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• Google was done a long time before AI came about. I quit using it as a primary search engine probably 5 or more years ago.

  on ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8h ago

• Patent?

  on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes in c/games@lemmy.world · 3d ago

• Is it a long waitlist? I hadn’t heard that before, but its possible. I know they just recently shortened the process.

  Maybe more people need to know retirement is at 50.

  on FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3d ago

• What’s a DSP?

  on DSP clears Wolverine's motorcycle section without player input in c/games@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• Oh look a distraction that also gets corporate donors. Its also divisive and gets people talking.

  Probably the most pressing issue of the day. Surely there is nothing else to work on.

  on Republican bill would order ISPs, DNS providers, and VPNs to block piracy sites in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• Hell no it isn’t. I would never let my nine year old have a youtube channel.

  I kind of get what you are driving at, but the huge difference is the kid actually runs the stand, and the customers are (likely) friends and neighbors.

  Not some major profit corporation trying to use you as a product to sell ads.

  on Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 6d ago

• It still is way slower than any chromium based browser, lacks features that have been standard on chromium for years

  I don’t think its slower at all. Most of the time same if not faster. Maybe it depends on where you go?

  Features in chromium are often there because they are going their own way and not being standard, is that Mozillas fault?

  HDR video is in Firefox, HDR images is experimental. Personally I don’t care, why would I watch videos in a browser that I think should have HDR?

  I will agree that Mistral should have done the lifting, and Firefox need not be working so hard on adding AI. However, if they don’t people on the other side of the fence will complain that Chrome gets all the AI, why is Firefox so lazy?

  on Mistral and Mozilla are bringing open, private and multilingual AI to your web browser: a partnership to bring privacy, control and choice to people using AI to browse online. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• I don’t believe in IP, so that really doesn’t bother me much. The problem is when information gets harvested from the public and suddenly becomes someone else’s IP.

  So not really theft, more like gatekeeping, but as it stands, its the same result: rich get richer, we can agree on that.

  on Mistral and Mozilla are bringing open, private and multilingual AI to your web browser: a partnership to bring privacy, control and choice to people using AI to browse online. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• That does sound enjoyable. I wouldn’t consider that a hermit though, quite the opposite. Going out in my own neighborhood and doing things sounds much better than all that other crap. That is actually being part of society.

  I am not sure this is the negative you think it is. If my electric company and bank wont give my an avenue to simply pay bills (I hate online bill pay already) and I don’t have to spend hours trying to talk to an AI chat bot online for costumer support, I am not sure I care that much.

  If my bank is uninterested in serving me then maybe I need to change banks. Fuck them. I know you are going to say they will all be this way. Ok set up my own, I have gotten around this bullshit before.

  I already to deal with a lot of this. I am not allowed to interact with a lot of places due to region bullshit when I am working remotely in various countries. It is already annoying.

  on Your Computer Might Demand Your Age Soon, No Matter Where You Live in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 17 Sep 2026

• Why is a nine year old on you tube, worse with their own channel?

  on Devastated father says his 9-year-old son spent $118,000 on YouTube ad campaigns for his Minecraft channel using a company credit card — bill racked up in just three weeks was supposed to be one $20 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17 Sep 2026

• People should have known sony was crap when they jumped the shark with the ps3. Even the ps2 was the beginning of the buy it online only days, but the ps3 was where they “required” an upgrade to continue to use their console and took away an ability that was promised when sold. Go back a little further and you have the rootkit fiasco.

  People didn’t learn then, and they probably won’t now. Sony just marches forward and people keep buying their crap. Same as always.

  on PlayStation Blackout Had ‘No Significant Change At All’, Analyst Says in c/games@lemmy.world · 15 Sep 2026

• Anyone else read this:

  Brain cells at work Traditional data centers rely on silicon processors and general-purpose Central Processing Units (CPUs). They typically use standard air cooling to handle cloud computing, web hosting, and database storage workloads.

  Biological computing, in contrast, uses wetware to process data. This consists of living neurons grown from stem cells. The neurons are connected to computing hardware via microelectrode arrays. These let electrical signals pass between the biological cells and digital systems.

  And wonder what they were trying to say or why they said it this way?

  Here is the part in question:

  They typically use standard air cooling to handle cloud computing, web hosting, and database storage workloads.

  Biological computing, in contrast, uses wetware to process data.

  Ok, AND? What does air cooling have to do with anything? Is wetware NON standard air cooling?

  Either way, isnt this the section where you say Traditional Data Centers rely on electricity, and these rely on X, Y or Z? Nutrient baths? Sump pumps?

  on World-first biological data center packs 16 mn living human neurons in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026

• Its been a mix of websites for me. It is clear that some are catching on to mozmail domain being a passthrough.

  I have a few domains and can create as many emails as I want so that is my fall back.

  on Mozilla Relay - Mask your email address in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 Sep 2026

• Mostly its been great. A few sites are blocking it as an alias now. In other words you can’t use it to create the email. I wonder how long it will last.

  on Mozilla Relay - Mask your email address in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 Sep 2026

• Phone numbers are regional, for what its worth. So you may see it in one region, travel to another and it doesn’t show.

  on Mozilla Relay - Mask your email address in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 11 Sep 2026

• Go outside and do something hopefully. There are probably enough games to last a persons lifetime already.

  on FFVII Revelation Director Insists S-E Had No Choice but to Require a Download to Play the Physical Disc Version in c/games@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026

• Yeah but people will still buy consoles. So not simple. They can’t control the hardware and then whine about discs. Meh.

  on FFVII Revelation Director Insists S-E Had No Choice but to Require a Download to Play the Physical Disc Version in c/games@lemmy.world · 11 Sep 2026

• This could also be accomplished with Bluetooth and an offline-only app on the phone.

  But WHY! If those diags are important, then just put them in the local display of the machine itself.

  on Your LG TV Might Be Spying on Your Entire Network While You Think It's Turned Off in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• When it came out, Macs were a mess. They were even beginning to let other people make their hardware. BeOS ran on PowerPC archtecture, so it was like a mac option. Windows was just kicking off win 95 which was a gui shell on top of DOS.

  BeOS was the multimedia machine. Everything ran smoothly, and played smoothly, built for speed on light systems while doing multimedia work.

  It was too little too late, and Apple would would acquire Next, and windows would start the NT kernel and Win 98 lines that were on the computers at the store.

  BeOS couldnt get a foot in the door and the rest is history.

  Why Haiku and BeOS now? I guess why not?

  on Haiku OS rises / Beta 6 sails open web / Virtual winds fly fast in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• How you tweak it for your personal viewing is up to you. You already can run it through AI tools to add detail or smooth effects or even turn it into a cartoon if you want to.

  Will take some time, will use a lot of energy, will require a decent card or a lot of credits but this can be done today.

  Personally I don’t think anything will improve it, as I don’t care for it already. Just had to say it as your claim it’s the best trilogy ever is subjective. Much like the results of processing it with AI.

  on DLSS 5 comes with a massive 50-60% performance hit, so I hope you like lower frame rates with your dose of AI image enhancement in c/games@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• I know you wanted to end, but I really wanted to say this:

  Our energy would be better spent to try and get some legal rights for license purchases that replace a sale of a physical disc.

  It seems to me the issue isn’t exclusive to Sony. It is a digital problem for all media types, games included. I would imagine you might agree with that.

  Cheers.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• You can still buy them online, so no difference really. Just not on disc, so nothing is stopping people from buying new ones.

  “you don’t own the hardware” that’s nonsense, it is the only thing in the console gaming equation that you do own

  Let me repeat: you do NOT own the hardware. I mean you own a piece of plastic. You can use it as a boat anchor anytime you want I guess. That’s it.

  Sony has been forcing console upgrades since the ps3 when you buy a new disc. Sony has also revoked the ability to use discs they sold with the console, also during the ps3 era.

  Given that none of this is new, they knew this going in on the ps5. They knew third party publishing on disc was not allowed. They willingly entered this eco system, so I really don’t understand the surprise at all.

  By the way: Sony isn’t ending physical disc manufacture on new games until 2028. Older games, released prior to 2028 are allowed reprints even after that. This should give people time to decide if they want to continue down this road now.

  It is the level of anger that throws me off. So fucking what? Sony is a shit company with a constant anti consumer history. Quit bitching about it and quit supporting it.

  Your arguments are not unsound, but yelling at sony isn’t how they are going to fix it. Stop buying their products will. Most people aren’t going to care, they are used to downloading games and updates already. People who love merch buy the fan box sets. Sony knows people will still buy their products.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• It affects the existing products by rendering them worthless if the customer were only buying physical games.

  They already have the games they bought, so they aren’t worthless. They just don’t get to buy new ones on disc. Sony already has been selling digital for years.

  Simply buy no more games. Everything you already have works the same as it did before.

  I never understood this “sell a console later” concept, so I guess that is on me. But that also is not Sony’s problem. They are under no obligation to keep a console worth anything, and frankly their business model would suggest its in their best interest to make you buy the next model anyways.

  I think everything you are describing is why they never should have bought a console in the first place: you don’t own the hardware. Sony already forces updates for new games and has the ability to kill the old games, whether you have the plastic disc or not. People never seemed to learn that this is normal for Sony. Don’t buy their products.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• How does it affect existing products?

  Also, nothing new with Sony by the way.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• I forgot about that! Yet another good reason.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• I think you missed the point…

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• Days Gone on PC

  I liked it too, but I liked it even better after the simple mod to make it first person. Which I don’t think a PS5 could go.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• I need to get them to give me more plastic so I can throw more money at them!

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• sony is fucking over its customers

  not really no. Sorry. At least no different than they ever had.

  Push back? Why? Grow up and just don’t buy their stuff. How hard is this?

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• I learned my lesson with the PS3, what took you so long?

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• You just don’t buy the product?

  It is so weird, these people are arguing over the ability to keep a piece of plastic so they can then throw more money at Sony. For entertainment.

  on Sony Implements New Customer Harassment Policy Following Backlash Toward Its Plans to Stop Making Physical Game Discs in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• Except there are lots of good reasons to hate HDMI.

  So reluctantly using HDMI is more appropriate.

  on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026

• 20 percent? That sounds like 100 percent people don’t want to pay for it anymore.

  on Apple One and Apple TV subscription prices increase by up to 20 percent in c/technology@lemmy.world · 29 Aug 2026

• They have had amazing free marketing and they still want to sue people.

  It even made me a bit curious and I think GTA is dead to me after San Andreas, and Rockstar can go fuck themselves because every game they make just feels janky.

  on GTA 6 leaks prompt Take-Two to subpoena Microsoft for Windows device IDs of everyone in three Discord servers — daily gameplay leaks shatter cloud of secrecy around the much-hyped game in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• I mentioned the key as a tool in general, not necessarily related to the PSP. Just all devices. Or even updates that could change the way a game worked, making it not work anymore.

  Lets look at the license from Sony:

  Here is my license agreement from my PS1:

  “The Software is licensed to you, not sold. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

  And their current agreement with a PS5:

  “The Software is licensed to you, not sold. You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, and personal license to play or use the Software for your private, non-commercial use on the system or device it was intended for.”

  30 years and its almost exactly the same.

  That is what I said. Nothing changed.

  You are wanting to talk about physical vs digital ownership, but I already said I wasnt talking about that, but it also didn’t change, as they had exactly the same words during the PS1, you just didnt see it because you were not a developer. You were not allowed to share, transfer, use anything digitally transferred.

  Yet there is a history of nothing changing for the consumer as well:

  By the time the PS2 came out, in Japan they were selling online games. As well as the PS3 and even the PSP GO. All with non transferable licenses.

  So even in those cases, its been constant and nothing changed today that hasnt been around for a very long time.

  Now lets talk about software promised and removed, and this is one example, but it is sony and was huge:

  Sony sold the PS3 with Linux support. Sony said I could put another OS on it, or I could get Yellow Dog Linux. There was a presentation that said I could watch movies, program the ps3, listen to music, view photos, etc.

  Then they updated the firmware and took that away. They mandated the update, and broke the software, even when I owned the Disc it was on.

  Same as it ever was: if you have an online device they can screw you. Its a hardware issue, you have no control over that so, as it has been since the ps3: never buy sony.

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/gaming@beehaw.org · 25 Aug 2026

• Sigh. Whatever.

  The license doesn’t change. You are arguing about the ability to revoke it by taking it from you physically. That is two very different things.

  The license did not change. If you download a game and turn off the internet, guess what, it isnt going away. If you clone the drive and restore it, it isnt going away.

  These are just weird semantics. There is no reason (and it has happened before) that the same thing couldnt happen with a physical device as long as you connect it to the internet. They could revoke the key from a physical disc just as easily by banning it from the device if they wanted to.

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/gaming@beehaw.org · 24 Aug 2026

• But that has nothing to do with anything. The license is still the same.

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/gaming@beehaw.org · 24 Aug 2026

• What the US should prioritize is opportunity, education, corporate regulation, housing affordability, justice and dealing with corruption.

  Gee, then they wouldn’t need the surveillance state.

  on Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Except it’s always been this way?

  on Sony Reminds PS Users They Don't Own Digital Games in c/gaming@beehaw.org · 24 Aug 2026

• I am more inclined to use a VPN if I want government ibfornation. And that is really disappointing.

  Fortunately I rarely have to interact with a government website for anything.

  on How often do y'all use a VPN? in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 23 Aug 2026

• It is so much worse now. Look at the former career employees that abandoned ship. Or the current head prosecutor.

  It is so much worse.

  on Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• This is really true. Pick a blog, video, or what ever lawyer you want making comment on the state of the federal justice system right now. It’s a mess and a shit show.

  on Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• Skeptical that the books being destroyed are rare.

  on We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Wasn’t a thing originally, they added it later. But it’s habit, I never leave lithium battery devices plugged in. I have a laptop from 2011 that still holds over 90 percent storage.

  on Repairing the Steam Deck LCD Gets Much More Expensive as Official Battery Reaches $180 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Yeah it really is. So was Amazon bulk printing pulp.

  Its almost like maybe amazon wasn’t the place to get random books.

  on AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Of course not. Wasn’t my point.

  on AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Well duh. Also real authors are flooding Amazon with crap too. Have people not been paying attention?

  on AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• How many batteries are failing? My LCD battery is still working great. I never leave it plugged in, managing battery health helps a lot.

  on Repairing the Steam Deck LCD Gets Much More Expensive as Official Battery Reaches $180 in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Can they please give me an example of a rare book?

  on We Tracked a Shipment of Rare Books. It Ended at an Amazon AI Training Facility in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• I keep thinking there might be ones that are considered somewhat rare, but that is so relative. Its not like the real rare boom market isn’t there. I was looking at a couple books to buy that are considered rare, although they are public domain. They aren’t cheap maybe 2 to 3 hundred each, but I do have a choice of nearly 5 different printings to choose from, meaning if I buy one they dont go away entirely.

  Also, who are the booksellers? Does this mean they can start pushing prices up for these purchases? Surely if AI companies are buying all the rare books they would begin to price them accordingly.

  Also, for the rare books, are people trying to buy them to preserve them?

  on Amazon Caught Destroying Rare Books to Train AI in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026