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Zachariah

@ Zachariah @lemmy.world

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It’s like reddit, but I don’t have to feel icky. given up looking for replacementsr/anarchydndr/apolloappr/Condutionr/robotechr/OSUOnlineCSr/vintageobscurar/ZeroCovidCommunitv

  • Nothing cheers me up like a cup of rule

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  • ǝıp oʇ ʇuɐʍ ı

  • Trump, 79, Claims It’s ‘Illegal’ for Late-Night Host to Mock Him

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  • Ireland plans to make a $1,500 a month basic income for artists permanent

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  • If you do it, then no.If an Irish artist does it, then yes.

  • Druidic Memorial

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  • So you’re saying DNS is Loss.

  • They did the MASH

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  • I am reading it as scenes from an episode of this show:

  • Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats

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  • Well, I’m the family IT person, and I’ll never recommend Belkin ever again. I’m asked throughout the year on tech buying decisions. There are plenty of other options out there.

  • Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”

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  • yeah no for sure

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

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  • The push:excitement ratio was different for the early internet than for ai.

    Using those sources would verify the Google summary. For me, it is an unnecessary step. I can just go read the sources directly and skip the summary since I’ll need to read them anyway to verify the summary.

  • Don't try to stop me

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  • I’ll take the easy way out and contrast them instead.

  • Google pulls the plug on first and second gen Nest Thermostats

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  • I did, too. It was actively developed until those shitheads bought Nest. Then the only “upgrade” was to add clicking noises when changing the temperature that don’t respect the OS keyboard clicks setting.

    Just think how much bandwidth and computing and human resources they’re saving money on. Oh, wait, it’s hardly anything to change the temperature and they’re a billion dollar company. But how will they sell more if they don’t fuck over the early adopters?

    Belkin is pulling the same stunt with their Wemo switches and plugs.

    We understand this is a letdown, especially if you’ve relied on Wemo in your daily routine. Reliability and trust have always been central to Belkin, and we recognize that this transition may not reflect the experience you’ve come to expect from us. We are genuinely sorry for the disruption.

    Bullshit! If you cared you’d support your enthusiast customers. Again, we’re talking about very little resources and a very large company. Just leave these lies out of your announcement email.

    If they were genuinely sorry but still committed to pulling the plugs on the backend, they would ad least do this:

    When these companies want to cease updates and shutdown their servers, they should be required to:

    1. Provide a path to install open source or third party firmware
    2. Fully document the communication with the the device requires to function
    3. Allow pointing the device at an open source or third party server

  • 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 wouldn’t be pushed on us

    The Internet was pushed on everyone.

    Sure companies were excited to promote it, but it was primarily adopted because of a very large amount of people being excited about it.

    how can it be trusted without human verification

    You use Google despite no human verification. Yahoo used to function based on human curated lists.

    I use DuckDuckGo to find sources, not answers. I won’t use them again if they’re trash. They’re accountable for their content.

    Human curated lists are still very helpful. In a sense, that was the value of Reddit.

    environmental impact

    I did the math and posted it on Lemmy.

    I’ll take your word for it.

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

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  • My top reasons I have no interest in ai:

    • if it was great, it wouldn’t be pushed on us (like 3D TVs were)
    • there is no accountability, so how can it be trusted without human verification which then means ai wasn’t needed
    • environmental impact
    • privacy/security degradation

  • Hard Ass Bikers

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  • Merry Samhain, Happy Halloween...

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  • Removed

    Rant on technology

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  • Just finished my latest oak ship model, the big D is big!

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  • Alexa explodes after Canadian replies to query with, “Oh, yeah, no, for sure.”

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  • Democratic contender for Congress indicted over Chicago ICE protests - Progressive Palestinian American candidate Kat Abughazaleh, 26, decries ‘gross attempt at silencing dissent’

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  • Trump will approve of her being in the government if she’s a criminal, right?

  • Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise

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  • I was delighted recently to discover kde has swag and bought some for me and for presents. Every open source group should have a store.