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fckgw··on DraftKings is using AI to behaviorally target chronic gamblers
> Betting apps are just this taken to the extreme, I feel for people with this addiction but it’s not going away anytime soon.

Why? This wasn't a thing that existed 10-15 years ago, this isn't some long-standing institution. We could ban online betting apps today if we wanted to.

fckgw··on Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain
EVs are more expensive. Hope that helps.
fckgw··on Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain
Just buy the $48k Model Y instead of the $25k Corolla Hybrid, what's the big deal?
fckgw··on I switched to Brave
Someone who derides someone else who donates to causes they find disgusting is also a political view. You're just talking about two people with political views.
fckgw··on What California is learning from solar panels built over irrigation canals
You're talking about something that is probably at least 10x the cost to build and maintain. You're making something simple, like swapping a single solar panel, from a ground-level one-man job into now a multi-person job with specialized equipment and water hazards.
fckgw··on Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death
They're independent contractors. They can accept and cancel jobs at will.
fckgw··on Uber arbitration award over Emily Normandin-Parker’s death
He created an unsafe situation by stopping at a gore point instead of driving a couple hundred feet down the offramp onto a surface street.
fckgw··on New wild cat species discovered – with only one known living member
Yeah, the quirk being that the known population is just this one in the sanctuary. They haven't identified where specifically he came from or where there might be others, so for now he's a one-of-one.
fckgw··on Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
Every time they say "trust us" they publish a whitepaper with technical details explaining why and how they can be trusted. They're generally very good about these things.
fckgw··on A Cop Searched 19,000 Flock Cameras Across 1,558 Cities. His Reason: 'LMAO'
We're supposed to hold police officers to a much higher standard. Whether I would or not is irrelevant.
fckgw··on Amazon pilots ad services in ChatGPT
Is your app AI-adjacent?
fckgw··on iPhone Duo
It doesn't come out until October. There won't be anything to review until then.
fckgw··on iPhone Duo
They talked for several minutes on the materials and engineering that went into the screen and how it wasn't "the same plastic all the other folding phones are made of"
fckgw··on iPhone Duo
iOS runs plenty of productivity software, many which run great on larger screen devices like this or iPads. What does "productivity" mean to you? Or is it just terminals and coding?
fckgw··on AirPods 5
The differentiating feature is the Wireless Charging case, which they've had a separate SKU for forever.
fckgw··on Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent
Not you though. You're the only smart one, huh?
fckgw··on Adult Film Producer Unmasks Prolific 'John DOE' Torrent Pirate as Meta Executive
> As recently as August 25, Strike 3 says it recorded more than 150 daily downloads, from multi-language “Mega Packs” of TV shows, movies, software and books to what it describes as AI-generated pornography and VR adult films. That included nearly a dozen of its own titles.

It sounds like this person/IP was just downloading a ton of different content, of which these VR videos were are part of.

Doesn't that water down their complaint a bit? If they are trying to say they moved to a residential IP to specifically download VR content for training data, why are they also downloading unrelated eBook and other media? Seems like VR content made up a pretty small percentage of overall downloaded content.

fckgw··on Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services
Ok. Sounds like your city is not a good candidate for congestion pricing and probably won't happen.

What's the issue?

fckgw··on Urban Congestion Pricing and the Response Times of Emergency Medical Services
Good news! In all the areas where congestion pricing has been implement there are abundant alternatives to driving! Or, you can still drive and simply pay the toll!
fckgw··on A 12TB Steam “teraleak” spills more than a decade of lost PC gaming history
I would respectfully disagree that playing a video game is equivalent to climbing the world's tallest mountain peak. Sometimes I want to play a game to experience the story.
fckgw··on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you
The TV is offline. Read the article!
fckgw··on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you
It's shocking how many comments here didn't bother to read the article. At all.

They're not talking about putting the TV online. The TV is completely offline.

They're talking about plugging the TV into a PC or laptop via HDMI or Displayport (like if you're running an HTPC), which then triggers a companion app update on the PC via Windows Update. This was a news item a few weeks ago with their monitors. They then also discuss a hardware blocker for HDMI or DP to prevent this.

Again, this has nothing to do about the TV's smart apps.

fckgw··on The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead
I think maybe the bubble of software engineers on this site who use AI to code for them don't see how other people, who's jobs don't rely on AI, view the actions of these companies as reckless, at best, and often crossing into actively harmful.
fckgw··on The Hugging Face incident and the road ahead
They're really milking this for all it's worth, huh?
fckgw··on Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown
It was about $9k for the shed and the foundation, poured and installed. The other $11k was for everything else making it a living space and not just a shed. Not so bad in that context.
fckgw··on Apple introduces M6 and M5 Ultra
"1000 songs in your pocket" was the entire driving force behind the thing. It was constantly bellowed in the marketing and it's what Steve Jobs demanded of the engineering team from day one. The size and the storage were paramount and they knew no one else could match it.
fckgw··on AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint
"random apps" and it's the largest eCommerce company on the planet
fckgw··on Memory prices climb 500% in 12 months
Which reversed in about 6 months and now eggs are are their lowest prices in nearly a decade.
fckgw··on All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen
Flock is popular with 1) local police departments and 2) local city councils who don't want to upset the police

It's pretty unpopular with mainly everyone else.

fckgw··on All of Winona Police Department's Flock cameras cut down and stolen
If you roll up on a bicycle with a hat and sunglasses then probably not!
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