ExLisper

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But the server stands a little bit to the side, not in the centre.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

we simply don’t have the tech to offer actual breakthrough in usability.

I didn't say such breakthrough is not possible. Just that it didn't happen yet so most new products are gimmicks. When they will come up with actual improvement we will know.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Depends where, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago (8 children)

$659? Is it a week long concert with hotel and food included?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I didn't say it's not useful, I said people are not buying products because of them. People are not running to the stores to get the new 5G phone. I remember 4G roll-out and it was a big thing. You suddenly could use the internet the same way you did at home. With 5G there are no new usecases. You're not going to watch 4K movie on your phone. LLMs also don't sell devices. Siri and Alexa were kind of interesting when they came out and sold many smart speakers but LLMs are a tool, not a gadget.

I also didn't read the article but there is something to it. Are you exited about Threads the same way everyone was exited about gmail? Are you exited about Vision Pro the same way everyone went crazy for the iPhone? More and more often I'm searching for a product now and simply end up disappointed. There are no smart watches I would like to buy (the new features they have are all useless), new phones have less features (where's my headphones jack? where's my hardware keyboard?), the best new thing about laptops is flat RAM... Consumer products have stalled. It's all gimmicks now instead of actually interesting features. I think it's all good enough and we simply don't have the tech to offer actual breakthrough in usability.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

All I took out from this is the FOV is so bad it's really awkward to move around.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Of course new tech is used in industry but consumer products are a different story. And it's complex. People like spending money on stuff, it makes them feel better, so when the world gets depressing they buy things. Also, a side effect of not being able to afford a home is that people have more disposable income to spend on toys. Why save money if you will never save enough? So yes, people buy new products but do they really buy them because they are exited about new tech? I doubt it. You can easily run a 10 year old laptop and (if you're lucky and it's not broken) 5 year old phone today and you wouldn't be missing anything. No one really asked for AI, 5G and AR.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In Spain you just go to an office, show your ID and they give you a personal certificate you import into your browser. You can use the same cert on multiple computers and have multiple certs in the same browser. When you visit government pages it asks you which cert you want to use and voilà, you're authenticated. You can also use the same cert to sign files and it's a legally valid signature. It uses common standards and works on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (6 children)

Isn't their main product weapons?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I mean, yes, you're right but nothing about the company changed. So people betting that the stock will go up are basically betting that people will buy it for the dividends.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (4 children)

On Friday, shares of Meta (META) jumped more than 20% on the news of a quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share to be paid out on March 26 to shareholders of record as of February 22.

Let me get this straight: Meta said that for every stock you have month from now you will get $0.50 two months from now and people started buying like crazy. So basically people are betting that they will be able sell the stock right after Feb 22 before it loses more than $0.50? Am I getting this right? This system is so fucked up...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yes, I totally agree with everything you said. YT is enshittifying not because it has ads but because their recommendation algo got really really bad in recent years.

Netflix algo didn't change. You still have 'continue watching' and 'my list' on the main page, they added 'top 10 in your country' which is nothing like pushing content they want to show you (assuming it's accurate but I haven't seen any indications it's not), the search still returns accurate results, the recommendations are still 100% related to what I'm watching. Netflix never pushed any 'click-bait' content at me the way YT does all the time.

If you have different experience with Netflix and you found some changes that make your experience worse than you're right, it's enshittyfying. I haven't seen anything like that and I haven't seen anyone complaining about anything other than the price.

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