Quexotic

@Quexotic@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google shuts down its Nobel-prize winning AlphaFold project as it focuses on Gemini⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This… Just makes me angry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  This is viscerally upsetting and appalling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Forgot your Google password? Now you can log in with a selfie.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks stranger!

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

  A CFA charge.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨62 Percent Of Countries Won't Have Access To The PlayStation Store On Digital-Exclusive PS6⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨week⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Orly? Cool, thanks!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Has there ever been a game whose name was intentionally suffixed with "2" despite no original game? lol⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨80386 microcode disassembled – Reenigne blog⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is insane and inspiring all at once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation Epic Furious⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I needed this amusement. Thanks PH!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Operation Epic Furious⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Its right next to his “broken rocket”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you for having the spoons ❤️

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silicon Valley’s Anti-Democratic Turn Begins at Work⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The way thiel talks about the Antichrist… Really kind of feels like the kind of stuff the Antichrist would say.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, we’re all so cooked. How’s the rig working? No more letting out the “magic smoke” I hope!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I would say that these are some of the first dominoes to fall in this collapsing economy, but it kinda seems like a bunch of em are falling at once. Sometimes I wonder if its time to invest in a solar rig for the van so we have power while we flee.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Huh. Never liked them a lot before, but now a definite no.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MAGAs Are Fuming After Email Confirms They Will Never Get Their $500 Trump Phones or Deposits Back⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Being in a panopticon prison state has a way of dissuading people from doing the needful.

  Obviously there’s more nuance than that, but…

  Maybe to get an idea of what’s going on, look at the timeline at maps.deflock.org/timeline

  I don’t have the spoons for more explanations right now, but we know how badly we’re getting fleeced.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Close to zero impact’: US study casts doubt on effect of phone ban in schools⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for posting this. It’s good to know that the propaganda still flows