normalexit

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[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago (8 children)

This seems like a sensible consumer protection to not let the ad company control the biggest web browser. I won't hold my breath, but I'm glad they are trying something.

AWS should also be split from Amazon.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

I am not buying any more of their remastered games. War2 has a special place in my life, and I'm glad another generation is able try it, but they are going to screw it up.

I wish Blizzard would have made Warcraft 4 when they were still Blizzard.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

They are super common where weed is legal. People fly into somewhere like Denver for the weekend to catch a show. Rather than buying a reusable battery, they will get a disposable vape (and probably some gummies).

Then it ends up in the landfill or as litter. I am in favor of making these one time use electronics illegal (along with single use plastics like balloons, plastic silverware, etc.. but that is another thread)

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Really surprising it isn't a teenage boy.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah a dozen or so commits updating readme files isn't exactly compelling stuff. Any of us could do this in five minutes on GitHub.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 21 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I've been writing code professionally for nearly two decades, and I love having copilot available in my IDE. When there is some boilerplate or a SQL query I just don't want to write, it'll oftentimes get me started with something reasonable that is wrong in a couple of subtle ways. I then fix it, laugh at how wrong it was, or use part of the proposed answer in my project.

If you're a non-corder, sure it is pure danger, but if you know what you're doing it can give you a little boost. Only time will tell if it makes me rusty on some basics, but it is another tool in the toolbox now.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 36 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The other option is for all the mods to quit. AI can probably do a lot of basic tasks, but without mods they wouldn't have a site pretty quickly.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry i misunderstood, thanks for clarifying!

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (8 children)

These tech workers are not Bezos. They are just developers and technical people that thought they had a good job with competitive salaries. It sucks they have to uproot their lives because management is being shitty.

They may work for a company without ethics, but that's kind of the corporate landscape these days.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

My Samsung I bought last year required an Internet connection during setup, but after it updated it "allowed" me to disconnect it. Just to be extra safe I connected it to a guest network that I changed the password on so it couldn't remember the credentials. The menus have ads (that never change), but I set the TV to default to the last HDMI port when it turns on.

I wish they had an AOSP sort of approach to TV where I could install a new ROM and customize the TV OS with whatever changes I'd like, so I didn't need extra devices to view Plex and my streaming channels. DRM shuts that dream down pretty quickly though.

I hope that some privacy forward brands will emerge, but there just doesn't seem to be consumer demand or awareness.

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