Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
There are many many studies proving internet and social media addiction can cause depression, and internet addiction is extremely widespread especially in teenagers. Also declining mental health and depression are so widespread in young people… this study seems strange.
this has been an issue for a while. For years drive always fails or has issues when I try to download old files (circa 2011-2015) to make local backups…
“Pro” suggests power users, but 8 GB is what you’d find in a low end word processing desktop for office use, or even a kid’s chromebook. This is crazy, they are REALLY pushing their luck with this.
I would say maybe if there’s enough pushback they’ll offer a better option, but I doubt it.
It is not obvious why selection should favor menopause or the continued survival of individuals that can no longer reproduce. The famous Grandmother Hypothesis had been used to explain the evolutionary significance of menopause. A new study conducted on the Ngogo chimpanzees community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda challenges...
Ah, I see. That’s interesting, never realized this! I guess I just thought mammals had similar reproductive setups (aside from different gestations and number of children etc) But I really have no idea haha.
We hear a lot about this guy, why not a little more. This podcast is doing a series on Musk that is quite revealing, totally worth a listen if you are interested in business or tech....
On one hand I agree, I am sick of seeing his face everywhere. But at least people are finding out what kind of a guy he really is. Maybe fewer people will fall for his garbage.
Also I cant think of another public figure who has self-destructed to such a degree.
When i am interested in a thing, I go out of my way to read the comments for peoples real experience of a thing. Shit is expensive, and want to know if it will be worth it.
I dont want to read a simulated review based on average comments, wtf.
Yes, data collecting is still happening, they just dont want to share with competitors. (And they get a few goodwill headlines suggesting meta is somehow “blocking data collection” haha)
So long as I can disable it, thats all I care about. If people want to use it, go for it. But I dont want my personal desktop use to train an AI, or have it butt in like Cortana.
I get how it could be useful in certain settings but I feel like its offering help for a problem that doesnt exist most of the time. Like, do most people need generative AI to complete everyday desktop tasks?
Also this sounds like a potential privacy nightmare, even for Microsoft.
May I stress that Canadians are a terrible testing ground. We are a beaten down nation of gougees, Americans and elsewhere might not be so placid about this. (Did American netflix already crack down on password sharing?)
Caelan Conrad, very funny and informative creator of queer leftest video essays - (I especially recommend the investigative deep dive into the origins and spread of the Terf movement)
Also James Somerton, video essays on queer media, but other issues as well.
The only mention of what the flavour was, was this:
In research published in Nature Communications, USC Dornsife neuroscientist Emily Liman and her team found that the tongue responds to ammonium chloride through the same protein receptor that signals sour taste.
“If you live in a Scandinavian country, you will be familiar with and may like this taste,” says Liman, professor of biological sciences. In some northern European countries, salt licorice has been a popular candy at least since the early 20th century. The treat counts among its ingredients salmiak salt, or ammonium chloride.
So is this ‘mediciney’ flavour, then? (black licorish, ouzo, root beer, those weird candies they sell at ikea…)
My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads....
My kid has this problem too. So many games interrupt him mid level to force ads, its ridiculous.
But we’ve found a few games that arent total popup nightmares (that he enjoys):
-Two Dots, a beautiful puzzle game, very kid friendly
-Bad Piggies - a spin off of angry birds, Physics based building/puzzle game, very cartoony and fun gameplay. My kid loves this game, probably his favourite (its older so the ads arent too obnoxious. You can pay to disable them, also)
-Stumble Guys - massive multiplayer platformer like fallguys, loves this one (there are ads but you can pay to disable for 4.99)
We have the ios equivalent to play pass and it helped a lot, too.
A new study suggests that a high-fat diet may impair memory by causing inflammatory effects and issues in cell-signaling management in the brain cells, especially as people age, but the omega-3 fatty acid DHA may help mitigate these effects. The research, focusing on microglia and hippocampal neurons, found that palmitic acid...
War Thunder has leaked restricted military documents AGAIN for the third time in a month. This time it's the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicoptor. User BarteG98PL posted the "fully unclassified"
Was going to say it looks like a half dog half fruitbat. (But i dont think they live in brazil… also that is impossible.) But a fruitbatdog would be pretty cute.
All I remember about the net neutrality policy of Trump was Ajit Pai using a giant stupid mug at the hearings, and thats the only thing everyone talked about. (So I guess well played, assholes)
For me it was Dead Space 2 when I was 12-ish. For reference, at this point the most gruesome/gorey/violent media I was exposed to was the Halo 3 Flood levels and the original 2 Alien movies....
TL;DR: The NFT market has drastically declined since its peak in 2021, with most NFT collections having no value. There’s an oversupply of NFTs, leading to a buyer’s market, and environmental concerns due to energy consumption. Top NFTs also struggle to maintain value, and the future of NFTs depends on utility and genuine...
Im sure it will endure something like that, or at least be harassed. Apparently when they tried using a similar robot in san Francisco it got knocked over and covered in bbq sauce haha
While Elon’s then-partner Grimes was recording her part in the game as cyborg popstar Lizzy Wizzy, the erratic tech billionaire turned up with an antique firearm to “insist” on being included in the game. “The studio guys were like sweating,” Grimes is quoted as saying. Musk adds “I told them that I was armed but not...
Study finds no “smoking gun” for mental health issues due to Internet usage (arstechnica.com)
Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, who said their study was the largest of its kind, said they found no evidence to support “popular ideas that certain groups are more at risk” from the technology....
Anger as some Google cloud customers locked out of files (www.bbc.com)
8GB RAM in M3 MacBook Pro Proves the Bottleneck in Real-World Tests (www.macrumors.com)
Orcas Are Learning Terrifying New Behaviors (www.scientificamerican.com)
Archive in case of paywall archive.ph/t2oBf
If vampires can't see their own reflection, then how are they always so well-groomed in every piece of vampire fiction?
Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too (www.nytimes.com)
It is not obvious why selection should favor menopause or the continued survival of individuals that can no longer reproduce. The famous Grandmother Hypothesis had been used to explain the evolutionary significance of menopause. A new study conducted on the Ngogo chimpanzees community of wild chimpanzees in Uganda challenges...
Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA (www.bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk gives X employees one year to replace your bank (www.theverge.com)
Tesla warns that a federal probe into whether it exaggerated the range of its cars may lead to a 'material adverse impact on our business' (fortune.com)
The "Tech Won’t Save Us" Podcast is doing a series on Musk (www.techwontsave.us)
We hear a lot about this guy, why not a little more. This podcast is doing a series on Musk that is quite revealing, totally worth a listen if you are interested in business or tech....
Spaghetti (beehaw.org)
Amazon adds AI-generated review summaries so you don’t have to read the comments (www.theverge.com)
It’s been there for a while and the article is also a bit older, but I only recently saw this.
Slow Down With These Serene City-Building Games (www.wired.com)
I am looking for more games like this: though this list seems like a good starting point....
Fears of employee displacement as Amazon brings robots into warehouses (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon is experimenting with humanoid robots for warehouse work.
Spineless fence-sitter thinks killing children is bad no matter who does it (thebeaverton.com)
From the Beaverton (Canada’s Onion)
Meta now lets you block Instagram from collecting your data - SamMobile (www.sammobile.com)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/2378301 (!android)...
AI Is Writing Books About Foraging. What Could Go Wrong? (civileats.com)
Microsoft Copilot Is Coming: Why It’s Both Exciting and a Bit Sad (www.technewsworld.com)
Netflix Is Reportedly Planning a Price Hike After the Ongoing Hollywood Actors’ Strike Ends | Entertainment News (www.gadgets360.com)
Unity CEO John Riccitiello 'retiring' from company weeks after pricing controversy (www.eurogamer.net)
CD Projekt Red devs unionise after its third round of layoffs in three months (www.eurogamer.net)
LGBTQ+ YouTube Channels
Instead of focusing on bad news, why don’t we share some good YouTube channels made by LBGTQ+ creators to celebrate them?...
Scientists unlock the secrets of a sixth basic flavor (phys.org)
After decades of climate deception, Shell uses Fortnite to court demographic most concerned about climate change (www.mediamatters.org)
How to let my kids find quality games on Android? Right now they only find the pay to win / ad riddled games.
My 9yo daughter has a tablet with family link, so I can monitor what apps she wants to install. As the garbage games are mostly at the top free, she keeps asking for games that I reject, in most cases because it’s riddled with ads....
Is there an indie games bubble? (roadmapmag.com)
Memory Block: How Saturated Fats May Hinder Memory Formation in the Aging Brain (scitechdaily.com)
A new study suggests that a high-fat diet may impair memory by causing inflammatory effects and issues in cell-signaling management in the brain cells, especially as people age, but the omega-3 fatty acid DHA may help mitigate these effects. The research, focusing on microglia and hippocampal neurons, found that palmitic acid...
"Carrot Tans" Are Trending on Tiktok. Here's What The Science Says. (www.sciencealert.com)
War Thunder user leaks restricted military documents for AH-64D Apache Longbow (nichegamer.com)
War Thunder has leaked restricted military documents AGAIN for the third time in a month. This time it's the AH-64D Apache Longbow attack helicoptor. User BarteG98PL posted the "fully unclassified"
Germany bans ‘cult-like, deeply racist’ far-right group, carries out raids (www.aljazeera.com)
Minecraft Wiki moves away from Fandom (minecraft.wiki)
Curious Canine in Brazil Turns Out to Be a First-of-Its-Kind Hybrid (www.sciencealert.com)
China is flooding Taiwan with disinformation: With elections looming, China wants Taiwanese voters to think America is their greatest threat (www.economist.com)
US FCC chair to seek reinstating net neutrality rules rescinded under Trump (www.reuters.com)
cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/205595...
What was the formative horror game of your childhood?
For me it was Dead Space 2 when I was 12-ish. For reference, at this point the most gruesome/gorey/violent media I was exposed to was the Halo 3 Flood levels and the original 2 Alien movies....
Dead NFTs: The Evolving Landscape of the NFT Market (dappgambl.com)
TL;DR: The NFT market has drastically declined since its peak in 2021, with most NFT collections having no value. There’s an oversupply of NFTs, leading to a buyer’s market, and environmental concerns due to energy consumption. Top NFTs also struggle to maintain value, and the future of NFTs depends on utility and genuine...
The Internet Is About to Get Much Worse (www.nytimes.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/5400607...
NYC Mayor Announces New NYPD RoboCop That Needs a Cop to Guard It (www.vice.com)
Elon Musk demanded a cameo in Cyberpunk 2077 while wielding a 200 year old gun: "I was armed but not dangerous" (www.pcgamer.com)
While Elon’s then-partner Grimes was recording her part in the game as cyborg popstar Lizzy Wizzy, the erratic tech billionaire turned up with an antique firearm to “insist” on being included in the game. “The studio guys were like sweating,” Grimes is quoted as saying. Musk adds “I told them that I was armed but not...
Real Lasagna Soup - Foodwishes (www.youtube.com)
There have been some excellent soup recipes posted in this community in the last few days, I wanted to share this recent one from Foodwishes.
The AI Revolution is Rotten to the Core (www.youtube.com)
They Literally Don't make Things Like They Used To - SOME MORE NEWS (www.youtube.com)
(Sorry if this is the wrong community to post this)
Does anyone know of a trustworthy and curated list of qanon sites that I can use for my pihole(s)?
So, until recently, I have been using github.com/rimu/no-qanon/blob/master/hosts.txt...