ITeeTechMonkey

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[–] ITeeTechMonkey 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Future Cop: LAPD

Though the game wasn't groundbreaking it was fun going around LA in a giant Mech blowing stuff up.

I really liked the ability to transform from a bipedal mech to a fast hover car which also helps with the pacing of the game.

It did introduce me to a tower defense PVP style multiplayer that my best friend and I were hooked on for a solid couple of months.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 45 points 4 days ago (12 children)

This is some dumb pearl clutching bullshit.

With this asinine logic, buying apples are condoning evil because their seeds contain cyanide and though there are more effective ways to create cyanide at commercial scale than buying apples and extracting the small amount of cyanide from the seeds it's still a question of moral principle i.e not condoning evil.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 4 points 5 days ago

The biggest obstacle with Stadia suceeding was Google's, rightfully earned, reputation to kill their products.

It ended up becoming a self fulfilling prophecy and has further cemented Googles reputation for killing products/services.

Google's M.O these days seem to be "If it doesn't make money instantly, kill it and move on."

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 37 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

You make the damn laws! Could you make it any more obvious you are beholden to your corporate overlords?!

A strongly written letter ASKING these profit driven companies to stop doing something that increases profit?!

This is the laziest attempt to appear as though these senators are doing something and care. In reality they don't want their money spigot turned off when elections roll around so no real action will be taken.

Maybe you should actually do your jobs and pass right-to-repair and data privacy legislation with the best interest of your constituents in mind?

You don't ask the robber barons to do something. You drag their ass to the table while they kick and scream all the way.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Does codeberg have anything that will prevent an influx of bots or AI accounts that have plagued GitHub?

I ask because as the user base for codeberg grows the bots, AI and nefarious actors will follow.

I like the idea of a federated source code hosting platform especially since it removes lock-in to a single corporation and a defacto monopoly.

That in itself is a good enough reason to migrate, but regarding this particular issue, bots/AI and artificial project promotion for malicious intent, feels like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ya, that is sadly the most likely outcome of all.

It'll send a message to the masses that you won't get your day in court for crimes against the ruling class, but you will still get a sentence... a bullet.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Even if the FBI does catch this guy, the Feds are still gonna have a helluva time trying to cobble together an impartial jury, not to mention alternatives. One question will eliminate a large portion of the jury pool...

"Do you currently, or previously had UHC as a health insurer?"

I could see this case having a hung jury or even seeing jury nullification occur - though it's highly unlikely for nullification to happen.

The Feds will put ungodly amounts of pressure to accept a plea deal.

Edit: added the missing 'y' to 'currently' and added a space between 'previously' and 'had

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's all good, we both clarified our* thoughts on the matter and to be fair using "ruined" instead of "ruining" or "started to ruin" indicates a completed process or final state instead of a continuous one.

I agree that previously one could construct a search to sort the noise out, but as you stated this has become unfeasible without a sharp increase of queries needed to refine results which has shifted the thought from questioning if Google search is bad to now generally accepted belief - to the point where people are trying to quantify and provide evidence to back up the claim.

This article links to a research paper on the topic: https://www.fastcompany.com/91012311/is-google-getting-worse-this-is-what-leading-computer-scientists-say

*Fixed typo of 'out' to 'our'

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 9 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Public in this term has nothing to do with intelligence, but rather people outside of companies working on AI/LLMs or doing AI research. It's why I mentioned it entering the zeitgeist.

I never mentioned a hard cutoff but said they ruined it before LLMs were in use by the general public. Essentially I'm referring to the starting of the degradation of Google's search which they made conscious decisions that deliberately put profit above all.

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 57 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

Avid Amoeba is right that Google ruined their own search before LLMs entered the public consciousness (this does not mean LLMs didn't exist before this, but that they were not widely available for the general public to use or became part of the zeitgeist).

If you don't agree please listen to the Better Offline podcast episode "The Man That Destroyed Google Search". The episode goes through the rollbacks/changes Google made to their search Algorithm well before AI was commonplace.

Better Offline: CZM Rewind: The Man That Destroyed Google Search: https://omny.fm/shows/better-offline/czm-rewind-the-man-that-destroyed-google-search

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 51 points 1 month ago (2 children)

These measures align with Putin’s push for “traditional values” amid population decline

Hear me out Putin, but what if you didn't toss everyone who can fog a mirror into your meat grinder of a war? No? Wait why do you want me to stand near the window?

[–] ITeeTechMonkey 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use DBeaver at work when I am having problems with psql commands in terminal. It's prevented me from pulling out my hair a few times.

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March 4 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday heavily trimmed an antitrust lawsuit that accused Amazon.com (AMZN.O), and others of causing consumers to overpay for eBooks.

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