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Quicky , 8 months ago to technology in Windows CE, Microsoft’s stunted middle child, reaches end of support at 26 years

Loved my Windows Phones, I had three of them, and even released an app. I thought the app support, from a technical standpoint, was really good insofar as I could release the same app and have it run perfectly on phones, tablets and desktops. The issue I had with Windows Phones was how they just got steadily worse instead of better. They lost their uniqueness and became closer to Android clones with each iteration, and it was clear Microsoft weren’t fully behind the platform long before the app developers began to leave. Real shame.

Quicky , 9 months ago to technology in OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity

The next time I make the same joke?

I reckon I’ll just keep it to myself instead. I already feel ridiculous for having to explain it. Lemmy is harder than real life.

Quicky , 9 months ago to technology in OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity

Whoosh

Quicky , 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago) to technology in OpenAI’s new AI image generator pushes the limits in detail and prompt fidelity

Was the prompt “Woman from China”?

Edit: I feel like the nuance of this joke may have been lost on some. Whether or not I read the article is irrelevant, since this was not a genuine question, rather a play on words of the double meaning of “china” as in “A woman from (the country) China” and “A woman (emerging) from china (porcelain)”.

I’ll get my coat.

Quicky , 10 months ago to asklemmy in In your opinion, how do you think lemmy is measuring up so far as a Reddit alternative?

Nice try officer

Quicky OP , 10 months ago to casualuk in Another reason to avoid Ponty

My apologies

Quicky , 10 months ago to fediverse in What do you think some of the fediverse's primary stumbling blocks are?

Onboarding. The fact that you have to choose an instance to join while creating an account is essentially forcing people to make a decision for which, unless they’ve done some reading, they’ll have no idea of the implications. It’s such a weird concept for new users - they have to know about a thing before they’ve had experience with a thing.

Even if it doesn’t really matter which instance you begin with, the experience will be different, and there’s a sense of “pressure” at the point of signup, which doesn’t exist outside of the Fediverse.

Quicky , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to technology in How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move

The article is about transitioning from Instagram to Pixelfed, i.e. it’s targeting people who already use Instagram. If an individual is an Instagram user already, then privacy clearly isn’t a consideration for them, and if it was, there are countless articles already regarding Meta’s approach to their data that don’t need to be recycled here.

If your concern is your data, then yes, don’t trust anyone but yourself. As has been said, there’s alternatives for that, including self-hosting.

Pixelfed’s advantages aren’t limited to potential privacy features though, which I agree would have been excellent items to raise in the article, such as a focus on photos and a complete lack of any algorithm forcing tailored content at you. But this is a how-to article, not a feature comparison. I’m sure we’ll see a prevalence of those in the future but it’s still early doors. I would argue that it literally does imply that Pixelfed is more privacy focused though - it’s right there in the title.

Quicky , 10 months ago to risa in Son of Ken, House of Dream

Kilngon

Quicky , 10 months ago to technology in Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK

The UK is like that - GDPR was adopted by the UK as well as the EU - but yeah, it’s not privacy related regulation that’s the issue here.