baggachipz

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by baggachipz 5d ago
Maybe Sean Duffy was just binge-watching his old reality tv shows and gobbled up the bandwidth?
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by baggachipz 5d ago
Remember when flip phone cameras were forced to add an un-mutable "click" sound when somebody snapped a photo, in order to try to stop creep shots? We've sure come a long way since then.
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by baggachipz 9d ago
I was passively watching the NFL pregame last weekend, and they straight up had gambling-sponsored segments where they showed live odds for all sorts of events/stats for the day's games. It's become completely pervasive in th
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by baggachipz 10d ago
> How else are they to monetize text outputs? I thought AGI was supposed to replace most knowledge workers and they'd pocket the savings that their customers enjoyed by not having to pay a work force. That's what their valuatio
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by baggachipz 10d ago
Just like cable tv, and Netflix, and Amazon Prime Video, and....
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by baggachipz 15d ago
"both sides" is the reason we're in this shit show. It's like comparing a wart to stage 4 skin cancer.
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by baggachipz 15d ago
Today marks 25 years minus one day since the US really kicked the destruction of privacy into high gear. Soon after, framing this revocation of rights using the name PATRIOT.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
> Reddit is on some absolute mission to make the experience miserable Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit: community of people you remember, geek-centered for the most part, better discussion.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
You're right, it was VBScript that it mimicked. I then parlayed that into Active Server Pages, which could use VBScript or JScript. We pivoted into JScript and that's when the web dev world truly opened up for me.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
Emdashes.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
Subsidized prices at launch to lure in customers. Then profit-seeking, by raising prices and offering less for the money. Textbook enshittification.
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by baggachipz 16d ago
No new Pros. They probably saw all the blowback about meta glasses and thought that maybe now's not the time for cameras on things.
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by baggachipz 17d ago
The fact that they allow unlimited access to any law enforcement organization, where they can surveil anyone across the entire country. Police have used it to stalk ex-partners, for example. The number of cameras are also an order of magnit
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by baggachipz 17d ago
My first internship and job out of college was as a Notes developer. I spent most of my time trying to trick/strongarm Notes into doing what I wanted. Want to build a timekeeping system? Sure, I can do that. A website? No problem, Domi
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by baggachipz 22d ago
The moment they turn off automatic forwarding (and I have no doubt they will), my gmail address dies. I'm trying to migrate accounts over whenever possible, but it's quite tedious.
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Brain's timing is lying to you(blog.curtii.com)
3 points by baggachipz 22d ago|1 comments
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by baggachipz 22d ago
The way you perceive time is an illusion your brain uses in order to make predictions about the world.
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by baggachipz 24d ago
Sweden bullying Denmark, a tale as old as time.
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by baggachipz 25d ago
By all means, keep betting on this being a wild success and we'll see who's right in a little while. If you don't think this is a bubble then you're in for a ride.
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by baggachipz 25d ago
Hate on him all you want (he's gotten very repetitive for the sake of subscribers and reads), but the basic premise that the modern AI industry is a circular-dealing, point-of-diminishing-returns grift still holds. The bubble is here a
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by baggachipz 25d ago
Think of it like current kids being bombarded by cancer-causing radiation. The sooner you get them out of it the better. Yes, it is better still to never have been exposed, but the second best time to stop it is now.
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by baggachipz 25d ago
I don't think that would solve the issue. The algorithms exist to keep users engaged and looking at ads; turning the ads from targeted to generic still wouldn't change the end goal of these companies. They want to keep people scro
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by baggachipz 25d ago
I agree that this is a very blunt instrument rife with terrible potential, but I don't know what could be done in its stead. The EFF makes excellent points, but in my view the social media algorithms do way more harm than good, especia
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by baggachipz 25d ago
Joke's on them, I already own a star from the International Star Registry 8)
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by baggachipz 25d ago
Go easy on Spotify, they don't have much budget left after paying ungodly sums of money for exclusive contracts with nazi-enablers.
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by baggachipz 25d ago
DMCA has entered the chat.
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by baggachipz 26d ago
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
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by baggachipz 29d ago
Then let the app die on the vine for a while and ultimately abandon it a couple years later.
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by baggachipz 29d ago
I sound defeated because I feel defeated. I think it's too far gone at this point. I'm tired, boss.
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by baggachipz 29d ago
Short of an actual peasant revolt, it wouldn't matter. All three branches are owned by him, as is the military and the police.

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