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  • Please don't make the post link go straight to a file.

    Weirds me out when I think I'm going to a website and suddenly it's asking where I want to download to.

  • When the president does it, that means it's not illegal.

    has become

    When a rich person does it, that means it's not illegal.

  • Is there an intuitive way to tell the difference?

    I tried to think of other places where dis- vs mis- is used, but we only ever seem to use one:

    • miscommunicate vs discommunicate
    • misinterested vs disinterested
    • misunderstood vs disunderstood
  • be mindful of how live music venues are in cahoots with stealing profits from artists and smaller venues.

    So... sneak in to the live show and throw money at the artists like strippers. o7

  • Sounds like naked people in a cage wondering about which is more dangerous: the leopard or the lion.

  • Top three are:

    1. Discourse
    2. Rocket.chat
    3. Matrix
  • In my view, security isn't a feature, it's a design choice.

    I have no ill wishes towards Stoat, but I've never seen a developer convincingly implement security after the fact.

  • The episode is Shut Up and Dance, where a kid gets blackmailed into committing (more) crimes because a hacker had evidence of him with CSAM .

  • Visio is also a common French word for videoconference.

    That would be like making a phone app called Phone, and Samsung trying to claim copyright because they call their app Phone, too.

  • I've never thought a custom ROM sounded shady.

    To me it was always, "we only have vanilla or chocolate on the menu, but if you're willing to risk bricking your phone, you can get cookies and cream."

    I picked cookies and cream.

  • My main takeaway is that I will keep this method next year. I believe that students are confronted with their own use of chatbots. I also learn how they use them. I’m delighted to read their thought processes through the stream of consciousness.

    Like every generation of students, there are good students, bad students and very brilliant students. It will always be the case, people evolve (I was, myself, not a very good student). Chatbots don’t change anything regarding that. Like every new technology, smart young people are very critical and, by defintion, smart about how they use it.

    The problem is not the young generation. The problem is the older generation destroying critical infrastructure out of fear of missing out on the new shiny thing from big corp’s marketing department.

  • it's far better than any other option we currently have.

    We have the Fediverse. Brother, you're literally on it right now.

  • "Enormous enthusiasm" for AI should be a fireable offense.

  • They're working on a non-Google alternative, last I heard.

  • For the most part, it's believed that carmakers are doing way with Android Auto support simply as a way to expand their control over user data. Because Android Auto utilizes your phone's connection, all of the data that runs through it goes straight to Android and the phone manufacturer. So, by utilizing built-in systems, the car manufacturers would indeed be able to collect more data about how you use the systems in place, while also possibly getting more money out of you through subscriptions.

    You are unfortunately correct.