I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now...
Shorts (tiktoks, reels) are designed to do just that, hook you in and keep you scrolling.
It’s like a constant rolling cliffhanger.
Has its good sides - not everything can or should be a long format video. However, I think the scale is tipped too much towards shorts recently. There is not enough time in shorts to formulate a proper statement, so they need to stretch over multiple parts.
My biggest dislike is the separation of context - shorts and longs are completely separate in Youtube even by the same creator, and the most popular platform TikTok, doesn’t even support longer videos.
I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding...
Modern terminals can display emojis, typing them is still hard though. But yes, older tech crowd is very conservative regarding graphical interfaces, and emojis kinda count as graphics.
How embarrassing must it be for both sides if no one is willing to go public?
If it were something illegal, they wouldn’t be holding back. Unless the board is somehow complicit by default.
It’s not like there an infinite number of OSs. Unless you have a Mac the choice is basically Windows or Linux.
It’s absolutely logical that any operating system post will have comments pushing Linux.
I hope that one day someone makes another better OS, because Linux is annoying as well. But until then you’ll have to suffer these comments.
Let’s say, I create a bank with the caveat that all of my banking phone apps and webapps are FOSS (or if they depend on non-free components — banks probably do to communicate with each other —, then just OSS). Am I going to be behind the competition by doing this?...
As long as the bank has a good API, there’s nothing stopping anyone except money.
There is a cost to making a good app. And banks have no incentive to open source their current apps - if it’s any good it’s a competitive advantage.
For example - I’m currently using a bank because their app is awesomely good (compared to other banks). Why would they open source it - it means customers might go to other banks who do better on interest rates, or fees.
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against....
Good. People creating useful non-profit services should be paid a lot. And according to their financial reports (somebody linked in another comment) it’s not biased towards executive pay.
In my experience a lot of women (especially in patriarchal societies) support the idea of gender roles. And they are more than willing to apply violence to keep dissenting women (and men) in line.
Being against own interests is an old human quirk.
I have the opportunity to go to a SA concert next year but I'm old and Grey. I don't want go if im the ceeepy old guy. Thoughts? I do know and enjoy a bit of his misic.
Another post regarding time travel got me wondering how far back in time can I hypothetically leave a modern computer where they, the most capable engineers of their time, can then somewhat reverse engineer it or even partially?
The biggest issue would be microchips which require some really precise machinery to manufacture.
1930s - complete reverse engineering
By then they had both an understanding of semiconductors and computational theory. Using semi-conductive materials to compute wasn’t yet a thing, but there wouldn’t be much surprise at the concept. Some kind of reproduction is likely, probably not a 5nm manufacturing process like modern chip factories, but they could make it.
1890s - eventual understanding, but not able to manufacture
Measuring devices were sensitive enough by then to measure tiny electrical fluctuations. They would be able to tell the device functions due to processing of electrical signals, even capture those signals. Biggest missing piece is mathematical theory - they wouldn’t immediately understand how those electrical signals produce images and results. Reproduction - no. Maybe the would get an idea what’s needed - refining silicon and introducing other stuff into it, but no way they could do it with equipment of the day.
1830s - electricity goes into a tiny box and does calculations, wow!
This is the age of the first great electrical discoveries. They would be in awe what is possible, and understand on a high level how it’s supposed to work. Absolutely no way to make it themselves.
I realize this is a divisive issue, but it’s clear that these horrific incidents are going to keep happening with shocking regularity. It seems we’ve all collectively shrugged our shoulders and accepted it as the reality going forward.
Speakers of non-English languages, what common mistakes do native speakers make that drive you crazy?
For example, English speakers commonly mix up your/you’re or there/their/they’re. I’m curious about similar mistakes in other languages.
Are tech giants exploiting Ugandans? (www.dw.com)
So... it's been a while now since the great exodus. How are you all doing my fellow refugees?
I made my home here permanently now. It seems like such a friendlier place but how are you all doing?
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Why is Lemmygrad hated in the wider space of Lemmy?
I’ve been trying to find a good Marxist instance, but Lemmygrad and Hexbear are widely hated. Why is that? Are there any good leftist instances?
Strong and independent (jemmy.jeena.net)
How does Anthropic compare to OpenAI?
ChatGPT is down, the new CEO is threatening to quit, and the majority of employees are doing the same… so I decided to look up some alternatives...
Has anyone else noticed smartphones have got significantly more addictive recently
I’ve noticed YouTube specifically has become more addictive, I never used to be one to sit and scroll for long durations before but I often catch myself spending way too long on shorts now...
why do lemmy users hate the use of emojis ?
I’m a heavy emoji user, texting is such a poor medium for communication, many times people get the wrong message, but with an emoji you’ll get an idea of the face I’m making, so less chance of misunderstanding...
OpenAI investors push to bring Altman back as CEO one day after he was ousted by board (www.nbcnews.com)
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Details emerge of surprise board coup that ousted CEO Sam Altman at OpenAI (arstechnica.com)
You can remove Edge and Bing Search on Windows 11 even if you don't live in Europe (www.ghacks.net)
Scottish minister blames sons watching football for £11,000 iPad roaming bill (www.theguardian.com)
Average household income in Spain (link to interactive map inside post) (images2.imgbox.com)
Interactive map...
Google antitrust judge says he has no clue how he will rule (www.wsj.com)
No idea.
What's stopping banks from creating FOSS (or atleast open-source) banking solutions (apps)?
Let’s say, I create a bank with the caveat that all of my banking phone apps and webapps are FOSS (or if they depend on non-free components — banks probably do to communicate with each other —, then just OSS). Am I going to be behind the competition by doing this?...
Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year (www.wired.com)
Signal’s president reveals the cost of running the privacy-preserving platform—not just to drum up donations, but to call out the for-profit surveillance business models it competes against....
TIL that in 1968, Liechtenstein held a referendum on women's suffrage where both men and women were allowed to vote. Despite this, the No-side won with 56.3% of the total and 49.5% of the women vote (en.wikipedia.org)
Women’s suffrage would not be introduced in Liechtenstein until 1984.
Is it possible to go to a Steve Aioki concert if you're over 50 and not look like a predator?
I have the opportunity to go to a SA concert next year but I'm old and Grey. I don't want go if im the ceeepy old guy. Thoughts? I do know and enjoy a bit of his misic.
Nandert - 2023 Update on LA Metro Projects (www.youtube.com)
Nandert is in my opinion the best channel for Los Angeles county metro projects.
How far back in time can a modern computer be reversed engineered
Another post regarding time travel got me wondering how far back in time can I hypothetically leave a modern computer where they, the most capable engineers of their time, can then somewhat reverse engineer it or even partially?
Desensitized (lemmy.zip)
I realize this is a divisive issue, but it’s clear that these horrific incidents are going to keep happening with shocking regularity. It seems we’ve all collectively shrugged our shoulders and accepted it as the reality going forward.