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bydavidwr
2026 @01:48PM
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Attached to: Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
in 3...2...1...
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bydavidwr
026 @02:13PM
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Attached to: 'Call Screening is Aggravating the Rich and Powerful'
... it's almost always because I have something he wants, usually money for his election campaign but sometimes just my vote.
It's not actually him though, it's usually a robo-call or someone working or vollunteering for his campaign.
Note: I get the same from non-wealthy politicians.
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bydavidwr
2026 @03:06PM
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Attached to: Microsoft Admits Windows 11 Has a Trust Problem, Promises To Focus on Fixes in 2026
Windows 2000 was good for its time. I would love a version of Windows 2000 with an up-to-date security model.
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bydavidwr
2026 @09:09PM
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Attached to: Kernel Community Drafts a Plan For Replacing Linus Torvalds
If there is a conclave, they should only be allowed to use paper/pencil and other analog equipment and a computer that has only Microsoft Windows installed and no way to install anything else.
*horrors*
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bydavidwr
2026 @10:16PM
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Attached to: Neural cluster very different in men and women
The study was in mice, not men and women.
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bydavidwr
026 @04:53PM
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Attached to: DOT Plans To Use Google Gemini AI To Write Regulations
This "full steam ahead damn the consequences" attitude scares me.
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bydavidwr
026 @04:43PM
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Attached to: Toilet Maker Toto's Shares Get Unlikely Boost From AI Rush
"advanced ceramic parts" - for the toilets or the electronics?
Asking for a friend.
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bydavidwr
2026 @06:05PM
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Attached to: Poll Suggestion
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6) CowboyNeal is Supreme Absolute Ruler Of The Universe
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bydavidwr
2026 @12:18PM
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Attached to: What a Sony and TCL Partnership Means For the Future of TVs
The Sony Trinitron was one of the best consumer-grade color TV display technologies around during the life of its key patents (late 1960s through 1996).
After the patents expired, Sony couldn't charge the premium it could during the patent life. That was the beginning of the end. The switch to newer technologies sealed its fate.
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bydavidwr
2026 @11:51AM
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Attached to: 'Stealing Isn't Innovation': Hundreds of Creatives Warn Against an AI Slop Future
We can do a lot with an AI trained in pre-1923 literature, pre-1923 sheet music (especially classical and other pre-20th-century styles), etc.
"ChatGPT, give me music in the style of J. S. Bach, suitable for playing by a small ensemble consisting of ..."
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bydavidwr
2026 @10:00AM
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Attached to: Wikipedia's Guide to Spotting AI Is Now Being Used To Hide AI
Soon, AI use will be all-but-undetectable if you just look at the output.
Authors/publishers with good reputations or with reputable organizations to vouch for them might be believed when they say "I made this without AI input" but nobody else will. At least not in cases where it matters, like news reports.
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bydavidwr
2026 @08:06PM
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Attached to: HHS Announces New Study of Cellphone Radiation and Health
[Can we also study] what constant exposure to intrusive ... ads does to us?
We already know: Increased use of ad-blockers.
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bydavidwr
2026 @08:02PM
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Attached to: Meta's Oversight Board Takes Up Permanent Bans In Landmark Case
illegal.
Making an account "read only"/"frozen" so you don't get anything NEW in your feed and you can't post anything make sense, but you should be able to see what you've posted before and messages others have specifically sent to you.
Personally, if I ever got the ban-hammer from a company, I'd want a reasonably convenient way to download my history, including messages directed to me or to groups I am (er, was) a part of.
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bydavidwr
2026 @07:56PM
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Attached to: HHS Announces New Study of Cellphone Radiation and Health
User unlocks cell phone and looks at his feed.
Feed tells him to eat something that will cause cancer, without saying it will cause cancer.
He eats it.
He gets cancer.
"Researcher" does a "controlled study." Pretty much the same results, with a few outlyers just to show it's a "real study" and not a "rigged one."
Logically, cell phones cause cancer and now we know why!
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bydavidwr
2026 @06:39PM
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Attached to: UK Mulls Australia-Like Social Media Ban For Users Under 16
See what problems the Aussie ban solves, and see what new problems it creates.
Then you can make a much more informed decision.
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