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• Y’all need Firefox + ublock and a different search engine. I havent seen an ad since 2007.

  on ‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI in c/technology@lemmy.world · 7h ago

• I mean, don’t put it on the network. Now it is dumb again. Mostly. Probably not, ok fine, so just don’t buy one with that shit in it.

  on Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges in c/technology@lemmy.world · 17h ago

• The reality is that these tools are not going away. Thinking that will happen is not realistic.

  They’re part of the deal now. People who refuse to use them will simply become obsolete. It starts in technology, but it will quickly move around.

  Thinking you can just avoid it isn’t practical. It is no different from cars displacing horses and computers displacing typewriters.

  Think of how absurd it would sound if you came across someone who refuses to use a computer and only a typewriter.

  on Engineer says Claude Code has made his job "soul-sucking" as workers spend 12-hour days pressing enter in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19h ago

• I was listening to live ATC broadcast this evening for O’Hare ground control.

  Jesus tapdancing Christ, no idea how they do it.

  All you hear is a steady stream of instructions like “j1234, approach 10L and hold, then sierra sierra golf tango tango alpha” which are “directions” for pilots to taxi to a gate.

  They are ripping them off at hyperspeed, no mistakes. The audio quality of some pilots is just terrible but somehow they know wtf they said. They have dozens of planes on the ground at a time, organizing the chaos of them all without blinking. In the hour I listened, I heard one dude doing it all, though I think there are two different ground controllers.

  Planes blocking taxiways, pilots misunderstanding instructions, someone is taking too long to push back from the gate and they’re making changes and adapting on the fly.

  Holy shit y’all.

  Listen for yourself and try to figure it out. Audio: www.liveatc.net/play/kord1n2_gnd_in.pls Ground mapd: www.flightaware.com/resources/airport/ORD/…/pdf

  Good luck.

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

• I started in networks.

  The volume of people who work in technology that don’t understand networking is astonishing. I probably spent more time explaining how a web proxy works than I did actually setting things up.

  Firewall rules? Spells and magic. Routing? Unpossible! DNS? Forget it, I’m going home.

  on there's mostly only two relentless hardships in programming: networking issues, naming things, and off by one errors. in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 14 Sep 2026

• I of of the opinion that these sites commoditize women. They take in profiles, they curate and hoard them. They know that men will pay to get access to them, so they put the best “opportunities” behind their paywall. If you don’t pay, you can see them, but have low chances of getting their attention. I presume the same happens to both sides, but regardless of how they operate, they don’t want you to find someone. They don’t make money if you find someone and quit using the app.

  They manipulate a population that is hooked on convenience and pretend to offer the same thing. Be a lazy turd and find a hot woman from your sofa. That isn’t realistic, but that’s the pitch. Nobody starts dating thinking “hmm, I want the chunky person who has no other hobbies than swiping on their phone while Netflix plays in the background”. If these apps were at all helpful, they’d tell you to put on some pants, get off the sofa and develop some appealing interests (no, “hiking” isn’t one of them because you don’t actually do it).

  Good fucking riddance if this is at all true.

  on Dating Apps Are Dying in c/technology@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026

• I’m fine with this. The world has enough greedy assholes.

  Even if ai turns out to be a greedy asshole also, it won’t take much GPU power to run one. How hard is it to program a computer to say stupid shit like “I want a Porsche!” Or “your finest steak!”.

  Do politicians next.

  on OpenAI targets work of Wall Street junior bankers with new ChatGPT for Financial Services in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Sep 2026

• Ha ha, like people are going to switch en masse to google phones. You know, the company that changes the map first.

  Don’t blame people for choices they cannot impact. If you tried to buy stuff only from ethical companies, you’d be broke or just not buy food/stuff.

  on Internal revolt as 'nuts' Apple execs appease Trump: 'There is not a soul who is for it' in c/technology@lemmy.world · 3 Sep 2026

• Where I live, it was not voted on. They just showed up one day. They did have a city council meeting to discuss it, but they had it during 4th of july week–when most people in this small town are on vacation. I don’t think that was an accident.

  on Americans are cheering for vigilantes who take down Flock cameras | The surveillance cameras have become another flashpoint of growing bipartisan anger against tech industry excess. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• When it was created, this was true. However, now cars have systems that log just about everything you do and send it to the manufacturer, who then sells it on to insurance, ICE, anyone with money.

  So it started off ok, but now I would imagine that if your car has a sensor, it is reporting data back to that central telemetry unit which is sending it up up and away.

  on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Two hours ago, I was driving in my little town. Speed limit is about 35. At the edge of town is one of those giant freeway-style lighted signboards that flashes some info about upcoming construction starting soon. When you see them on the freeway, they don’t look as big. When you’re up close to one, you realize they’re pretty freaking big.

  Anyway, the signboard is now on it’s back, all fucked up, twisted and broken. Looks like a dinosaur picked it up, bit it and threw it. A little farther up the road is a late model kia sedan with the front torn off and some fucking twat of a driver taking pictures of his car.

  So I don’t know what model he was in, but it was one of the larger sedans, so not an Elantra or something cheap. I know darn well that it at least had to have automatic emergency braking, maybe even some other driver aids. Somehow, this muppet was able to NOT see the giant lit up, bright orange signboard and his car did nothing to stop anything by the looks of it.

  So it doesn’t surprise me that people turn this shit off, not one tiny bit. It’s always the people who need to have them on the most, as usual.

  on One In Five Drivers Switches Off The Safety Tech Meant To Save Their Lives in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Go here: employees.theworknumber.com. Create account log in, surf through myriad of pages to find the way to opt out. It’s in there somewhere.

  on Grand Jury Declines to Indict Man Caught on Camera Destroying Flock Pole in c/technology@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• While you are right, there are almost no laws in the US that protect privacy. Short of being in your own home with the blinds down, there is next to nothing working in your favor. The assumption is that you’re in “public” or clear view of the public, thusly, screw you.

  Your pool? Clear view from the road. That douchenozzle with a drone, probably not breaking the law when he takes a video flying over. “Oh, I was looking at my own roof” or some bullshit.

  There should be privacy laws. The world has changed so much, but most laws are stuck in the stone age and now sold to the highest bidder who actively monetizes the complete lack of privacy laws.

  In the US, you can look up TONS of details about anyone’s house. From the sale price, the tax history, tons of details about it and even photos of the inside. In what normal world does that make sense?! Your employer sells your salary data to ADP who then sells it to any number of others. What the actual fuck?! Nobody asked for this, it’s opt-out only but the opt out expires. I did it a few years ago, and it’s back on again.

  If privacy were not important, then there should not be bathroom doors.

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

• Rto does a great job of scaring off talent that has options.

  You get to keep all the losers who can’t get a better job. You also get to waste a ton of money on rent and office space.

  My company went rto. Then they closed a downtown office and forced everyone out to their exurban campus an hour from the city.

  Anyone with an ounce of talent left. My remaining team is mostly duds. I need to gtfo, but the money is good–which means they are paying (me at least) a high premium.

  Rto is fucking moronic.

  on Remote workers report the highest well-being in study of 7,700 employees: while those who worked entirely onsite reported the lowest. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• I am disappointed in the number of naysayers here. This guy is working on the problem and delivering results. What are any of you doing? Yeah, it turns into a cat and mouse game if one person is doing it and that mouse is bright purple. If there is a diversity of solutions to this issue, now there is a whole rainbow of mice, more than cats.

  If you have an idea, contribute. If all you want to do is armchair quarterback, maybe don’t. The world already has plenty, that job is well filled.

  on Anti-Flock, Anti-Ring, AI Adversarial Clothing (demo'd @BlackHat & DefCon) in c/privacy@lemmy.world · 17 Aug 2026

• I’m not sure where you live, but where I live, there is no such thing as a right to privacy.

  I think there should be, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon. So many people are willingly give up anything that resembled privacy for a little convenience and novelty.

  If you’re using any google or apple product, you’re part of the problem. Smartwatch, yes that too. Social media, take everything.

  Until people actually start paying attention and actively refusing to take the bait on these modern conveniences (it just works!!!) this will just get worse.

  on Researchers Show How Meta's 'Pervert Glasses' Are Used to Harass Women in c/technology@lemmy.world · 14 Aug 2026

• I’m not listening to any of those. They’re bad.

  on Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 12 Aug 2026

• I guess podcasts do.

  I cannot think of a single good podcast. I say that, then someone recommends six. I listen to a few, each just as insufferable as the next. Same shit each and every one. Some twatwaffle just blathering about nonsense.

  I don’t know a single intelligent person who listens to them.

  If you get blasted with boner pill ads during a podcast, you deserve it.

  I wish Spotify would make the default view music and not books and podcasts.

  on Spotify threatens industry with ad-skipping tool: "Skip Ahead" is available for Premium users in selected markets, and enables them to skip entire ad breaks, intros, sponsorship messages. in c/technology@lemmy.world · 11 Aug 2026

• xed

  Suck it dorks!

  on intimidating in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 9 Aug 2026