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• I’m generally against software patents, but I kinda like that this was patented. Maybe the patent will prevent other companies from enshittifying their games.

  on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes in c/games@lemmy.world · 2d ago

• Everything spies on you now LOL.

  If you’re reading this on your phone, guess what? Your phone is spying on you. Turn off your phone and watch some TV. Your TV is spying on you.

  on Xiaomi Has a Luxury SUV for $31,000 That All Western Brands Should Fear in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3d ago

• Ah so you’d kill all of the members of Hamas then. That’s what you obviously meant, because you everyone agrees on which people you mean when you say “those that want others dead for the crime of existing.” Completely water tight! Definitely not at all dependent on the arbitrariness of which information you’ve been exposed to.

  on ah yes in c/animemes@ani.social · 4d ago

• That’s always true. I just did two searches and got the exact same AI result.

  I’m guessing google is caching AI results, it would be insane not to.

  I did at one time have a Gemini window open that was explaining how to solve a technical problem. It was pretty adamant the solution it was proposing would work, but it wasn’t working. I gave up on AI, and decided to just google for old fashioned web forums about the issue. Of course the AI result comes up first, and it said what I was trying to do wasn’t going to work and gave the reason why. So yeah one instance of AI will say the opposite thing from the other.

  BTW I eventually solved the problem by taking a different approach which involved using some code someone posted to stack overflow a few years ago. So AI was just a complete waste of time on that problem.

  on AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• The head of my IT department once asked me to send him an AWS root password over email because there was an issue with billing on the account.

  Another manager told users to just bypass the certificate errors on a new web service.

  Multiple times I’ve had people tell me over teams to do all kinds of weird things to work around security errors.

  It’s a weird thing where people in IT think the security rules are for everyone else and not for them. And it’s just laziness. I wind up doing all of the work to set everything up so the user is going to subdomain.[my company’s domain] and the cert is valid and if it’s an internal service, use kerberos to validate the user so they don’t even enter a password.

  The goal should always be that the user sees zero red flags when using a service. But a lot of people are too lazy to implement what’s needed so eliminate all of those red flags and instead just send out a message to tell people to ignore them.

  on Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• The mentality around online security now is to push the responsibility onto someone else instead of investing any real effort into it. So you need to be aware of phishing scams, but the company isn’t going to make any kind of effort towards it. That’s on you, not on us!

  Microsoft is really terrible about this. They have at least 20 different domains and many of them ask you to enter your credentials into them. Usually you’re redirected to something like login.microsoft-online.com or something like that and enter in your credentials into that. Always seems like a phishing thing… why wouldn’t it just be login.microsoft.com? I’m guessing within Microsoft, it’s probably was a pain in the ass to get whatever department in MS that controls the microsoft.com domain to set up a subdomain. So instead ever department registers a domain that they can control. The end result is you’re dumping your credentials into random looking domains, then downloading and installing software from other random domains.

  They just don’t really care as long as there’s no legal liability. You’re data gets compromised because you didn’t notice that you put your credentials into online.microsoft-login.com instead of login.microsoft-online.com, that’s your mistake and no one can sue microsoft for it. As long their negligence doesn’t meet the legal definition of negligence, they’re not going to put an any kind of effort.

  Anti-phishing training could be so much better… “don’t put your credentials into anything other that *.microsoft.com”. But since these companies won’t make any effort, anti-phishing training amounts to “Just be careful or whatever LOL!”

  on Thanks FedEx, This is Why we Keep Getting Phished in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago

• Unfortunately, no one can be told what a file is. You have to see it for yourself.

  This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the file system goes.

  on Blew My Mind Into Orbit in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026

• Even more effective given that they’re probably shooting at civilian ships.

  on Iran and Houthi rebels used Anthropic's Claude AI to target US warships and build hypersonic missiles — Houthi rebels also used the bot to code ballistic missile guidance systems in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026

• If they were announcing Starcraft 3 (and it was going to be an RTS game) I can understand there being some excitement around it even four years in advance because there’s so few RTS games being made.

  But a Starcraft shooter? Meh.

  on STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion in c/games@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026

• Do you mean the first time they announced StarCraft Ghost or the second time?

  So this is actually the third time they’ve announced a Starcraft shooter.

  on STARCRAFT | Announce Cinematic | Dominion in c/games@lemmy.world · 14 Sep 2026

• On Youtube you can just click on subscriptions and it only shows content from channels you’re subscribed to. If you make some effort to curate the channels you’re subscribed to, there will be some pretty good content there.

  To me, this should be the default page with the recommendation algorithm being an “explore” option to find some other channels to subscribe to.

  The big problem with social media is you have millions of people competing with each other to grab attention. If the goal were instead to convince people to subscribe to their channel, people might actually put some effort into creating better content instead of trying to be the first to get out their hot take on whatever is going on. If they adjusted their interface to start up on the subscription feed, and have an explore feed which show maybe ten channels that have had a lot of subscriptions recently, it would probably solve a lot of problems with shit shit tier troll content dominating social media.

  on Australians will be able to switch off social media algorithms under planned legislation in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7 Sep 2026

• Would that be cases be where you’re doing something that might appear a little odd, but there is a reason for it to be that way? So if you see something that looks a little odd and there’s a comment explaining it, wouldn’t you be more likely assume that there’s a reason for that code to be that way and it’s probably intentional and not a bug?

  And “self documenting code” is just something we say because we don’t want to be bothered with writing comments, if we’re being honest.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4 Sep 2026

• Yeah I get it, you’re someone who goes along with the narratives from articles that an algorithm selected for you. I guess you just got comfy with going along AI algorithms in your information consumption so you assume others will too.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• Do you completely fail at critical thinking? I’ll slow it down so you can understand:

  1. Linus sees sloppy code written by a human

  2. Linus sees sloppy code written by an AI

  Why did #1 not corrupt him have decades, but #2 definitely will? There is no reason, sloppy code is sloppy code whether written by a human or written by an AI.

  You’re equating shitty developers becoming vibe coders with a skilled software engineer using a tool. I think you just don’t know the difference between a junior developer and a senior software engineer. Maybe you just don’t have any experience in software development and are just reading articles on random websites.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• You assume humans don’t ever write sloppy code and Linux Torvalds has never before encountered someone wanting to merge in sloppy code before. If in decades he hasn’t gotten comfy with sloppy code written by humans, why would he suddenly be merging in sloppy code written by an AI? He’s never been worried about hurting the feelings of a human that’s writing sloppy, do you suppose he’s going to develop empathy for an LLM that’s writing sloppy code?

  The people that go all in on vibe coding are people that aren’t very good programmers to begin with. They don’t really understand how to write code and then suddenly they can make things work quickly. Well sort of work. At least work about as well as they could with their limited skills.

  People that are actually good at programming know what good code is. After decades of working with code and knowing what it’s supposed to be, you don’t suddenly become a vibe coder saying eh, it kind of works, good enough, ship it. Its the people that were never able to write high quality code to begin with that do that. It can do the job of a lazy programmer that has a low standard of quality. For a skilled developer, it can sometimes save on typing on some simple tasks, and a good developer knows when it did something wrong and be all Thanos and say “fine, I’ll do it myself”.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Anti-intellectualism doesn’t help yours.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• It’s a classic scammer tactic to create a false sense of urgency, so people sign up for something without thinking.

  Slow down, and do some critical thinking. The promise of AI is that you can type in a simple prompt and the AI will figure out all of the complicated computer stuff for you. How would someone be “left behind” by this technology? Do you suppose that experienced developers will lose the ability to write simple sentences?

  I don’t think people will loose the ability to type in “make that button green”. Even if AI fulfills it’s promises (which is doubtful, read up on the halting problem) someone who knows how computers work will be more employable than someone that only knows how to write prompts. Because the person that knows how computers work can also write prompts and will be better at doing that than someone that doesn’t know anything about computers.

  More important in this day and age is learning how to spot a scam. Someone pressuring you to do something immediately is likely scamming you.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• It’s especially essential to mark the code as AI generated. AI makes mistakes just as humans do. Problem is AI makes different kinds of mistakes than humans.

  A human will tend to forget to do something they were supposed to do. An AI will do a bunch of unnecessary shit.

  Also you can tell that a human didn’t put a lot of thought into some code (no comments, sloppy variable names) so you’re more likely to say “yeah ok, I used to make that kind of mistake when I was younger” and just fix it. AI generated code will have all kinds of comments which normally makes you more hesitant before making a change. It looks like someone really thought through what they were doing, but in reality it’s something generated by an LLM and no real thought was given to the code.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Dude merges in code into the kernel originating from how many thousands of developers from around the world?

  Read the LKML if you think he’s a guy that’s prone to getting comfy with merging in sub-par code.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• LLM is just an algorithm.

  Think in terms of any other algorithm. If someone said they use a particular algorithm for everything, that would be a bad programmer. But if someone else said they would never ever use a particular algorithm because it’s the tool of the devil, would that be a good programmer.

  Software engineering is about knowing when an algorithm should be used and where it shouldn’t be used. LLMs don’t change that, it’s just another algorithm. The engineer should make the decision not marketing hype. But the decision should also not be made by reactionaries.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Well yeah the thief can sell the hardware, but the data is wiped. Not expecting it to be a self destruct feature.

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Hash? Sure I can hook you up.

  on reason enough to fail the interview in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 1 Sep 2026

• The guy in the story we’re discussing found a way to make a duress password work using graphene.

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@lemmy.world · 1 Sep 2026

• This is actually a really good idea. It would also work if your phone got stolen.

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• When you seize their phone, tell them your passcode is explicitly not the destruction code, and do not answer any more questions besides insisting this.

  I feel like there might be a couple of things you have the the wrong way around in this sentence.

  on U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk in c/technology@lemmy.world · 27 Aug 2026

• I use some joke distro that names their releases after Toy Story characters LOL.

  on Just Draw in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• There’s only like three companies in the world that make gas turbines. They’re already operating at capacity.

  While power grids do constantly grow, they don’t grow about 20% year over year. It simply isn’t possible to increase the power supply at the pace the AI companies are expecting in their data center plans. So they’re buying up all of these chips but there isn’t going to be electricity to power them.

  The AI bubble is just completely disconnected from reality.

  on America's Largest Grid Operator to Data Centers: Bring Your Own Power or Get Turned Off First… in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Do they just push everying directly to production without any QA?

  Don’t be ridiculous! They’re very careful to always write a prompt to QA the code before they write a prompt to push to prod.

  Haha, just kidding, they probably just have an agent do the prompting now.

  on Never seen it this bad in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 18 Aug 2026

• No one will git commit to it.

  on Never seen it this bad in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 18 Aug 2026

• And France is blocking importing solar energy from Spain. Also France has to do some shenanigans in Africa to secure their uranium supply.

  Sure nuclear is far better than fossil fuels in terms of global warming, but it has similar geopolitical problems to the oil industry. It makes sense to go to solar and wind, but there’s a nuclear industry that’s doing the same kinds of things the oil industry does to block it.

  on France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• The biggest nuclear reactor disaster in history was at a government run nuclear power plant. So you probably shouldn’t trust the government with nuclear either.

  on France’s nuclear fleet gives it one of the world’s lowest-carbon electricity grids in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Yeah and airplane pilots have to do a whole lot of training before they’re trusted with flying.

  And yeah, 100% agree on better public transit and more WFH. We’ve developed technology to do this but somehow people insist that we should all sit in moving metal cages surrounded by six lanes of other people in their metal cages every day so we can have a Teams meeting with the person sitting next to us in the office.

  on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Yeah same thing that happens because of weather conditions. Not an emergency.

  on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• The biggest problem with flying cars is, well, have you seen how people drive?

  It’s stressful enough just crossing the street. But at least you know when you’re doing it, look both ways, look around for idiot drivers. If there were flying cars you’d always be in danger everywhere.

  on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Landing yes, it’s kinda silly to try to implement arresting cables for landing anyway. Takeoff though? If the system is broken, well then takeoff is delayed, but that wouldn’t be an emergency. Planes can’t take off all the time because of weather conditions.

  on First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Trade Federation droids that are easily defeatable by a ragtag group of nobodies.

  I thought they were defeated by a religious cult working for the government?

  on Grok Calls for Assassination of Elon Musk, Accusing Him of Pedophilia in c/technology@lemmy.world · 15 Aug 2026

• I think what’s happening is everyone is operating entirely for their own self interest, and after awhile those interests start syncing up. So there’s no conscious conspiracy, but people are working together towards a common goal.

  It would be more comforting if it were a conscious conspiracy, at least then there would be a goal set by conscious people. But I don’t think there is actually anyone at the wheel just all of the parts of a machine working together while we drive off a cliff.

  Social media is definitely used to control people and yeah making people hate is the way they’re controlling people. But it’s a mess of foreign interests and moneyed interests. Foreign interests don’t want societal cohesion in their adversaries to weaken them. Moneyed interests don’t want cohesion so we can’t get it together enough to tax them and regulate their businesses. So they promote radicalization and demonization of centrists and disgusting politics on both the far right and far left to keep everyone divided.

  on Meta Caught Paying Nazis to Post on Facebook in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Aug 2026

• Sure there’s plans, maybe even some ribbon cutting with some gold shovels to “break ground” or whatever. These are things you do when running a Big Store type of scam.

  on 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Aug 2026

• I’m reminded of the episode of TNG where they trapped Moriarity in a simulation so he would think he had taken over the ship.

  Maybe we can just have an internet just for billionaires where they have AI produce internet content so they can advertise useless AI products to AI bots run by other billionaires while the rest of us go on with our normal lives in the real world?

  on Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic in c/technology@lemmy.world · 9 Aug 2026

• Luckily two and a half years ago I decided it was time for a new computer. I go more than a decade between new PCs so it was just really dumb luck that I got a new computer when I did. And the reason I can go so long between computers is because I always get way more RAM than I need when I get a new one.

  So given the current state of things, it’s a little awkward to admit how much RAM is in my computer.

  on 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026

• It’s because it’s a Ponzi scheme. Huge amounts of investment dollars are being dumped into AI and anything related to AI. If you build any kind of chips that are used in AI datacenters, you suddenly have a bunch of money invested in your company. What do you do with it? You make a deal with OpenAI (or one of the other ones) that you’ll invest that money into them if they agree to buy a bunch of chips from you. Now you have revenue on books and are showing a reasonable return on that investment.

  If you were a chip manufacturer and actually believed that there was a big future in AI, you’d be using those investment dollars to build some more chip fabs. And some of these companies are doing that. But overall, moving money to another company so they will order chips for datacenters that aren’t built yet (and may never be built) is just bubble ponzi shenanigans.

  Computer hardware depreciates in value very quickly. You don’t buy hardware today so you can install that hardware in a datacenter that won’t be online for another year.

  on 2027 RAM Capacity Has Reportedly Been Sold out in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Aug 2026