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Telorand

@ Telorand @reddthat.com

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  • Trump losing sleep over polling numbers days before election

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  • I don't, but people should still assume he can and vote like they're the one that can tip the scale against him.

  • Subscriptions Are Ruining Our Lives. Here's Why They're Everywhere Now. | You'll own nothing and you'll be happy!

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  • Yep. Those people aren't my friends.

  • Toxic X users sabotage Community Notes that could derail disinfo, report says

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  • More like "surprised this didn't happen on day one."

  • Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips for consumers to launch in September 2025, commercial to follow in 2026: Report

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  • The number of Assembly instructions needed to do similar things tends to be less on ARM, from my limited understanding. That leads to efficiencies.

  • Nvidia's Arm-based PC chips for consumers to launch in September 2025, commercial to follow in 2026: Report

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  • I have generally negative feelings about big companies getting bigger, but from what I understand about the difference between instruction sets, the transition to ARM is a good thing.

  • Entire Mac Lineup Now Finally Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era

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  • And by that definition, I agree

  • Reddit’s getting more popular—and profitable

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  • Yep, not an unexpected outcome. Enshittification usually has a direct correlation with profitability; most people simply love being the product, because the alternative takes a little effort.

    Reddit is still hot garbage, though, and that fact is only growing worse according to my friend group that still goes there on occasion. I much prefer Fedi.

  • Entire Mac Lineup Now Finally Starts With at Least 16GB RAM, Ending 8GB Era

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  • I dunno if I'd even consider them an industry leader, unless you break down their ubiquity by industry category (in which they lead graphic design and maybe video editing, iirc). They lead phone sales in the US by a lot, but their overall desktop share is still relatively small (<10%), and their global footprint is buoyed only by iOS (which is still below Windows and Android).

    I would say they're an innovator, and they push certain companies to innovate, but they don't really lead by that many metrics.

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  • For that, we'll need a super-AI! If only some naive rube heroic billionaire would be brave enough to fund it!

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  • the less intelligent and less truthful it becomes.

    Incorrect, because of this simple fact: garbage in, garbage out. Feed it the internet, get the internet.

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  • My BiL actually fell for one of those. He's profoundly naive, and it's probably good that he's in the military, since they make many of life's choices for him.

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  • The Trojans are distributed through CAPTCHAs with instructions. Clicking the “I’m not a robot” button for example copies the line powershell.exe -eC bQBzAGgAdABhA<…>MAIgA= to the clipboard and displays so-called “verification steps”:

    • Press Win + R (this opens the Run dialog box);
    • Press CTRL + V (this pastes the line from the clipboard into the text field);
    • Press Enter (this executes the code).

    Malicious use of the system clipboard seems to be the popular choice, these days. If you fall for this, maybe the internet isn't the place for you, just yet.

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  • Yes and no. Iirc, only high-rollers got to have their trades go through.

  • Russia Mulls Forking Linux in Response to Developer Exclusions

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  • Go for it. That's one of the benefits of being FOSS, and other countries have their own versions of Linux already (that meet whatever dumb authoritarian rules are required).

  • Google creating an AI agent to use your PC on your behalf, says report | Same PR nightmare as Windows Recall

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  • Instead, you can directly give it commands in your browser and it should automatically do everything you need, including filling out forms and clicking buttons. AI-tasked examples include opening pertinent web pages, compiling search data into easily readable tables, purchasing products, or booking flights.

    This sounds like it would be great for people with accessibility needs—if only Google was trustworthy and had a fiduciary duty to humanity...

    Alas.

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  • Cool, so another search engine to ignore.

  • Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’

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  • The one place where I sincerely hope it takes root and succeeds is in medicine. Having better drugs, helping to identify potential problems or diseases, identifying health patterns (all with human review and proper trials, naturally)...

    It's not even close to the magical AGI that tech bros are promising, but it is good at digesting data, and science and medicine are full of that. Plus, given how overworked doctors and nurses can be, having a preliminary analysis from a computer that doesn't get tired or overworked seems like it would probably help with accurate diagnosis.

  • Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’

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  • It will be interesting when the bubble pops, because that's probably when we'll see the useful things it is actually good at

  • Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’

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  • Not especially old, though; he looks like a 54yo dev. Reminds me of my uncles when they were 54yo devs.