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Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
Fuck AI@lemmy.world•Did they enshitificate web search to boost ai?English
9·3 days agoThe Web became harder to search. Or more accurately, it became harder to return the desired results.
For anything not date-sensitive, add “before:2023” to your query. I’m betting your results will be a lot better.
Asking for forgiveness and repenting seems to be entirely optional, and limited to certain sects anyway.
Most that I know just do shitty things, but it’s ok because Jesus is on their side.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•"Digital Signatures" just ask you to type your name into a box now. Am I right in thinking this almost-completely defeats the purpose of a signature?English
1·5 days agoWouldn’t shorthand (stenography) be a better solution then?
Cursive was very specifically a solution to quill/fountain pens of old, where you needed to reduce the times the pen touched the paper.
Every major social media site has a problem with it. Most report tens of millions of incidents every year, much of it hidden in non-porn areas.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why don't banks have dedicated security rooms?English
2·6 days agoI won’t speak about banks, but many (most?) security guards at businesses aren’t even armed. They are there as a deterrent, but also to witness and document. They are also (usually mildly) trained to defuse a violent situation and get any robbers out the door without bloodshed.
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politics @lemmy.world•US military asks troops for ‘creative and unconventional’ ideas to punish IranEnglish
1·7 days agoCreative and unconventional ideas to punish Iran?
Get the world off of oil. That punishes all petrostates, including Iran.
Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Amazon thought it would be a good idea to not include subtitles in a film made entirely with sign language.English
1·8 days agoThat is Subtitles for the Deaf and Hearing-impaired (SDH). It is not the standard for subtitles in the US and Canada.
Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•How is Google getting away with importing Chinese vehicles?English
5·8 days agoMy understanding is that Chinese EVs aren’t technically banned in the US. Rather, they have (and have long had) extremely steep tariffs, making them non-competitive.
They probably still need to complete things like crash testing and emissions certification. These become a requirement after imports hit a certain number.
My guess is that Google hasn’t imported enough of them to reach that threshold yet.
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politics @lemmy.world•Trump Admin Argues Even Terminally Ill Patients Shouldn't Be Exempt From Medicaid Work Requirements | Common DreamsEnglish
71·11 days agoI don’t think it matters if you’re too sick to work. That’s treating people as existing solely for your own benefit, to be exploited.
What does matter, IMHO, is what your expected timeline is. At one time, HIV could’ve been considered a terminal diagnosis. It couldn’t be treated, it would always advance to AIDS, and eventually that would cause your death. But that was likely to be 10+ years away.
If you’ve got less than a year to live, the government should cover your fucking medical care, no exception. Well, maybe the ultra-rich, but I’m sure they’d find a way around it anyway.
Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•RFK Jr launches new cooking show with sauerkraut-inspired recipesEnglish
331·11 days agoIs this “not the onion” because sauerkraut is actually made of cabbage? /s
In all seriousness, I applaud the move. Sauerkraut and home cooking are both laudable initiatives, and whatever keeps him away from all of his usual bullshit can only be a good thing.
I vividly remember doing this, and that dialog box, and not remembering if it’s the character being a dick or if I did it to myself.
Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
Technology@lemmy.world•California's largest AI data center project suing for access to 287 million gallons of Colorado River water, 0.03% of Imperial Valley’s supply — plaintiffs claim project equivalent to 160-acre farm a…English
15·12 days agoEquivalent usage to a farm, maybe. But it’s not a farm. Part of the challenge and conflict about these water rights is that actual farms have priority leases, lasting around 100 years. Cities can’t negotiate drinking water increases, because the farms have priority.
Data centers (and other industrial projects) are at the back of the line. They’re welcome to build their own pipelines, or truck it in, or build a desalination plant. But that river is already spoken for.
Nollij@sopuli.xyzto
politics @lemmy.world•Fauci takes Fifth Amendment, refuses to answer Senate panel questionsEnglish
9·12 days agoLawyers will almost always advise staying silent. It’s genuinely a right that US citizens have, and one that’s not exercised often enough. Back in February, Les Wexner was testifying to Congress. His lawyer very bluntly told him not to answer any question with more than 5 words.
The real question becomes what does Fauci have to gain or lose by answering these questions. And that’s likely to be “nothing” and “everything”, respectively. He simply has nothing to gain by answering questions. He (and everyone else) does not believe the goal of these questions is to get to the truth. It’s to create a circus, and railroad him into a jail cell.
I wouldn’t take the bait, either.
Obviously it depends on your location, but you can probably just sign up. Around here, you contact the county court system (which is how our juries are administered), give them your contact info, and wait for a case. You’re limited to volunteering once per year, because some retirees would keep doing it just to stay busy.
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Political Memes@lemmy.world•watch them lose their fucking mindsEnglish
211·14 days agoThey’ve already come up with a crackheaded, baseless explanation. They say that it only applies to 2 consecutive terms.
Logic isn’t the play. They will say/do anything that gets them what they want. You can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into in the first place.
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No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•When Stephen Colbert had The Colbert Report did the right ever realize he was doing a parody of them?English
12·15 days agoHe timed his contract expiration to match Letterman’s. He really wanted to take over the Late Show, a move that paid off.
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Technology@lemmy.world•US accuses American of allegedly wiping his phone using a 'duress' password during border searchEnglish
21·17 days agoIf it was evidence, they fucked up BIG TIME if their actions weren’t read-only from the beginning. A distress password would be an attempt at destruction of evidence, but completely unsuccessful.
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Electric Vehicles@slrpnk.net•Anyone Familiar with "Go Sun"? It's a portable solar charger for cars.English
4·18 days agoAny chance of using level 1 charging? That would just require a standard wall outlet. Over 8 hours, it would probably give you about 25 miles of range, depending on the details.
Also, I assume that charger is a level 2. You could probably get 20 miles of range in an hour.
If you’re within spitting distance, you could make up the difference with public charging. Many grocery stores now have DC fast charging, so you could top off on a regular weekly trip.
TBH, I think you’re a much better candidate for a hybrid, or possibly a plug-in hybrid.




Having worked in a call center, I would be surprised if such a thing is even possible.
That said, the call recording software was so bad, less than half of calls were actually recorded anyway. But they tried on all of them.