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- on Microsoft patent describes in-game advertising triggered by boss fights, loading screens, and cutscenes in c/games@lemmy.world · 3d ago
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on 2026 ☄️ in c/femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4d ago
I’d say those things are important for a good fulfilling life whether you are in a peaceful and equitable world or in the dystopian hunger games cyber baron reality we seem to be sliding into.
So I say we lean into those values even if you think you cannot solve any problems.
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on AI staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Anthropic researcher tells BBC in c/technology@lemmy.world · 4d ago
Well, if the output varies in a way you can’t predict, then even if one of the inputs is “don’t do anything negative” it might not always follow it exactly.
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on The Wirule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 Sep 2026
Yeah, and I think it’s a symptom of a cultural problem where people think prosperity means essentially not having to do anything. The ideal is to sit on your ass and consume, while never having to create.
But when you don’t do anything for yourself and have AI or hired help do it so that you can go back to scrolling the dopamine treadmill, you eventually don’t know how to do it even if you wanted to. Losing knowledge, skills, and attention span means getting more stupid, kinda by definition.
This negative feedback loop is a form of conditioning, and it is not in our best interests. It is in the interests of advertisers, psychological manipulators, tech barons, and others who are generally the worst.
In my case, the more I have consciously decided to take care of my own shit – in various aspects of life – the better I have felt. It’s not the one secret to a fulfilling life, but it’s an important one. And yes damn it, I sometimes use dashes.
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on Motorola's 2027 flagships will officially support GrapheneOS in c/technology@lemmy.world · 26 Aug 2026
However, if someone went to a phone store with a stock graphene on display and anything else next to it, which one do you think they’ll choose?
Given the past couple years I’d like to think the fraction to choose graphene would be multiple times what it would have been 5-10 years ago. But not close to a majority.
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on Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026
“How do we have our safety, and how do we balance privacy?”
Spoken like a true sales/con artist. I can almost hear the brand guidelines poking through… Always mention safety before privacy, always treat safety as a given and privacy as the buffer zone in which to find compromise.
The compromise is how far each town chooses to go above security tier 0: emergencies with immediate threat to life or property.
- tier 0 is defined as covering 100% of law enforcement requests of all agencies with jurisdiction in the covered area.
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on My home server was a totally justified purchase in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Yeah it’s less like something new and more like “Thank you, ancient me, for deciding it was always a good policy to go heavy on the RAM.”
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on When AI art has no author: Study finds generated images often can’t be traced to training data in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Even if generated images originally could be traced to the training data, I think that maybe just maybe the shady gigacorps would have some incentive to remove or obfuscate the copyright & IP violation paper trail from their trillion-dollar toys.
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on Week of action planned against license plate readers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026
Oh no, I will be sure to keep an eye out for these scary vandals invading my peaceful town over these next few days!
I mean, you never know when a passionate young person needs a “thumbs up” to brighten their day and boost their confidence.
And in case any of them want to step to me, I can threaten them with all the old power tools I have in my house that they could learn to use.
Oh good. I was only 98% sure I was done buying consoles forever. It’s good to really know.
I might make exceptions for consoles/devices that run linux off the shelf. (I want to get a steam frame, ok?)