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mcc, 13 days ago to random

My ex had this rule, or sort of a philosophy I guess:

"Never feel bad about spending money on books."

And this made a lot of sense to me, at the time,

but this was before I actually realized

just how much money I am capable of spending on books

mcc, 1 month ago to random

If a React Native app has been written targeting phones, how difficult will it generally be to get it working (not device idiomatic, just working) on Windows?

Is it typically much work to get a React Native app to run in a browser?

How amenable is React Native or software targeting the React Native API to being "nextjs"ed (by this I mean: Splitting up an app so parts run on a server, and parts run in a browser, for example so that the server-side parts can haul off and open sockets)?

arstechnica, 1 month ago to random

Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/google-merges-the-android-chrome-and-hardware-divisions/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

thelinuxEXP, 1 month ago to random

Did MKBHD ruin an AI company and their product because of their negative review of it?

No, the bad AI product ruined itself and its company. Just because someone created a business, found funding and created a thing doesn’t mean they should get instant recognition, and a pass for crappy stuff.

Entrepreneurs aren’t your friends, they aren’t superior, they don’t deserve to be coddled. When they make sht products, they should be told that they made sht. MKBHD did their job.

Gargron, 1 month ago to BelieveInFilm

Hotel lobby. NYC.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8

#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #Silbersalz35 #NYC

arstechnica, 1 month ago to random

Elon Musk: AI will be smarter than any human around the end of next year

While Musk says superintelligence is coming soon, one critic says prediction is "batsh*t crazy."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/04/elon-musk-ai-will-be-smarter-than-any-human-around-the-end-of-next-year/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

mcc, 1 month ago to random

The only way to prevent sensitive personal information from being leaked/stolen is to not collect it (exhibit #3,834,584) https://fosstodon.org/

404mediaco, 1 month ago to random

New: The US Air Force paid for an AI chatbot intended for intelligence and surveillance. The military can then ask questions of its surveillance apparatus like: “How many ships were docked in the last week?” at a specific place. It also detects & summarizes events in footage

https://www.404media.co/the-air-force-bought-a-surveillance-focused-ai-chatbot/

whitequark, 3 months ago to random

was watching videos about racecars and had concluded (i know very little about racecars) that a racecar is more or less an airplane that is optimized solely for landing, and must be landing as hard as it can at all times

protonmail, 3 months ago to windows

As of today, you can access your encrypted #ProtonMail inbox and #ProtonCalendar on #Windows and #macOS without a browser or a third-party email app.

🐧 The #Linux app is also in the works.

Thanks to your initial feedback, these include improvements like:
🗓️ Easier access to Proton Calendar
⏩ Easy migration from #Gmail
🚨 Notification badges
🔠 Improved accessibility and font support

and more!

All paid Proton subscribers can try out the beta today https://proton.me/support/mail-desktop-app

The screenshot of the Proton Mail macOS app. The mouse cursor is hovering over the calendar icon, and the tooltip saying "Open Calendar" appears above it.

nixCraft, 5 months ago to random

Oh you do websites? How much does a website cost?

Me: What do you mean?

eff, 6 months ago to SanFrancisco

We have until March 5, 2024 to organize against this #SanFrancisco ballot measure. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/11/its-time-oppose-new-san-francisco-policing-ballot-measure

nixCraft, 7 months ago to random

Can you recommend a game for a potato laptop?

garius, 9 months ago to random

Will be in Porto at the end of September.

Given my known love of Port, what are the non-standard options for an easy evening of tasting/enjoyment?

Doing some kind of genetic Port tour doesn't really appeal to me.

mcc, 1 year ago to random

For the last year I've been semi-daily posting "What I'm Listening To Today" links in this thread:

https://mastodon.social/@mcc/108199886340178151

The thread is now so long it is increasingly breaking Mastodon, so I am making a new thread, starting here.

To recap, here's the entirety of the year-one thread in the most impractical possible format: A YouTube playlist containing 246 songs and running for just over 47 hours:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLIjft6ja7DP_GwDs3XuTbiFmHYTwJWa7