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@ Stopthatgirl7 @lemmy.world

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Hey, y’all! Just another random, loudmouthed, opinionated, Southern-fried nerdy American living abroad.

This is my lemmy account because I got sick of how unstable kbin dot social was.

Mastodon: @stopthatgirl7

  • Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The Guardian

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  • That’s the other big reason I’m hesitant - different tests can give totally different results, so who knows what’s “right”?

  • Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The Guardian

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  • I’ve got to admit, I’ve wanted to do one of those tests just because my family is such a mix of “lol we don’t know.” Like, no really, what IS my maternal grandma? She does not look like the rest of her family and had a different family name from her siblings. And ok really, where DID my paternal great-grandmother who lied about her race so she could marry my great-grandfather back when “miscegenation” was illegal, come from? And WAS that great-grandpa biracial himself?

    There’s a reason I call myself an ethnic Rorschach test, and I’d love to know why it is I am. But the rest of my family is against the idea of finding out because “it doesn’t matter” plus who knows how just data might be used one day.

  • Why I regret using 23andMe: I gave up my DNA just to find out I’m British | Technology | The Guardian

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  • I read the headline and went, “…I mean, what were you expecting?”

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Code found online exploits LogoFAIL to install Bootkitty Linux backdoor

    arstechnica.com /security/2024/11/code-found-online-exploits-logofail-to-install-bootkitty-linux-backdoor/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Canadian news companies sue OpenAI | TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com /2024/11/29/canadian-news-companies-sue-openai/

  • Ex-Google CEO warns that 'perfect' AI girlfriends could spell trouble for young men

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  • If real women don’t like you, that’s a You issue. Make yourself a better person that other people - aka women - want to be around.

  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Ex-Google CEO warns that 'perfect' AI girlfriends could spell trouble for young men

    www.businessinsider.com /ex-google-eric-schmidt-ai-girlfriends-young-men-concerns-2024-11
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Someone Made a Dataset of One Million Bluesky Posts for 'Machine Learning Research'

    www.404media.co /someone-made-a-dataset-of-one-million-bluesky-posts-for-machine-learning-research/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they’re stepping back

    apnews.com /article/trump-black-women-democrats-harris-base-votecast-0c646e888c999b03d1798e1aa1331937
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Apple's mobile browser policies and Google pact are 'holding back innovation,' UK regulator says | TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com /2024/11/22/apples-mobile-browser-policies-and-google-pact-are-holding-back-innovation-uk-regulator-says/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Child safety org launches AI model trained on real child sex abuse images

    arstechnica.com /tech-policy/2024/11/ai-trained-on-real-child-sex-abuse-images-to-detect-new-csam/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Pokémon Go Players Have Unwittingly Trained AI to Navigate the World

    www.404media.co /pokemon-go-players-have-unwittingly-trained-ai-to-navigate-the-world/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Mastodon Says App Downloads Up 47% on iOS Amid Twitter Exodus

    www.pcmag.com /news/x-rival-mastodon-says-app-downloads-up-47-on-ios-amid-twitter-exodus
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Apple Quietly Introduced iPhone Reboot Code Which is Locking Out Cops

    www.404media.co /apple-quietly-introduced-iphone-reboot-code-which-is-locking-out-cops/
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    JD Vance says US could veto NATO if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk’s platforms

    www.independent.co.uk /news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-elon-musk-x-twitter-donald-trump-b2614525.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    X updates block feature, letting blocked users see your public posts | TechCrunch

    techcrunch.com /2024/11/03/x-updates-block-feature-letting-blocked-users-see-your-public-posts/
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    Georgia Republican Slams Elon Musk Over Wildly Fake Election Video

    newrepublic.com /post/187794/georgia-republican-raffensperger-elon-musk-fake-election-video
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    Zuckerberg: The AI Slop Will Continue Until Morale Improves

    www.404media.co /zuckerberg-the-ai-slop-will-continue-until-morale-improves/
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    ‘This is political bulls**t’: Former Republican candidate charged with stealing Madison County election ballots

    fox59.com /news/indycrime/this-is-political-bullst-former-republican-candidate-charged-with-stealing-madison-county-election-ballots/

  • Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe Performs Wildly Racist Set At Trump Rally In New York City

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  • You can’t even say he knows his audience because not that many people were actually laughing. Dude is so unfunny he couldn’t even get a Trump crowd up laugh at racist jokes.

  • Hey Lemmy, what's a movie you think everybody should see at least once?

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  • Grave of the Fireflies

  • Character.ai Faces Lawsuit After Teen’s Suicide

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  • The chatbot was actually pretty irresponsible about a lot of things, looks like. As in, it doesn’t respond the right way to mentions of suicide and tries to convince the person using it that it’s a real person.

    This guy made an account to try it out for himself, and yikes: https://youtu.be/FExnXCEAe6k?si=oxqoZ02uhsOKbbSF

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene appears to say Democrats can "control the weather"

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  • Paralyzed Man Unable to Walk After Maker of His Powered Exoskeleton Tells Him It's Now Obsolete

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  • Respectfully requesting that in the future, you read articles before replying.

    And:

    According to Straight, the issue was caused by a piece of wiring that had come loose from the battery that powered a wristwatch used to control the exoskeleton. This would cost peanuts for Lifeward to fix up, but it refused to service anything more than five years old, Straight said.

    "I find it very hard to believe after paying nearly $100,000 for the machine and training that a $20 battery for the watch is the reason I can't walk anymore?" he wrote on Facebook.

    This is all over a battery in a watch.

  • Former Black Voices for Trump Director: Marjorie Taylor Greene Called Me the N-Word

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  • Thanks; fixed!

  • A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he was actually the culprit.

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  • So you think these companies should have no liability for the misinformation they spit out. Awesome. That’s gonna end well. Welcome to digital snake oil, y’all.

  • A courts reporter wrote about a few trials. Then an AI decided he was actually the culprit.

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  • If they aren’t liable for what their product does, who is? And do you think they’ll be incentivized to fix their glorified chat boxes if they know they won’t be held responsible for if?

  • 'Someone manufactured this': Mark Robinson blames shocking 'black Nazi' comments on AI

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  • Sure bro. Suuuuuure.

  • Thoughts Around KBin's Current Status and the Importance of Community Migration Features

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  • You’ve highlighted what is definitely a major problem with the Fediverse - all it takes for you to lose all the hard work you’ve done building up a community is the person running a server to pull the plug with no warning.

    I loved kbin social - I started out on there, and only moved over to lemmy because it was getting too erratic and it was impossible to find out what was going on. Being able to move is a great thing, but if you miss your window to move, you’re SOL.

    Admins definitely need to be willing and able to have the reins over to someone else if it’s getting to be too much, or to at least let people know in advance if they’re planning to shut down. Communication is key.

  • United Airlines passengers to see targeted ads on seat-back screens

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  • I am just so, so tired of being constantly inundated with being told to CONSUME.