jlow
@jlow@beehaw.org
- Comment on FromSoftware owner Kadokawa confirms Sony sent an 'initial letter of intent' to acquire them 21 hours ago:
Well this can only mean good things for the quality of FromSoftware games and the people working there, giant evilcorp-monopolies are always better then lots of small(er) businesses, right? Right??
- Comment on Explicit deepfake scandal shuts down Pennsylvania school 2 days ago:
Fully agree except for “just AI nudes”, I can imagine that this is a horrible new adittion the bully’s toolbox and if what little I know about the German education system can be applied elsehwere, most people are completely uneducated when it comes to (online) media literacy, so this can become a huge problem going forward. And as always knowledge would be the key not half-assed restrictions (though I don’t care if they’d do them I hate AI with a passion) and then calling it a day.
- Comment on Linux Mint partners up with Framework, also working on Night Light for Cinnamon desktop 2 weeks ago:
It does run better on older hardwwre than Windows, so it’s running great on current hardware as well.
- Comment on Mark Zuckerberg's Nuclear-Powered Data Center for AI Derailed by Bees 2 weeks ago:
Derailed by Bees is a pretty cool bandname. Go, bees!
- Comment on Nidhogg developer's Ghost Bike is now called Wheel World, and there's a new trailer 4 weeks ago:
Another cycle game? Fuck yeah!
- Comment on Silicon Valley is debating if AI weapons should be allowed to decide to kill 5 weeks ago:
Yeah, I think their Israeli friends are way ahead of them (Ukraine/Russia, as well, probably). I was always a pessimist but that the world would turn so dystopian so fast …
- Comment on Substack wants to do more than just newsletters 1 month ago:
And so the enshittification begins …
- Comment on YouTube confirms your pause screen is now fair game for ads 1 month ago:
🎵Enshittification 🎶
- Comment on LinkedIn is training AI models on your data 1 month ago:
Of fucking course it does.
- Comment on Telegram has become a key tool for the Russian military. Why does Moscow continue to rely on a Dubai-based civilian messaging app? 2 months ago:
Why do “democratic” western politicians rely on a social media platform now owned by a faschist?
Because they’re used to it and to lazy to change plus the network effect.
- Comment on Path Of Exile 2 will release in early access November 15th 2 months ago:
Let’s gooooooo (in a few months)!
- Comment on Japan mandates app to ensure national ID cards aren't forged 3 months ago:
Yeah, that’ll work just great.
- Comment on Baldur’s Gate 3 had “a bit” of crunch, as director claims that will “always” be the case to get games finished 5 months ago:
Nooooooo.
- Comment on Deepfakes of your dead loved ones are a booming Chinese business 6 months ago:
I cannot believe this reality is seriously trying to make every episode of Black Mirror a reality. I did not sign up for this, can we please stop?
- Comment on Green search engine Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser 6 months ago:
What’s the problem with the browser? I use FF as my main and Chromium (among others) for work stuff and (aside from edge cases in videcalls) I never saw a difference between any browser.
- Comment on Green search engine Ecosia launches a cross-platform browser 6 months ago:
Yeah, but has it some random AI bullshit they somehow coated green?
- Comment on Microsoft’s VASA-1 can deepfake a person with one photo and one audio track 6 months ago:
Why is that a thing they boast about? That is disgusting.
- Comment on The Fairbuds noise-canceling earbuds have an easily swappable battery 7 months ago:
Yeah, same! Looks like the name is coin or button battery and it seems like they do exist as an rechargeable option but it’s really hard to find them from on Amazon …
- Comment on Some states are now trying to ban lab-grown meat 8 months ago:
Lol and here I was being naive and precious thinking it would be because it some (probably made-up) health-concerns, when they’re all just puppets of the meat-industry. Scary.
- Comment on Opinion | How Bad Can It Get for Hollywood? 8 months ago:
Sounds like a perfect recipe for a guaranteed recession to me but then I’m not an expert in capitalism …
- Comment on Where can I legally watch Encounters of the Spooky Kind? 8 months ago:
Apparently here:
- Comment on Orange Pi Neo is new handheld powered by AMD and comes preinstalled with Manjaro 9 months ago:
So Raspberry Pie and Orange Pie? 😸
(I’m not really a fan of that website being just a bunch of images …)
- Comment on Hollywood Keeps Reminding Us Why We Need Physical Media More Than Ever - IGN 9 months ago:
Well less and less stuff is coming out on physical media (I also don’t like the plastic waste) so what are we gonna do …
- Comment on Is vigil series season 1 worth watching ? 9 months ago:
Depends on your tastes, I guess? I liked it more than S02 but can’t pinpoint why.
- Comment on Discovery Channel’s ‘Shark Week’ Is Packed With Misinformation and Junk Science Scientists watched 202 episodes and found them filled with unreliable information 11 months ago:
So no surprise here?