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Can I not, though? With the proper software, I can add and alter video frames. This is still a bit limited now, but deepfakes are on the rise. I can already download someone else’s art and add in whatever I want.

The only difference is whether or not the original creators/publishers approve of me doing that, not whether I’m able.

I’d believe it if I hadn’t already heard of Musk being the type to fire workers in his line of sight at pure random simply to fire someone. It apparently got so bad that aids would plan the route he would take to the meetings around having as few victims as possible out in the open.

It would be a smart move for anyone, and he is succeeding to a good extent (they’ll just go elsewhere?), but I think that’s just a happy accident of his. I feel like he’s really just using it as a chew toy so he can feel all big and important with the headlines. If he were being journalistically gray rocked, I wonder what he’d do.

I’m opening up a rival called “social media.” Already, we’re on everyone’s lips, set to have a userbase spanning half the web.

Feels like a step down, to me. It was the funniest giveaway seeing that line in comments from “totally legit” users, and now it’s immediately unacceptable

[Don’t assume consensus nor finished state]

Often a proposal is just that - someone trying to solve a problem by proposing technical means to address it. Having a proposal sent out to public forums doesn’t necessarily imply that the sender’s employer is determined on pushing that proposal as is.

It also doesn’t mean that the proposal is “done” and the proposal authors won’t appreciate constructive suggestions for improvement.

[Be the signal, not the noise]

In cases where controversial browser proposals (or lack of adoption for features folks want, which is a related, but different, subject), it’s not uncommon to see issues with dozens or even hundreds of comments from presumably well-intentioned folks, trying to influence the team working on the feature to change their minds.

In the many years I’ve been working on the web platform, I’ve yet to see this work. Not even once.

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What is this, “Good vibes only?”

That was the first thing I saw of it, and it did make me giggle. I think my favorite is the guillotine, but the nobility don’t seem to share my viewpoint

The grotesque graffiti is just the word “fuck.” I’m disappointed. You should see the stuff that ends up in bathrooms over the course of 6 hours, and people have to touch their own poop for that

Lol @ the expected proliferation of fuck spez. I already broke up with my ex, though, and I didn’t even need ice cream. Egging their house feels unnecessary

Not on Lemmy, so I’ve just consented to wave sadly as my old love passes me by. It was a fantastic app and will continue to be. Kbin’s waiting on Artemis, and until then I’m surprisingly satisfied. I do appreciate it, though!

Ah, reddit comment bots. Now with…Boomhauer?

For nobody wondering, I’m gonna go with lolno. Moving away from reddit means I’m moving away from reddit, not screaming profanities on their front lawn at 3am like a drunken ex trying to prove how much I don’t need them.

I still like reading news about them but I’ve not been back. If I accidentally click on someone’s posted reddit link (happens a lot - trying to retrain!) I back out quick before it loads.

This is the whole reason I still haven’t uninstalled Boost. It doesn’t work anymore but it’s still set to open as my default, so if I ever click by accident, I’m met with a blank screen before I remember.

Same reason Spez is still doing damage control over 3% of his userbase leaving, up to and including signing up more bots to boost traffic and denounce the protests. It’s not like he’s losing a whole lot, he’s kept multimillions of users (human and otherwise) to make his shareholders happy and his site will stumble along pretty ok for years. But in capitalism, especially the ad-driven digital sphere, eyes are everything.

Federating with the rest of us IS a blip in the grand scheme, but so was 3%. The fediverse existing outside of Threads carries the very significant risk that their users will sign up for their service and see the other platforms that are just as nice without being ad-soaked, subscription-based, and demanding your real name while they sell every ounce of your info.

One of us is going to be leeching users from the other and meta will not like this, so they’re liable to make damn sure it’s them. It wouldn’t really shock me to see them neglect to upkeep federation with non-meta instances while they attempt to charm users away with a recognizable, high-traffic platform full of bells and whistles.

For example, ‘write an 80 word passage for a 2nd grade A1 esl learner about visiting grandma. Use the present simple tense.’

Or, make ten cause and effect sentences involving animals that live in the forest.

But even with those very simple prompts, I have to check it and usually ask it to change some vocabulary.

That’s been my experience with AI as a language learner. Maybe it’s made worse because my target is one of the lesser used languages, but I think it’s really just not there yet.

Tried to trip it up with synonyms and it had a 10% hit rate, so that was worrying. Asking it how to order a plain coffee predictably netted me a phrase that translated to whithered café. Then it failed basic questions about colors.

If I’m going to google it, might as well google it. I think most of my use with AI language learning would be having a sentence to fact check.

Oh, yeah. Anyone who complains they don’t have any hobbies actually does have a hobby, because I’m quite sure they’re not spending that time staring blankly into space. It just happens to be something like TV or scrolling a lot, and if I don’t do that I get bored enough to read, draw, etc fairly quickly. Turns out I don’t draw like I used to as a kid because I’m not bored in class.

My only current downfall is it’s REALLY hard for me to take a walk without music like I used to now that I have access to traveling entertainment for the first time. It’s healthier to be able to sit with yourself in boredom and distress because it forces you to process your thoughts, but it’s not fun and we don’t have to do the un-fun work thing now, and that’s probably damaging psychologically

Sfw art? I remember it flagging a picture of the Sahara. Although my favorite was the one that said something like “How far can I zoom in on my elbow before it’s flagged,” and it never even made it past the first photo. Those were entertaining days

Ugh, my childhood. That gritty, black and white one just under the huge batch of roadsigns has to be from 2004. That seems to have been a very era-specific font that I’ve just never seen since.

On the one hand, it would make sense. Beehaw’s style feels more authoritarian to me than other places and Turtle would be attracted to that.

Problem is, idk if they’re taking on help but I don’t think it’s likely she’ll be chosen out of the crowd if they are and I know non-admins can’t make anything over there.

If she can’t seize power, she’ll go somewhere she can

Oh my god. How can they even do that. I stand in awe, this is flawless. Please god, let the news get hold of this one.

They do, of course. They’re just the reason no one on the team has a mic