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stemlord··on Robot Dog with Gun Turret for Hunting Aerial Drones Being Tested by Army
And mimicking loveable pets
stemlord··on Parody site ClownStrike refused to bow to CrowdStrike's bogus DMCA takedown
>Cloudflare, please don't be part of the problem. You've long been a champion of a more open web

How exactly? Cloudflare has been a threat to the open web for as long as I've been paying attention to them

stemlord··on Hundred Rabbits is a small collective exploring the failability of modern tech
Nyc has buildings that function as co-ops. You have your own apartment in a building that you own shares of. Everyone pays for amenities like laundry and maintenance together
stemlord··on After 10 years, Yelp gave my app 4 days
Their website should be a primary case study for normalizing ux dark patterns
stemlord··on New study finds people alter their appearance to suit their names
I wonder if a person's whole life being a personal branding exercise is something unique to capitalist society or has been happening forever
stemlord··on The lie of music discovery algorithms
I figure the problem is access. You either have the obscure music people want to discover in your db or you don't. The music available on spotify is a drop in the ocean so it doesn't really matter how searches work because a majority of the possible results simply aren't known by the platform
stemlord··on Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of existence
Do you really need an ad to get you to do that?
stemlord··on Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of existence
>Regulation usually gets trotted out after the downside of doing [new innovation] is experienced. This always happens, because doing something new always involves unknown risk.

I would challenge "unknown"-- it very well seems like the risks have been known every time, they just don't give a shit

>What's different now though, is the hysteria over AI is leading regulators to pass this incumbent-cementing regulation before we've even had a chance to experience ...

Sounds good to me? It's sociopathic and opportunistic to want to risk major socioeconomic issues for the mere chance of a corporate "innovation"

stemlord··on You can opt out of airport face scans
"They already have this info" is one of four forms of "privacy nihilism" commonly argued against the right to privacy. I forget all four, but one other one is "I have nothing to hide anyway"
stemlord··on No one expects young men to do anything and they respond by doing nothing (2022)
It was uncharitable to illustrate each child being from a different guy but the way the article worded it, it definitely seems like they are not the boyfriend's kids, so it isn't necessarily dumb to assert that the article has an uncharitable take on the boyfriend
stemlord··on Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
Weird that it was flagged, I'm sorry
stemlord··on Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
>most of the major cities here are no longer safe

This is practically verbatim conservative news propaganda

stemlord··on Joe Biden stands down as Democratic candidate
You're saying you know democrats who would rather accept trump over biden?
stemlord··on Walmart Selling MacBook Air with M1 Chip for $649 Starting Today
Definitely not fan of bluetooth peripherals
stemlord··on Walmart Selling MacBook Air with M1 Chip for $649 Starting Today
Still doesn't justify going back to usb-hub land for me
stemlord··on Family fight Samsung over fridge odour they say caused dizziness and memory loss
The whole article is about the lack of transparency on a situation involving a product Samsung designed which may or may not have serious health consequences, not about return policies
stemlord··on Etsy: Company escaping 'race to the bottom', getting back to its artisan roots
Is that not the root issue with our entire socioeconimic infrastructure in the US?
stemlord··on Etsy loses its 'handmade' and 'vintage' labels as it takes on Temu and Amazon
what
stemlord··on YouTube embeds are heavy and it’s fixable
I thought we were past the era of counting in milliseconds for load time now that half the web insists on using cloudflare security checks
stemlord··on Creatine improves physical function and body composition in older adults
Try tea instead of coffee, sounds like you're just taking too much caffeine
stemlord··on We Launched the Largest Real-Time Global CO2 Map
Interesting, makes sense. Thanks
stemlord··on 'It's completely invasive': New app lets you spy on SF bars
scenetap was talked about in the article
stemlord··on We Launched the Largest Real-Time Global CO2 Map
Maybe I'm missing this info somewhere, but would like to better understand the accuracy of the placement of the markers on the map. For example there's a 702 ppm marker in Moorestown Township NJ. Is this the exact location of one sensor, and would this then mean that some entity in Moorestown NJ is producing tons of co2?
stemlord··on Python grapples with Apple App Store rejections
Yes that's easy advice to follow when you don't have a job
stemlord··on A website where you write a message to the next visitor
Lame, too strict. Let people say what they want to say.
stemlord··on Public servants uneasy as government 'spy' robot prowls federal offices
This is the most hilarious part:

>The aim is to create a better work environment for humans — one that isn't too hot, humid or dim. Saad said that means more comfortable and productive employees.

Hello, lighting and climate control are already solved problems? But regardless, deploying roombas riddled with cameras out into the workplace is undoubtedly a step toward making employees feel more "comfortable".

stemlord··on Apple unveils 'Passwords' manager app at WWDC 2024
That's apple's entire MO, yes
stemlord··on ChatGPT Is Bullshit
chatgpt and code completion tools have pretty much doubled my productivity... "write me this tedious function in c# for unity" could save me up to a couple minutes, "what are 5 makes and models of PoE switches used in industrial applications?" could save me up to an hour
stemlord··on FBI Raids Big Corporate Landlord over Nationwide Rent Hikes
I feel it's not that they don't know how to be ethical so much as it is they don't care
stemlord··on Stripe closed our account and refuses to migrate our data to another processor
Cash App?
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