soulfirethewolf

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Wish this could have been in the US

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

Part of what I've hoped about Gemini is that Google would actually take advantage of its Cloud infrastructure and build Gemini in a way that makes it truly cross-platform compared to the Google Assistant with a consistent set of features across the web, the speaker, and anywhere else they choose to cram Gemini into.

Instead they choose to channel everything through WhatsApps Android app.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't want more app stores I just want something like a cross platform version of obtainium

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure exactly. But I personally don't like GNU because I think they have been embedded in a form of wishful thinking for far too long. Expecting that developers and manufacturers willingly relinquish their rights to their copyright for the benefit of others, regardless if they want to or not. And expecting that end users only seek out those kinds of systems as well. In total, providing everyone with free reign with minimal regard to consequences. And pushing away those that simply want to try and make the things only a little better.

For an organization primarily devoted to ensuring that software remains open, accessible, and modifiable, they sure do seem to like to bend over backwards. Looking directly at GrapheneOS, my personal thought would be the fact the goals of GNU tend to conflict with the goals of security (the FSF has actively spoken against the concept of Tivoization, or systems that use free software but are locked down by hardware restrictions)

They're also horribly out of touch with the general public. And in some cases, simply too radical to be taken seriously. To name a few examples:

  • They have very little understanding of the actual public or anyone else outside of the tech field. Their Gift Guide is an absolute joke, suggesting adapters and old ThinkPads as gifts. With their most appetizing gift (a Vikings D8 Desktop computer) is literally mentioned as being out of stock. Suggesting you instead give, once again, a ThinkPad with Free software. Their only reasons for not using an actively manufactured and relatively modern (as in 3 generations ago) computer that are because of "restrictions to users freedoms" and "spyware" without very much definition aside from a few links (they've got much more to say about the computer than they what they believe in).

  • Their "preferred terminology", lists a bunch of jargon they don't like and their alternatives, making a lot of automatic presumptions of guilt. My personal favorite is "Internet of Stings". As if projects like Home Assistant aren't trying to improve the scene (though they're presumably ignored because they're also willing to connect with proprietary services)

TL;DR the GNU foundation is made up of a bunch of nerds who care more about messing with their computers than actually trying to do important things with them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (3 children)

The polls are completely idiotic but I personally find info cards to be quite helpful.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My emails seemed to go through pretty well. It's been blocked by Discord and steam. But other than that, emails seem to go through pretty well.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Consumer disapproval of AI use in customer service is unlikely to keep firms from deploying the technology as the cost savings are just too great

So much for the market determining what goes

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The dog with the butter on them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Based on what the article says:

Many people now use ChatGPT like they might use Google: to ask important questions, sort through issues, and so on. Often, sensitive personal data could be shared in those conversations.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Many people now use ChatGPT like they might use Google: to ask important questions, sort through issues, and so on. Often, sensitive personal data could be shared in those conversations.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Okay but what about app compatibility?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Our router doesn't support it (it's the V2 model)

 

Google rolling out Android, Chrome, & Search changes to comply with Europe’s DMA

 

I'm trying to move a bit to Firefox in advance for the upcoming changes to Chromium's Manifest v3 changes next june. But one of the major problems I have is that bing looks awful on Firefox for Android in comparison to bing on Microsoft Edge for Android. It seems to be just the mobile version for smart phones, stretched out to a tablet. Is there any way that I can make it look a bit nicer?

 

I'm just sitting here frustrated because I'm wanting my family to move away from messaging me over SMS (they mainly use iOS), but they refuse to download any extra apps. But Google's RCS really doesn't look like a solution either since it mainly just seems to be a way of enforcing Android as an ecosystem, and they don't even make RCS available for 3rd party apps to use either.

 

The bugdroid is now in 3D lol

 

I found this, I'm wanting to get a pixel tablet in about a week or so. Title just got me wondering a bit, though it's probably just a little bit sensationalized

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