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ThePowerOfGeek

@ ThePowerOfGeek @lemmy.world

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  • Tulsi Accusing Russia of Interfering in 2016 Election Goes Viral Amid Obama Conspiracy Allegations

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  • Kinda funny. For a long time she was a burden on the Democrats. Now she's a burden on the GOP. She's like one of those professional athletes who somehow cons their way into club after club despite having a shite performance history and no discernable positive traits.

    Edit: typo fix.

  • Introducing Lumo, the AI where every conversation is confidential | Proton

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  • I came so close to switching over to them at the start of the year. I was in the middle of planning that change, then their founder or CEO or whoever he is started going political. So I held off. And now just like everyone else they've jumped on the AI bandwagon.

  • DOGE Put Free Tax Filing Tool on Chopping Block After One Meeting With Lobbyists

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  • Didn't sometime leak the source code to the government tax filing software, with the intent of making it open source? It's not an ideal solution, but if that is a viable solution (and if it's maintained properly) then that's a pretty big nose-thumbing at these curious government officials.

  • Charlie Kirk says he is "done talking" about Jeffrey Epstein for the moment

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  • Now there's a good little face, staying loyal to his overlords. I'm sure a big burst of shill money will flow in any day for this, Charlie.

  • I relate

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  • Both I and my book feel personally attacked by this cartoon.

  • Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

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  • I feel bad for all the sane, reasonable people in Texas. I know they are in the minority. But they are getting dragged down this black hole of misery and stupidity too. And through no fault of their own. It's got to suck to see your vote for common sense and open-mindedness count for nothing year after year.

  • Texas is relying on FEMA. State leaders said it should be cut

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  • Texas, you really need to stop electing greedy, sociopathic assholes to public office. I know it's difficult due to corruption, gerrymandering, and the unflinching stupidity of a small majority of the electorate. But this should be (yet another) wake-up call.

  • Jack Dorsey just Announced Bitchat(A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app for iOS and macOS that works over Bluetooth mesh networks) Licensed Under Public Domain.

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  • That's a good point. And to add to it, I've tried using Briar as an emergency option if there's no Internet. And there seems to be a massive flaw in that scenario: you need the Internet to authenticate yourself on the app. So if there's no Internet it's useless. I just tried switching off WiFi and 5G on my phone and yup, can't log in, so can't use it.

  • Grok praises Hitler, gives credit to Musk for removing “woke filters”

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  • The interesting thing for me is that Grok was originally pretty 'woke' itself. Then Musk lobotomized it and turned it into a Nazi.

    100% agree about boycotting everything that toxic nepo-baby asshole touches. Tesla, Twitter, Space X, whatever.

  • Unless users take action, Android will let Gemini access third-party apps

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  • I just went into my settings after reading this article (and getting a bit frustrated that it was a wall of text with no clear instructions right up front).

    I did a search in settings for "gemini" and found the Gemini settings. There's no clear 'off' switch. But there's is an option to switch back to Google Assistant. So I did that. And not when I search for Gemini in settings it urges me to enable Gemini.

    I'm taking that as a good sign that I've disabled it permanently. Thought I'd post this info in case it helps someone else. Or so if I'm incorrect somebody else can correct me.

  • Jack Dorsey just Announced Bitchat(A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app for iOS and macOS that works over Bluetooth mesh networks) Licensed Under Public Domain.

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  • This is a great idea, but it would be difficult to manage.

    It reminds me of the instant messenger wars during the late 1990s/early 2000s.

    AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) had a virtual monopoly on the industry, and so when Microsoft started breaking into it with MSN Messenger they cracked AIM's protocol so their users could communicate with AIM users. This enraged AOL, and there was a wild cat-and-mouse updates battle for a few months. AOL would push an update to block Microsoft, then Microsoft would push an update to get around that. Sometimes there were multiple updates from both sides per day.

    And then there was Trillian messenger just sneaking through the middle providing access to both, mostly unnoticed (at least for a while).

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    TIL the plastic wall plug, used in homes and construction worldwide, was invented by German engineer Artur Fischer in 1958. His simple nylon dowel forever changed how we hang, fix, and build.

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  • Anchor? I hardly knew her!

    ETA: happy cake day.

  • Jack Dorsey just Announced Bitchat(A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app for iOS and macOS that works over Bluetooth mesh networks) Licensed Under Public Domain.

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  • Okay. But one of my points still stands that there are already a bunch of p2p Bluetooth-based messaging apps out there.

  • Jack Dorsey just Announced Bitchat(A secure, decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging app for iOS and macOS that works over Bluetooth mesh networks) Licensed Under Public Domain.

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  • Oh great, yet another secure messaging app.

    Getting people to move off Messenger or even WhatsApp is tricky enough already for to interview and resistance to change. But even when you can coax them to move, you then often end up in a debate about where to move to. Signal, Briar, Viber, whatever proprietary thing Apple is currently pushing, or the thousands of other options/apps. I guess we can just add this one to that long list.

  • 'Just in': Elon Musk officially launches new political party

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  • He's very creative when it comes to pissing his money down the drain, I'll give him that.

  • The Prime Reasons to Avoid Amazon

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  • I try to use local stores or other websites, and only use Amazon if I can't find what I need there. But at least half the time I end up having to use Amazon because I can't find what I need.

    It's probably a kind of vicious cycle: as Amazon eats further into profits of other companies they are more limited in what they can offer.

  • TIL road fatalities per 100,000 people vary widely between major US States, Australian States and Canadian Provinces

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  • I'm genuinely surprised Utah isn't higher on this list. I've driven in many states, and that state has by far the worst drivers I've encountered.

  • Why AOC should run for president in 2028

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  • And the deep-seated sexism of too many independent/moderate voters, unfortunately.

  • Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I'm His Uncle.

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  • Damn, that poor guy (the author). Can you imagine having Stephen Miller in your family?! 🤮