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hightrix··on The iPhone's Last Stand?
The kids have made it come back over the last few years and it is finally filtering into adult lingo. My dude.
hightrix··on Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers
Linting is also trivial for LLMs. I’d argue linting is one of the easiest and best use cases for coding assistants.

This story doesn’t add up.

hightrix··on DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
Google is the OG of enshittification. When DoubleClick bought Google, I mean when Google bought DoubleClick, that is when Google started printing money in exchange for a terrible user experience.
hightrix··on Ferrari shares fall after launch of first EV as Jony Ive design proves divisive
Agreed. This looks more like a Mustang to me.
hightrix··on BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
Thanks for the feedback. Prusa is on the top of my list at the moment. That's exactly what I want, to use it and not to work on it.
hightrix··on BambuStudio has been violating PrusaSlicer AGPL license since their fork
Anecdotally, I'm in the market for a new 3d printer and have been heavily considering a few Bambu models. All this drama, of which I'm not well informed on, is making me consider other vendors.

Without these issues, I would have already bought a Bambu printer. Now, I'm investigating all competitors.

hightrix··on You can no longer Google the word 'disregard'
To be fair, Google has been degrading their search for years. This is just the latest vector.
hightrix··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
For the same reason that ads in reddit comments are unmarked. The law hasn't caught up yet. There are countless "guerilla marketing" campaigns across reddit that are not identified as ads. I expect AI will be no different and it'll take the law a decade+ to catch up.
hightrix··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
More like, "Your mom's birthday is tomorrow and you forgot again, didn't you? I've gone ahead and added this perfect gift to your cart that will be delivered in time. I'll purchase and ship it now if you'd like?"
hightrix··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
This is why I unsubscribed from YouTube Music after having been a Google Play Music user for years. YTM polluting YT just ruined both for me.

Now I use a different music streaming platform and have history turned off on YouTube.

hightrix··on We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot
"You're absolutely right. The trump administration has caused the lowest gas prices in US history and lowered drug costs by 1300%. Click here to donate to your nearest MAGA politician."

2026 may not see it too bad, but 2028 will be an absolutely nasty election cycle.

hightrix··on Google Declaring War on the Web
Does a move like this give more power / value to websites like reddit? A link aggregator that is organized is much more useful for finding new websites.
hightrix··on Apple unveils new accessibility features
Also as a sighted person, this is why I hate the modern trend of using the video format to show 3-4 bullet points. Just give me the text.
hightrix··on Iran will impose fees on subsea internet cables in Strait of Hormuz
Let's call it what it is. Israel didn't just "talk him into it", they played trump like a fiddle and tricked him into doing their dirty work.

With the blackmail they have on him provided by Epstien and associates, trump is exactly the type of person that our enemies love. He is a useful idiot at best.

hightrix··on ABC News has taken all FiveThirtyEight articles offline
A link for those of us without twitter accounts.

https://xcancel.com/NateSilver538

hightrix··on Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent
Something to do with serving more ads. My guess is they will use this to “better target” or to drain more information from you for their ads.
hightrix··on Removable batteries in smartphones will be mandatory in the EU starting in 2027
That was 10 years ago. Are there any other instances similar that are more recent?
hightrix··on Your phone is about to stop being yours
If computers were invented by the Silicon Valley of the 2020s, this would absolutely be the case.
hightrix··on GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
As a single data point, this is absolutely true. At my current "Big Corp", Copilot was immediately approved while Claude is entering month 2 or 3 of trying to get approval.

Additionally, we got copilot for every user, including those that never write code or use AI tools.

hightrix··on Palantir employees are starting to wonder if they're the bad guys
Palantir enables freedom in the same way salt water quenches your thirst.

It doesn’t.

hightrix··on Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training
They pay well. That’s it. That’s the only argument for working for facebook.

They don’t add anything beneficial to society. They exist to sell ads.

hightrix··on Ban the sale of precise geolocation
Would it be? I'd argue the current US administration is entirely propped up by television. Hell, the president seems to "rule" based on what Fox News said last night.
hightrix··on US Bill Mandates On-Device Age Verification
Sounds like a business opportunity. A simple tool to create an ID that passes checks with any information on it you'd like.
hightrix··on Bouncer: Block "crypto", "rage politics", and more from your X feed using AI
So a couple of people in Japan tried ranch for the first time and it is news worthy?

If this isn’t a paid marketing post, you should apply!

hightrix··on US and Iran agree to provisional ceasefire
trumps supreme negotiation skills have gotten us a worse agreement than before the senseless, baseless, and aggressive attack on Iran.

What a complete moron.

hightrix··on Copilot edited an ad into my PR
Opt out is the same as forcing this on people that don’t want it. You know this.

Microslop proving their name time and time again.

hightrix··on Copilot edited an ad into my PR
Just to add to the feedback.

No one, anywhere, ever wants this or anything like it. Do not inject anything that is outside of the context of the session, ever.

This is how you get your software banned at large companies.

Question for you, did anyone on the team really not push back? Does the team really think anyone wants ads in their copilot output? If the answer to both of these is no, you have a team full of yes men, not actual developers.

hightrix··on Fear and denial in Silicon Valley over social media addiction trial
Screens are drugs. They are uniquely and magically addictive.

Try to take away a kids tablet, a teen's phone, or an adult's phone. They will fight just like an addict.

hightrix··on How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel
You misread.

Most people do not understand temperature on the Kelvin scale. As such, you should not use it to communicate in a general setting such as this.

hightrix··on How the Turner twins are mythbusting modern technical apparel
To be a stickler, communication requires respect for your audience. The vast majority of everyone understands a 1.8 degree C delta. I would argue that very few people anywhere would understand a temperature delta given in kelvin.
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