-ion. Based on the PNAS preview it seems it has to do with changing the design of a supercapacitor to increase charge rate.
- Comment on New breakthrough may let us charge smartphones in 60 seconds 5 months ago:
Increasing capacitance (how much charge is stored to reach a certain voltage) or the voltage it is charged to would indeed increase the capacity. Putting several in parallel would work, as would making a bigger capacitor. The main problem as far as I can tell is that the energy density of even supercapacitors is low, so you’d need a much larger volume to have the same capacity (and thus a much thicker phone).
- Comment on [deleted] 5 months ago:
Alexandria and Stract use their own open source crawlers. Brave is also independent, if I recall correctly.
- Comment on Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers 6 months ago:
DDG’s AI chat isn’t a search engine. It’s just a chat interface for GPT-3.5 Turbo and Claude, without any search access. It’s also not very up to date.
GPT-3.5 Turbo:
Who is the PM of the UK?
As of my last update, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is Boris Johnson. Please note that political positions can change, so I recommend checking the latest news sources for the most up-to-date information.
Is Queen Elizabeth still alive?
Yes, as of my last update, Queen Elizabeth II is still alive.
The Claude version doesn’t fare any better:
Is Queen Elizabeth still alive?
Yes, Queen Elizabeth II is still alive. She is the current and longest-reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, having ascended to the throne in 1952. As of 2023, she is 96 years old.
- Comment on Web publishers brace for carnage as Google adds AI answers 6 months ago:
Are there any search engines other than perplexity that tie the sources to sections rather than just popping them all at the bottom? That always felt like the most practical layout for being able to easily cross-check information against their supposed sources.
- Comment on The free Delta game emulator for iPhones is live on Apple’s App Store 7 months ago:
It’s more the other way around. Both distribution on the App Store and through third parties will incur the fee. However, if you don’t distribute on third parties, you can stay under Apple’s old terms, avoiding the fee. It’s a way of monetarily punishing third party app distribution.
- Submitted 7 months ago to technology@beehaw.org | 32 comments
- Comment on It’s time for a hard reset on notifications 7 months ago:
Email subscriptions also sometimes have that, with bonus points for several vague and similar sounding categories, and emails not mentioning what category they’re in.
- Comment on Gmail is also getting emoji reactions 1 year ago:
They already had preset email replies, if I recall correctly; this seems like a natural extension to that. It sounds like they’re just sending special reply emails, which hopefully is easy for other email clients to parse.