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flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Robot performs first realistic surgery without human help: System trained on videos of surgeries performs like an expert surgeonEnglish6·3 days agoNaturally as this kind of thing moves into use on actual people it will be used on the wealthiest and most connected among us in equal measure to us lowly plebs right…right?
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•Baby dies after California mom leaves him in car to get lip filler on 101-degree day, police sayEnglish221·3 days agoI don’t understand how someone makes the logical leaps they do in these kinds of cases. Even from a purely selfish stand point, the risk of exactly what happened and the fallout are just not worth it to make that appointment right then and there or just have the kids sit in the lobby.
I must be losing my grip on reality, trying to reason why someone that thinks this way does the things they do.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•BREAKING: X CEO Linda Yaccarino Steps Down One Day After Elon Musk’s Grok AI Bot Went Full HitlerEnglish7·3 days agoI would imagine she knew full well trying to be the CEO of X/Twitter with Musk so heavily involved was going to be a losing venture as far as her own goals from the jump. But she took the job for the huge pay day and being able to have “CEO” in her list of previous positions on her resume.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.world•My son got Nikes so he doesn't get teased.English121·5 days agoNo matter if you end up getting him a pair or not. Be sure he understands that such things as bullying people for having the “wrong” shoes is shallow clique nonsense and he should be better than that.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Microsoft axe another 9000 in continued AI pushEnglish7·8 days agoI often wonder these days why anyone would have any interest in working for the likes of Microsoft or the other big names. Unless I am just severely underestimating how good that comp package is it seems like knowing you will get the ax within 5 years of your start date more than likely would really dump cold water on the whole affair.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•‘The vehicle suddenly accelerated with our baby in it’: the terrifying truth about why Tesla’s cars keep crashingEnglish6·8 days agoMy wife had a rental for a trip she and my daughter were going on for a gymnastics event and I got to drive it back from the rental place and it had lane assist.
Every time another car passed in the opposite lane the damn thing would try and jerk in the opposite direction of that car, sometimes almost running itself off the road into the ditch in the process.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Linux Gaming@lemmy.world•Very positively surprised by how seamless the switch from Windows wasEnglish2·14 days agoZip disk users rise up.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Young men are 'playing videogames all day' instead of getting jobs because they can mooch off of free healthcare, claims congressmanEnglish15·14 days agoWhat about all of those congress critters that get that big bad “socialized medicine” that the common people can’t (funny how it is fine when it is for them isn’t it.)? I bet that costs a shit ton given the average age of congress critters. How about we make some cuts there?
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: For-Profit News companies are willing to create the world you want, so they can get your clicks.2·14 days agoI recognize that news outlets have bills to pay, and I am generally willing to pay for something when it is worth it to me. But they all need to realize that not all of them can get away with a $10-$20 a month subscription fee. That is as unsustainable as the current advertising in every square inch of free space and data broker model.
A far more healthy for the entire news ecosystem would be accounts linked to your online IDP services of choice (Google, Apple, Microsoft, whoever else has one they want to support) and things like Google Pay/Apple Pay. Then you pay some small usage fee like power/water/toll roads. Then how much you give any given outlet depends on how much of their stuff you use.
That would refocus news on being things people want to read and less on advertising influence as well as cut back on the rampant consolidation that is and will continue to come of the current models.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•The 'Stop Killing Games' initiative is close to its final deadline, and after that, its leader is understandably done: 'Either the frog hops out of the pot, or it's dead'English15·18 days agoIn my experience working with devs at game studios (i’m a sysadmin/infra engineer type by trade), it is rarely them that is so against open sourcing code, or giving fans of the game the tools needed to keep it going on their own once the devs move on. Most of the devs I have dealt with would like nothing more than to see the thing they created live on and be enjoyed by people, even if they are not personally getting paid for it 10 years down the line.
It is nearly always the executives looking to make sure no one manages to enjoy something the people that work for them created without the c-suite getting paid for it first that is the road block.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackersEnglish3·20 days agoHe would have to even think about them to do that. I doubt the ground level costs of his actions and choices ever enter his mind in any real way.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Trump social media site brought down by Iran hackersEnglish1282·20 days agoIt feels weird to be in support of the goals of an Iranian hacker group.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto pics@lemmy.world•U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) waiting outside unmarked van2·24 days agoSomeone needs to walk by with the Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” song playing.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto science@lemmy.world•Couples with opposing political views face higher risk of separationEnglish4·25 days agoPeople that disagree about fundamental things in life tend to not be good matches romantically…news at 11.
Tune in Saturday to watch our round table where several overly serious and over paid people discuss why the relationship between the Jewish woman and her literal Nazi husband fell apart.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Games@lemmy.world•Nexus Mods' new owners promise they won't monetise the site to death as users panic at the whiff of venture capitalEnglish79·25 days agoWon’t monetize it “to death”, just right up to the line of death.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•Reddit will help advertisers turn ‘positive’ posts into adsEnglish4·27 days agoWew, my raging negativity will keep them from buying my data then.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldtoOld School Cool@lemmy.world•Seriously, Grandma! Put it away!3·27 days agoUncle Rico back there is enjoying the view.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto You Should Know@lemmy.world•YSK: Non-violent protests are 2x more likely to succeed and no non-violent movement that has involved more than 3.5% of a population has ever failed2·27 days agoThe average person doesn’t like violent civil unrest, shocking.
Also, I bet you can mess with the numbers to mean about anything you want by changing what classifies as “violent”. A lot of people include property destruction in their definition of violence. But a lot of other people don’t and only consider that property damage.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.worldto Technology@lemmy.world•YouTube relaxes moderation rules to allow more controversial content. Videos are allowed if "freedom of expression value may outweigh harm risk"English221·1 month agoSee the issue here is Google/Youtube still get to be the ones to decide what “may outweigh the harm risk”. And the answer I bet will usually be whichever one serves their financial interests.
Which on one hand sure, it is their platform after all. But don’t do me dry and claim you used lube.
I like the Nathan Fillion comment during some red carpet interview when the interviewer was trying to egg him into saying something that would get rage clicks from one side or the other of the current political trash fire.
“its just a movie guys”
Superman was not a brooding edge lord until Snyder’s take outside of specific story runs, and it is obvious that a lot of people don’t know that.