steelplatedmech

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[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I doubt my chinese MiniPC came with official Windows. Had recommendation tp go through initial set up offline. Not that I kept Windows. I wiped it and put Fedora on it.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca -2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm glad I dont know who he is and I will continue to not know him.

These days it seems like the internet is more pleasant the less influencers you know, and most aren't worth knowing any further about.

I think the past where people's awareness of public figures was much more distant was a healthier time. Like knowing the famous athlete or actor, but nothing further about their lives and not feeling like "you know them" because they called our your username or liked your comment and not being able to send them a direct message.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

I know I'd just bring it in my bag with it turned off and not take it out until class is over.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

It is nice to use third party apps again. I like summit on android.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Redit is Fun app was the best times. When they killed off third party apps it pushed me into a lurker, since I refused to use the official reddit app and didn't want to go to the effort of patching old third party apps to get them working.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

People who are still using meta products might lean towards the demographic that isn't as educated on it. And the top 3 scam platforms according to the article are meta ones. Which either leans older or younger these days with them appearing to have the same level of tech literacy.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Banning valuable subs like piracy, emulation, and roms would get at least those people. The subs that provide valuable guides and resources like that would have to get purged for users to be forced to seek out alternatives.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

I hope they purge piracy, roms, emulation. Currently that is a huge valuable resource, and getting rid of that might lead to those users coming here. Those types of contributors are the ones who add value with their content.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

This is one of those cases where AI generated comment pasted over the original comments to poision the data comes in handy. So AI is training off AI.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

Whether its meta or not, discrete wearable video recording is not something I am in favor of. Like the recent LG spyware installing on people's Windows PC shows, many tech companies aren't in the business of being privacy respecting in the products they offer. It's usually those companies that gain market share.

And individuals with how quick they are to live stream and share every picture and video voluntarily to social media sites doesn't much lend to responsible use either. At least those people aren't usually hiding that they are recording.

When it comes to legal audio wiretapping those are already sufficient in places where it is legal to be used in cases like yours. So I don't much see a need to further extend hidden audio recordings to also include hidden video recordings with wearables. Cases where video is also needed seem more like very specific niche cases involving investigations, so to shift it to being an every day casual accessory I dont see as necessary.

[–] steelplatedmech@piefed.ca 0 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm sure that's the argument Meta is making for their glasses.

People aren't any better, since people are more likely to be recording specifically for the purposes of resharing and we do live in a social media age.

And these devices as they gain popularity would be relaying information back to the companies anyways, so make the claims of it being local or private not matter when that wouldn't be the average wearable discrete tech that would gain mainstream popularity.

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