Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
When I was a teenager, the people who are my age now seemed really old and because of that there was no attraction.
Now when I see a grey hair, or a new wrinkle on my partner it’s the hottest thing. We connect with each other about real life, she knows me well and helps me center myself.
I too hope that feeling continues to 60 years old and beyond, and I have a growing suspicion that it will so long as we both continue to work on staying healthy and attractive.
Don’t comment on anything related to any conflicts immediately East of the Mediterranean lest you wish to be in an ad hominem “debate”.
This problem drives valuable content away from the site, unless the lurkers up/down vote based on the value of a contribution (and not their personal opinion) or the mods step in, which is still seemingly rare.
If you share a thought on a Biden/Trump thread, an Israel/Palestine thread, or another topic that attracts strong views, and your opinion is different than the hive, expect some vitriol and confrontation.
I’ve run into it while seriously looking for debate or productive conversation.
But has there been an increase in hiveminded threads and trolling?
At first it felt like dissenting opinions would lead to an informative discussion, but more and more having an unpopular opinion - or just stepping into the wrong thread - means someone resorting to insulting your mom. Ok, thanks Xbox live gamer.
Macy’s played a significant role in popularizing Christmas consumerism through events like the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and their holiday displays. The first parade was in 1924.
It was around that time Christmas was portrayed as a shopping holiday. It was such a successful marketing campaign that the rest of the holidays were sure to follow.
Been with Mullvad a long time and it has been an excellent service.
As they have grown, their IP pools are no longer as fresh and I get Google captcha’d on hardmode, or cloudflare blocked, or other account limitations when using the service that didn’t used to be there all the time now.
I wish the VPN community had a way to solve for this.
Yes, that may be the answer. But blocks of IPV6 can still be limited by entire subnets if security/cloud host/IT guys keep turning to this method of reducing their exposure to bad actors.
It totally had its time and place, but it’s trivial to get “fresh IPs” from 4G VPN and proxy services that specialize at this (for a price), so as a security concept it’s only viable if your attacker’s budget is under $20.
I use ProtonVPN for everything, and I’ve started noticing more and more sites simply blocking me if I try to connect to them through ProtonVPN. As much as it sucks, I’ve more or less become acclimated to having to deal with an increased number of captchas while using a VPN; but I’m pretty angry about being blocked...
We wouldn’t need VPNs in the first place (for the modern use cases) except that security and IT guys started blocking or limiting content based on user IP address.
That needs to stop entirely, it’s a defective feel good security measure that is easily defeated by an attacker willing to spend a few bucks for a new IP.
Fortunately VPN tech is very flexible, so there are ways to get yourself a dedicated IP that nobody else can use, solving the problem and defeating those IT guys.
I used to purchase every other release of CoD to play with my son in local multiplayer split screen, but after the last MWII I’m done. I feel ripped off by this product and fear the direction is not one that I’m too interested in anymore.
I checked it out a few times over the years, but was put off by the behavior of some of the people. The concept is fascinating because, as the founder mentions in his letter, there IS some safety in anonymity and expressing yourself more authentically without the physical risk is possible.
Humans mostly have “acceptable behavior” filters in public, but this system also stripped many of those away. Which led to a lot of people incorrectly assuming they could do bad stuff on this platform without consequences.
I think it’s too bad this is the way it’s got to go. Despite not really being a user, Omegle feels like part of Internet 1.5.
I don’t think AI will dramatically change the experiences we have interacting with businesses or content creators - we’ll still evaluate their output with the same metrics we use now.
But as a tool it vastly accelerates a lot of old processes that were mundane or mentally exhausting. Previously we overcame these with an army of educated workers who - although skilled - were performing a function that turns out to be repeatable with enough silicon. Tasks like basic writing, basic research, basic programming, image/video/audio editing.
These are all tasks that never really required an incredible amount of experience if you had the right tools, and now one of those tools is “AI” as we are calling it, which does a halfway decent job with nearly zero effort. A whole lot less effort than before.
The highly skilled and educated will continue to be fine - they can work a lot faster now and instead of spending a lot of time on these mundane tasks, can spend more on the higher level stuff. The people who are still moving up the skill levels will have to go a lot further in their education before their value is as apparent.
Moscow says its deratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is merely designed to bring Russia into line with the United States, which signed but never ratified the treaty. Russia will not resume nuclear testing unless Washington does, say Russian diplomats....
alt textFirst panel: [blank white space with black text] Jogging from the perspective of animals Second panel: Wolf by a tree looking at a man jogging. “What are you running from, apex predator” Third panel: Wolf: “Are you chasing prey?” “You need to conserve energy” Last panel: [second wolf peeking in] “The hell...
There are sometimes some strange issues with office construction.
There might be no plumbing in the locations people will want for toilets and baths and kitchens in the individual suites away from the core of the building. Same goes for retrofitted laundry facilities.
HVAC systems (in the US anyways) are often centrallized and might need a lot of retrofitting to make it work like a condo/apartment.
Kitchen ventilation
Windows might not open, can’t get to a fresh air source
Aside from that stuff, the issue of empty office buildings while we are experiencing unsustainable housing markets is begging for a solution to address the demand.
There will probably be a handy sum to be earned for construction companies who get efficient at conversions.
In this particular case it’s because visa applicants aren’t US citizens, so they’re subject to immigration law which is massively intrusive.
My gf applied for an American tourist visa and had to show bank statements, explain where she’s going and why, get a letter from her employer showing her job is stable, and report every name, job, degree, and home she’d lived in for the last number of years. It was intense.
But we Americans probably want this level of scrutiny because once foreigners are on US soil it’s tough to find the ones who disappear and dont leave when the time’s up.
Social media may very well reveal false visa application details.
The early adopters of LLM AI pay OpenAI $20/month with pleasure to use an adfree ChatGPT, but they represent a microscopic fraction of total internet users.
Google might be able to create a search product that looks like ChatGPT and partially answers the question with a relavent ad spot in return for that user NOT paying $20/month.
If Google has this would you use it and cancel your OpenAI subscription?
We’re in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it’s broken. That’s not news. But there’s something in the air—a vibe shift, a sense that things are about to change.
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...
Those original HP lasers were absolute beasts. You could put it outside in the snow and if you even hovered over the print icon it’d start to get ready to serve. I bet there are still many in use today.
Regrettably that era of producing quality is mostly finished.
In recent years I’ve had a lot of good experiences with small Brother and Xerox branded MFP devices. There’s still issues here and there if you rely on wireless printing or huge duplexed jobs, but they mostly just crank away for years if you keep feeding them toner cartridges and occasionally a new drum kit.
Isn’t this an act of cutting off your face to spite your nose? I understand that Reddit wants to monetize it’s for AI models. But if the content gets moved into a walled garden, and reddit’s own search features don’t improve dramatically, then what’s the point of going to Reddit?
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
Detectives are investigating after a skydiver was found dead in the front yard of a residence near an airpark in Florida, authorities said Saturday....
The video shows someone from the skydiving center removing the parachute from the scene, but doesn’t make it clear if that’s before or after the paramedics clear the scene.
A bit strange if somebody came to take the parachute but left the guy in the yard.
I’d outlaw sauce bottles which make getting it all out harder, especially the ones which don’t have the opening at the bottom and make it impossible to put the bottle with the opening facing downwards.
I’ve not used any alarm at all for the past 20 years. It’s amazing. I just automatically wake up at the same time every day. And go to sleep about the same time every day.
They don't understand. We built these machines so that we can work more. (startrek.website)
Which YouTuber still creates high-quality videos to this day?
Seeing the other post here about YouTuber that went downhill and seeing content creators I am familiar with makes me sad. But how about those that still makes great, high quality content?
What is the worst case of keeping up with the Joneses that you have seen?
is there a limit to the point that i will find women attractive?
Context, I’m 30 now and i will find women my age and up attractive, but 15 years ago a 35 year old women would never have been attractive to me....
18+ [NSFL] Accurate grenade drop between the legs. (streamable.com)
Mirror:...
What's a piece of classical music that everyone knows but most people don't know they know?
What are Lemmy's unwritten rules?
I’ll start. Non serious answers also welcome...
F#€k $pez (lemmy.ml)
Does anyone else feel like Lemmy is getting SO MUCH better?!!
Just sayin’
Rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
If you’re cold they’re cold [Image of USB flash drive laying in grass] Put them in the computer at your work
FYI (files.ohai.social)
Mullvad Convert Encrypted DNS Servers To Run From RAM (mullvad.net)
“We recently announced the completion of our migration to remove all traces of disks in use on our VPN infrastructure.”...
What can we do about major sites blocking VPN providers?
I use ProtonVPN for everything, and I’ve started noticing more and more sites simply blocking me if I try to connect to them through ProtonVPN. As much as it sucks, I’ve more or less become acclimated to having to deal with an increased number of captchas while using a VPN; but I’m pretty angry about being blocked...
New ‘Call of Duty’ Draws Harsh Reviews After Rushed Development (www.bloomberg.com)
The panzer has spoken (sh.itjust.works)
Shut. The fuck. Up. (lemmy.world)
Omegle shuts down for good (www.omegle.com)
How far can Lemmy support nested comments? Let's find out
Comment on the top level thing and someonw will hopefully comment on yours. Just say like “Test”
A huge number of companies still think they're missing out on AI | TechRadar (www.techradar.com)
Putin revokes Russian ratification of global nuclear test ban treaty (www.reuters.com)
Moscow says its deratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is merely designed to bring Russia into line with the United States, which signed but never ratified the treaty. Russia will not resume nuclear testing unless Washington does, say Russian diplomats....
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"Jogging From the Perspective of Animals" by Jake Likes Onions (files.mastodon.social)
alt textFirst panel: [blank white space with black text] Jogging from the perspective of animals Second panel: Wolf by a tree looking at a man jogging. “What are you running from, apex predator” Third panel: Wolf: “Are you chasing prey?” “You need to conserve energy” Last panel: [second wolf peeking in] “The hell...
A Real Adult (lemmy.world)
Source: Goat To Self
This airBNB was supposed to be a "relaxing retreat" but now I need therapy after this shit. (lemmy.world)
Joe Biden wants more people to start living in empty offices (www.businessinsider.com)
They use to tell us we couldnt trust Wikipedia. Now we know. Wikipedia is the only website you can trust.
Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome (www.theverge.com)
Details leaked of "GOST" program used to profile the social media posts of US visa applicants (www.404media.co)
Google is ready to fill its AI searches with ads (www.theverge.com)
How to fix the internet (www.technologyreview.com)
We’re in a very strange moment for the internet. We all know it’s broken. That’s not news. But there’s something in the air—a vibe shift, a sense that things are about to change.
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...
‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google (www.theverge.com)
Really? (lemmy.world)
AI rule (media.infosec.exchange)
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Mia Khalifa fired from Playboy for her pro-Hamas posts after the Israel attack (www.businesstoday.in)
Goodbye Youtube and thanks for all the fish (infosec.pub)
Youtube let the other shoe drop in their end-stage enshittification this week. Last month, they required you to turn on Youtube History to view the feed of youtube videos recommendations. That seems reasonable, so I did it. But I delete my history every 1 week instead of every 3 months. So they don’t get much from my choices....
Dead skydiver found on front lawn of Florida home: "The worst I've seen" (www.cbsnews.com)
Detectives are investigating after a skydiver was found dead in the front yard of a residence near an airpark in Florida, authorities said Saturday....
What silly inconvinient stuff would you outlaw if you could?
I’d outlaw sauce bottles which make getting it all out harder, especially the ones which don’t have the opening at the bottom and make it impossible to put the bottle with the opening facing downwards.
When you set your alarm every 5 minutes in the morning. (suppo.fi)