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inquirerGeneral··on Everybody's Lost Their Minds
I cannot take this post seriously -- when it linked to the "Crimes" that Anthropic committed it showed that this author has not understood *any* of the papers or systems that he is critical of in that moment.

absolutely uninformed.

inquirerGeneral··on Debian votes to allow "responsible use of generative AI"
Go back to 2007 on this blog archive. It's incredible to read

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/author/vcblog/

inquirerGeneral··on Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence
I feel like you just made the opposite case you actually made
inquirerGeneral··on Cursor launches Origin, GitHub alternative
I love how people like you actually think Elon actually wanted your data.
inquirerGeneral··on Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop
Luckily, Google enabled Airdrop inside of Quick Share so my phones and my MacBook and my Windows PC all can share now.
inquirerGeneral··on Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is stepping down
The offended people are the type I least respect on the internet and remember how much better it was before they existed
inquirerGeneral··on Google removes AI health summaries
Claude just added Health Connect integration for Android.

Meanwhile Copilot launched a full bot for it:

"Dos and don’ts of medical AI While AI is a useful tool that can help you understand medical information, it’s important to clarify what it’s designed to do (and what it isn’t).

Dos: Use AI as a reliable guide for finding doctors and understanding care options. Let AI act as an always available medical assistant that explains information clearly. Use AI as a transparent, unbiased source of clinically validated health content. Don’ts: Don’t use AI for medical diagnosis. If you’re concerned you may have a medical issue, you should seek the help of a medical professional. Don’t replace your doctor or primary care provider with an “AI doctor”. AI isn’t a doctor. You should always consult a professional before making any medical decisions. This clarity is what makes Copilot safe" https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-copilot/for-indivi...

inquirerGeneral··on Microsoft May Have Created the Slowest Windows in 25 Years with Windows 11
I have yet to this day and Windows 10 or 11 ever to see an advertisement like people talk about.
inquirerGeneral··on Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes
That has nothing to do with Trump and that election
inquirerGeneral··on Show HN: Jmail – Google Suite for Epstein files
It's Reddit type conversation often
inquirerGeneral··on OpenAI declares 'code red' as Google catches up in AI race
You realize on some level all of these sort of anecdotes, though, are simply random coincidence .
inquirerGeneral··on Microsoft in court for allegedly misleading Australians over 365 subscriptions
They also added more to the 365 Family Manager family premium plan though -- they ended Copilot Pro as that was an add-on that made no sense when people already had to juggle the other two copilots that are finally "settling in".

Good move there, at least.

> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nickdc_copilot-pro-is-no-more...

> https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nickdc_copilot-pro-is-no-more...

inquirerGeneral··on McKinsey wonders how to sell AI apps with no measurable benefits
Just read a single interview by the CEO etc, they are all in on AI
inquirerGeneral··on Decoding Netflix's AV1 Streams
Google TV UI is fine, only one I accept other than Apple TV
inquirerGeneral··on Grok 4 Fast
This is called “derangement syndrome”
inquirerGeneral··on Amazon has mostly sat out the AI talent war
Literally documented proof.
inquirerGeneral··on Interview with Google's Android leader Sameer Samat
"I'm not the average user that make sales so here are my money losing demands"
inquirerGeneral··on An end to all this prostate trouble?
There is a reason we are smart enough to develop finasteride and dutasteride that are extremely effective and safe¹ instead of relying on plants & herbs which are just weak versions of taking a drug anyway.

¹ the science is sound, the safety is absolutely a guarantee. There is a group of about 10 individuals who have spent their entire life spreading their neurological issues and obsession with fake reports and exaggerations of the harmful made-up side effects that cannot be repeated in any study whatsoever anywhere..

I actually could not believe the other day that they are still active and have managed to cause the FDA to issue a guidance that there might be higher side effect rates than otherwise were reported .

It's actually ridiculous, and every news article and study about it are almost entirely mentioning people who's just start believing in their heads that they have side effects when they actually don't. And yet the news articles took this as evidence of a story that has been hidden or something .

I really thought that those 10 or so individuals who you used to be able to read their forum posts back in 2006 when they tried to tell every young guy in the world not to take it for hair loss would have fizzled out by now.

inquirerGeneral··on Chrome for Android doesn't have extensions, but Edge now has a whole store
That's nice, but everybody already knew that and no one cares about Firefox, terrible browser
inquirerGeneral··on US Ends Support For Ukrainian F-16s
Shareholders like that don't just dictate everything bro lol
inquirerGeneral··on Apple wins $250 US jury verdict in patent case over Masimo smartwatches
No
inquirerGeneral··on Wired's Attack on Privacy
no one cares what enables hate groups, it's not 2022 anymore
inquirerGeneral··on Kagi Assistant
What? Old reddit isn't using old facts.

I skimmed down and if this was about Kagu indexing being out of date then sorry I just realized that

inquirerGeneral··on Californian fed up with stolen mail sends Apple AirTag to herself to catch thief
America is made up of 5+ full fledged nations of people inside it with different ethnic, cultural, and genetic backgrounds. Why do you expect them to be anything like the Finns or Norwegians?
inquirerGeneral··on Virginia Woolf's list-making
Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com, paste, click FT, no paywall
inquirerGeneral··on I found a 1-click exploit in South Korea's biggest mobile chat app
Was this a decade ago? I've been following Telegram development for over five years and never heard of this
inquirerGeneral··on Former University of Iowa hospital employee used fake identity for 35 years
> People spend quite a while in jail, simply waiting for court.[1]

Yeah, if they have waived their right to a speedy trial, dude

inquirerGeneral··on Apple is turning William Gibson's Neuromancer into a TV series
I think The Peripheral was renewed but went into total production limbo due to the strikes last year. It was then cancelled.

Ok yeah I looked it up it was renewed fast in early February 2023 but was cancelled in August

inquirerGeneral··on A brief history of the U.S. trying to add backdoors into encrypted data (2016)
I didn't know any of this. Thanks.

"The U.S. Munitions List changes over time. Until 1996–1997, ITAR classified strong cryptography as arms and prohibited their export from the U.S.[5]

Another change occurred as a result of Space Systems/Loral's conduct after the February 1996 failed launch of the Intelsat 708 satellite. The Department of State charged Space Systems/Loral with violating the Arms Export Control Act and the ITAR.[6][7]

As a result, technology pertaining to satellites and launch vehicles became more carefully protected." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_....

inquirerGeneral··on MobileDiffusion: Rapid text-to-image generation on-device
It did work, I used it myself. A quick search shows others who had my experience. This was late 2019 for me. Here's the first link and the Google post on rolling out in summer 2019:

"Google Assistant just made a dinner reservation for me... I knew this was coming... but mind blown!" https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/ezv3us/google_a...

"Now, you can use it on all Pixel phones in 43 U.S. states.

All it takes is a few seconds to tell your Assistant where you'd like to go. Just ask the Assistant on your phone, “Book a table for four people at [restaurant name] tomorrow night.” The Assistant will then call the restaurant to see if it can accommodate your request. Once your reservation is successfully made, you’ll receive a notification on your phone, an email update and a calendar invite so you don’t forget."

https://blog.google/products/assistant/book-table-google-ass...

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