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Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Remember how much people HATED Win95? They still moved to it to escape DOS, but still. Loads of hate.

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 2 points 3 days ago

Ah, but I bet those monkeys produce more text than Shakespeare! At least within the last 6 months!

spoilerThe joke is that Shakespeare is dead and no longer producing text.

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Seems a better prompt could solve that.

Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

One's dishwasher is not exposed to a harsh environment. A large percentage of code is exposed to an openly hostile environment.

If a dishwasher breaks, it can destroy a floor, a room, maybe the rooms below. If code breaks it can lead to the computer, then network, being compromised. Followed by escalating attacks that can bankrupt a business and lead to financial ruin. (This is possibly extreme, but cyber attacks have destroyed businesses. The downside risks of terrible code can be huge.)

Anon doesn't like AI in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
Anon doesn't like AI in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago

I was thinking "gurgle gurgle" as filled with liquid... I don't know what distinct sound the Vaults in Fallout make.

Anon doesn't like AI in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Given cuts to medicaid and vaccine approvals being rolled back, one had best hurry.

Anon doesn't like AI in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 6 days ago (4 children)

tanks?
varoom vroom! or gurgle gurlge?

Anon tries to meet girls at college in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Live in the dorms and go to parties. The first week before classes start is magical for making friends.

SpaceX says states should dump fiber plans, give all grant money to Starlink in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 24 points 3 weeks ago

Alternative Headline: Billionaire Signals States Should Speed Fiber Rollout

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Amid deep cuts, USDA spent thousands on 31-foot Trump banners (www.yahoo.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/33549298

At a time when the U.S. Department of Agriculture was slashing aid to schools and food banks in the name of fiscal responsibility, newly confirmed Secretary Brooke Rollins elected to spend thousands of dollars to purchase massive banners of President Donald Trump, one of which now hangs outside her department’s headquarters in Washington, DC, according to documents obtained by Salon.

In May, visitors to the nation’s capital noticed two, 31-foot additions to the USDA’s building on Independence Avenue, ostensibly intended to mark its 163rd anniversary: a banner featuring President Abraham Lincoln, who signed the bill creating the department, and another featuring Trump, both featuring the tagline: “Growing America Since 1862.”

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Trump says he plans to put a 100% tariff on computer chips, likely pushing up cost of electronics in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Perhaps this could tax the huge data centers being built in the USA, which tend to get huge local tax incentives. But, if I had a data center I was trying to kit out, this would encourage me to setup shop any place other than the USA. (Latency matters, but not equally for everything.)

Sweden prime minister under fire after admitting that he regularly consults AI tools for a second opinion in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Didn't Nancy Regan, wife of former USA President Ronald Regan, did this as well. (Ronald was apparently not mentally fit for the last few years as well.)

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How many Nintendo Switches do I need for a family of gamers? (midwest.social)
 

I don't understand the Nintendo Switch. How many do I need for a family of gamers?

They are a personal device like a gameboy.
There is a TV version for party games.
The games may or may not be shareable, even with the physical games.
Assume the ideal usage is during screen time on a weekend.

I have been avoiding buying one as I don't understand them. Thinking of getting them soon.

I assume one OLED for the family and then a portable per person, then one copy of each game per device.

How is this affordable?

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Anything I buy must be physical (midwest.social)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MNByChoice@midwest.social to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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I don't like subscribing to nonphysical things. I can read a physical paper a month after it arrived. Digital is faster, but I tend to lose it before I have read it.

I need a recipient in my pocket. Too often my virtual thing is lost, my device fails, or things reboot and I don't have my secure 24 digit password with me.

I won't subscribe to a digital only anything. Physical and digital is nice.

Edit: They don't even have to be identical. A digital daily with a monthly print would be nice.

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Mayor Jacob Frey quips that choosing remote work over office makes you a 'loser' (Minneapolis, MN, USA) (bringmethenews.com)
 

"I don't know if you saw this study the other day, but what this study clearly shows, is when people have the ability to come downtown to an office and don't, when they stay home, sitting on their couch with their nasty cat blanket diddling on their laptop ... if they do that for a few months, you become a loser! It's a study. We're not losers, are we?"

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