kibiz0r

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[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago

if you fuck it up they will bail for another platform

They might also start using another platform. But they’re unlikely to leave completely.

Cory Doctorow put out the first hour of the audiobook on Enshittification for free, and it covers this very well.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 30 points 2 months ago

They actually acquired Fyre.Festival.exe. Explorer just doesn’t show the extension by default.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 2 months ago

To be clear: I’m saying that an ongoing supply of pure water is a requirement of the cooling method they chose, not that they were required to choose that method. The poster I was replying to asked how water could actually be consumed and not just reused.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They need to use very pure water, and it evaporates completely, so it must be continually replenished.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Flock? Or other models? Cuz I don’t think they’re training license plate OCR via scraping Reddit posts.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I’m conflicted about this advice.

If we do end up in a civil war scenario, it’s important that gun ownership is not severely lopsided against vulnerable groups.

But in the meantime, gun ownership is a massive risk factor for suicide (attempts and fatalities), and trans folks are at a higher risk in the first place.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 11 points 3 months ago

judge ~~rules~~ drools

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 28 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I mean…

In 2016, various media outlets reported that Mr Thiel had links to the radical life extension startup Ambrosia, with Gawker claiming he "spends $40,00 per quarter to get an infusion of blood from an 18-year-old based on research conducted at Stanford on extending the lives of mice."

These reports cited his investment portfolio, together with a 2009 essay that laid out his philosophical and political beliefs. In it, he wrote that he stood against "the ideology of the inevitability of the death of every individual."

However the blood transfusion claims were never verified and Gawker shut down shortly after following an unrelated lawsuit partly funded by Mr Thiel.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 6 points 3 months ago

I loved my Eee PC so much.

I’ve been watching and hoping for a modern ARM equivalent, but haven’t seen anything quite right so far.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 15 points 3 months ago

That’s the 4D chess move of admitting to terrible stuff from decades ago. “So obviously if we’re telling you about it, we’ve stopped doing that.”

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (15 children)

Lemmy when gun death: “Gun proliferation was absolutely a factor, and we should throw red paint on anyone who gets on TV to say this is ‘just a mental health issue’ or ‘about responsible gun ownership’. They will say regulation is impossible, but people are dying just cuz Jim-Bob likes being able to play cowboy.”

Lemmy when AI death: “This is a mental health issue. It says he was seeing a therapist. Where were the parents? AI doesn’t kill people, people kill people. Everyone needs to learn responsible AI use. Besides, regulation is impossible, it will just mean only bad guys have AI.”

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