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BreakDecks , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago) to Technology in Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets

I can't change my phone while using the adapter

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d934b704-1acb-4c6a-b019-0d1cb7eda5cf.jpeg

Why should I need an adapter for something that used to come standard?

The same reason you needed a new charging cable every time the USB standard changes: because technology standards change over time.

If anything, audio adapters have been a thing for decades longer than cell phones have existed. This is not a new development at all.

What about a micro-SD card?

My phone has an completely excessive 512GB of storage, and I can use USB drives (including micro SD adapters) if I really want to save something to external storage.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block piracy websites

Piracy websites should add a copy of the U.S. Constitution to their websites. Just slap a "/constitution.html" on the site.

Then, if the MPA succeeds, we can talk about how the U.S. Government is blocking access to hundreds/thousands of copies of the Constitution online.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets

Most Bluetooth headphones are encrypted with a key shared only by the headphones and the host device. Not sure why you think they aren't private. Maybe really cheap or really old headphones might not be so secure, but the vast majority of Bluetooth headphones in use today absolutely are.

Charging and audio quality are legitimate concerns, but again, you still have a headphone port... It's just part of the USB-C port on the bottom of your phone. A $5 adapter completely absolves you of having to use Bluetooth.

I really don't see how needing an adapter is a big enough deal to care about the way people here seem to.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets

I understand people's desire for a headphone port, but I really don't understand the hate for devices that don't have one. It would be one thing if they vendor-locked Bluetooth headphones so you had to use theirs, but it really just seems like a common sense move in a world where Bluetooth reigns supreme.

As long as a USB-C adapter still provides the same functionality, I really don't see anyone's choices being taken away. If it is one less physical port on the device that helps streamline the hardware, I'm all for it too.

And if it is a dealbreaker, you don't have to buy a fairphone.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4

The differences between human and machine-generated text overlap support the image of LLMs as more "arrangers" than "creators" of text.

So plagiarism...

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in Beeper is now available, no waitlist!

Beeper isn't a Discord client.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4

[citation needed]

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in OpenAI transcribed over a million hours of YouTube videos to train GPT-4

There's a distinct difference between quotation and plagiarism. A search engine does the former, LLMs do the latter.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in More and more people are ditching carrier roaming in favor of travel eSIMs

Kinda nice that Google Fi gives you global roaming at no extra charge. Too bad it hardly ever works and text messaging is a shitshow.

Still used a travel esim on my last trip just to be able to reliably use my phone.

Probably dropping them soon because text message reliability is already a joke at home with them...

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in On a huge election year for the world, Meta will shut down CrowdTangle, it's tool for election integrity observers without replacement

Fool me once, shame on me, but teach a man to fool me and I'll be fooled for the rest of my life.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Technology in Microsoft reveals costs of Windows 10 end of life security update — and it might be more than you'd expect

Oh wow, people complaining that forcing enshittified Windows updates breaks their workflow are also complaining about constantly having to shell out money to continue receiving security updates? What hypocrites! /s

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Memes in I hate that guy

Only use the original macro for dunking on Crowder.

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d971833c-b975-4d76-b6a6-bb45b9f1e73c.jpeg

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Memes in how you know I'm ADHD without telling you

This is the way.

I just keep one huge checklist that I document everything I ever pack to and start by checking off everything I'm not taking on my current trip. Then the rest of the list is enough to make sure I am properly packed.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Privacy in Chat control is back as proposal in EU despite being voted out just few months ago

Whatever ethical concerns you have about abortion, the only way to enforce anti-abortion laws is to strip women of their medical privacy. If you want privacy rights, you need to stand for abortion rights. If you stand against abortion rights, you stand against the right to privacy.

Because at the end of the day, the difference between an elective abortion and a medically necessary abortion are the details discussed between a woman and her doctor. The only way the government gets to draw a line on what is or isn't allowed is if they get to be an obligate part of that conversation.

BreakDecks , 2 months ago to Privacy in Chat control is back as proposal in EU despite being voted out just few months ago

You should read about what Roe v. Wade was about before you say stuff like this. Medical privacy was foundational to abortion rights in the USA. Codifying it into our constitution would have been a good idea.

https://www.reproductiverights.org/sites/crr.civicactions.net/files/documents/roeprivacy_0.pdf