derbis

@derbis@beehaw.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hollywood stars and geeks unite to billionaire-proof social media⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Technically speaking, what’s the relationship between the “AT protocol” and the rest of the fediverse, like mastodon and Lemmy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Generative A.I. a Parasitic Cancer⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Anybody with a tldw or should I get an AI summary?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Albania declares one-year TikTok ban over stabbing⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m sure Amogus and Doom 2 had something to do with it also

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google seeks to undo Epic Games antitrust win over app store⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  This would be so much more of a clear cut case if Apple hadn’t won in Epic’s suit against them for the same reason. That was a bad call, and now with that inconsistency, Google’s argument holds some water.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Multilingual, open source and a 'distinctly European perspective': Germany's Fraunhofer Institute's OpenGPT-X research project releases large language model⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is fraunhofer the group that used to / still do sue other organizations over video codec use? I assumed it was a company but apparently not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Did they say why?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Slop Is Flooding Medium⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How well does the “AI detection startup’s” product work? This is a big unsolved problem but I’d be hecka skeptical.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chatbot that caused teen’s suicide is now more dangerous for kids, lawsuit says⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That will show that pesky receptionist

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We can now watch Grace Hopper’s famed 1982 lecture on YouTube⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait did they do one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't hate Body Type replacing Gender, I hate laziness⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That would be a fun can of worms

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I don't hate Body Type replacing Gender, I hate laziness⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What if you found a portal to a parallel universe? What if you could slide into a thousand different worlds where it’s the same year, and you’re the same person but everything else is different? And what if you can’t find your way home?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models replicate the mechanisms of a psychic’s con⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There is no reason to believe that it thinks or reasons—indeed, every AI researcher and vendor to date has repeatedly emphasised that these models don’t think.

  Geoffrey Hinton, for one

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's your favourite and/or least favourite gaming hardware?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Love the switch. The only reason I’m still a console gamer at all.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Brain time of young Europeans is not a currency for social media": TikTok commits to permanently withdraw TikTok Lite Rewards programme from the EU to comply with the Digital Services Act⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What was this program?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EU Citizen's initiative to pass legislation to stop game publishers disabling games we paid for⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Good question. Presumably games like this will have a server that is proprietary, and the compulsion may simply be to make the server source or executables available

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man THIS is what the Internet was all about

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is Firefox supposed to do?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ditto

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No, generative ai is a blanket term that covers them both. Lots of people are both forcefully opinionated about this topic, and clueless. Like the person you’re responding to

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’: Carissa Véliz, expert in ethics applied to technology, advocates for a system of digital anonymity⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I am… very interested in the particulars of this zero knowledge system.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If you want to have a good party, ask your friends not to take photos’: Carissa Véliz, expert in ethics applied to technology, advocates for a system of digital anonymity⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of people don’t seem to “get” digital privacy and this is really well articulated. Will be sharing when it comes up

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨98% compatibility⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eyyyyy (╭☞´ิ∀´ิ)╭☞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Palestinians living abroad have accused Microsoft of closing their email accounts without warning - cutting them off from crucial online services⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How well does spam filtering work for you?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple Vision Pro U.S. Sales Are All But Dead, Market Analysts Say⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I happened to be in the apple temple to supplicate the priests there for an exorcism for one of my other infernal contraptions. I saw the vision pro sitting around while he did his incantations so I thought I’d check it out and it turns out they won’t let you without an appointment. It’s like they don’t want to sell these

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨98% compatibility⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Eh they’ll find something else to whine about

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Vivaldi: "Many have tagged us in discussions about a specif…" - Vivaldi Social⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose there might be features I’m missing from meets/Hangouts but I’ve used the services regularly and not had any trouble.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I asked what your fave controllers are, now. What is the worst controller you have used?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man this thread is making me mad so I’mma head out

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can disable so-called essential components and I believe it ships without almost any of the bloat. So essentially you could just take one drive out. Or at least that’s my hope

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s ltsc an option for 11 like it was for 10?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s funny but I think Son is easily the dumbest billionaire. He’s also the bag-holder for the whole WeWork grift.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facial recognition startup Clearview AI settles privacy suit in the U.S. by giving plaintiffs a share of the company’s potential value, rather than a traditional payout, over lack of liqudity⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  More like, “they will be offered part of the proceeds of any further watches we steal.”

  I don’t know if I’m personally part of the class, but if I am, as relief I would want an injunction for them to fucking leave me alone, not shares in their operation.