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Be honest. That database isn’t very good anyway. You’re doing them all a favor.

-Brain

I assume the original meme is basically just the picture without the alternatives, but I’ve never seen it.

I’ve also never heard of tubearchivist, so that’s a fun new rabbit hole.

Edit: Oh, is this an update of “this generation was the first to be raised online”? Another thing I’d never seen. Do I even internet?

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It feels weird, like maybe over-practiced, but I agree that it sounds human enough to fool me.

I subscribe to and have notifications enabled for about 13 channels that upload every single day; I only get notified like once a month about a random video whenever YouTube decides it wants to actually do the thing I have told it to do.

This has not been my experience. I subscribe with bell for almost every channel I follow. If anything I almost get too many notifications, but at least I get to decide whether each notification/video is worth watching or dismissing. The new video notifications aren’t always immediate, but I almost never see a video on my subscription feed that I haven’t already been notified about.

This isn’t so much “hacked” as someone walked through the door they left wide open. They just hid it behind a bush.

Alright. I’m finally hearing enough about pixelfed to start looking into it. Are there any good resources for jumping in?

I see it’s decentralized. Do I just go to pixelfed.org and create an account, or is this like the fediverse where you have to pick an instance to get started?

Edit: for anyone looking, the Pixelfed website has a list of instances, so you can try to find an instance that most appeals to you.

DJI voluntarily created its geofencing feature, so it makes a certain degree of sense that the company would get rid of it now that the US government no longer seems to appreciate its help, is blocking some of its drone imports, calls DJI a “Chinese Military Company,” and has started the countdown clock on a de facto import ban.

“The FAA does not require geofencing from drone manufacturers,” FAA spokesperson Ian Gregor confirms to The Verge.

While I don’t think this is a good change, especially after that drone damaged one of the firefighting planes, it does make sense that they would stop hamstringing their product if it’s not required. I assume consumers will also appreciate not being treated like children, but again… it’s not always a good idea to trust everyone to use common sense.

Not to mention the tracking (ok, you mentioned cookie notices, but not the actual tracking) that will ultimately impact your social media feeds.

“Huh, my friend-across-the-aisle just posted something that contradicts my world view, but I’m not sure I trust that site. If I click on it, will my feed suddenly be flooded with more untrustworthy sources?”

It’s usually not worth the risk.

Yeah, I definitely remember when they started showing things I didn’t ask for, and I thought “I don’t like that”, but I stuck around because I could ignore posts I didn’t care about.

It took a little while, but I eventually started to play “how far can I scroll before I get something I didn’t ask for?”

Shortly after that, I realized I actually had to start playing “how far until I get something I did ask for?”.

Once I realized that, I cut back significantly. I still go from time to time when I’m stuck waiting in line or something, but it broke my daily habit. I miss what it used to be, but I certainly don’t miss what it is.

So, if I grab an item off the shelf and browse around the store for a while, is the price going to be the price currently displayed or the price when I grabbed it?

If it’s the current price, what’s the point of a price tag? If I can’t actually know the price until checkout, then showing me the price is kind of a useless bit of data. I also suspect that the “speak to a manager” types would make that a major headache for stores.

If it’s the price when I grabbed it, how are they keeping track of that? I see two ways of handling that: one requires that you use their app to shop, and the other requires cameras and “machine vision” that are still unreliable, at best. The former seems more likely, but I doubt either is going to sit well with customers.

Edit: someone pointed out that it might not actually display a price, and you’d have to scan it to get your price. Kind of like the first option, but I think it’s going to turn off less tech savvy customers.

I haven’t seen that aspect addressed in any articles about the “feature”.

can’t even subtract from a timer (it can add, though!)

“Ok, Google, add -5 minutes to the timer”

It either explodes, or you start getting notifications in the past. Seems like a possible win, either way.

Now paint splatters are coming for my job!?

Humanity truly is screwed.

I guess we’re going with B

Ce n’est pas une cacahuète

Be the problem you wish to solve in the world?

We’re old nerds.

The ladies will be so impressed with just how much 8 is equal to D!

Absolutely fair response. I’m sorry that I came across as attacking your point. I just meant to provide another reason why the cameras shouldn’t be recommended, using the context of your quote from the article. I’m sorry that I wasn’t clear about that.