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Telorand

@ Telorand @reddthat.com

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  • Donut Lab's miracle battery found to be a fraud, investigation claims

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  • That's the joke

  • Rule 3 - Updated

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  • I think that's a fair assessment. If it becomes an issue where we're getting inundated with low-quality posts, then it might be worth bringing it back up.

  • Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation

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  • Donut Lab's miracle battery found to be a fraud, investigation claims

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  • That's actually super cool, and more in line with what one might expect from the gradual progression of solid state energy storage.

    (Also, I'm a layperson, so my expectations should be taken as such.)

  • Donut Lab's miracle battery found to be a fraud, investigation claims

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    • Step 1: Buy a house.
    • Step 2: You are now legally required to buy electricity from the utility company.
    • Step 3: Enjoy your new electricity and debt!

  • Al Leaders Are Cosplaying James Bond Villains

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  • Exactly, what is this "cosplaying" thing, as if they take off their villain costume at the end of the day and are only playing evil monsters the rest of the time?

  • Rule 3 - Updated

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  • In addition, rule 7 (low effort posts) is deleted as everyone seems to agree its handled just fine with votes.

    This one is tough for instances like mine. Downvotes are turned off, so I and others like me who choose to experience the Fediverse in a different way will not see posts fall, only rise. In theory, these low-effort posts wouldn't get many positive votes in the first place, but it would be nice to still have an option for those of us who don't use downvotes.

    Basically, removing the rule and relying on downvotes is excluding of instances that don't have downvotes.

  • Your Al Shopping Assistant Is Selling You Out

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  • Is anyone surprised by this? I'm pretty sure this was a predicted outcome.

  • Google wants your phone to track your heart rate by simply looking at you

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  • Consumers are stupid, and the market is manipulated by billionaires. Billionaires will implement this software anyway, and consumers will swallow this "feature," not knowing that they have a choice to not be surveiled by yet another camera, this time slurping up potential health data.

  • Google wants your phone to track your heart rate by simply looking at you

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  • Doesn't even need to be European. Ubuntu has a phone version that's not currently universal, but it is on its way and could be someday. True Linux phones may be in our future.

    We don't need phones that respect your data, we need phones that don't collect it in the first place.

  • Google wants your phone to track your heart rate by simply looking at you

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  • You never did. Heart rate monitors have existed for years, and they're typically more accurate than a smartwatch. Fitness bands, too, have been around for a long time.

    And you can always use the tried-and-true free method of finding your pulse, counting for 30sec, and multiplying by two.

  • Watch These Judges Rip Into Lawyers For Citing Cases That Don't Exist

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  • To be fair, mild confusion and concern is the judicial equivalent. Even the diehard maga judges still behave with decorum, even if their ultimate judgments are unhinged.

    There's a common and expected way to do lawyering. If a judge "expresses concern" towards a lawyer, that's a big sign that you dun fucked up.

  • When AI builds itself

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  • You're reading a marketing piece from Anthropic. This is not an unbiased look at the AI landscape, it's targeted propaganda.

    If you think this is something to "appreciate," congratulations; you're the mark.

  • Flathub Now Rejects AI-Assisted Apps and Submissions

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  • Then you can't tell. Sorry, I don't make the rules.

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    Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips

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  • Not really that crazy when you consider that the people in charge could have had a sweetheart deal with manufacturers in China, but they cut off all trade partners and all soft power channels, because they're drooling buffoons who won't accept that the US shifted to a global economy decades ago nor do they grasp how global economies work—mainly because they fired every expert under the pretense of "government waste."

    All they know how to do is grift and defraud, and the chance to maintain global hegemony is long past. It's China's time, now, and they know it.

  • Angry tiny Texas town council member proposes total ban on cellular and GPS devices in protest over AI dispute

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  • Classic abuser language. Take it to the extreme to make the reasonable person sound unreasonable, then make it out that you're their victim.

    Conservatism and DARVO go hand in hand.

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    An AI hate wave is here

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  • That's nuts. Thanks for the source! I hadn't heard about that

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  • if you do not comply with court orders of the country you are based in, you can close up shop

    This is exactly the case for every VPN and network operator. Some take steps to remediate issues around anonymity, and some even offer ways to pay anonymously, but no company is going to break the law for you.

    I have issues with Proton's head being far too conciliatory to Trump, but the email thing wasn't something they could do anything about, because it's an inherent flaw with how email works; it was a court order to which they were compelled to comply, whether they wanted to or not.

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    An AI hate wave is here

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  • I've never heard of either of these things. Do you have sources?