overview for Yendor

*Permanently Deleted* in c/opensourcegames@lemmy.ml

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh no way, that’s awesome!!

Nobel Foundation reverses decision to invite Russia to prize ceremony following backlash in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Russia and Belarus make sense, but not inviting Iran? There are far worse governments out there than Iran…

iPhone vs Android in c/privacyguides@lemmy.one

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A few massive differences:

You opt-in to targeted tracking with Apple. It’s impossible to opt-out with Google. Apple also enforces per-app opt-in for tracking.
Apple use your data, but they don’t sell it on
Apple features protect you from 3rd party tracking at a software level (Private Relay) and hardware level (MAC randomisation)

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

You gotta watch out for those Lifeguards with Lugers.

Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it's safe after nuclear plant wastewater is discharged in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You can safely swim in the pool of an operational reactor, the ocean near Fukushima is perfectly safe.

https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/

rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They They

Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The proposed legislation:

https://legiscan.com/CA/text/SB244/id/2832427

(ii) A product or component of an “alarm system” as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 7590.1 of the Business and Professions Code. Code, including a fire protection system, as defined in the California Fire Code.

Hell freezes over as Apple supports right-to-repair bill in c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For the same reason you need a licence in most places to install fire and security systems. If you make a mistake, people can die.

Pharmaceutical industrial complex rule in c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 year ago (4 children)

American pharmaceutical ads are weird. I guess I’m just not free enough to understand them?

The prevalence of touchscreens has probably resulted in a decrease in average fingernail length in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

Bleeding edge tech in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

Yea, but not really. The algorithms are available for free, but they don’t do anything useful by themselves. The RNN is built by training the neural net, which uses grading/classification of training data to increase or decrease millions of coefficients of a multi-layer filter. It’s the training data, the classification feedback and the processing power that actually creates the AI.

Oil companies are hiring TikTok influencers to court young people in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] Yendor@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You’re the one simping for the companies that are making the planet unliveable for future generations for their own profit.

Plenty of evidence for what I claimed, google it yourself if you want:

https://insideevs.com/news/612567/social-media-influencers-paid-bash-tesla-musk/