Quexotic

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Charges Dropped Against Person Who Clapped at a City Data Center Meeting / Lux Claridge was dragged from a city meeting about data centers and charged with interfering with the police after they clap…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s probably just a coincidence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, maybe it could be that, but what I think it’s going to end up being is more like a reputation thing, like an actual community with standards and basis for trust with vetted individuals that have a reputation of producing good code by hand, and testing it correctly.

  Think of it this way. There’s already a standard practice for keeping people that suck at coding from trying to write code, right? I trust that the same community norms that got us this far will continue to do well. I also believe that there will be some that have reputation issues because of AI.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  To be fair, that really took two parties, didn’t it? LG had to put the software in the update, and Microsoft had to wave it on through.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just imagining dealing with a fucking ad on my monitor when I’m trying to resolve a sev one outage.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A touch of AI is all it takes to trigger backlash, as a promising new indie falls afoul of slop skeptics⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I got expedition 33 as a gift. Still haven’t played it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨As Ubuntu embraces AI, Debian discusses banning all AI-generated code⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m just jumping out of bed, but I’ll give you a quick answer. You’re right, in some cases it’ll be impossible to tell that code was AI-generated, but what you’ll have is the reputation of the developer. If any of their other code is AI-developed, then they would be suspect, right? So, I think it’s gonna be something like that, and, like with other things in the open source community, a matter of trust and respect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Colorado: to test the 911 service, you must first place a normal call to the 911 center. WTF, they don’t think you might be unable to do that?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I sympathize somewhat, but there many documented ways to test the functionality of a phone and its ability to make calls that would validate its ability to call 911 without actually calling it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  VPN needs to be added to my dictionary on this new KB app

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The FTC is cracking down on companies that charge you a "personalized price"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So long as my local grocery store blocks con traffic, I will distrust them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Judge rules Meta caused "public nuisance" and must fund mental health treatment⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If it’s not annual and a significant percentage of their gross income, it’s just the cost of doing business.

  Its not a total loss, but I can’t bring myself to see it as a win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This… Just makes me angry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This is viscerally upsetting and appalling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Time for graphene and protonmail. They should at least take another 15y to enshittify to this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are y'all's opinions on the Fitbit Air?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The constant ads are absolutely terrible.

  Gotta wade through ads to do anything, also the app is generally poorly made and obscures any useful functionality.

  The only reason to keep the watch at this point is that it dials 911. They’re probably going to add a subscription for that soon too.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks stranger!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Orly? I thought they had the same basic model as Playstation and that the steam software was required to play games.

  TIL. Thanks stranger!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo says users voluntarily paid higher prices, have no right to tariff refunds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  What a terrible take from a terrible company.

  No more Nintendo, PS, MS, or games you don’t own, looks like GOG is the only game in town, pun intended.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  A CFA charge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨62 Percent Of Countries Won't Have Access To The PlayStation Store On Digital-Exclusive PS6⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Have 5, and was going to skip the 6. I guess never again is the answer for me too.

  This must be the year of de-shittification. MS introduced a BSOD issue to my system that made it unusable. The hypervisor BSOD issue.

  So Linux for that, and next, my laptop, Leaving only one MS machine left in the house. I’m so done.

  I guess maybe steam or pc gaming, I’m not sure, but sure af isn’t going to be MS or Sony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses $1 trillion in value in a month⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So how much damage did it do to our retirement funds?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a game whose name was intentionally suffixed with "2" despite no original game? lol⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Orly? Cool, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a game whose name was intentionally suffixed with "2" despite no original game? lol⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  archive.org/details/dune-mr-abandonware

  I present to you, dune.

  I only know about this because I am old.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reverse Engineering the Response to "best smartphones 2025" in Chatgpt⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So… I’m confused. Is this just someone asking GPT what the best smartphone is and just documenting it in a really detailed way?

  I honestly stopped reading after it started sounding stupid.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA 6 is a 'singleplayer experience,' GTA Online may be sold separately⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I keep waiting for the cash-grab that breaks the market. Hopefully this is it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Total rag, that, and you can’t even use it for toilet-paper, unless you’re creatively un-hygenic!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait… are they trying to rebrand datacenters as… Bit Barns?

  I get that they think rural people are dumb, but that’s pretty insulting.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what I like about the lawsuit. I never knew any of this. Now that I do, I’ll never trust them again. I loved them before, but dishonestly is an instant deal breaker.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I like their hardware a lot, but ever since they did that with the s3 (IIRC) I haven’t bought a Samsung phone and probably will never again consider their hardware for a phone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung's SSD warranty policy scammed me so I'm taking them to court.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for spelling out the double (triple?) Bind that they’re in. Let’s hear it for the growth of the fifth estate!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Europe built sovereign clouds to escape US control. Then forgot about the processors⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, Ignoring security for a moment, it makes remote resolution of severe machine issues much easier. It is great for IT, it even allows remote OS reinstall.

  Now, considering security issues and the lack of parity between AIs ability to attack and defend (better at breaking than fixing) it is sure to become a huge vulnerability, IMO.