circuitfarmer

circuitfarmer , 2 months ago to Technology in So much for free speech on X; Musk confirms new users must soon pay to post

When will people stop supporting this clown?

Remember when some people were like "well, I don't support him, but I've had this Twitter account forever, so I'm not leaving." This is what happens. Things just get worse until you gain plausible deniability for continuing to support the bullshit.

circuitfarmer , 2 months ago to Technology in ISPs can charge extra for fast gaming under FCC’s Internet rules, critics say

Who saw this coming???

/s

circuitfarmer , 2 months ago to Mildly Infuriating in Live Nation/Ticket Master won't give you your tickets unless you install their app

You also can't do shit with their service, app and web, if you're on a VPN. It just refuses. Even -- and this may be illegal -- unsubscribing from their emails.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent

This is the way

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in Microsoft defends barging in on Chrome with pop-up ads pushing Bing, GPT-4

This result is predictable for a lot of different things that started as products and seem to be ending up as services.

Microsoft wants Windows to be a subscription service with the associated perks to the company (namely, targeted ads, and also extreme control over anything the system does, including this ad scheme), and so an increased number of people seek a more traditional OS.

The movie industry pushes streaming down everyone's throat as a highly fragmented market where media ownership no longer exists; thus an increased number of people start to return to physical media.

Car companies push to paywall features of their cars behind subscription services. An increased number of people seek used cars which have no such paywalls.

The patterns are clear, in my view, but the C-suite is always driven by a naïve lust for ever-increasing profit.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Antiwork in Job Websites Need a "Report for incorrect information" Option

And the really annoying ones hide the "this will become a hybrid position" deep in the copy. It's almost like businesses know a lot of workers prefer remote roles...

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in What Do People Think of Apple's Vision Pro Headsets?

Meh.

It's not designed for or good for VR gaming. As an AR device, I find it a bit silly since I can just look at a real screen. It would be a novelty at $100, but at the price Apple wants I kind of think of it like a joke.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in New York Times takedown domino effect hits nearly 2000 Wordle clones

My thoughts exactly. By this reasoning, Candy Crush Saga could get taken down for copying Bejeweled.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in Tesla starts shipping $3,000 Cybertruck tent, looks nothing like what was unveiled | Electrek

$3000 is way too much for a tarp stapled to the back of an overpriced pile of shit

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Technology in Our [Stack Exchange's] partnership with Google and commitment to socially responsible AI

We paid for the development of the internet. We contributed the content. Now we watch the yacht owners take advantage of both because regulators are asleep at the wheel owned by corporations.

circuitfarmer , 3 months ago to Privacy in Google's really stubborn in terms of data collection

Most of their entire business model relies on collecting data hand over fist, constantly. Hell, even actively not using their products doesn't even make you safe.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Technology in Amazon Turkers Who Train AI Say They’re Locked Out of Their Work and Money

Many companies are using AI to generate AI training data. Most of them are data brokers where the margins are becoming razor thin. It's totally a bad idea, but it is definitely happening.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Technology in EA to Lay Off Around 670 Workers, Sunsetting Games, 'Moving Away From Licensed IPs'

Ahahaha what do you think it's 1995?

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Technology in The AI feedback loop: Researchers warn of ‘model collapse’ as AI trains on AI-generated content

I've tried to make this point several times to folks in the industry. I work in AI, and yet every time I approach some people with "you know it ultimately just repeats patterns", I'm met with scoffs and those people telling me I'm just not "seeing the big picture".

But I am, and the truth is that there are limits. This tech is not the digital singularity the marketers and business goons want everyone to think it is.

circuitfarmer , 4 months ago to Technology in Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car, Ending Decadelong Effort

Lightning (in the US; USB-C in the EU)