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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Marin Lombard is reborn as a value-packed e-gravel bike that "laughs at terrain changes" | BikeRadar

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  • Oof $4300 USD. Though I suppose if you're replacing a car (which it looks like you could do with this one) it's justifiable.

  • Automated dishwasher state

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  • Ah I missed that. That's great! I should look into it.

  • /r/RedditAlternatives - "I like the idea of the fediverse but it's never gonna get popular."

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  • Happy to see that it's getting downvoted.

  • I feel like the AI bubble has began bursting

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  • "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent"

  • Automated dishwasher state

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  • So the automation is triggered if the power draw is above a certain amount? I assume there is a smart plug? Or is it a dishwasher with Wifi? Forgive me still learning how these things work.

  • 'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web

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  • Yeah exactly, well said. I think for a lot of people the advent of paywalls felt like taking away a free thing, instead of a return to the norm. Personally when it comes to journalism I prefer a paywall to advertiser-supported.

  • 'The Truth Is Paywalled.' Internet Vets Lament the State of the 'Open' Web

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  • The argument that paywalls somehow ruin the open parts of the Web always fell flat for me. It is trivial to contribute to the Web for free if one wishes. Nobody is forced to paywall their content.

  • /r/RedditAlternatives post - "A good alternative to Reddit? "

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  • Yeah, nine times out of ten someone who wants "free speech" on the web means they want to force others to listen.

  • /r/RedditAlternatives post - "A good alternative to Reddit? "

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  • The nice thing about Fedi is that slur-loving people can have their space that allows slurs, but people who don't want slurs can de-federate.

  • If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7

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  • It doesn't really improve productivity much for me. And if you take into account the emails I receive from coworkers written with copilot then I'm actually doing more work to decipher what they are trying to say.

  • Reitti v2.0.0: Introducing Memories – Transforming Your Location Data into Personal Stories

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  • Looks great, can old Google location data be imported?

  • CBS News just gutted its climate team

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  • John Oliver did a deep dive into her recently. It's not good. She brands herself as a moderate but is essentially in lockstep with most MAGA views. The owners of CBS are gutting everything that's left of the storied CBS brand to enrich themselves.

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    Whats up with AI today ?

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  • I'm only seeing information about ChatGPT, Sora, Claude and Gemini... Where is the news about AI?

  • If AI was all it was cracked up to be, it wouldn't be shoved in your face 24/7

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  • It is just advertising. The more I think about it the more I can't think of any practical use for generative AI that doesn't involve essentially spamming everyone.

  • The AI hype

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  • It is lol the dead giveaway is there's no watermark or artist credit

    EDIT: Unrelated but a reverse image search turned up this amazing LinkedinLunatic

  • lemmy world is curating my posts

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  • Caitlyn Jenner [Grokipedia] [Archived]

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  • At least Conservapedia goes through the effort of trying to appear legitimate and people-powered. That probably makes the disinformation there more dangerous by having the patina of legitimacy but Grokpedia is just so LAZY.

  • The number of e-bikes with USB-C charging has now doubled – to two

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  • That is a crazy fact. As the article highlights USB-C can do 240W!

  • Patron-Supported Journalism Can’t Be the Future of News

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  • Good read that got me thinking. Donation supported journalism works well for NPR.

    I can imagine an ecosystem in which enough people give their $50/month streaming subscriptions directly to artists and journalists.