rogue_scholar

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Harris should definitely do it in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

This is an entirely different thing than declassification, though cool for your dad.

Proton releases a self-custody bitcoin wallet | Proton Wallet is open source and has been audited by a third-party firm, the company said in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't even need to read the rest of the thread, this HAS to be the dumbest take. And I think cryptocurrency is inherently a pyramid scheme.

Las Vegas' dystopia-sphere, powered by 150 Nvidia GPUs and drawing up to 28,000,000 watts, is both a testament to the hubris of humanity and an admittedly impressive technical feat | PC Gamer in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Should? Definitely, but let's be realistic, we can barely get people off of coal and oil right now.

In the world we live in, Dams have some of the lowest environmental impact compared to the other places we get our energy.

So we probably shouldn't be trying to phase them out while there are much more severe effects being felt from the other base load facilities.

Opinion | Surgeon General: Why I’m Calling for a Warning Label on Social Media Platforms in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

It's such a milquetoast warning, mostly because the science just isn't there yet. And by the time it is, any damage will be done.

So it's not entirely clear what the hell we should do, but it's probably not a knee jerk reaction.

Adobe to update vague AI terms after users threaten to cancel subscriptions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Didn't the new TOS also contain an AUP for any user generated content?

Google AI making up recalls that didn’t happen in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

you can just disable it

This is not actually true. Google re-enables it and does not have an account setting to disable AI results. There is a URL flag that can do this, but it's not documented and requires a browser plugin to do it automatically.