floofloof

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

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

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 182 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's pretty sad that some people are so lonely even AI feels like companionship. The issue isn't that these older people are undiscerning and easily pleased, it's that they're desperately lonely.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So does the US Government. If you're in any way active in left-wing politics, or what the fascists would perceive to be left-wing politics, it's unwise to use Windows.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

One single kind of bacterium.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or leave Android altogether and get a Linux phone. You'll have more control but it won't be as slick.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At first Google does plan to offer something called "advanced flow" that will let you install what you want. But this doesn't address the chilling effect for developers (some are just getting out of Android rather than registering and paying Google), or the censorship power it hands to Google to make "undesirable" apps harder to obtain and install. And there's no guarantee they won't just withdraw "advanced flow" one day.

https://developer.android.com//developer-verification/guides/faq#advanced-flow

The best way to avoid it is by installing an OS that doesn't include the developer verification component.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This the same sociopath whose excellent judgement tells him Greta Thunberg is the Antichrist.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 month ago

Peter Thiel is a nutjob with far too much power.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Maybe you're confusing tokens with the "credits" you pay for. Tokens have a technical meaning, but some companies are charging per AI credit, where they don't tell you the conversion rate of credits to tokens, so they can change this at any time, or vary it between models, etc.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 month ago

No need for the /s. That's exactly what it is. It's a money grab and a bid for more control and surveillance we cannot dodge.

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