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Dozens of engineers laid off at Apple headquarters in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Shit flows down, not up.

YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Here it's appearently $17 81 now... Not exactly value!

YouTube Premium is getting yet another price hike for users across the globe in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 17 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Keep paying guys, someones gotta do it. Thank you for your service. Keeps YouTube available for the rest of us who will never, ever pay a greedy, evil fucking company like Google.

Whistleblower Says Mark Zuckerberg Is Only Pretending to Care About Child Safety in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 5 days ago

I thought he was a good guy... Huh. /s

Voters Aren't Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers | As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the comput… in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (10 children)

They are providing nothing people actually need, and they destroy the environment and cause harm to animals and humans with their noise and vibrations.

Also massive water and energy requirements that drives up the prices for every human.

These things would be banned in a society where we cared about people over profits.

Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I dont think we should have a society full of threats and then blame the parents when they don't predict and protect their kids from it.

Its better to not have the threats. Specially since these kind of threats are for profit and it's their business model.

Microsoft confirms GitHub is down worldwide in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

This is like strait of hormuz now

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

We could have been so rich if we could have seen the future. Just buy tons of memory modules at low prices five years ago and sell them now. What a profit.

Its not like memory tech has changed so much either.

Meta Ran Ads for an App That Promised to Nudify Female Politicians in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 1 week ago

I really don't want to see that. People are strange.

Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months, up to 10x the lowest ever tracked prices — 128GB of DDR5 now $3,399 in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Do I want more memory or do I wait for two years...

I wait for two years. As long as the existing memory modules doesn't break, Linux will continue to be happy with existing amount.

If you are on windows, good luck.

I don't enjoy the Internet any more in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's a good post, I agree with it. And I guess The Pale is a good description of what we are noticing.

I got to experience the internet before it became like this, so at least I have memories of greatness. But the desire for great profits ruins everything. Not only the internet but the world.

Greed for excessive amounts of money is the root of evil, the bible got that right. But humans are not aware enough to see a future where greed is not the driving force of society.

The AI Slop Backlash Is Actually Having an Impact. Platforms are finally recognizing that people don’t want to consume AI slop. in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 1984@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

Actually thank you for correcting me on spelling. I have a few words still where I have a bad habit of writing them wrong... :)

Recipes is shorter too, good.

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Wicklow hotel cancels ‘secretive’ Peter Thiel group conference (www.irishtimes.com)
 

Thiel was a cofounder of payments group PayPal and Palantir, a defence contractor known for mass surveillance and criticised heavily for its “strategic partnership” with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in its assault on Gaza.

A leaked schedule for the “retreat” hosted by Dialog, an invitation-only group cofounded 20 years ago by Thiel and entrepreneur Auren Hoffman, featured discussions on topics including preparations for a third world war, battlefield technologies, nuclear energy and cult-building.

Totally normal, nothing to see here. Just a business meeting!

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Microsoft kills official way to activate windows without internet (www.neowin.net)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
5 comments fedilink
 

Now when trying to activate the OS by attempting to call the phone number for Microsoft Product Activation, an automated voice response says the following: "Support for product activation has moved online.

Linux is this way, guys.

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OpenAI moves to allow “mature apps” on its platforms (futurism.com)
 

Guess we can always rely on the good old fashioned ways to make money...

Honestly, I think its pretty awful but im not surprised.

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Adblockers stop publishers serving ads to (or even seeing) 1bn web users - Press Gazette (pressgazette.co.uk)
 

They call it "dark traffic" - ads that are not seen by tech-savvy users who have excellent ad blockers.

Not surprised that its growing. The web is unusable without an ad blocker and its only getting worse, and will continue to get worse every month.

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People Are Being Involuntarily Committed, Jailed After Spiraling Into "ChatGPT Psychosis" (futurism.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Who are these people? This is ridiculous. :)

I guess with so many humans, there is bound to be a small number of people who have no ability to think for themselves and believe everything a chat bot is writing in their web browser.

People even have romantic relationships with these things.

I dont agree with the argument that chat gpt should "push back". They have an example in the article where the guy asked for tall bridges to jump from, and chat gpt listed them of course.

Are we expecting the llm to act like a psychologist, evaluating if the users state of mind is healthy before answering questions?

Very slippery slope if you ask me.

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Removing Windows Recall breaks File Explorer in latest 24H2 update - NotebookCheck.net News (www.notebookcheck.net)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by 1984@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I wish I was a billion dollar company who gets away with stuff like this. Just generally break people's systems, add spyware, lie to users, treat them like shit.

All while making even more money and my stocks keep on going up, because AI, Ai, Ai...

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Things the guys who stole my phone have texted me to try to get me to unlock it - Gothamist (gothamist.com)
 

This is a very entertaining and educational article, giving insights into the methods used by thiefs to try and get access to your phone data.

I don't like Apple but it's great that their security is so good when it comes to this.

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Kagi is now partnering with Brave (chaos.social)
 

Quite a controversial decision.... I love Kagi though, but I don't understand why they would want to drag Brave into this.

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