FriendOfDeSoto

joined 2 years ago

It turned out to be a Twitter clone from ten years ago and I realized I didn't need that any more. If I didn't need to reach some people who cannot overcome the hurdle the fediverse proper puts up before being enjoyable, I would not be using it today. But media popularity post-Elon-Twitter and relative ease of setup have given the platform relative heft. But it's not open and not really federated so it's masquerading and we don't really want you know whose money is paying the bills behind the scenes either. If anything, the fediverse can learn from Bluesky a thing or two about onboarding people who cannot be asked to invest the time to make Mastodon enjoyable. It will take time, much more time, to get people, especially non-techy ones, to the new normal of being your own algorithm. I see Bluesky as a stepping stone in that direction that will survive in its own niche.

I know what you mean. That's why I see a 80/20 split there in terms of blame. Being dumb and ignorant creates mitigating circumstances but doesn't render you not guilty by default. The flow on effect mustn't be a complete abandonment of the concept of suffering personal consequences for doing dumb shit either. It's a good learning case, hopefully educational for the willy nilly section of society.

I think it's safe to say these thoughts weren't necessarily factored in in the first beliefs in reincarnation. A lot of this stuff is about thinking horizons. If you don't know about the vastness of space, you think everything happens around you. So you must be reborn close as well. And then the universe is being revealed (still) bit by bit. If your science isn't great, you could be forgiven for thinking the world is 6000 years old and maybe created in a week. But then your horizons broaden and there is a lag in how the new knowledge filters into these established belief systems. So if you tried to argue logically about a reincarnation system, yes, it would be likely that you could become a rock near a supermassive black hole or a slug on a planet far, far away just as much as an ant on Earth (depending on how you fared in life). But logic and belief are natural opponents. I think all the Dalai Lamas were reincarnated on this planet. So that's odd then, isn't it? Doubt lengthens the lag.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

If you were "shocked" that your chats were googleable, you were also revealed to be lackadaisical about your own data. Yes, they could've made it clearer but you yourself ticked like three boxes to get here. It's like you accept the Ts and Cs without reading them and now the corporation owns your first born.

So why OpenAI thought this feature would be useful is astounding in itself and they chickened out faster than 47 as a result of the bad PR. But this is more on the users clicking willy nilly and not bothering to do their own due diligence. 80/20 split imo. If you thought it was okay to make your ChatGPT advice on your resume "discoverable," you need to blame yourself.

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[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

If either one says anyways here's wonderwall and launches into the song I'll be ready to shoot them into the sun.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

This verification efforts were kicked off earlier this month; this app hasn't really launched yet, has it? I think proper implementation after a test phase will maybe come next year. I think it is too early to complain that aftermarket OS's are being excluded. It seems to me that nobody has tackled that problem yet rather than this being a willful exclusion. And while the EU lawmakers thought it was okay to put the Googles of the world in a position where they get to be judge, jury, and executioner for the right to be forgotten, I have a feeling that GDPR and the general vibe within the EU will not allow this to only work with the help of one American corporation on the continent's most used OS. We need to be watchful but not despairing just yet.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website -3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I think that's throwing out the baby with the bathwater. But regulation and hitting these companies with false advertisement penalties is something we need ASAP. And liability. If the creator of a model can be made liable for damages, that would pump the breaks on this bullshit very hard. Funny how all the so-called AI companies are averse to any of that ...

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I fear as the number n of the repeated day approaches infinity, any day would be horrible to have to relive again. And again. And again.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If your approach at dating hasn't materialized in anything, perhaps it is time to change your approach. For me, the best things happened when I wasn't trying at all. Be social, be courteous, be nice - and as the owner of a penis: non-threatening.

You have self identified a problem of anxiety. If your next step is to criticize all "females" as being difficult in terms of dating, you're missing a beat here and making a bad word choice. The problem may be more of a you-problem than a them-problem. Also, no matter the primary sexual organ situation, people can pick up on both an air of entitlement or the scent of desperation.

Also, all cicadas shout for sex but not every cicada gets laid.

If there is no checking in place, like an airport security check and/or check for devices emitting radio waves. Also, the producers know where the candidates are at, don't they? If they spot regular drone flights in the area, I think the game will be up as well.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I mean by normal people standards, you are correct. He's had to replace a golden spoon up his royal posterior with a silver one. But he still lives in a big house and will never want for money in his life. His involvement did cost him his representative job. He's been royally demoted. So there were consequences for him although I'd be the first to agree they weren't sufficiently punitive.

[–] FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think you can trust the operational side of it. I don't think they've had many detrimental oopsies, the services work. I used them for a year and then jumped ship. One reason is the favorable comments by their CEO about the 47 administration, which I didn't like. Another reason is the nitty gritty - they don't clearly advertize what's part of what package and I felt that was by design to get you to upgrade. And they definitely see themselves as a basket for all of your eggs. If you are moving there because you want to degoogle your life you end up just protonizing it. It's better to spread around your stuff so you're not dependent on one provider. If you just want a good VPN and don't care about the rest of their services and the politics, you could make worse choices.

 

About three weeks ago they have embarked on major changes to the mobile app that have made different parts of it useless. Their forum is full of frustrated users and all they get is "we will fix this soon." As I said, it's been 3 weeks. Currently, the mixer is broken so nothing can be finished ...

I am making music as a hobby to put in family videos and stuff like that. It's instrumental. I don't want to use bullshAIt. What are good alternatives to this no longer good app from Image Line?

 
 

I don't have the foggiest idea where I could've gotten the idea from.

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