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whereisk , 13 days ago to technology in Apple AI vs. Microsoft AI

See how much an exploit for iPhone vs Android will run you in the open market.

Also how fast a discovered security hole will be patched and distributed to the fleet between the two systems.

Most Android phones will never get a patch, some will get it 6 - 12 months later and very few within the month.

Also one is run by an advertising company.

whereisk , 13 days ago to asklemmy in What's the dumbest blockbuster movie you have seen that somehow received high praise?

Black Panther.

It had so much hype in the media, i was so excited to watch it. It turned out to be rather boring and forgettable.

whereisk , 14 days ago to technology in Meta to use Instagram and Facebook posts from as far back as 2007 to train artificial intelligence tools

I hate that the headline is putting it as a foregone conclusion.

Instead of something along the lines of: Will the government allow this massive theft of intellectual property of average Australians?

whereisk , 19 days ago to programmerhumor in AI layoffs

I’ll believe AI can replace engineers when I see NVIDIA firing them. But like the graphic says, the manager’s job seems a lot easier to replace instead.

whereisk , 20 days ago to nostupidquestions in Is a peanut butter sandwich a balanced meal?

More than that, most peanut butter has a lot of hydrogenated vegetable fats which are likely much worse than a bit of sugar.

If the package doesn’t have a tablespoon of peanut oil or so pooling at the top when you first open it, that you then need to mix it in, it’s hydrogenated.

whereisk , 20 days ago to workreform in Why ‘poly-employment’ may be 2024’s next big work trend, working more than one job is getting a re-brand

Wage slavery? No. It’s poly-employment.

whereisk , 21 days ago to science in Psychedelics Are Challenging the Scientific Gold Standard

How do you study mind-altering drugs when every clinical-trial participant knows they’re tripping?

You give them other hallucinogenics than the one you’re studying?

whereisk , 25 days ago to noncredibledefense in The non-credible world of the DGSE

The Indonesian President - if I’m not mistaken.

whereisk , 25 days ago to technology in Update: IRS successfully launches their own free Direct File - now ALL of my fellow 'murcans are eligible for 2025

They don’t know what you are talking about my fellow Aussie. Any A in an acronym means “American” to the USAns. That other countries exist that start with A is unfathomable.

whereisk , 26 days ago to selfhosted in Why You Should Self-Host Everything

Perhaps this was written much earlier than v5.

whereisk , 26 days ago (edited 26 days ago) to world in Israel sharpens its tone to Spain: "The Inquisition is over. Those who harm us, we will harm them"

To be fair, Jews were also massive victims of empire and colonialism. They were kicked around Europe for centuries since the Greeks and the Romans.

Now, on the fall of the Ottoman Empire all kinds of populations coalesced into nation-states (also, all while kicking out people that did not identify with the new nation - massive population exchanges at the time, millions of dead in forced marches out of a region). Most back to the heartlands of their ancestral lands - so the idea wasn’t far fetched.

Unfortunately, unlike those other populations Jews were in diaspora so long that they had kept little physical connection with that land which was now occupied mostly by Palestinians.

Fun fact: A plan was hatched to allocate a portion of Australia instead

whereisk , 27 days ago to android in Google Pixel 9 successor: First proof of a "Samsung-free" Tensor G5 chip in the Pixel 10

The combination of clean UI with long promised updates seems like a winning combination. I don’t really play games on my phone. I just want it to go through the basic tasks quickly (photos, voice dictation, app switching etc, I currently have a OnePlus 7 Pro and it has kept up admirably - but being stuck in android 12 with some quirky behaviour is a bit annoying).

So I guess I’m not looking for a powerhouse - but I do want something that does the basic stuff right - however if it doesn’t bring table stakes (ie if modem or voice quality or other connectivity is subpar) then the rest is not important.

whereisk , 27 days ago to android in Google Pixel 9 successor: First proof of a "Samsung-free" Tensor G5 chip in the Pixel 10

Thanks for the heads up, I hadn’t considered that as a criterion and was thinking of pulling the trigger. Do you have any recommendations?

whereisk , 30 days ago to technology in Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames

I think he has somehow managed to leave the CEO of SpaceX alone to do her thing - or likely she has managed him also as she seems incredibly competent.

whereisk , 30 days ago (edited 30 days ago) to nottheonion in Pope Francis is gearing up for the first millennial saint, a web developer known as 'God's influencer'

I’m not religious but I’m interested in religion.

You are applying the Protestant framework (I can save myself) to Catholicism (only through the church can I be saved) hence why you invoke Bible as a final arbiter of what is and isn’t allowed.

In the old churches (Catholic, Orthodox etc) “Canon” is a combination of early church fathers writings, tradition, the bible and pronunciations of the current head of the church. Furthermore in Catholicism the bible is largely treated as allegorical, not literal.

Now since you are definitionally a sinner, and since salvation can only be obtained through the intermediaries of God: the church, being part of the church mysteries (baptism, communion, prayer, confession etc) is far more important than following any specific part of the bible.

Praying to Saints is not considered a sin since you are under no misapprehension that you are praying to a god, or that they are anything more than humans that lived an exemplary life and are amongst God’s favourite children. It’s like asking the local lord for a favour - you are not confusing him with the king.