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by t888 2y ago
TLDR: author bought a phone of eBay that was sold as unlocked, but wasn’t, and doesn’t want to use AT&T.
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by t888 2y ago
It’s also worth pointing out that a lot of current “art” is produced under similar constraints to AI art - for commercial purposes and with algorithmic feedback. It’s easy for people to think ‘this is just as good as a human’, when they ar
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by t888 2y ago
What is that story supposed to mean? I liked the cinematic synthwave track too - much better than what a lot of human creators do. But… the fact that it can generate a pleasant electronica tune is essentially meaningless. This is no Miles
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by t888 2y ago
I guess you don’t understand the feature. This isn’t a VR avatar. It’s a representation used for collaborative apps.
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by t888 2y ago
This is super interesting. Does anyone know of any other web-of-trust style social networks?
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by t888 2y ago
No. I’m not talking about enforcement of anti-trust laws as passed by congress. Do some research about Khan’s own theories and you’ll know what I’m talking about. Choosing not to commission a show on a particular subject, is not censorshi
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by t888 2y ago
Your characterization is inaccurate. I don’t think you’ll be able to find a single positive thing I’ve said about Apple, unless you are referring to where I implied that Xcode has improved. I don’t like dishonest headlines and vague smears
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by t888 2y ago
Firstly, while your characterization of Khan is accurate, it’s a huge stretch to call her Apple’s “own” regulator, so yes, I’d say that’s clearly a misrepresentation intended to make what Apple did seem worse than it is - I.e. a lie. But al
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Spatial Personas Make Apple Vision Pro a Less Isolating Experience(inverse.com)
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by t888 2y ago
If you haven’t used it recently, you really need to update your view.
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by t888 2y ago
So? You made a claim that you had actually seen “lots and lots” of positive discussions, yourself. That’s not just a question with an implied direction. You claim to have seen the evidence with your own eyes. And yet when asked produce
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by t888 2y ago
1. I’m not the one making the claim without evidence. You are. 2. I see absolutely no reason why the null hypothesis should be that a randomly selected social group would be unbiased about any particular issue by default. If you think abo
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by t888 2y ago
I think you’re mistaken. Care to link to a single post where the commentary is positive about Apple?
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by t888 2y ago
What are you basing this on?
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by t888 2y ago
It’s not an announcement, and the headline is a lie that has nothing to do with Apple. Apple published an academic paper, as they have been doing for years, showing a model that objectively outperforms GPT-4 on one narrow test. Nowhere do
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by t888 3y ago
The problem is that a bunch of companies who hate each other ‘competing’ doesn’t result in platform innovation. It results in stasis. Anyone who has spent any time in industry consortium meetings knows this, and it’s the reason Apple does
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by t888 3y ago
It’s a tool the way cigarettes are a tool. Taking responsibility means cutting it out of your life.
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by t888 3y ago
Once I finally actually deleted all of the social media apps from my phone, it suddenly became a really pleasant and useful tool again. I have even started to read ebooks again. Social media is so much the problem.
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by t888 3y ago
Meta is, in my opinion, one of the most harmful of all tech companies, and much of the negativity that is directed to tech in general is really just the effect of social media. That said, pretty much everything the DMA is about is simply pi
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by t888 3y ago
What exactly do you mean by ‘opened the floodgates’? It seems like the thing that changed the dynamic was the ad supported model. Everything else flows from there.
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by t888 3y ago
Why is it so important those controls be on a lever? It’s not the only car to put them somewhere else?
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by t888 3y ago
Shift lever? Tesla’s don’t have a multi-speed transmission. What are you talking about?
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by t888 3y ago
The ‘cause’ of oss? I doubt many people ever were dedicated to a cause outside of GNU diehards. For most other people it was about curiosity or fun, a hobby etc.
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by t888 3y ago
No. A lot of that work is sponsored.
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by t888 3y ago
Maybe it’s little remarked because it’s not a fact?
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by t888 3y ago
Yeah - to me this isn't so much of a problem with tech but with the law in general being based around 1950s notions of employment. Being able to summon a car to my location at the push of a button and to be able to track it as it arriv
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by t888 3y ago
> Kind of like news and social media rage baiting the world into self destruction? Exactly like this. I almost mentioned it. It's cheaper to sell fear than hope.
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by t888 3y ago
Other than social media, what is it about tech that is about new ways for humans to make each other miserable?
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by t888 3y ago
It really seems as though you're focussing on the most negative examples, and self-fulfilling prophecies. 'Big Tech' as you call it, in the last decade, enabled us to work from home during the pandemic via zoom calls, and sti
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by t888 3y ago
Personally I think it's a weak take. The current tech landscape is mostly depressing because of addictive social media corroding the cultural sphere. Generalizing that into 'tech is depressing' is understandable since it is

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