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Javi

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  • YouTube secretly tested AI video enhancement without notifying creators

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  • If you give a letter to a postman, and the recipient asks why you put "P.S: I love you" on an official piece of documentation, your first thought wouldn't be "that damn postman, opening my mail to try and enhance it".

    The same is true for YouTube. People have been uploading videos for decades with them ending up on the platform the way they are uploaded, so it stands to reason that longtime users would expect this behaviour to continue, especially if there have been no Comms around any changes.

    Of course Google isn't to be trusted, and anyone trusting YouTube to be ethical clearly isn't paying attention to anything. But that doesn't change the fact that youtube have intentionally hidden this change from their user base. Sure, the result was public facing, but the cause was kept secret; and that's the nuance you're overlooking.

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  • Hopefully this means we see an influx of development for Linux based mobile OS'.

    I realise that's a very pie in the sky dream to have. But damn it, I just want a native Firefox browser on UT.

  • Data centers are drying up the Port of Marseille: ‘They consume enormous amounts of electricity’

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  • Is It Just Me?

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  • Ah so you think datacenters aren't metered. What an interesting existence you live in.

    P.s: it's Krueger. Not kruger

  • Is It Just Me?

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  • Why do you think payment processors are restricting their policy to exclude pornographic content?

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  • Freedom advocate my arse.

    "Choose from A or B, do not form an opinion"

  • Is It Just Me?

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  • Hiding datacenter energy use is much harder than anything else

    What? Humanity has been able to measure electricity usage since the 19th century. Why do you think we couldn't do it with tech based usage?

    If I understand correctly, you are saying we can both confirm LLM datacenters are using green energy, despite there being no evidence of new green energy sources, and that we're unable to track what energy they use, despite humanities relatively long history of measuring electric usage.

  • Why do you think payment processors are restricting their policy to exclude pornographic content?

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  • why do you think I give a shit if the democrats have support? I can point to fascism from the current gov without supporting the limp dicked opposition. Stop treating politics like a sports event, it's embarrassing.

  • Is It Just Me?

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  • facts tend to be unconvincing when you consider fantasies like "LLMs are being powered by green energy" a reality.

  • Is It Just Me?

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  • Why do you think payment processors are restricting their policy to exclude pornographic content?

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  • The conservatives introduced the online safety act. Labour enforced it, but labour haven't been a progressive party in the UK for decades.

    "Increasingly far left government", tell me you know absolutely nothing about the subject, without saying you know absolutely nothing about the subject.

  • Why do you think payment processors are restricting their policy to exclude pornographic content?

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  • Singles are in your area!

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  • I wholeheartedly refute the assertion this comic makes that the word 'lock' is onomatopoeic.

  • VPN company Mullvad reminds users it will no longer use OpenVPN

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  • Damn you sir, you didn't need to call me out with that last paragraph.

    No, I know it wasn't my shoe, but look at how well it fits!

  • What if Australia were Ukraine? Trump and Putin prove our strategy to trust the US is a roll of the dice

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  • Oh agreed,

    We could roll a d20 with only 20 being the passing mark, everything else fails; which gives a 5% success chance... and that still seems optimistic when describing a relationship with America.

    Basically, Aus, Canada, UK and every other American "allied" nation should have a magic 8 ball that only returns with "yeah you're fucked" when asked anything about the relationship with America, it's not a question of if, it's a question of when.

  • Change your profile to Clippy (call to action)

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  • Activism like this isn't for people on Lemmy, who have already been exposed to the likes of decentralisation, open source Vs closed source etc.. its predominantly for those that still think brand name = quality.

    I don't use social media these days, but i do have inactive accounts; I'm considering logging in and changing the pictures to clippy. It may have absolutely no effect, or it may be the 16th clippy PFP that someone sees, which may then prompt them to ask why everyone is changing their photo to clippy.

    So whilst it won't change anything in a large way, it can act as the catalyst for those who are still unaware to try and educate themselves on the subject, and hopefully lead to them leaving Microsoft products altogether like you've alluded to.

    For example; I'm already not using any Microsoft products, so continuing to not use their products is less impactful than by changing my mainstream photos to clippy, even if it has no effect.

    We can try to tell people about the evils of microsoft until we're blue in the face... But if they "research" it themselves, it's far more likely to stick.

  • FFmpeg moves to Forgejo

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  • Oh I see what you're talking about. I thought you meant the link to fffmpegs forgejo site rather than the crosspost link.

    Maybe it's just the app I'm using, but sync was able to redirect me to the Open source community that this was originally posted to. (It's hosted on lemmy.ml, but the poster is from Lemmy.zip, which is why the post link is Lemmy.zip).

    When I open via browser though, I see the OSA block that you're referring too... An interesting difference for sure. But I suppose if all posts from lemmy.zip were blocked, we wouldn't be seeing this one either, so I'm guessing it's just post shares that won't work?

  • What if Australia were Ukraine? Trump and Putin prove our strategy to trust the US is a roll of the dice

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  • Most GMs just use a coin, but D2 dice do exist.

  • FFmpeg moves to Forgejo

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  • You sure that the issue is geographical? I'm in the UK and was able to access the site without using a VPN or anything like that.