jqubed

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mozilla Integrates Google Lens for Visual Search in Firefox Desktop⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Upvoting for awareness, not because I’m happy about it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mark Zuckererg Demos New Facebook AI And It Couldn’t Have Gone Worse⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  “Yeah, let’s try it. [Korean-style steak sauce is] not something I’ve made before,” says Mancuso, remembering his script, “so I could definitely use the help.”

  Then at the end of the article they embed an Instagram video from 2023 of Mancuso making a Korean-style steak sauce. *chef’s kiss*

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UltraRAM scaled for volume production — memory that promises DRAM-like speeds, 4,000x the durability of NAND, and data retention for up to a thousand years, is now ready for manufacturing⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Like DRAM, FeRAM’s read process is destructive, necessitating a write-after-read architecture.

  So that’s why it’s still called RAM? It can hold the data a long time but the data is lost when it’s read?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GrapheneOS Under Threat: EU Age Verification And Google Changes Endanger Privacy-Focused Android⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think in this case they’re referring to Chrome on iOS. Apple doesn’t allow any browser engine except WebKit on iOS so to many people that means Chrome and any other browser on iOS is really just Safari with a different interface. Pretty sure I saw something recently about the EU considering forcing Apple to allow other engines on iOS.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stellantis abandons hydrogen fuel cell development⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I get annoyed when articles talk about one of hydrogen’s problems being a lack of infrastructure to deliver the fuel. Of course there’s not today since there’s no demand for it. If the cars start to develop as a market then the infrastructure would be built as well. The same thing has happened with electric cars. But it would take some entity investing in the infrastructure and being willing to wait years to see a return on the investment.

  Of course, hydrogen has a lot of other problems that mean it’s probably not viable. Lack of infrastructure is just a weak argument against it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨BulletVPN Closes Down, Pulling The Rug on Lifetime Subscriptions⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop buying lifetime subscriptions to services! They’re not sustainable!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VMware perpetual license holder receives audit letter from Broadcom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d be surprised if this takes down Broadcom altogether, but could certainly kill the division. Oracle still exists, after all, even though they basically killed Sun and Java.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨With the Legion Go S, we can now directly compare performance between official builds of SteamOS and Windows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I also find it interesting that the Steam Deck OLED has a smaller battery but gets longer life on the same OS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Consumers make their voices heard as Microsoft's huge venture flatlines in popularity⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Copilot is Microsoft’s name for their AI service, like Google’s Gemini or Chat GPT. Recall is their service that will screenshot everything you do for training improving the results.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if we’ll get a lot more anonymous inside details now about the WPengine debacle?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WD's new HDMR tech to enable record-breaking 100TB+ drives⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember a decade ago my boss was ecstatic to see a petabyte that fit in a single rack at NAB, on spinning disks instead of tape no less. Crazy to think that in another decade a petabyte will fit in 3RU or maybe even smaller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon’s app will start listing items Amazon doesn’t sell⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I wonder if this is to try to more directly counter Shopify?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s what happened with music eventually, but so far I have not seen that with mainstream video releases, only some independent things

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨After 18 years, Blu-ray media production draws to a close — Sony shuts its last factory in Feb⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If there are no more discs to rip how will people get the movies and shows in the first place?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Comcast⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The challenge is, for me anyways, if I know who wins I generally don’t care to watch the match anymore. This means I either need to watch the event live or try really hard to avoid spoilers, generally still trying to watch same-day.

  I think a lot of sports fans are like that to some extent and it’s why sports are seen as the last hope for linear TV networks in the face of over-the-top streaming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Comcast⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I literally only stay because of sports that aren’t easily available outside of pay TV/cable. I don’t mind waiting for basically any other content. Time to start looking at alternatives, though!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta asks the US government to block OpenAI’s switch to a for-profit⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t want to pay for-profit prices?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup, I spent years begging my family to stop sending family photos from gatherings through text messages, to no avail. I eventually switched to iPhone and see that it’s fine if we’re all on iMessage, but many of my aunts/uncles/cousins are on Android so if they’re in the picture then it gets sent as MMS and we get terrible images again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Signal gets new video call features, making it a viable alternative to Zoom, Meet and Teams⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The U.S. lagged adoption of SMS compared to Europe (relatively high prices for texting in the early days while relatively low prices for calling in the same era) but now SMS/RCS/iMessage are the dominant mobile messaging method in the U.S. There’s much lower adoption of third-party services like WhatsApp compared to the rest of the world because basically everyone has those services already on their phone, they don’t have to sign up for a service that not everyone might use, and it’s basically free on every phone in the U.S. now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deck to LG TV⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, just so I’m understanding, the dock works with the LG TV if you connect your laptop or Surface Pro, but not your Steam Deck? If so, it sounds like there’s either a setting on your Steam Deck that needs to be changed or the Deck itself is faulty.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft CEO earns $30.6 million more despite laying off over 2,000 employees in 2024 — salary package represents a 63% raise from the previous year⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So, $15k per person terminated?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  5.25" disks seem like they would’ve been outdated when they were installed in 1998, although I suppose the system design probably started much earlier.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve still waiting on a 'generational leap' for Steam Deck 2 - but it's coming⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d like to get a Steam Deck but was wondering if it’s getting close to a newer, better version coming soon. This makes me feel more comfortable, not that I have the budget for one right now anyway.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Summit supercomputer set to be retired in November — it was the world's most powerful back in 2018-19⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  TL;DR: although this computer still ranks in the world’s top ten most powerful, Oak Ridge has a new computer delivering over 8 times more computing power while using only twice as much electricity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Facebook and Instagram are making AI labels less prominent on edited content⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t realize they were trying to detect and label AI-generated content. When I’ve uploaded things there’s been a switch to enable if I used AI, but I’ve seen plenty of obvious content that wasn’t labeled so I assumed that if someone didn’t click the button to label it then Facebook doesn’t say it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twystlock - Free, 100% 3D printable gaming accessories⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, you just created a new lockable quick connector that can be 3D printed with no other parts required? This seems bigger than Steam Deck!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Formula 1 is reportedly forcing some F1 creators to change their names⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I am not a lawyer but from my understanding of trademark law this is not surprising.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok Lite exposes users to harmful content, say Mozilla researchers⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  From Mozilla’s report:

  Executive Summary

  To attract users across the Global Majority, many technology companies have introduced “lite” versions of their products: Applications that are designed for lower-bandwidth contexts. TikTok is no exception, with TikTok Lite estimated to have more than 1 billion users.

  Mozilla and AI Forensics research reveals that TikTok Lite doesn’t just reduce required bandwidth, however. In our opinion, it also reduces trust and safety. In comparing TikTok Lite with the classic TikTok app, we found several discrepancies between trust and safety features that could have potentially dangerous consequences in the context of elections and public health.

  Our research revealed TikTok Lite lacks basic protections that are afforded to other TikTok users, including content labels for graphic, AI-generated, misinformation, and dangerous acts videos. TikTok Lite users also encounter arbitrarily shortened video descriptions that can easily eliminate crucial context.

  Further, TikTok Lite users have fewer proactive controls at their disposal. Unlike traditional TikTok users, they cannot filter offensive keywords or implement screen management practices.

  Our findings are concerning, and reinforce patterns of double-standard. Technology platforms have a history of neglecting users outside of the US and EU, where there is markedly less potential for constraining regulation and enforcement. As part of our research, we discuss the implications of this pattern and also offer concrete recommendations for TikTok Lite to improve.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Olympic drone spying scandal lands Canadian coach a red card⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think “preventing spying on opponents’ practice sessions” is the primary reason drones are banned at the Olympics