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Non-native English speaker so if it sounded bad maybe I just failed to express it
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soco··on ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you
And if you correct it, it will mention "a previous version said..."
soco··on Astra for Law
Then the solution is to add AI to the courts as well. Or something else, if you don't like AI. But definitely not limiting the right of the people to sue.
soco··on AI chatbots are becoming experts at changing people's minds
With persons you can assume they won't lie all the time, with corporations you can assume they will lie some of the time, and with AI you can safely assume it will lie.
soco··on Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough
"I must be getting smart to beat a smart mouse like Algernon. But I don't feel smarter" (Daniel Keyes - Flowers for Algernon)
soco··on US interest rates raised for first time in three years
The purpose of a system is what it does.
soco··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Because the UK wanted out, not in. You can work out solutions only when you are looking to work out solutions.
soco··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
There are many EU countries not having, some not even planning, to adopt the Euro. So I cannot imagine this being an important discussion topic.
soco··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
Let's face it, UK never was "full member", for all means. But that's beside the actual point: the German/French euro-skeptics see their countries paying the eastern block a lot of money, sees that same block totally ungrateful about it (ooga booga colonialism), but at the same time don't notice their own employers happy to have such markets at their fingertips - because said markets grab also jobs at their expense, again something the eastern block actively ignores. At the same times the ruling parties everywhere won't touch a running system (even when it's barely running) to not lose their hard won privileges, and the rightwing grows claiming imaginary but heartwarming solutions.
soco··on Australia 'on the same page' as Canada as it seeks deeper EU alliance
I'd say the majority doesn't want AfD, otherwise they would have voted for them. So let's not claim what is not due.
soco··on Java 27
Whoever works with, or chooses Java, is not doing it for the language itself, be it beautiful or not. Java has a huge ecosystem, from battle tested integrations to optimized images to build pipelines to whatever, so at the same you're buying access to all this world (yes, more than an environment). And of course transferable skills. I'm not saying Java is alone offering this, also not saying every feature is the best, but you can have them all, and even choose from different options.
soco··on Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
Please remind me quickly, who invaded who already? Germany what? Maybe in 1939, but definitely not in 2014. And there was no Ribbentrop-Molotov pact between Merkel and Putin, let's stop inventing things for the sake of an imaginary argument. So on short: Russia invaded the Ukraine because why not, the Eastern Europe and more is now on fire thanks to that, and I must read here funny numbers and how Russia doesn't like sanctions (duh, that's the whole point of sanctions).
soco··on Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
You mean electric trains are not viable in the US? In Europe most tracks are electric already.
soco··on Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
That's a lot of math for blaming EU and the Ukraine for not sucking up to Russia.
soco··on Oil Executives Say the Great Fuel Crisis Is Here
I challenge you to find one time period or some states/tribes which did not plunder and enslave each other throughout history. I'm fed up with all this "oh but they did it first" - everybody did it first and that's still no reason to continue doing it with the children of their children.
soco··on Growing proof that autonomous cars save lives
Switzerland does that over 65 years old - every 2 years you have to do the visit. But because it's with your own family doctor, everybody is basically passing the test. It still needs a workable solution...
soco··on iPhone Duo
And why should we all have to buy big ass phones because your vision is declining? Nobody argued big phones shouldn't exist, it's just small phones currently don't.
soco··on Among European Companies That Use a CDN, Nearly 9 in 10 Use Cloudflare
https://ayedo.de/en/ayedo-cloud/edge-cloud/
soco··on The far right's win in Germany is sending a chill through Europe's establishment
I must underline, the winning wave of the rightwing peddle on increasing this dependency to cheap russian energy even more, while they're also criticizing Merkel and the others for building a dependency to cheap russian energy. Maybe I'm getting it wrong, but it's mind boggling.
soco··on Replaceable but Employed: Automation and the Meaning of Work
If human labor is devalued, who will pay for the inference in the end? You might answer that some corporation will, but also that corporation must get their money from somewhere. And if "we the people" have no money to spend, at some point the corporation back scratching circle will break. Or am I wrong?
soco··on TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings
In Switzerland there's another solution: the streaming providers (Sunrise, Teleboy) insert their own ads if you choose to skip the channel ads. To be fair, Teleboy offers also a more expensive tier without ads at all, but like other commenters said, I reckon that public is gonna be milked more and more.
soco··on EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
I don't know why you must underline all that "first world" thing, it doesn't make your argument stronger. Please actually verify it, instead of blindly repeating slogans. Namely the courts may start with the letter, find subsequently the letter doesn't apply 100% because things and humans, then proceed to apply the spirit of the law the way they interpret it.
soco··on Hacking IKEA Furniture
I'm not sure building their own furniture is an option for most of the people. I definitely won't do it, ew. Heck, even you aren't doing it, why even recommending it? Yes, flea markets are a budget friendly option, provided you can wait until something passable shows up, and you can arrange transport and putting it up.
soco··on It takes 5 cloud services to hear my doorbell
Business idea: start your sprinklers on burglar detection, not your alarms.
soco··on EPA says power for data centers can sidestep pollution laws
Huh??? The intent of the law is what the entire system and in the entire world is working nowadays, I mean in the real world - aka outside of the minds of the technocultists. This is exactly what the courts are doing everywhere, upholding the intent of the law, and also why legal AI is continuously failing at it - it can't figure out the intent among all edge cases and yeah technicalities.
soco··on Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails
Or in case of regulatory investigation. But, honi soit qui mal y pense...
soco··on I used AWS cognito for a startup. I wouldn't do it again
The Azure documentation is learn.microsoft.com, I'm not sure why you mean there's nothing (or only videos). Just saying.
soco··on Smaller reactors bring nuclear power closer to fulfilling its promise
With solar and batteries getting cheaper and cheaper, is this still a topic? Or at least for the time being until that "cheaper" gets cheaper enough?
soco··on Climate change is strengthening El Niño, coral records suggest
So the human nature is to kill ourselves or otherwise let ourselves die out? Sorry dude, I don't want to accept that - I don't even believe it.
soco··on Suica, Japan's First IC Transit Card
True, the Swiss is the simplest way around - and in planning is to activate it even without swiping (I'm not sure I remember details): But let's face it the tap system is not that far behind, because in some implementations it can do that calculation by itself (I believe having seen it in London?) so at the end of the day you end up paying the optimal price.
soco··on Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
Same in Switzerland. https://maps.app.goo.gl/jHncP5XvFC4F3WAt9
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