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Alphane Moon

@ Alphane_Moon @lemmy.world

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That there is no perfect defense. There is no protection. Being alive means being exposed; it's the nature of life to be hazardous—it's the stuff of living.

  • TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads

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  • This is really the of stuff dystopian scifi.

    A somewhat cliched saying comes to my mind when reading this article.

    “The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” [1]

    Hopefully, there will eventually be pushback against this techno-feudalism and oligarchy. For what it's worth this seems to always happen in history. Ruling elites (in our case oligarchs and their promoters; the media, economists, politicians) consolidate their power and start to become disconnected from reality.

    As a side note, it's funny that AI-generated videos have themes of dystopia and rebellion against the system.

  • Court orders Automattic to restore WP Engine's access to WordPress.org | TechCrunch

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  • I was honestly surprised how unstable the Automattic CEO sounded. He is literally sabotaging his own company/product/project.

    It's a public mental implosion.

  • LG discontinues all UHD Blu-ray and Blu-ray players

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  • They do way more than that, that's just the consumer facing stuff.

  • Itch.io games site taken down

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  • This is crazy. How can they just take down your domain without at least discussing the issue.

  • Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American

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  • He strikes me as a "wannabe American". As someone who has lived in the US, but didn't necessarily want to immigrate on a permanent basis, you can smell the deep insecurity with Elmo on this issue.

  • Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American

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  • Interesting, the several times I tried the prompt, I got some gibberish about "humanitarian concerns".

    This was earlier in the year though.

    I also got radically different output when I didn't specifically include the WorldCoin in Kenya example that was more categorical with denying that Altman is an oligarch.

    Prompting Gemini LLM about Sunder Pichai was also interesting.

    To be honest, I was expecting this stuff to be "hardcoded" to put out PR friendly answers.

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  • At one point BitTorrent/P2P was responsible for something like 30-40% of all global internet traffic.

    The thing is the protocol never really developed beyond some useful, but minor evolutionary updates.

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  • Short-form vertical video social platforms are here to stay.

    We are not going to turn back the clock. I say this as someone who doesn't use TikTok.

    The only semi-realistic (and I use this term very casually) option would be some sort of radical, never-seen-before change in our global societal and socioeconomic models. The dynamics of short form video social media will be the least of our concerns in such a scenario.

  • Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for

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  • I didn't intend to ask for personal details.

    Just high-level generic information. I am just curious what sort of use cases would require someone to manage a server, but still have challenges with using a slightly different UI.

  • Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for

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  • If you don't mind me asking, what sort of servers/clients do you work with?

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    Brand new ChatGPT Pro o1 reasoning model asked: "What are the most impactful yet achievable actions humanity can take in the next decade to ensure global stability and sustainable development?"

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  • Because this is AI slop, somewhat more convincing sounding than typical AI slop, but still a fundamentally shallow and pointless answer.

  • Assassination is a Leaky Abstraction

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  • First time I've heard of the "Leaky Abstraction" concept, makes a lot of sense. Good metaphor too.

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    BEST CANADA IMMIGRATION CONSULTANTS IN CHENNAI

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  • How come the consultants haven't moved to Canada if they are so experienced in immigration?

  • Only about 720,000 Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops sold since launch — under 0.8% of the total number of PCs shipped in Q3, or less than 1 out of every 125 devices

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  • I posted the headline as-is. Updated it with the new headline.

  • Only about 720,000 Qualcomm Snapdragon X laptops sold since launch — under 0.8% of the total number of PCs shipped in Q3, or less than 1 out of every 125 devices

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  • But the main thing is this while story is some bizarre idea that a new device getting nearly 1% of global sales in its first quarter is doing badly?

    There was a lot of hype for this and some sketchy work by Qualcomm around benchmarks (initially posted benchmarks that were based on a linux setup with 100% custom cooling, none of the released products came close to this result and it's not really viable to run Linux on Snapdragon X devices even to this day).

    • Ars Technica - Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite looks like the Windows world’s answer to Apple Silicon
    • The Verge - Qualcomm’s next round of PC chips will fight Apple under the name Snapdragon X
    • Tomshardware - Snapdragon X Elite Outperforms Intel, AMD, Apple CPUs (In Vendor Benchmarks)

  • An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS

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  • Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.

    I have a feeling premium TVs won't escape adware/spyware either. They can get their margin on the hardware and earn some more money on spyware; I don't see what incentive they have to not do both. I hope I am wrong though.

  • An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS

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  • I suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.

  • Apple fights to keep DOJ antitrust suit from reaching trial

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  • Oligarchs are going to do oligarch things.

    Doesn't matter if it's Macedonia, Botswana or the US.