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  • Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble

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  • Bubble is an econ term. Whether there is an AI bubble has a rather tenuous connection to the future of AI. Not much of a connection between the housing bubble and the future of housing either.

  • Controversial ‘ICE List’ features photos and names of 100 immigration agents

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  • In EU law, data protection is understood to be a fundamental right. From that viewpoint, saying that GDPR only protects Europeans makes as much sense as saying that laws against murder only protect Europeans.

  • Everyday AI looks more like the '08 housing bubble

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  • If Lemmy is supposed to be the place where the most tech savvy people in the interest congregate

    Says who? Mostly feels more like sales than R&D here. Which kinda fits with these pitches.

  • Controversial ‘ICE List’ features photos and names of 100 immigration agents

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  • Surprising to me that he is based in the Netherlands. In Germany, this project would likely be criminal.

    He still might get into trouble over GDPR. He's obviously counting on the exemption for journalism, but I am not sure if that works.

  • Kaum Abweichler: Mehrheit der EU-Staaten ist für Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder

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  • Abstruse Fantasien …

    Man kann ja ohne weiteres Unfallstatistiken nachschlagen, ob sich irgendwas tut wegen Handys. Nix is.

    Und wenn das ein Problem wäre, dann wäre die rationale Antwort ein Handyverbot für Fußgänger, so wie es das für Autofahrer gibt. Wenn jemand vorgeschlagen hätte, Social Media für Führerscheininhaber zu verbieten, dann würde man die Person nie wieder ernst nehmen. Solche indirekten Effekte, ohne irgendwelche Belege herbeizufantasieren, ist kein rationales Argument. Das ist doch Covidleugner-Niveau.

  • Kaum Abweichler: Mehrheit der EU-Staaten ist für Social-Media-Verbot für Kinder

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  • Tja. Wenn ich die Kommentare hier sehe, dann ist klar, dass die Chatkontrolle kommt. Und zwar mächtiger und allumfassender als wir uns das heute vorstellen.

    Bedenkt, wie Gesetze funktionieren. Beleidigung ist strafbar und das heißt dann eben, dass bei jemand der "1 Pimmel" schreibt, die Polizei einläuft. Das ist so gar nicht, wie wenn eine Familie sich zusammensetzt und beschließt netter zueinander zu sein.

  • i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too

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  • I don't think most people even consume 1.25kg of food in total per day. It seems implausible that one would have to supplement with a substantial quantity of 0 calorie greens just to get enough of a common and essential mineral. Which makes me think that the K content is average at best and rather less than common food stuffs.

  • i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too

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  • What's the definition of "good source" employed here?

  • Threadiverse... on ATProto?!

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  • I agree with everything. The thing is, I've been thinking about the psychology behind this lately.

    When Fedi-Fans complain about Bluesky, it is usually based on the misunderstanding that it also is instance based. It really doesn't seem to occur to many that things might be done differently. But I think it may go a little deeper.

    A common complaint is that it's too expensive to run a full relay. People want to self-host it all. They want to feel that they are in control and don't need anyone. It's not particularly rational but people do lots of silly things chasing that feeling. The rational start would be to move somewhere remote and grow your own food. Instead, people buy a pick-up truck or degoogle their phone.

    That architecture also appeals to a more tribal mindset. An instance is "our" place. We just pull up the drawbridge when bad people come and we are safe here in "our" castle.

    I think to some people that is more appealing than the more open design of atproto.

    On Bluesky, there is all this waffle about some people trying to get someone banned. They might find such tribal architecture more appealing.

  • I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time

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  • Mostly Harmless. I didn't like that one. It was somehow bleak and left me worrying that DNA was in a bad place when he wrote it. I'm going to be a heretic and say that I did like how Colfer continued the series.

    In a Discworld novel, an off-hand remark mentions Ponder Stibbons wanting to build a Van-De-Graff-generator by tying cats to a wheel. I wish I could remember which book it was.

  • I will be taking no followup questions. Thank you for your time

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  • Huh. At first, I thought that was about rubbing the kitty with some amber.

    "Thales of Miletus, writing at around 600 BC, noted that rubbing fur on various substances such as amber would cause them to attract specks of dust and other light objects." (Yes, that Thales.) It is still, or again, a popular demonstration, though we use plastic instead of amber. Amber in Ancient Greek is "elektron".

  • Threadiverse... on ATProto?!

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  • I'd argue that the modular design is a more radical approach to decentralization.

  • Threadiverse... on ATProto?!

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  • Yes, but only if you can do without instances. Instances seem to be important to many in the Fediverse.

  • Red Dwarf and Constellation: could we skip the Bridge?

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  • I realize my title has little to do with the post

    I was going to say. Red dwarf is the name of a ship and Constellation is a class of ship. In any case, you can't have a proper ship without a bridge.

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • I expect phones in the EU are going to become a lot more locked down in the next 14 months, like Samsung is already showing. But also think that Google will try its best to make developing for Android easy to get into.

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • This is forced by EU regulations. I doubt Google would have introduced this on its own. If they wanted to do this, then why wait until forced?

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • That's only if the apps distributed are unverified. Mind, the EU already requires app stores to document the identities of devs, but there are loopholes for Small enterprises. In 2027, manufacturers need to document the identities of their suppliers. There are still exceptions for non-profit open source projects, but that's not what Google is. Surely, no one here wants Google to avoid regulations by investing in open source.

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • I'm sure the EU is not the only jurisdiction demanding this sort of thing, but I doubt Singapore has the pull needed to get Google to move.

    Brussels effect. Imagine Google were to still allow unverified apps in the US. Most devs would still opt for verification so as not to lose the EU market. The proportion of malware is probably going to be higher among the few remaining unverified apps. Sooner or later, some US scam victims would sue Google for failing to protect them like it protects Europeans. Hard to refute.

  • Google Confirms Non-ADB APK Installs Will Require Developer Registration

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  • Google is doing this to comply with EU regulations supposed to increase security. Now imagine that Google was pushing back against this instead of complying. As per usual, Lemmy would be up in arms against Google for failing to protect people's data and not complying with our laws and culture. You'd be downvoted to oblivion for asked that question and called a corporate bootlicker.

    I think these rules come from German legal culture, which traditionally has a strong need to control information exchange and processing.