restingboredface @ restingboredface @sh.itjust.works

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I don't get why companies pull such shady crap to get behavior data. 99% of it is useless and never even is used to make improvements to products or processes.

Some interesting info in this article. If game pass hasn't really paid off (in maintaining growth of new or recurring users), this may be an indication that they will make some changes to it.

Yeah, some of these are just getting extra attention because the plane is a Boeing and media is on the lookout for it. (Probably) not Boeing's fault, but they will continue to be blamed for all issues on their planes until things are resolved with the investigation. Not exactly fair for Boeing, but they kinda brought this on themselves.

WHEN LAWYERS WRITE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS IT MEANS WHATEVER THEY ARE SAYING IS SUPER DUPER LEGAL AND NO ONE CAN EVER QUESTION IT.

For real. If ever there were a time to hop on an Amtrak, I think this would be a good one.

They cut thousands of jobs in the name of efficiency, then roll out an AI customer service bot to replace people in managing problems with their flashy new AI tool that is glitching out, more expensive and delivering worse results.

Surely nobody saw this coming right?

It also has a chicken-egg problem. What if the indicators of talent or skill aren't apparent because of abysmally poor living and educational conditions? The lack of opportunity in many developing countries is such that people will be less successful and appear less talented simply because their country has limited ways for them to demonstrate it.

There is a great documentary about her on Netflix. It covers her love of science and her attempts to get her design to the military for the war effort.

Why couldn't journals require authors to disclose use of any AI tool along with specific prompts used? It shouldn't be too hard to manage that.

One already has, sort of anyway. Her occupation, city of residence, and employer were shared on TV and she received phone calls right after asking if she was on the jury. Yesterday she asked to be excused out of fear for her safety.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_1ff02b074c82044242ec0b3e31d2294a

St Louis has "keytar guy". He sets up at random intersections in the city and jams out on his keyboard. He's usually sporting a mullet and is shirtless with cutoff jean shorts. He's pretty good and is entertaining as hell.

And when push comes to shove, how many will vote for Biden in November if they feel so strongly about Trump not getting reelected? I'd venture that most of them will just get in line and vote with their party, since that's what GOP do.

How in the name of hell is this not already a thing?

What I don't get is how no company seems to have worked out a legitimately good service and maintenance model for tech products. Fairphone hasn't invented the wheel here. They're going to make money on maintenance, parts and repair.

I would think there would be lowered costs involved in not having to push out a new product every 6 months and market it to customers who just bought something less than a year ago.

I still don't understand why they keep going after piracy when it is a symptom of the bigger problem. Movies today are expensive and often made inaccessible through BS digital services that periodically just make films and TV unavailable to save server space or avoid paying for licensing.

I would guess that the vast majority of people are not pirating content. I'd also guess that if digital providers and studios would actually try to change the distribution model that allows customers to buy content that is later turned off on a whim, they would see meaningful change in piracy activity.

Interesting that so much of the creative industry is supportive of the bill, but that the MPA isn't (or at least hasn't explicitly come out in support). I'm guessing that is reflective of the production companies' interest in using AI trained on creative content to eliminate the reliance on talent.

And you know what games were released via shareware? Doom. Quake. Great games that made you want to save up to get the full version. But even if you couldn't do that you still got a solid playing experience with the free version.

I feel like those of us who grew up in the 90s got to see a young utopia internet. I kind of wish we could hit the reset button and go back to those days.

I do this. All programs I access regularly are shortcuts on the desktop. Everything else I can get to with folders or launchers like steam.

I had that game! It was so weird! Cool concept but I never had any idea what I was doing. The DNA sequence minigame (?) was neat but it was never clear how you get any specific results. I wonder if there's just an RNG behind it and none of your actions really mattered.

I got to the gold man level (which I guess is the pique of evolution and the end stage) and the game didn't really end. I just was able to walk around slapping animals and taking almost no damage.

I picked it up again used and threw it in my dreamcast and couldn't get through it. I found it tedious and kind if dull. Would be interested in seeing a remake though- I bet modern engines could do a solid job with some of the ideas in it.

Also, nothing the Google llm said was in any way specific to brother. I'm wondering if that's by design and they made it brand-agnostic to appease advertisers.