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fattegourmet··on I Received an AI Email
> how much co2 is saved when i can do my banking online instead of having to drive to a bank is significant.

And if the online bank wasn't sending a bunch of requests to a bunch of third party ad networks on every click, it would save even more.

fattegourmet··on Are animals conscious? New research
>the near equivalence made between language and consciousness that goes back to Descartes

more like Aristotle

fattegourmet··on Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
Your reply seems entirely focused on Apple, when the article is about Windows 11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
fattegourmet··on Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
>lots of people just don’t want to use the terminal at all

That's unfortunate, since the article notes: "Another method of bypassing the account lockdown still exists. You simply have to enter OOBE\BYPASSNRO in the command prompt during the Windows 11 setup process, which allows you to skip the connection to the Internet and thus also the link to a Microsoft account."

fattegourmet··on DuckDuckGo was down
your [0] is just silly. If a person is at risk from their state's law enforcement, handing over their search data to yandex just makes it easier for Russia to convert them into spying/sabotage activities through, e.g., extortion.

As you have noted, Russia is at war with the ~English-speaking world~ West, so it is much more likely to use this data against the users than in the past.

fattegourmet··on What We're Working on in Firefox
especially when you consider that one of FF's target user bases are people who turn off all telemetry
fattegourmet··on ActivityPub might be a transitional technology
so, a non-black box algorithmic feed?
fattegourmet··on Scandal at America's top science fair
I had an ethics (philosophy) course in uni and I don't think _ethos_ is about winning.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethos

fattegourmet··on Scandal at America's top science fair
Hope he ends up in Tarkington College.

'What's the hurry, son?'

fattegourmet··on Google to pay $23M for improperly sharing search queries with 3rd parties
>The lawsuit claims that Google improperly shared Class Member search queries with third-party websites and companies between October 25, 2006 and September 30, 2013. Google denies any wrongdoing and the Court has not decided who is right or wrong. Defendants are entering into this settlement [...].

>You are included as a Settlement Class Member if you used Google Search and clicked on a Search link at any time on or between October 25, 2006 and September 30, 2013.

>Under the Settlement, Google will pay $23 million to make payments to settlement class members, payments to class representatives, attorneys' fees, litigation costs, and settlement administration costs related to the Settlement. Google will also revise its "FAQs" and "Key Terms" webpages to include conspicuous, clear and concise explanations of how and when search queries may be disclosed to third parties via referrer headers.

fattegourmet··on We’re fine without Facebook, German and French ministers say
Good riddance.

Getting a login wall when I try to check your working hours or menu is the surest way to lose me as a client.

Oh, and I might even tell the business how and why they're not getting my money... if the only way to contact them wasn't through messenger.

fattegourmet··on Settings are not a design failure
not making the settings accessible is a design failure, imo
fattegourmet··on Facebook says Apple iOS privacy change will result in $10B revenue hit this year
>Who in their right mind would buy a device from Facebook

I completely agree with you on this, yet a lot of people are buying Oculus sets

fattegourmet··on Ask HN: Why doesn't YC list compensation for their own open positions?
Do you feel that salary negotiations are adversarial?

For context: I realize that one-off negotiations (buying a car at a dealership) are strictly adversarial, but negotiations in ongoing relationships (employment) benefit more from sharing information on what you want and why.

For example, you tell the other side that you need 10K extra for planned babysitting expenses and they offer you less, but add paid time off to care for your own child.

fattegourmet··on The unlikely story of a game developer from the early 1980s in a tweetstorm
fascinating read
fattegourmet··on DuckDuckGo Email Protection
DDG doing the good ol' corporate 'let me, a third party, access your communications wholesale... for privacy'

How about advising people to turn off remote content in emails first?

fattegourmet··on On Facebook, quoting 'Dune' gets you suspended
the ad bucks must flow
fattegourmet··on Study Shows Cancer Misinformation Common on Social Media Sites
> A new study published online today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that one third of the most popular cancer treatment articles on social media contain misinformation. Further, the vast majority of that misinformation has the potential to harm cancer patients by supporting approaches that could negatively impact the quality of their treatment and chances for survival. The study also showed that articles containing misinformation garner more attention and engagement than articles with evidence-based information.

no huge surprise there, but it would be interesting to see a study of the effects that the exposure to this information has on the patient's choice of treatment, which could help us quantify the impact of disinformation to public health

fattegourmet··on AI used to identify devices, shows IoT and other connected device trends in NA
CUJO AI provides cybersecurity for telecom operators, and its AI models identify devices to alert end-users and network operators in case a device starts acting out of character.

This report reviews the aggregated data that CUJO AI gets from network service providers to improve its threat detection and device identification models.

It covers over 1 billion devices in North America over a period of 15 months, showing what devices people started using more during the pandemic/quarantine, which devices were the most popular during last year's holiday season, and what IoT devices are gaining popularity.

There's quite a lot of data in there, from gaming console popularity and distribution, to trends in smart doorbells and photo frames, and the most popular iOS and Android mobile devices.

fattegourmet··on “I will slaughter you”
just read the post. This is absurd
fattegourmet··on Businesses should try to be the best, not the biggest
completely agree
fattegourmet··on Over 6000 Scientists Sign Anti-Lockdown Petition It's Causing Irreparable Damage
is immunity really acquired after a covid infection? Read that a rather low percentage of Spaniards had immunity after getting better
fattegourmet··on Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show
data points mentioned in the article: address search; device location data. Innocent till proven guilty, right?