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How do you know you aren't smart? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't know which people you are talking about, but if it's adults and you are a kid, then there are some reasons behind that... :)

My kid planned a trip to Croatia with his friends and they managed to book flights that made them spend the entire night at airports, because they wanted the cheapest price.

Counting in that they had to buy airport food and hardly slept at all, and came home wrecked and had to sleep all day, meant that not only did they pay more for the trip than directs flights would have cost, they also lost a day when getting back to sleep and rest...

I mean, it's fine, but it shows inexperience and unwillingness to listen to adults who may have good ideas... :)

How do you know you aren't smart? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

What is smart.... I mean, most of us Lemmy tech people are good at computers but completely useless and may even despise other activities such as dancing, singing, acting, psychology, and so on.

Never forget that the school system evaluates how good of a worker you can be, not how good of a human you can be. The entire system is just built for economic growth, not your happiness. In fact, you consume more when you are feeling like shit.

A bit of a side note, I know, but it's all connected to a bigger picture, so...

Apparently drinking isn't as cool if you drink at home in the cheapest way possible. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

Very true but trying to change this attitude....no fun being home all the time.

What do you think the age demographic on Lemmy is? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Around 9 years old. Could be some 11 year olds in there.

What's a type of location that you really like, and why? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Coffee shops and pubs when they are cozy and have that atmosphere of life.

Not my problem sort in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is the algoritm I use at work.

What's your favorite kind of tea? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Like Freedom Fries I guess.

Temporary rule added: no US politics in c/[email protected]
Temporary rule added: no US politics in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

100% agree.

The moderation is completely out of hand. Instead of being happy we have a platform where we can discuss things outside of big tech platforms, we have people who think moderation is more important than letting people express what is on their mind, specially on this day.

Wish I could make the mods be a bit mature here, but probably not.

Whats next, banning people for discussing moderation? I would not be surprised at this point.

I've been here from the start so I'm just angry to see this kind of thing here. Whoever mod who did this should look in the mirror and think "is my behavior a plus or a minus for the platform".

Are you vimming yet? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

I remember that experience first time and how I had to kill the process from another shell :)

This was before the internet so couldn't exactly google it either.

Fun times. But I figured it out by reading the man page.

Are you vimming yet? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (4 children)

If you dont know how to exit vim, then yes you are...

Hey Lemmy, where are you watching the results? in c/[email protected]
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LG monitor asking about ad tracking preferences (x.com)
 

It. Is. Never. Enough.

You paid hundreds of dollars for a new monitor, but it doesn't matter. More ads, more profits.

I hate it.

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Kagi Snaps (help.kagi.com)
 

This is not revolutionary but it saves some keystrokes when wanting to limit results to certain sites.

Personally I don't really limit anything with Kagi. It's usually just finding what I want without having to do anything.

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Removing Windows Recall breaks File Explorer in latest 24H2 update - NotebookCheck.net News (www.notebookcheck.net)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
47 comments fedilink
 

I wish I was a billion dollar company who gets away with stuff like this. Just generally break people's systems, add spyware, lie to users, treat them like shit.

All while making even more money and my stocks keep on going up, because AI, Ai, Ai...

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Hetzner launches s3-compatible object storage (docs.hetzner.com)
 

I can't express how much I love hetzner doing this. There is a huge market for people who just need some instances and reliable/cheap object storage to run their apps.

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My Job Is to Train Tesla's Cars to Drive Themselves (www.businessinsider.com)
 

Some quotes from the article:

There is something very strange about having this very intimate view into someone's life. It feels odd to see someone's daily drive, but it's also an important part of correcting and refining the program.

We review about five and a half to six hours of footage per day. It can be very hard to focus. You can get in this kind of fog when you're just watching clip after clip and it can be difficult to keep yourself sane.

Anytime you're not clicking around in the software program, it tracks you as if you aren't working and it basically sets off an alarm to your superiors.

These jobs sound very dystopian to me, and a bit psychopathic as well. All the movies I watched growing up about dystopian societies is reflected in what this guy says about his job.

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Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all (mashable.com)
 

Who is surprised?

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Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube (www.popsci.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
139 comments fedilink
 

I'm using this all the time myself. There is no login to YouTube required and it supports adding subscriptions and doing everything important you can do on YouTube.

And the best part is no ads whatsoever.

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iPhones in the EU get ability to set more default apps, delete more built-in ones (m.gsmarena.com)
 

I don't expect most iPhone users to ever change their default settings, but it's nice that it will be possible in a year.

Who knows, maybe one day you can run actual Firefox on them too? :p

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Firefox Sidebar and Vertical tabs: try them out in Nightly Firefox Labs 131 – Firefox Nightly News (blog.nightly.mozilla.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
22 comments fedilink
 

I tried this last night and I actually really like it. The default theme seems to have changed also and looks much cleaner.

And you can have AI models open in the sidebar. Not only chatgpt but also other open source and free models like huggingface. I thought that was very cool.

I don't know if the general public have even tried any other model than chatgpt. It's fun to play around with others.

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Meta to pay Texas $1.4 billion in facial recognition case (www.texastribune.org)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 

Meta had been using facial recognition software on photos uploaded to Facebook without Texans’ consent.

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Netflix officially removes Basic - the cheapest ad-free tier (m.gsmarena.com)
 

Netflix execs needs a new jet.

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Tech Giants Withholding Products Because EU Regulation like GDPR (www.axios.com)
 

Does this mean we dont get to be tracked, data mined, ad-bombed, and exploited while our teens dont get depressed and sick from "social" media?

Well, if thats the price we pay, thats the price we pay... :)

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