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brunus, to tech French
@brunus@mamot.fr avatar

Firefox Tip of ze day :

  • Sur mon laptop, je ne parvenais pas à ajouter ZoTop comme moteur de recherche, en usant de la méthode classique de sélection de l'url/click-droit/ajouter à la recherche.
  • J'ai ZoTop en moteur de recherche par défaut sur ma station de travail.
  • J'ai chopé le fichier search.json.mozlz4 de la conf du FF de ma station pour remplacer celui du laptop
  • Ça fonctionne, ZoTop est parmi les moteurs utilisables sur le FF du laptop.

#tech #Firefox #ZoTop

joannarrativa,

@brunus J'ai le petit "+" dans la barre de recherche, mais ça m'envoie un message erreur du type "could not download the search plugin"

Alors j'ai installé une extension qui permet d'ajouter des moteurs de recherche https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/add-custom-search-engine/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search

Et ça marche

brunus,
@brunus@mamot.fr avatar

@joannarrativa Yep ! J'avais le même message d'erreur en utilisant la méthode de la barre de recherche/d'url.

alexanderhay, to technology
@alexanderhay@mastodon.social avatar

[SLOWCLAP]

"'I was misidentified as shoplifter by #FacialRecognition tech...'

"...[Sara] says after her bag was searched she was... banned from all stores using the #Technology.

"I was just crying and crying the entire journey home… 'Oh, will my life be the same? I'm going to be looked at as a shoplifter when I've never stolen'.

"#Facewatch later wrote to Sara and acknowledged it had made an error..."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-69055945

#News #UK #SurveillanceCapitalism #Privacy #HumanRights

Lazarou,
@Lazarou@mastodon.social avatar

@alexanderhay oh look, it's exactly what everyone said would happen.

GhostOnTheHalfShell,
@GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai avatar

@alexanderhay

No due process and full fascism.

MsHearthWitch, to technology
@MsHearthWitch@wandering.shop avatar

I loathe current-AI in basically all its forms. It's unethical, absolutely divorced from anything that resembles consent.

But you know what I would want AI for?

Smarter driving instructions. A GPS in my car that learns how I like to drive - no lefts on busy streets for example. That when I ask about things like a coffee shop or takeout food en route gives me the option to specify if it has a drive thru and is it on the right side of the road?

AI that serves me, not replaces me.

Jorah,
@Jorah@wandering.shop avatar

@MsHearthWitch For me, the starting point for an improved driving app would be one that recognizes that my stopping for fuel isn't a crisis.

Sklent,
@Sklent@pagan.plus avatar

@MsHearthWitch Tech companies definitely need more rules and more naps.

parismarx, to tech
@parismarx@mastodon.online avatar

“The thing that really upset Dorsey: Bluesky users demanded moderation and Bluesky put it into place. Yeah, that was the whole issue.”

Good reflection on “decentralized” social media and what Dorsey really wants from it by @davidgerard:

https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2024/05/10/jack-dorsey-bluesky-decentralised-social-networks-and-the-very-common-crowd/

wjmaggos,
@wjmaggos@liberal.city avatar

@mpjgregoire @parismarx @davidgerard

with so much money and already working, he had to go build his own? I'm disappointed in him. harrumph.

mpjgregoire,
@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca avatar

@wjmaggos
Mr. Gerard mentions in his article the strange omission of ActivityPub from Mr. Dorsey's interview. I can see why he might think ActivityPub doesn't meet all his goals for a protocol, but the fact that it already exists and is growing should be reason to work for improvement, not to start a new initiative.

@parismarx @davidgerard

TechDesk, to tech
@TechDesk@flipboard.social avatar

Did Meta, “Call of Duty” and gun manufacturer Daniel Defense “groom” the shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas? Wrongful-death lawsuits brought by the victims’ families say yes. Read more from Tech Crunch: https://flip.it/QVEKdG

danie10,
@danie10@mastodon.social avatar

@TechDesk crazy how would car manufacturers be held accountable for a driver who drives drunk or drives over a pedestrian... Games like this, too, can also help alleviate the rage that some people feel. If the allegation is correct, the majority of these players should be committing shooting crimes specifically.

maegul, (edited ) to tech
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Is there an established term/neologism for the whole tech-bro attitude/belief/common-response of

"there is no UI issue, this is a good tool, anyone who's bothered to learn it understands this ... you just have a skill issue"

vimism? (genuine suggestion for a genuine question ... it's the term my brain uses)

underlap,
@underlap@fosstodon.org avatar

@maegul Over-complicated?

dalfen, to tech
@dalfen@mstdn.social avatar

Although encrypted and stored locally on the hard drive, I wonder if the three months-worth of snapshot data could be used against someone in a court of law 🤔

(I’m not a lawyer, but my guess is—absolutely)

~ New Windows AI feature records everything you’ve done on your PC~

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/

Galley,
@Galley@mastodon.online avatar

@dalfen Don’t give them any ideas! 😄

Linkshaender, to tech
@Linkshaender@bildung.social avatar

At a certain point in time your stuff is geeky high-tech, the next moment you walk into the „early telecommunications“ exhibition in a museum and there‘s your old mobile phone. 😆
(Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano)

dfraser, to tech
@dfraser@mastodon.sdf.org avatar

pro tip: label your usb cables with their capabilities. maybe your hdmi cables too.

parismarx, to tech
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In this week’s roundup, the couple who’ve made themselves the face of pronatalism keep their kids in a freezing home (they say by choice) and slap them to teach them right from wrong because they saw tigers paw their cubs in the wild.

Plus, Google’s AI fail, Kenyan workers write letter to Joe Biden, and more!

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-pronatalists-who-defend-hitting-kids/

owen, to tech
@owen@ordinary.cafe avatar

Finally took a picture of all my laptops, took hours to set up😂

Hardware here includes:

  • ARM / x86_64 / x86_32
  • Chromebooks
  • MacBooks / MacBook Pros / MacBook Air
  • Many various PCs
  • SDR-DDR4 era

Operating Systems includes:

  • macOS Snow Leopard, Mojave, Ventura, and Sonoma
  • Windows 8.1 Embedded Pro, 10 Pro / Home, Windows 11 Pro
  • Ultramarine Linux 39 / 40, GNOME / KDE / Xfce
  • Bluefin DX
  • Arch
  • NixOS
  • Haiku
  • And begrudgingly, ChromeOS (one for testing, one I found that I have not yet submarined, whoops)

Laptops in the stacks are broken laptops.

There are 38 laptops here.

Yes I have a problem.

happyborg,
@happyborg@fosstodon.org avatar

@owen thank you. I now feel much better about owning four!

gintoxicating, to tech
@gintoxicating@mastodon.social avatar

microsoft replaced a tool that made "paste" always paste plain text with "an AI enhanced tool that enables you to intelligently paste the text from your clipboard into any format needed"

fuck you too microsoft, fuck you very very much

18+ Frances_Larina,
@Frances_Larina@sfba.social avatar

@gintoxicating

next year: Microsoft is baffled as to why use of Notepad has skyrocketed.

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Anyone else's Google Assistant going crazy? On my OnePlus 12 and my Pixel tablet, this survey notification is replicating like crazy. Keep wiping them out, but they keep coming back.

Is Wayne Brady gonna have to Mute Assistant notifications???

Ahslan,

@SomeGadgetGuy that's their way of nudging you to install Gemini instead

SomeGadgetGuy,
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

@Ahslan LOL RIGHT! Google negging me all day 🤣

andrew, to tech
@andrew@esq.social avatar

Looking for an outlet to place my more -focused (and thus less or strictly ) policy writing -- anyone know of an outlet that might be amenable to a freelance contributor?

DMs are open, I'm a weekly columnist at Bloomberg Tax, contributor to Forbes Money, among some others. Looking for a tech publication that wouldn't mine hearing a tax/tech attorney and prof opine on things like the currently being contemplated AI rules, etc.

LouisIngenthron,
@LouisIngenthron@qoto.org avatar

@andrew TechDirt?

andrew,
@andrew@esq.social avatar

@LouisIngenthron

Good idea! I’ll do some digging.

TechDesk, (edited ) to tech
@TechDesk@flipboard.social avatar

Google is taking “swift action” to remove some of the bizarre AI-generated answers appearing at the top of its search pages. “A company once known for being at the cutting edge and shipping high-quality stuff is now known for low-quality output that’s getting meme’d,” one AI founder, who wished to remain anonymous, said. Read more from @theverge.
https://flip.it/E0coKc

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