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MurrayL

@ MurrayL @lemmy.world

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  • The technology isn’t the problem, the companies are. All the things you listed are issues, but they are all also solved if you look slightly harder.

    There are free video services that you can watch from anywhere, not to mention self-hosted VOD for all your definitely-legitimately-acquired media.

    You can get video doorbells that aren’t from Ring or Google and link them to fully private systems like Home Assistant.

    … okay there’s no solution for McDonald’s prices if you want McD’s, but - at least here in the UK - delivery bags are sealed so you can in fact tell if someone has eaten your fries.

    Anyway, my point is you shouldn’t feel bad for imagining a cool future. We do get to live in that future, but we also have to be judicious about who we trust to deliver it.

  • Why Are Large Language Models So Terrible at Video Games?

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  • Unlike coding, LLMs struggle with video games. This feels surprising given their success in coding, as well as in games like chess and Go.

    Can’t really take the article seriously with statements like this.

    Last time I checked, LLMs are comically bad at chess. They can do some openings but then very quickly degenerate into illegal moves and hallucinations about which pieces are where. There was a popular article last year wherein Chess for the Atari 2600 beat ChatGPT in a head to head match, and I don’t think the situation has improved much since then.

  • When other countries say Americans are loud, what does this mean?

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  • Almost all of the references on that wiki page are from the last couple of months - I assume it’s been trending on social media recently.

  • Hotdog & oven fries

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  • My wife […] loves soggy fries […] with no seasoning.

    To each their own, but my god this is utterly incomprehensible to me. Might as well just eat a wet sponge.

  • The CTF scene is dead

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  • At no point does this article bother to explain what CTF is.

  • Overseas fakers using AI videos to push a narrative of UK decline, BBC finds

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  • Here’s where it gets really sad:

    Prof van der Linden warned that research also suggests many people do not seem to care if content is AI-generated or not.

    "As long as it resonates with their identity and world-view they will often still endorse the content and share it with others because it signals agreement with a larger agenda," he said.

    As one commenter on the "Great British People" Facebook page put it: "It's probably AI but the fact is that he is right about everything".

    These people should be jettisoned into the sea.

  • What do you think about gambling?

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  • I don’t think betting on sports should be illegal. The problem is the endless advertising and the way sportsbooks have invaded and completely taken over sports coverage in the media. Feels like literally everything now is just about discussing under/overs and what Vegas thinks.

    Call me crazy but I miss when sports was about sports.

  • What is (one of) your favorite kind(s) of bread, and what context do you enjoy it in the most?

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  • Tiger bread is very versatile - good for toast, good for sandwiches, good for dipping in soup, etc.

    I’m not sure I know anyone who doesn’t like tiger bread.

    I’m also only just learning that it’s a Dutch invention? It’s sold in every supermarket in the UK. Seemingly came out of nowhere here in the early 2010s.

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers sell music catalogue for $300M

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  • ‘If you do these arbitrary calculations the number goes down!’

  • What brought you to the Fediverse?

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  • They broke RIF with the API changes, and Voyager for Lemmy was the recommended alternative at the time. Still here 3 years later.

    I haven’t fully deleted my Reddit account because, as much as I hate to admit it, the site is often a good source of information for hobby projects etc, but I’ve gone completely read-only. I get what I need and then leave - no voting, no comments, no messaging.

  • Jucika substitutes

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  • I’d be interested to know exactly when this was published. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was a satirical take on a shortage of switchboard operators in Hungary at the time.

  • Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims

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  • Apple Faces £3 Billion UK Trial Over iCloud Lock-In Claims

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  • Which? argues that a customer who would have theoretically paid £1.99 for the service but was not able to do so because the actual £2.99 price was unaffordable suffered a £1 loss, even though the customer paid nothing.

    Maybe you have to be a lawyer to understand this, because to me it sounds like complete nonsense.

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    Notepad++ Creator Don Ho Calls Out "Fake" MacOS App Over Trademark Violation

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  • Yep, CotEditor is fantastic - solo dev and they’re very careful to follow the actual macOS interface guidelines, so it looks and feels native throughout.

  • Happy May the 4th, and remember to check regularly the optical lens of your Vader helm.

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  • Kind of funny to see how much longer the original German is to express the same dialogue, even accounting for the difference in font size.

  • Jucika and the magic of TV

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  • For extra context: szünet is Hungarian for intermission

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  • Not these days. Apple hasn’t launched a new product with the ‘i’ prefix since Steve Jobs was around.

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    ChatGPT Became So Obsessed With Goblins That OpenAI Had to Intervene

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  • I’m willing to bet it’s people seeing an ‘AI bad’ headline, upvoting, and moving on without reading.

    I don’t like AI either but the hivemind on the fediverse is just as bad as back on Reddit sometimes.

  • Taylor Swift files to trademark her voice and likeness in era of AI deepfakes

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  • I’m not certain. That might fall under falsely implying endorsement, which is one of the few exceptions.