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didntknowyou··on I guess I kinda get why people hate AI
oh please. people said that about the moon, and nuclear weapons too. and yet it's the one side who has a track record of using new technology to intidmidate.
didntknowyou··on Your pet's microchip may now be useless after chip company goes out of business
there's no point in getting another chip. the existing chip will still work, you can just register the data with another database.
didntknowyou··on Your pet's microchip may now be useless after chip company goes out of business
it's not useless. it just produces a number that is stored on a database. you can register it with another database if needed, although it would have been good if someone could transfer the records from the ailing company.
didntknowyou··on I’m joining OpenAI
at this point idk what openclaw does and am afraid to ask but great for him
didntknowyou··on Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries
unfortunately i think a lot of AI models put more weighting on videos as they were harder to fake than a random article on the internet. of course that is not the case anymore with all the AI slop videos being churned out
didntknowyou··on Cows can use sophisticated tools
the researcher documented a cow using a stick to scratch itself. no doubt they're intelligent animals but describing them as using 'sophisticated tools' is a bit of a stretch.

this behaviour is quite common in cattle and other animals, often seen rubbing or using sticks to scratch spots. sometimes it is dangerous as they find fences with nail poking out and cut themselves when rubbing to to calm an itch.

didntknowyou··on High-speed train collision in Spain kills at least 39
also the derailed carriages crashed rolled down a hill which complicated things further
didntknowyou··on Meta retreats from metaverse after virtual reality check
i wonder if how many people actually spoke up and said 'um i don't think many people actually want to use this product' or did they just think it was easier kept their head down, collect their paycheck and go home.
didntknowyou··on Creating a 48GB Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU – Brother Zhang's Repair Shop (Ft. 张哥) [video]
did you bother to see the video? they are a legit repair shop being transparent about everything, no one is in the dark they are getting a new product
didntknowyou··on DeepSeek founder's hedge fund generated over 50% returns in the past year
interestingly they don't actively seek investment for their AI company because their hedge fund makes enough profit to fund themselves
didntknowyou··on Some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature
for a while now the work in phd/academia rarely involved 'field work'.

90% of the time it is spend analyzing data or writing up proposals/grants/papers. i don't think AI was the turning point.

didntknowyou··on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
i think it's good. Google has a record of being stable and working with large partners (govt etc) and avoids the controversial cult of altman.
didntknowyou··on Researchers Beam Power from a Moving Airplane
i mean solar energy already exist so it's not exactly as 'far flung' as they claim.

what they are probably doing however is testing the feasibility for a solar laser weapon as seen in many sci-fi shows

didntknowyou··on 'Office Is Dead': Microsoft Decision Confuses 400M Users
so unlike google who just terminates product lines, microsoft forces migration/adoption of it's products to keep their metrics
didntknowyou··on Palantir Crashes Out in Response to GN [video]
for a company that keeps boasting how they can collect intel, know everything and control the narrative/future, they seem quite insecure to criticism and overcompensate for any negative feedback
didntknowyou··on How You Detach Sticky Notes Affects How Well They Stay Attached
i find regardless of how you pull it off it does curve eventually tho
didntknowyou··on Most devs don't trust AI-generated code, but fail to check it anyway
i get it, like why waste your time checking potential slop unless your main task is QC
didntknowyou··on Ozempic is changing the foods Americans buy
hopefully it's reducing the demands of snacks filled with artificial crap and shifting the trend to give manufacturers an incentive to focus on healthier alternatives
didntknowyou··on BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech
i think over time tastes will change as people appreciate that function can define form, unlike the other way round
didntknowyou··on CLI agents make self-hosting on a home server easier and fun
idk exposing your home network to the world and trusting AI will produce secure code is not a risk I want to take
didntknowyou··on Why Is Greenland Part of the Kingdom of Denmark? A Short History
it would be a million times more probable that they would throw money to their friends in the military complex to take things by force, than to give money to strangers.
didntknowyou··on Dell admits it made a mistake when it abandoned XPS
loved my xps but the built quality is BS. mine fell apart after a year (even with light use), and was pretty much dumped for parts when i upgraded.

my macbook pro on the other hand is still going after 10 years, and even tho i upgraded i kept it as it was too solid to throw away.

didntknowyou··on Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study
having work in an industry affected by PE buyouts, a lot of these are transactions acted on at management level by businessmen and MBAs/consultants in their offices with no clinician input, yet the hate seems directed at front-line staff.
didntknowyou··on Private equity firms acquired more than 500 autism centers in past decade: study
applying this same kind of logic that PE uses, equating healthcare workers to machines is the bane of the industry.

and then people complain why ther doctors burn out. what do you expect when you ingrained on them that every hour not booked is $80 lost, so we need to book them 24/7, cut their lunch break and squeeze every inch of life from them.

didntknowyou··on All AI Videos Are Harmful (2025)
my favourite AI videos are the obviously fake ones like cats working menial jobs. everything else can go.
didntknowyou··on Try to take my position: The best promotion advice I ever got
this is recommending an employee work outside their scope in the hopes of getting promoted. it really depends on the company culture and if internal promotions are common otherwise it's just you doing your manager's work, and i don't see why anyone should be taking on more responsbilities without getting paid for it.
didntknowyou··on RevisionDojo, a YC startup, is running astroturfing campaigns targeting kids?
no surprise considering YC's fake it till you make it and growth hacking culture
didntknowyou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
i think they prefer the chaos as a welcomed distraction from local issues
didntknowyou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
interesting how they say it's about drug trafficking but then keeps confiscaating oil tankers tho?
didntknowyou··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
[ ok let's just say ] it's a one side deal
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