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Steam is 'an unsafe place for teens and young adults': US senator warns Gabe Newell of 'more intense scrutiny' from the government if Valve doesn't take action against extremist content in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What do you mean "the left"? It is from the US so at best it is from the "slight less extreme far right".

Exclusive: Sony in talks to buy media powerhouse behind 'Elden Ring', sources say in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Anything Sony is burned forever to me since they pulled that Rootkit shit a few decades ago.

Anon loves proprietary tech in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

"I am afraid I can't do that, Dave, not until you have taken a shower"

Anon loves proprietary tech in c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

setting the water temperature right where I liked it.

I have that too, it is called "having separate knobs for temperature and turning the water on and off" though I wouldn't exactly consider it AI.

Weekends were a mistake, says Infosys co-founder Narayama Murthy in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just because he is an idiot who never worked a day in his life and so doesn't know that your productivity goes down significantly without relaxation that doesn't mean that anyone should listen to that drivel.

AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

But that is boring, that might actually solve the problem and doesn't have any hype keywords to get anyone to overvalue your company and buy it.

AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

I guess the local sales organizations couldn't let online stores have take over the entire dystopian market.

AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 days ago

Don't be silly. Porn sites could permanently scar kids for life when they see a nipple, obviously they need much better protection than something benign like shipping explosives to their house /s

AI-powered vending machines that sell bullets could be hacked, says a cybersecurity expert in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 67 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Because it is currently the most advanced way to pretend you are doing age verification when really you aren't that is available on the market.

"What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, and it could be a good opportunity to share some of the feedback that usually gets commented here :) in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

I hate AI as much as the next AI-sceptic but that argument is just nonsense. We have plenty of machinery and other company owned assets already that could injure a human being without a direct human intervention causing the injury. Every telephone pole rotting through and falling on someone would legally be a similar situation.

Secret Level's producer can't fathom why Concord ended up failing: 'There was no nicer, more invested group of developers than the team on Concord' in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Seems like the gaming version of this effect of not investing in enough disruptive innovation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpkoCZ4vBSI

Secret Level's producer can't fathom why Concord ended up failing: 'There was no nicer, more invested group of developers than the team on Concord' in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The way I see it meddling by incompetent corporations in competent teams is bad, meddling by incompetent corporations in incompetent teams probably makes something even worse, meddling by competent corporations in incompetent teams probably doesn't nearly have enough influence to make something actually good and only meddling by competent corporations in competent teams might actually have a chance of helping at all.