LesserAbe

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

Seems like you're making a lot of assumptions. I'm in sales. I make money by being responsive, and having a smartphone gives me tools to use wherever I am instead of having to always going to a computer or tablet like the article describes

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

Well it's not the cost of the phone we're talking about, the article is about having some carefree phone free lifestyle

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

To be honest I do get paid a lot more for this type of job than one where I'm strictly available 9-5.

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

Like a job where they don't expect to be able to reach you outside of office hours

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in What a bunch of A-list celebs taught me about how to use my phone

Not sure how other people are but I couldn't not have a smartphone for my job. Feels like that's either a luxury for rich people or one tiny benefit for people with lower demand jobs who are done with the job when they leave the office

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to 196 in Mosquito rule

Is Reddit adding a watermark to everything posted there now?

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in Reddit’s IPO Filing Shows Lots Of Losses After Nearly 20 Years

My understanding is on these fillings you're supposed to give a full accounting of all the risks so investors can't sue you later. It's like going for surgery where they say you could die - not saying it's likely, but tries to get them off the hook.

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to Technology in Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

I saw some posts about a similar technology in the meetings and events industry: a company is selling "facial analysis" not "facial recognition." They try to get around privacy laws by saying "well our technology does scan every single face it sees, but it doesn't store that image, it just determines age, gender, race and emotional sentiment and adjusts tallies for those categories in a database."

It's still information gathering I didn't consent to while attending a conference, and it's a camera with the potential to be hacked.

Of course it's always about marketing and advertising. They want to have a heat map of which areas are popular and at what times. In the case of events so they can sell to sponsors and exhibitors. In this university it's less clear. Do the vending machines have a space to sell ads? That would be my guess.

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to 196 in Friendly appealing blimp rule

Dogs can make anyone sort of likeable

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to 196 in Rule

If anyone isn't familiar with "da share zone" this is a recreation. I also recommend the alt text on their postshttps://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/32ce2b88-f71d-48ec-875f-60bfa14684fe.jpeg

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to solarpunk memes in Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power

Now that's a meme!

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to 196 in rule

I'll whisper the insidious phrase: Don't yuck my yum

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to 196 in rule

Good song, good video! Good live version too

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to solarpunk memes in beatrix potter was the height of human civilization

Ah perfect, thank you

LesserAbe , 4 months ago to solarpunk memes in beatrix potter was the height of human civilization

I'd rather be an anthropomorphic beaver thank you