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floofloof

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  • LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking

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  • I've used an LG monitor for about 5 years, and never install the manufacturer's software unless it looks genuinely useful. When I saw the Gamers Nexus video I went to check my installed apps, and sure enough there was LG's monitor app, installed silently without my knowledge. I used Bulk Crap Uninstaller to get rid of it.

    To prevent this kind of thing in future, run gpedit.msc and enable “Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata” under Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Device Installation.

  • Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off: Linux supremo says contributors opposed to AI use can 'just walk away'

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  • As a programmer I've been doing this, but only because a friend lent me a very powerful computer that I could never afford myself. That's the problem right now: local LLM use requires a huge upfront investment in equipment that most workers can't afford. But it does feel a lot better (and cheaper, once you have the equipment) to run the LLM on a server at home than on a server owned by some nasty tech company. If everyone could run open models locally some of the main objections would fall away.

    So I disagree with the poster who said anything you can run at home isn't worth it, but the catch is you need an absurdly expensive computer. The one I'm using would cost about 6 times what I used to pay for a powerful development PC. The model and agent I'm using can do some complex things and get decent results. But right now no affordable computer can run them. On regular affordable computers the models you can run are indeed limited.

  • Linus Torvalds tells AI haters to fork off: Linux supremo says contributors opposed to AI use can 'just walk away'

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  • Economic damage, environmental damage, concentration of power with multi-billionaire fascists, cultural damage due to huge quantities of slop crowding out everything else, mass unemployment and the exploitation of remaining workers, disempowerment of everyone who doesn't have the resources to control this technology, destruction of ordinary people's access to suitably powerful computing machinery so that we're all forced to either rent access to AI from its corporate gatekeepers or not use it, total surveillance by the state and its favoured corporations, profiling and predictive policing, marketing, etc. That's quite a lot to object to, and I'm sure there's more.

  • How does one code by themself?

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  • It takes a lot of practice and patience. Even for experienced programmers it can be a slow process and full of missteps. One of the main skills is to be patient and methodical enough to figure out why something doesn't work. Don't be discouraged or impatient, and don't be tempted to get AI to do it for you or to find your mistakes. You can use AI later but it isn't a good idea when you're trying to learn the skills. Try to do it yourself and, when it doesn't work first time, take time to figure out why. Then do this lots more times.

  • Pete Hegseth Announces New Required Pentagon Testosterone Tests

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  • I don't know, but "testosterone replacement therapy" is most certainly gender-affirming care. But since they're not forcing it, I assume this is to institutionalize the bullying and harassment of men the testosterone-addled meatheads don't consider manly enough or women they consider too manly. And we can expect that to include routinely accusing those without the "right" amount of testosterone of being transgender and kicking them out of the military.

  • George Lucas Goes To The Dark Side, Says AI Is ‘The Future’

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  • Continuing that unbroken streak of bad artistic decisions towards an inevitable Star Wars Special 50th Anniversary Slop Edition reissue.

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    US Refunds $81 Billion in Tariff Cash After Supreme Court Strikes Down Duties

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  • You paid for it twice: once with your own money when you bought things and the companies passed the tariff costs on to you, and once with your taxes when they refunded the tariffs to the companies.

  • Behold the future of programming

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  • Maybe we could ask the AI to do that thinking bit then tell us what to say.

  • The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public

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  • They watch Black Mirror and they see a world in which ordinary people have to obey the wishes of the rich and powerful or they suffer. And they like what they see.

  • The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public

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  • It's from 2013, when Google released Google Glass, the first glasses containing a screen and camera. The backlash to that was exactly like the backlash today towards glasses with cameras. The techbros just hoped we had forgotten.

  • Blocking a closed Strait but claiming it's open - for 20% extortion fee.

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  • Will his cult finally figure out who is responsible for their gas prices going up? Of course not.

  • Mitch McConnell provides proof of life, reveals fall led to hospitalization after weeks of silence

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  • The words in the headline have the right outline and position. The paper looks exactly as pixelated as his shirt. The corner of the photo looks diagonal because that's where the paper is folded. I don't see evidence of fakery in any of these things.

    There could be AI face replacement going on but there's no evidence for that either. The photo is not a great way to prove life when the Internet's full of high quality fake images and videos, but it doesn't look especially suspicious either.

  • CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country

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  • Argh, now we've all caught it from you.

  • CDC Stopped Monitoring Parasite Now Causing Explosive Diarrhea Across The Country

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  • Yes, fascist eugenics is the only thing that makes sense of current US Government policies.

  • Lindsey Graham, Trump ally who opposed LGBTQ+ rights and consistently denied being gay, dies at 71

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  • They vibe coded the song.

  • Older adults know AI is slop. They just like it

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  • How else will you make it so that people can't find anything better to do than work for a pittance and shop?

  • DOGE Officially Shuts Down as Trump Administration Ends Government Efficiency Office

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  • Also defunding arts, sciences, academia, and anything that might improve people's lives, and making minorities suffer more.

  • Mitch McConnell mystery deepens as health questions remain unanswered

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  • It's OK, we already have even worse people to continue his work.

  • AI surveillance is being supercharged – and it will chill social progress | Bruce Schneier and Jon Penney

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  • The scariest thing about our surveillance culture is how we internalize it and change our behaviour without even realizing it. The other scariest thing is that it stops us talking to one another, so that we can never organize to improve the dystopia we live in.

  • politics @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    'Colluding in Broad Daylight': Trump Praises Louisiana Governor for Suspending Elections

    www.commondreams.org /news/louisiana-governor-suspends-elections
  • Privacy @programming.dev
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    A federal agent said WhatsApp's encryption is a lie. Then the investigation was shut down

    www.techspot.com /news/112232-federal-agent-whatsapp-encryption-lie-investigation-shut-down.html
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

    www.techdirt.com /2026/04/27/californias-3d-printer-law-would-criminalize-open-source-enshittify-the-3d-printing-space/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    California’s 3D Printer Law Would Criminalize Open Source, Enshittify The 3D Printing Space

    www.techdirt.com /2026/04/27/californias-3d-printer-law-would-criminalize-open-source-enshittify-the-3d-printing-space/
  • Programming @programming.dev
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    Laws of Software Engineering

    lawsofsoftwareengineering.com
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    'One of The Scariest Things I Have Seen': Alarms Sound Over 'Technofascist' Palantir Manifesto

    www.commondreams.org /news/palantir-technofascist-manifesto-criticism
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Stop New York's Attack on 3D Printing - EFF

    eff.salsalabs.org /NewYorkBudget3DPrinterProvisions/index.html
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    Backblaze silently redefines 'unlimited' backups and users discover it's not backing up DB and OD — as firm leans heavier into AI storage services, changes could signal shift away from home backups

    www.tomshardware.com /software/cloud-storage/backblaze-redefines-unlimited-while-users-discover-its-not-backing-up-dropbox-and-onedrive-service-changes-could-signal-shift-away-from-home-backups
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    The FCC just saved Netgear from its router ban for no obvious reason

    www.theverge.com /tech/911888/netgear-router-ban-conditional-approval
  • Opensource @programming.dev
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    The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    The Dangers of California’s Legislation to Censor 3D Printing

    www.eff.org /deeplinks/2026/04/dangers-californias-legislation-censor-3d-printing
  • Programming @programming.dev
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    The APL Programming Language Source Code

    computerhistory.org /blog/the-apl-programming-language-source-code/
  • politics @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    DNC Shoots Down Resolutions Calling Out AIPAC and Limiting Arms to Israel

    theintercept.com /2026/04/09/democrats-dnc-israel-aipac-resolution/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    Reticulum Network

    reticulum.network
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars

    isolveproblems.substack.com /p/how-microsoft-vaporized-a-trillion
  • Privacy @programming.dev
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    LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer

    browsergate.eu
  • politics @lemmy.world
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    Conversion Therapy Gets Speech Protections — But Trans Kids’ Existence Gets No Protection At All

    theintercept.com /2026/04/01/supreme-court-trans-conversion-therapy-dangerous/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    Quantum computers need vastly fewer resources than thought to break vital encryption

    arstechnica.com /security/2026/03/new-quantum-computing-advances-heighten-threat-to-elliptic-curve-cryptosystems/
  • Technology @lemmy.world
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    First Western Digital, now Sony: The tech giant suspends SD card sales

    mashable.com /article/sony-sd-card-sales-suspended-memory-shortage
  • Technology @lemmy.world
    floofloof @lemmy.ca

    Sony Shuts Down Nearly Its Entire Memory Card Business Due to SSD Shortage

    petapixel.com /2026/03/27/sony-shuts-down-nearly-its-entire-memory-card-business-due-to-ssd-shortage/