TehPers
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- Comment on The World Is Basically Begging for Another iPod 2 days ago:
Could also buy a device and not connected it to a cellular network. I have old phones that would fill this role perfectly, actually.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado over new rules for artificial intelligence 1 week ago:
The output of a model isn’t speech protected by the 1st amendment, so this lawsuit is dumb. It’ll of course waste time and money though.
- Comment on "The $60 Billion Gaming Scam Nobody Talks About" by mrixrt 1 week ago:
While I can’t speak to the amount itself (somehow the industry as a whole settled on 30%), I do think it’s fair to say that Steam, the App Store, and the Play Store aren’t just payment processors. They also are platforms for users to discover new software/games, and they do a lot of advertising for developers. I can agree with the fee being too high, but I don’t think it’s fair to compare it with PayPal, which only processes the payments.
- Comment on Your RAM Has a 60 Year Old Design Flaw. I Bypassed It. 1 week ago:
She’s literally just doing her own version of the MrBeast face. It’s not even that unique. Half the people I watch on YouTube slap their face in their thumbnail, and I don’t watch clickbaity slop.
Just install DeArrow, enable thumbnails through it if needed, and move on.
- Comment on Apple's chips are winners, but Windows fails help it most 1 week ago:
For roughly the price of a single 9800x3d, you can buy a complete laptop with a long lasting battery and decent enough specs for web browsing, video playback, and basic office work. It’s unfortunately one of the better devices on the market at that price, especially accounting for the battery life.
Apple selling a ‘repairable’ and low-end device just looks like a recession indicator to me.
One of the few, I take it?
- Comment on Men Are Buying Hacking Tools to Use Against Their Wives and Friends 1 week ago:
Agreed. Not only are harassment and abuse not new, but using actual hacking tools to do it is old news too. Maybe the article is just trying to bring it back to attention.
- Comment on Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support 1 week ago:
My point was more along the lines of online being impractical. Sure, you can still connect to servers running old software (in which case kernel updates aren’t useful to you anyway), but anything with modern security or software is going to just not run at all on it, whether because the software is too heavy for the processor or because it simply was not compiled for it (and cannot be).
Point is, I think we both agree that the only reasonable usecase for these processors is offline or on a separate network (LAN/tunneled/etc).
- Comment on Linux kernel maintainers are following through on removing Intel 486 support 1 week ago:
What kind of security risk are you at running a 486? You can barely handle the TLS handshake. Modern malware would just brick your system the same way any other modern software would.
- Comment on Intel trapped in Elon's reality distortion field 1 week ago:
If money is speech, then taxes clearly violate the first amendment. In fact, any kind of payment does.
Therefore, I should not have to pay taxes either. It’s not like the rich do, anyway.
- Comment on Tech companies are cutting jobs and betting on AI. The payoff is far from guaranteed 1 week ago:
The only bet I see here is on large-scale financial decline. If they expected to see any kind ofajor productivity boosts in the future, they’d be hiring everyone they can.
- Comment on Intel trapped in Elon's reality distortion field 1 week ago:
If he were remotely believable, I’d be skeptically supportive. He’s full of shit though, as he’s always been.
“So in a single building, we can create a lithography mask, make the chip, test the chip, make another mask, and have an incredibly fast recursive loop for improving the chip design.”
He does know how long it takes to make a single wafer at scale, right? Well actually, I guess he doesn’t. GamersNexus has a good fab tour on YouTube that goes over the process and explains just how long it takes for the full production chain, from start to finish. It’s not a very fast process.
- Comment on Oracle fired up to 30,000 workers via email after a 95% profit surge. Tech companies are cutting almost 1,000 jobs/day 1 week ago:
The job losses are AI-driven, though. The upper management fucked around with pouring billions into AI and found out, and the people who had nothing to do with that decision get to pay for it.
- Comment on US tech firm Oracle cuts thousands of jobs as it steps up AI spending 2 weeks ago:
That’s just what we need. More senior tech workers out of work in Austin.
Hey, we have a ton of those here in Washington too! Maybe if someone finds a way for AI to actually be a productivity booster, they can hire all the tech workers and turn them into money printers with the insane output they’re supposed to produce with it.
- Comment on ‘About bloody time’: Prince Harry welcomes lawsuits against tech firms 2 weeks ago:
Since I don’t really care about him, I asked everyone’s favorite friend (AI) what he has to do with tech, but to respond as a sarcastic Redditor. This is what it told me:
Tech? Oh, now he’s deep in it—can’t escape the guy even if you wanted to.
Back in 2021, Harry jumped straight into Silicon Valley corporate culture by becoming the “Chief Impact Officer” at BetterUp, a $1 billion startup that does executive coaching and mental health support [^1][^11][^12][^13]. Yeah, that’s a real job title. No, I don’t know what it means either [^4].
Since then, he’s been using his platform to scream about AI, disinformation, and big tech’s evil grip on society. He’s signed open letters calling for a ban on “AI superintelligence” alongside Steve Wozniak, Richard Branson, and—somehow—Steve Bannon [^3][^5][^7][^8][^14]. Bro’s got range.
He’s also called out Meta for rolling back fact-checking [^6], spoken at privacy summits about the “harrowing” damage social media does to kids [^9][^10], and linked online disinformation to real-world violence during a digital responsibility summit in Colombia [^2].
So yeah, he’s not just living off Netflix deals and Oprah specials—he’s full-on tech activist now. Whether any of it actually does anything? That’s another story.
[^1]: Prince Harry Takes A Job As ‘Chief Impact Officer’ For Silicon Valley … (15%) [^2]: Prince Harry hits out at spread of disinformation via AI… | The Guardian (14%) [^3]: Prince Harry, Meghan join hundreds urging AI… | Daily Sabah (9%) [^4]: Prince Harry Enters Corporate America—Joining Silicon Valley… (9%) [^5]: Prince Harry, Meghan Markle join with Steve Bannon and… | Fortune (8%) [^6]: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle call for Meta to reverse its… | Fortune (7%) [^7]: Prince Harry, Richard Branson, Steve Bannon, and ‘AI… | Fortune (7%) [^8]: Harry and Meghan join AI pioneers in call for ban on superintelligent … (7%) [^9]: ‘About bloody time’: Prince Harry welcomes lawsuits against tech firms … (7%) [^10]: Prince Harry Welcomes Lawsuits Against Major Tech Firms (4%) [^11]: Prince Harry joins $1bn Silicon Valley startup as senior executive (4%) [^12]: Prince Harry joins Silicon Valley start-up - CBS News (4%) [^13]: Prince Harry Is Taking on a New Job Title: Chief Impact Officer … - WSJ (3%) [^14]: Harry, Meghan join hundreds to call for AI superintelligence ban (2%)
No, I’m not going to fact check that. I don’t care enough. It seems he at least is somewhat relevant though if only as an activist.
- Comment on SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say 2 weeks ago:
The only way he’s raising the market cap is by selling the company. Their market share is decreasing rapidly due to him.
- Comment on SpaceX confidentially files to go public at $1.75tn, reports say 2 weeks ago:
Depending on your investments, the interest and dividends off a few million dollars should be able to sustain someone entirely on its own while still growing in value over time.
You don’t need to be a billionaire for that. It feels like the tax brackets need to go up to 100% after around a million or so in income.
- Comment on Iran Threatens to Attack U.S. Tech Companies Starting April 1 - Iran says it will target Apple, Google, and Microsoft, among others 2 weeks ago:
So these companies are planning to implement WFH policies now, right?
- Comment on Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says 3 weeks ago:
This is exactly what I was thinking. They aren’t programmed to follow the user’s instructions to begin with. Why is it a surprise when they deviate from them?
It’s a fundamental misunderstanding of the ML that goes into these LLMs. They are prediction machines. They might have “specialist” submodels or whatever that are better at predicting specific areas, but that’s about it.
- Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field 3 weeks ago:
Don’t worry. I’ll sanitize his statement:
That god damn required age bullshit’s going to fuck up Arch and every other distro worth a damn.
Hope I was helpful!
- Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field 3 weeks ago:
So is this enough for you then?
- Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field 3 weeks ago:
If entire distros default to 1/1/1970 then it might not be super helpful.
Might be interesting to see if some anti-tracking distros outside of these jurisdictions are interested in doing something like that.
- Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field 3 weeks ago:
What’s wrong with the title? It’s the article title.
Also, Beehaw has no downvotes, so you can downvote all you want on your instance if it makes you feel better, but it won’t federate the downvote.
- Comment on Age checks creep into Linux as systemd gets a DOB field 3 weeks ago:
Don’t worry. This will all get reverted real quick once it makes its way into a user prompt for headless installations. Imagine needing to pass a DOB in through stdin somehow every time you
docker run ubuntulol. - Comment on Google Just Patented The End Of Your Website 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like Google decided to take dead internet theory into their own hands.
- Comment on Windows 11 is finally getting a movable taskbar 4 weeks ago:
Windows 11 is getting a few nice changes. The problem is I’m on Linux now. I’m not going back unless it becomes better than Linux by enough to make me bother switching again.
- Comment on Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of March 15th 4 weeks ago:
Well, to no surprise, Slay the Spire 2. Still in early access, and still an amazing game. The balance is a bit all over the place, but that’s expected with it in EA. Compared to the first game, it’s a direct improvement (save for the balance). The new characters are a lot of fun to play and bring new, interesting mechanics to the game. Heck, Defect has some new content as well, including a status build of all things.
Otherwise, modded Terraria on a server I’m hosting with some friends. The new update is really good, but even 1.4.4 (which tModLoader is still on) has some awesome mods. Honestly, I’m excited for when tModLoader releases for the new update, though I know that will take some time.
- Comment on Brain Implants Let Paralyzed People Type Nearly as Fast as Smartphone Users 4 weeks ago:
As someone with fat fingers and autocorrect disabled, I wish I had 22 wpm with high accuracy.
And before you suggest autocorrect, I use a lot of acronyms and jargon that autocorrect often fails at. It gets annoying enough that I’d rather just type stuff out myself.
- Comment on Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it' 4 weeks ago:
I was referring to Reddit, not YouTube.
I use FreeTube all the time. If you are picky about what you watch, then there’s a lot of great creators on there.
YouTube is not a forum. YouTube shorts has the same issues though.
- Comment on Jeff Kaplan is sick of hearing you demonize games you weren't going to play anyway: 'Shut the f**k up. No one cares. We don't need to hear that you weren't into it' 4 weeks ago:
“There are certain forums or Reddits or whatever where it’s just like, yeah, that one’s on ignore from now on. They’re not actually productive in any way,” Kaplan said. “It’s just who can get the most points by being outraged. I’m bored with it.”
Well there’s your problem. You’re being ragebated by bots, trolls, shills, basement dwellers (the ones who don’t shower - the ones who shower are fine), and the perpetually online.
Consider doing yourself a favor by never exposing yourself to the shit that comes out of that anus.
- Comment on NVIDIA reveals DLSS 5 powered by Neural Rendering, launches this fall 4 weeks ago:
Ok, first, copying and pasting a paragraph to quote from this website fucking sucks. I know it’s a site that gets cited a lot, so I feel terrible for all the people out there who have to deal with that.
NVIDIA says developers can fine-tune the result with controls for intensity and color grading, allowing artists to adjust blending, contrast, saturation, and gamma to match a game’s visual style. so specific objects or image regions can be excluded from enhancement when developers want to preserve the original look or avoid changes in selected areas.
They seem to at least be giving devs the ability to tune the output to their specific creative style. At least they’re addressing that, otherwise this would make no sense whatsoever because the output looks nothing like the input.
On that note, as long as I can turn it off, I really couldn’t care less about this. I’ll be leaving it off. Even better if my GPU just doesn’t support this I guess.
My biggest concern is if game devs are going to get lazier and start requiring this for their games to be playable. That’s basically what happened with framegen.