“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”...
Every time that dude gives another “vision of the future” it just sounds worse and worse.
I don’t want another commercial bank but on the internet. I want more non-profits. I don’t want self-driving cars. I want better public transportation.
I’ve been poor before but I’ve always had access to food and decent shelter. I use to eat ramen noodles, chili and rice, and baloney sandwiches. I could really stretch out a $20 a week food budget.
When I eat a microwave meal I’m just happy I can afford to enjoy variety in my meals now though I still like sandwiches.
My first one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 that I got in 2013 and it was a great little device that was easy to open up and repair. It had only 512MB of RAM but that was plenty for basic phone needs, web browsing and running some Android apps like AnkiDroid at the time.
Virgin Mobile LG Optimus V. This was in 2011 or 2012. It was a prepaid service and the phone was only $150. It was rooted so I could remove the Virgin Mobile software from the tiny 2Gb(?) storage.
First off, I don’t base my views on “what Americans are like” with what people post online. Just about everyone I know personally has just gone off the deep end it seems....
Berlin-based business consultant Matt and his colleague were among the first at their workplace to discover ChatGPT, mere weeks after its release. He says the chatbot transformed their workdays overnight. “It was like discovering a video game cheat,” says Matt. “I asked a really technical question from my PhD thesis, and...
Much of my job should have been computerized a while back, and we now have numerous tools to automate various tasks. However, my comprehension of the results enables me to distinguish between reliable data and errors, which my boss is unable to do due to their limited understanding of the output.
Having a good boss that understands that is key. Not everyone is so lucky on that front.
If you think about it, there are already tools that can do pretty convincing face swaps with few clicks and just from one low res photo at whatever angle. Long are gone the times you had to train the models for hours and had to have few hundred photos to just get “okay” fake. Once deepfake video creation becomes this simple,...
So my mother recently bought an ET-2800, By HP we had an HP printer before and we got a new one because the old one would not work with my sister’s Windows 11 Laptop. So I had to set it up for my mother, the manual said you can use it without the app. But there was no way to physically do that. Anyway, I downloaded the app on...
For context: I have an AMD GPU, so drivers will not be a problem. I’ll prefer whichever one has more up-to-date and frequently updated packages. Wayland is a must.
is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know
The jpg format is like 30 years old. Newer formats like jxl, webp, and avif offer much better compression. Right now it looks like webp is the most compatible with browsers so far.
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
For a desktop it’s suitable for 99% of what you’d want to do. Might not be the best tool for large servers or something (I really don’t know) but I’m sure all that depends on use case.
I pay for Spotify and YouTube music. If I really like an album I’ll still go to Bandcamp if I can and grab the flac files. If it’s not there I’ll just BitTorrent/Soulseek/yt-dlp it.
If I don’t have raw media files, I don’t actually own it.
I actually really like Spotify as a service. YouTube music comes free with YouTube premium and that is the simplest way to stops add on Roku. Plus, I don’t mind supporting video makers.
Currently lemmy is like the speedboat next to the heavy steam boat of Mastodon etc. While lemmy is still dynamic and flexible and can introduce new features easily without scaring off its established user base, mastodon can not do such experiments so easily. Now, if lemmy gains more momentum in the fediverse and establishes...
It’s weird that everyone keeps looking at this thru the eyes of capitalism. We don’t need neck-break-speed feature updates, we don’t need to appease our shareholders. If one platform grows on the Fediverse the others don’t get “left in the dust”.
Running a solution like Wiregaurd + VPS or Tailscale is probably your best solution. It’ll be transparent for you and won’t set off any red flags for the network.
I’ve run tailscale on a cellular home internet platform as well a shared one like you have and it was slick.
As someone who runs a mini homelab in a building I don’t have access to the Internet hardware, you’d be surprised how a combination of the two can be very reliable and fairly fast.
All my devices have a gigabit connection to one another but the web router is just a 5gHz link.
Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank - ‘You won’t need a bank account... it would blow my mind if we don’t have that rolled out by the end of next year.’ (www.theverge.com)
“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”...
For some reason, I'm doubtful. (lemmy.world)
Why does eating a frozen ready meal alone feel depressing even tho it's objectively good that I can have nice warm food easily
very kirk van houten coded...
15 years of Android memories – When did you get your first Android phone? (blog.google)
My first one was a Samsung Galaxy S1 that I got in 2013 and it was a great little device that was easy to open up and repair. It had only 512MB of RAM but that was plenty for basic phone needs, web browsing and running some Android apps like AnkiDroid at the time.
Am I crazy, or are Americans going insane?
First off, I don’t base my views on “what Americans are like” with what people post online. Just about everyone I know personally has just gone off the deep end it seems....
The employees secretly using AI at work (www.bbc.com)
Berlin-based business consultant Matt and his colleague were among the first at their workplace to discover ChatGPT, mere weeks after its release. He says the chatbot transformed their workdays overnight. “It was like discovering a video game cheat,” says Matt. “I asked a really technical question from my PhD thesis, and...
What are some companies that deserve to be boycotted to death?
So far my list includes Comcast, EA, and Nestle. Tell me yours, and I’ll help out.
True love (i.postimg.cc)
AI content generation is on fast track to kill the whole porn industry.
If you think about it, there are already tools that can do pretty convincing face swaps with few clicks and just from one low res photo at whatever angle. Long are gone the times you had to train the models for hours and had to have few hundred photos to just get “okay” fake. Once deepfake video creation becomes this simple,...
CBC mainly remains off X, citing low traffic six months after scaling back presence (www.sasktoday.ca)
Mickey Djuric
Has HP printers always been this bad? (sh.itjust.works)
So my mother recently bought an ET-2800, By HP we had an HP printer before and we got a new one because the old one would not work with my sister’s Windows 11 Laptop. So I had to set it up for my mother, the manual said you can use it without the app. But there was no way to physically do that. Anyway, I downloaded the app on...
Dad wins (i.postimg.cc)
Help me choose a distro, please!
I’m ditching Windows in favor of Linux on my personal desktop. And so I’m looking for advice on which distro I should start with....
Would you recommend endeavor or fedora for a new user?
For context: I have an AMD GPU, so drivers will not be a problem. I’ll prefer whichever one has more up-to-date and frequently updated packages. Wayland is a must.
What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)?
Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don’t like running shell commands?...
Why are 90% of the images WebP format?
is it a formatting step that an image goes through when uploaded? I’m tired of converting image after image back into jpg, so if there’s like a step I can take to avoid it being a webp, it would help to know
So Far, AI Is a Money Pit That Isn't Paying Off (gizmodo.com)
i hate that it's very often like this (sh.itjust.works)
Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”
Magical world (lemmy.ml)
Bye biiiittttchhhh (lemmy.world)
Apple considered switching to DuckDuckGo from Google for Safari - Bloomberg News (www.reuters.com)
i find it's a great tool. (lemmy.world)
Amazon Prime Video is able to remove a video from your library after purchase. (lemmy.world)
We are contacting you regarding a past Prime Video purchase(s). The below content is no longer playable on Prime Video....
Accurate. (lemmy.ml)
What distro do you use and why?
cliché question, but hey why not?
Will Lemmy soon drive Innovation in the Fediverse?
Currently lemmy is like the speedboat next to the heavy steam boat of Mastodon etc. While lemmy is still dynamic and flexible and can introduce new features easily without scaring off its established user base, mastodon can not do such experiments so easily. Now, if lemmy gains more momentum in the fediverse and establishes...
An £8 sandwich in Starbucks (lemmy.world)
Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun (www.theverge.com)
It’s now explicitly against Disney Plus’s policies for Canadian subscribers to share passwords outside of their household.
I had a journey (lemmy.ml)
Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)
I actually feel way smarter than I am when Im using a model m (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
Spectrum Community WiFi
Hi All,...
And now Bezos is trying to insert ads everywhere (lemmy.world)
How the heck did we get here? Most best selling "cars" are now superzied pickups and SUVs. (www.caranddriver.com)
And I hate their blue-rich eye searing headlights to.
But my WiFi is just fine! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Amazon To Start Running Ads In Prime Video Series and Movies, Will Launch Ad-Free Tier For Extra Fee (deadline.com)
What does Bluesky have that Mastodon doesn't?
Is it just the momentum and word of mouth, or are there improved features as well?
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