blind3rdeye

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[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago

I also don't use wireless mouse or keyboard. For me, it's mostly about having confidence that it will work - and that if it doesn't work then there are fewer points of failure to think about.

For example, if my keyboard isn't responding... that could be because the computer has frozen and become unresponsive, or the keyboard is broken. That's about it. But with a wireless keyboard I have to consider that the keyboard itself might be working but the wifi is not. Perhaps the keyboard's radios are damaged or turned off; perhaps the battery is flat; perhaps the computer's radios are turned off, or the drivers have failed; or perhaps some device is interfering with the signal. ... I find that these thoughts just fill my head with crap that I don't want to think about or worry about. In particular, I'm sick of dealing with batteries. The cable doesn't bother me, so that's a better solution.

I remember one time I was using a wireless device, and it seemed to work fine except when I was sitting at a particular desk. I spent ages trying to work out what was going on before finally working out that my computer monitor was blocking the signal. Adjusting the position of the monitor, or the device, or the thing it was talking to fixed the problem. Changing the wavelength also fixed the problem. ... Wired just doesn't have any of those variables.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 38 points 7 months ago

Not that I'm aware of. But secondly... it doesn't matter if this quote is from a pure soul or a broken one - the we can gain value from its message either way.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

If you weren't looking to pick a fight, then your actions did not match your intentions. Because it's bloody obvious that what you are saying is inflammatory.

... seven different stories, my arse.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

The point is that the AI 'enhanced' photos have nice clear details that are randomly produced, and thus should not be relied on. Are you suggesting that we can work around that problem by choosing a random seed manually? Do you think that solves the problem?

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Can you give an actual example of this or are you just making a broad accusation against anyone that uses something other than Proton?

The quote you are referring to is about people who have such specialised security needs that they choose to self-host. i.e. its about people who won't use Proton because it doesn't suit their needs. The only 'accusations' in the post are against Google & Microsoft, who are accused of buying the souls of their users and selling their data - which I think is a fair accusation. No other company or service is referred to, explicitly or implicitly.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 36 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Isn't Homer meant to be an illustration of privilege? Like, he's pretty useless, but still gets essentially everything he wants.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I'm pretty sure that artists are pissed because techbros have taken the artists' creations without permission and used them to train computers to mimic the artists. This is bad for a host of reasons. One obvious reason is that the thieves can then use this to make money, using the artists' work but without paying them - ever. Another reason is that since the AI can make work using the 'style' of an artist but without the creative direction of the artist, it devalues the style that the artist has worked to create. The new AI created work looks similar, but is not of consistent quality. Another reason is people generally think of art as a creative outlet; where someone's thoughts and efforts go into creating something. But if the work is done effortlessly, and primarily through the lens of what the AI sees rather than what a person sees - then it just devalues art and artistic creation itself. Art creation is basically the very worst thing to automate; economically, morally, and philosophically.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

This comic is pretty bad. It oversimplifies both positions to the point of complete triviality, then uses it to mock a group of people. The comic is not insightful, or funny, or representative or any real people in any sense. It's basically just a jab at some people that the author doesn't like.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

In this context, 'you guys' refers to USA as a whole.

It is important for the world that the USA doesn't elect a deranged dictator. So I hope you, as an individual, will vote for the better candidate.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

Isn't that how most apartments work? The apartment I live in, and every apartment I know of has an "owners corporation", of which each owner of each apartment is a member. The members have meetings and elect a committee to make financial decisions. All members pay fees to the owners corporation. Most of the money goes to a building manager, which is an external company hired by the owners corporation to maintain the building. The building manager handles repairs and cleaning of the common areas and facilities. Any non-routine spending must be approved by the committee (and large expenditures, such as elevator replacement, would go to a vote of all members).

...

Anyway, the gist is what you said. Individuals and families own the apartments, and collectively they own the whole building and make decisions about how it should be maintained and run.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 28 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

According to the article, people generally don't use their real info on this site, but the site is making dubious inferences that allow them to pull the info from other sources to auto-populate the 'real' fields in their site.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 points 8 months ago

Better still, stick with DRM free games.

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