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Hamartiogonic , to technology in Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported
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Let’s say I need a new microwave oven, and I have two options: a regular dumb box that heats up my food and goes “ding” at the end or a smart device that relies on a mobile app. I have always selected the dumb option, because I just can’t be sure that the app will continue to work after 5 years. What if the company goes bankrupt or simply decides it’s time for me to buy a new microwave? I want to keep on using that machine as long as it works and mobile apps don’t seem to be compatible with that idea.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in There is no such thing as an effective "AI detector", nor will there ever be one.
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I think Bing did a pretty good job at coming up with name suggestions for some Sims characters. Playing with a virtual doll house is in the more harmless end of the spectrum, but obviously people want to try LLMs with all sorts of tasks, where the stakes are much higher and consequences could be severe.

The more you use it, the more you’ll begin to understand how much you can or cannot trust an LLM. A sensible person would become more suspicious of the results, but people don’t always make sensible decisions.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships?
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Very often the author wants to say something in order to attract more clicks, but they know they can’t get away with it without being called out or sued. That’s when question headlines come in, because this way they always leave the back door open. It’s very rare for the question to be there for any other reason.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
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Many years ago I tried that, and found out that privacy is possible, but the cost is incredibly high.

By using pi-hole I was able to find out if my mobile phone was communicating with Google. As long as I had GAPPS on LineageOS, there was plenty of traffic. When I removed GAPPS, the traffic went quiet, but my phone became severely crippled.

Sure, I still had some smart apps on my smartphone, but I was also cut off from my bank, so basically living without money in todays society. Not really a viable option. Also, updating apps from fdroid was incredibly inconvenient, but I hope that issue has been fixed now.

Hamartiogonic , to showerthoughts in I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course)
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Since I didn’t subscribe to any communities that are clearly all about politics, I haven’t really noticed many political views in my feed. Just like with Reddit, I’m here mostly for the science and technology.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work
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I’ve seen an electronics assembly line where some board testers were made for various operating systems such as DOS, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, W98, W2000 and XP. Yes, they still had examples of each of these in production use. Due to security concerns, they just had to make a dedicated isolated network that allowed the testers to still save the results somewhere.

Some tester hardware required the LPT port, and they had some issues finding computers that still had one. Sure, you can use a USB adapter, but some testers just didn’t work correctly when the signal had to go through an adapter, so they literally had no choice but to use an authentic ancient computer built in the LPT era.

When you open that door, you may also need to use one of those ancient 1GB hard disks because the motherboard didn’t have any SATA ports. If a computer like that has any issues at all with any hardware parts, you’re usually in big trouble because finding replacement parts is not as easy as it once was. Eventually you have to ask yourself, how much does it cost to rebuild the entire production line out of modern parts and how much does it cost to kick the can down the road.

Hamartiogonic , to youshouldknow in YSK you can play the original lemmings on PC at HTML5 Lemmings 🕹️ Play on CrazyGames
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Because of that early shockumentary, the idea of lemmings jumping off the ledge is now permanently lodged into the hive mind of humanity. So much so, that there are several games about it. The ramifications will probably continue to ripple through society in the coming decades.

Hamartiogonic , (edited ) to technology in No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators
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Which one is better for the IPO: listening to the community or listening to the money. Reddit are absolutely going to milk every dollar they can from this abusive relationship they have with mods and users.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work
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Oh they decided to emulated it then. Pretty neat. If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it. If you can kick the can down the road, go for it. Why do anything today that can also be ignored tomorrow.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Here’s why the best IMAX movies still need a Palm Pilot to work
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Because nobody bothered to write the same software for more modern hardware. As long as it works, there’s no urgent need to upgrade. Eventually, it’s going to become hard to find hardware that can still run your ancient software, so at that point they’ll probably replace the whole things with a raspberry pi or something.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Top Extensions to Make YouTube Bearable
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Thanks for the tip! Using dearrow has been great so far. I wish I could use it on my iPad too, but I guess now there’s another reason to use my laptop more.

Hamartiogonic , (edited ) to technology in ChatGPT can now remember who you are and what you want
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Remember to wear a three hole balaclava and black leather gloves. It’s the only way to be sure.

Hamartiogonic , to technology in Google raising price of YouTube Premium to $13.99 per month
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Oh well, too late to join now. Thought about that subscription in the past, but now it’s clearly out of the question.

Hamartiogonic , to showerthoughts in People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays
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Hey Spez, can you throw some more subreddits into the dumpster fire. The temperature is almost right for popping some popcorn.

Hamartiogonic , to showerthoughts in People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays
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Injecting stuff into the data consumed by LLMs is the new type of SEO.

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