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LightBug1··on Gemini 4 Argon
They probably said the same thing about social media back in the day.

I'm sure the thinking out there, and hence investment, is all about how to tether the user to the most addictive, network-effected, incredibly deep, server-side, moat-able version of AI possible.

LightBug1··on America.gov
You can support the incredible things Google have achieved over the last couple of decades ... while also acknowledging the absolute shit shows they've been involved with.
LightBug1··on Promising discoveries about the potential for life on one of Saturn’s icy moons
In the movies.

In reality the existential crisis will be used as a means for control, exploitation, and corruption ...

c.f. USA, Israel, UAE as spring-to-mind obvious examples for hints and tips as to how this plays out.

It's also interesting that your mind goes immediately to common enemy instead of some alternative.

LightBug1··on U.S. appeals court upholds designation of Anthropic as supply chain risk
I'll tell you what's a supply chain risk...

The current fucking US administration.

LightBug1··on Toyota is taking the Corolla electric
True, but to all intents and purposes, it is.

It definitely isn't dialing out to the internet or being collecting/tracking data and snitching on me if I breathe the wrong way!

LightBug1··on Toyota is taking the Corolla electric
Still rolling my 2005 Toyota and reckon I'll have it another 20 years, easy.

Supremely reliable.

Zero data capture / subscription nonsense

No bullshit.

You'll pry that thing from my cold dead hands before I jump on board the current crop of capable, but wack appliances.

LightBug1··on Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?
Found that opening paragraph really difficult to get beyond ...
LightBug1··on Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta
Asking questions is harassment now?

It's obvious he's making a point, but there is no harassment that I see.

FFS ... it's this kind of goal-post shifting that ends with sign-holding grannies being arrested for terrorism.

LightBug1··on OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'
Haha, true.

But I considering money a voting mechanism.

And I'm happy just looking myself in the mirror having voted in a different, hopefully-better, way.

LightBug1··on OpenAI is enlisting an influencer army to make it look 'good for the world'
That might be the strongest nudge to get me off of my habitual use of chatGPT.

Well done OpenAI comms team. Just lost a subscriber.

LightBug1··on Pentagon says overreliance on AI contributed to missile strike on Iran school
FFS ...

Either this is true, and it's fucking bullshit.

Or it's an exaggeration/ false, and it's still fucking bullshit.

So, either way, something coming out of the Pentagon is fucking bullshit.

LightBug1··on ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You
v2.0 ... auto-project two middle fingers at the recording camera, in place of the recorded subjects face.
LightBug1··on EU chief opens door for Canada to become 'associate member'
>>> "it's what Cameron was trying to negotiate the UK into when complete inflexibility on the EU side triggered the Brexit referendum."

"Negotiate" ... is that what you call it?

David Cameron (and team) were the most inept bunch of wankers this country has had the misfortune of being represented by in living memory (in terms of medium/long-term real impact).

We had better terms than anyone in the EU and we still fucked it up.

LightBug1··on US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
- Confirm openly that space weapons have been deployed.

- Open the floodgates to the open militarisation of space by all possible nation states.

- In response, justify huge increases in space defense spending budget

- Rinse / repeat to kingdom come. Same as it's always been.

Someone's getting a nice fat bonus, cigar and a blowjob tonight.

LightBug1··on XCancel service is suspended until further notice
I've stopped using xcancel even for that. If anything is important enough, it will reach me via other channels. Particularly from any contact who give af ... if they don't it's not important.
LightBug1··on AI Robots – When will they be in our homes
/start Shining movie soundtrack

"HERE'S ROBBY!"

/cut to door chopping and robot led eye lights ...

LightBug1··on Data collected by cars and sold to third parties
I have a 2005 Toyota and 69 Beetle ...

Fuck you, data leeches ... you'll get nothing from me.

LightBug1··on Google will buy half the electricity from one of Finland's nuclear power plants
Is this like Coca Cola buying up natural springs in Spain?

So that local consumers start having to depend on bottled water?

What a shit show ...

LightBug1··on Show HN: The same nine streaming subscriptions cost $702/year more than in 2021
... which is why I opted out of all of that bullshit from the start.

Pay some portion of that over the years and end up owning ... absolutely nothing.

LightBug1··on Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit
Oh, I don't expect YC to get down with this ... but said "mega brains" that inhabit these forums (ok, I just chuckled)
LightBug1··on Flock Wants a Closely Surveilled World with No Exit
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LightBug1··on Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation
Not sure why this is down voted. People hate the truth, it appears.
LightBug1··on Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
Simpler solution:

If you're on Shitter, I'm not interested in your content.

Not even through proxy.

Get on another platform then hit me up if you want some engagement.

LightBug1··on Grok outage
Really? If so, it's still subject to the whims of the main issue you pointed out.

I wouldn't trust that piece of trash if you paid me good money.

I don't use Grok either.

And why use it when there are many equivalent/better alternatives.

LightBug1··on You Know Who Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
On the flip-side, LLM's can be pretty good at coming up with almost water-tight stories for the insurance claim!
LightBug1··on Omarchy: Any User Process Can Escalate to Root
Interesting point. I'll summarise my counter response as: fuck DHH. Guy can shove an omarchy up his jacksy.
LightBug1··on Stripe said to abandon $50B pursuit of PayPal
How on earth is a dogshit company like Paypal worth $50bn?

Particularly to such a vastly more sophisticated company like Stripe?

LightBug1··on Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices
I appreciate xcancel to see things on HN or elsewhere ...

But really, is anyone still using SHITTER? ... holy fck ...

LightBug1··on Early-life stress leaves a 'scar' inside brain cells in mice
Are you a man or a mouse?
LightBug1··on US oil reserves are so low, the caverns holding them could be damaged
Question: I don't know much about US oil, but hasn't Trump been bragging endlessly about being oil independent? If so, why is this a story?
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