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theherk , to World News in Ancient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexico

Wait, so you’re saying the trip to the national anthropology museum was for work? Maybe.

theherk , to Technology in Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI'

You won’t catch me defending Apple’s repairability but you saying they need repaired often is completely untrue in my experience and that of the wider user baser. In fact their durability and longevity are very good. There are people still running around with 2014 models that have never been repaired.

I mean fuck their anti right to repair bullshit, but the machines are good.

theherk , to World News in Ancient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexico

Would she not be considered a tourist for her trip to Mexico City?

theherk , to Technology in Microsoft insiders worry the company has become just 'IT for OpenAI'

Yeah those MacBooks are really known for their poor build quality and terrible efficiency.

theherk , to Technology in Google, Cloudflare & Cisco Will Poison DNS to Stop Piracy Block Circumvention * TorrentFreak

It isn’t like I’m not willing to pay. My NAS setup wasn’t exactly cheap. But the user experience is just incredible. I had Netflix for ten years, and several others for some time. The experience is just better. Watching whatever I want synchronized with my wife across devices of any type is superb. Who else offers that?

theherk , to Technology in Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices

I loved how blasé he mentioned it and moved right along. It is a pretty big announcement and I’m glad they are finally doing it. It will benefit many even if only indirectly.

theherk , to Technology in Humane AI Pin is a disaster: Founders already want to sell the company

Least I got shit pin!

theherk , to Technology in DuckDuckGo is down. Is there any info about it??

Great reference. Great username. You’re going places.

theherk , to Technology in Dell responds to return-to-office resistance with VPN, badge tracking, and color-coding of employees

Dud! You’re getting a Dull.

theherk , to Programmer Humor in got him

Like with everything, context matters. Sometimes it can indicate poorly structured control flow, other times inefficient loop nesting. But many times it is just somebody’s preference for guard clauses. As long as the intent is clear, there are no efficiency problems, and it is possible to reach the fewest branches necessary, I see no issues.

theherk , to Technology in Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT

Maybe but I don’t think that is well tested legally yet. For instance, I’ve learned things from there, but when I share some knowledge I don’t attribute it to all the underlying sources of my knowledge. If, on the other hand, I shared a quote or copypasta from there I’d be compelled to do so I suppose.

I’m just not sure how neural networks will be treated in this regard. I assume they’ll conveniently claim that they can’t tie answers directly to underpinning training data.

theherk , to Technology in Rubén Baler, neuroscientist: ‘We are guinea pigs. Our attention has become a profitable commodity’

I get the sentiment, but that implies nothing good is being made. And even if the sentiment “nothing good is being pushed” were true, that wouldn’t be that same as not being made. Still tons of artists out there putting work in.

theherk , to Ask Lemmy in What looks easy peasy lemon squeezy but is actually difficult difficult lemon difficult?

“Get well” is completely different than the other two. It is rarely if ever used as an imperative. It is more like “(I hope you) get well”. Well wishes are good.

theherk , to Ask Lemmy in What's a candy that's practically crack for you?

Norwegian Smash. It is like Bugles covered in extremely good salty chocolate.

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