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Sweden, Norway rethink plans for cashless societies over fears that fully digital payment systems would leave them vulnerable to Russian security threats in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Carrington event and we are fuckarruuh

Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

IoT LTSC or just plain LTSC https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links

Linus Torvalds reckons AI is ‘90% marketing and 10% reality’ in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I use shell_gpt with OpenAI api key so that I don't have to pay a monthly fee for their web interface which is way too expensive. I topped up my account with 5$ back in March and I still haven't use it up. It is OK for getting info about very well established info where doing a web search would be more exhausting than asking chatgpt. But every time I try something more esoteric it will make up shit, like non existent options for CLI tools

AI Slop Is Flooding Medium. in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

We need some kind of search engine that's based on trust

Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused in new lawsuits of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys in c/news@lemmy.world

A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source in c/technology@lemmy.world

Smartphone buyers meh on AI, care much more about battery life - 9to5Mac in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

Rich tax. in c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The people in the meme aren't getting their wealth from their wages

A TikTok alternative called Loops is coming for the fediverse | Users own their content, and Loops doesn’t sell or provide videos to third-party advertisers or train AI on them. It will be open source in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I made a rule that i only do social media on desktop pc. Phone is only for emails and rss feeds. Seems to work

Baidu CEO warns AI is just an inevitable bubble — 99% of AI companies are at risk of failing when the bubble bursts in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] ugjka@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It will burst because no one is going to pay subscription fee for every AI gizmo every app puts in your phone. The way they make any money now is just funneling more and more vc money in exchange of AGI promise (coming soon)