limer
@limer@lemmy.ml
Long term computer programmer, making my own library. American based. Far left politically. Politics centered around promoting use of paper ballots. Follows news about environmental collapse, political corruption in my country, human rights, science and tech. Earlier
- Comment on hows keto working out for you 18 hours ago:
This was me, is me. I had to start a no grain diet to get my blood sugar down. Between that and exercise I have avoided, so far, having to take meds for diabetes.
I am diabetic, but my average blood sugar is in the normal range without medication. If I eat wrong or get laz, I have problems
- Comment on What possible evolutionary advantage is offered by my ears suddenly sprouting tons of hair? 1 week ago:
Older people need warmth and avoiding ants crawling into ears?
- Comment on On Shutdown, Democrats Turn to Simple Strategy: Do Something | They want to show their willingness to fight, even if the battle ends in defeat. 2 weeks ago:
Yes, they should. But I fear they will do a token sand throwing. If they have a bucket of sand, will use a tablespoon. Enough for a sound bite.
Maybe after consideration a pinch more.
I will be delighted if I am wrong . But they are not in the proper headspace to be a proper opposition party. Should the democrats loose next year I think some will learn. However I think they will secure majority in congress next year
- Comment on On Shutdown, Democrats Turn to Simple Strategy: Do Something | They want to show their willingness to fight, even if the battle ends in defeat. 2 weeks ago:
I hate to say this , but
(Future) Narrator: they did not do all they could, and made agreements that disappointed their base. “We have succeeded in keeping the government open.”
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 2 weeks ago:
If you look at the Chinese press and social media no sale is expected.
Trump has a history of announcing sales without agreement. He did it before he was president.
Also at this point he had lied and broken promises so much the Chinese cannot rely on agreements, they can only try to not engage in non constructive ways.
People should not listen to Trump
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 2 weeks ago:
I think China and ByteDance are silent to not aggravate the situation, and I see no incentive to sell. Most likely TicToc will quietly cooperate with the American government more, or the service will be banned
- Comment on Trump says TikTok should be tweaked to become “100% MAGA” 2 weeks ago:
Why does anyone think this is true or will happen? Did ByteDance or the Chinese government say anything?
- Comment on Mozilla Welcomes Raffi Krikorian as Chief Technology Officer | The Mozilla Blog 3 weeks ago:
Just because he worked for bad organizations does not make him a bad cto. But if he was chosen from better candidates because of that, then yes.
- Comment on I'm very happy for her. In youth tightness can be a problem 3 weeks ago:
I googled monitors and the AI summary said something else.
Apparently the curved screens were a temporary fashion statement. But they fell out of fashion during world war 2 due to excess materials used in the design
- Comment on I'm very happy for her. In youth tightness can be a problem 3 weeks ago:
“Accident”
- Comment on The Internet Will Be More Dead Than Alive Within 3 Years, Trend Shows 5 weeks ago:
I think it’s in those corners ignored by the big companies that true innovation will be seen.
That innovation will replace them later
- Comment on Scientific unprogress... 5 weeks ago:
Went tits up
- Comment on The planet still belongs to the dinosaurs. 5 weeks ago:
The parrot I asked insists she is still existing
- Comment on No, Google did not warn 2.5 billion Gmail users to reset passwords 1 month ago:
For anyone concerned about this; please login, using your google credentials, to your nearest scam website
- Comment on The sheer amount of websites that are completely unusable without JavaScript 1 month ago:
I think the best web page is a photo with a page of paper of handwriting : several photos if one has a lot to say.
Today’s bandwidth and powerful computers can easily handle it
- Comment on 🎶 picture this we we're both butt naked banging on the bathroom door 🎶 1 month ago:
I git laid a month after I flipped through the first chapter of an introduction.
Coincidence? I think not
- Comment on 🤡 We've all been played for fools. 🤡 1 month ago:
Well, what a surprise. For the first time I feel smug about not having a phd, much education or common sense
- Comment on Bill and Melinda French Gates and Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth 2 months ago:
Soon to be a few trillionaires and a thousand billionaires
- Comment on Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice? 2 months ago:
I used the word 50 years ago in a conversation once; I own it
- Comment on UK households could face VPN 'ban' after use skyrockets following Online Safety Bill 2 months ago:
It’s like watching an online version of Brexit, without the referendum
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 months ago:
Users are funneled towards actions exploited by both politics and greed. Many have no choice.
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 months ago:
I design systems similar to this; in my mindset the competency and privacy are the same.
There is simply no way anyone competent or knowledgeable would have made this series of mistakes in good faith. And it’s very hard for someone not knowledgeable about the tech to understand the magnitude.
It’s rather like designing and selling car with bad breaks, and your car gets into an accident which could have been avoided had the breaks worked. But nobody could test the breaks fully?
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 months ago:
Indeed, how can anyone know?
I think failures like this will be readily apparent, within months after launch, to technically minded people only. But only if people have summaries in their news feeds or know how to research the opinions of others…
Perhaps non technical people should wait at least a year or two of before trying a new service? By then the worst of them will have crashed or be found out.
This will not be the last time it happens. With llm coding, I think there will be dozens similar to this in a few years
- Comment on A Second Tea Breach Reveals Users’ DMs About Abortions and Cheating 2 months ago:
It is too bad all these people trusted a bad company which cared little about them or their privacy.
- Comment on sharks are older than polaris 2 months ago:
Rumors to this day state it pulses to a Gregorian chant
- Comment on Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier says criminal “geoengineering and weather modification activities" could have played a role in recent Texas floods 2 months ago:
Listen to the wise politicians:
Woke weather agitators will send our glorious nation to heck.
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