rogue_scholar

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Google is no longer asking — feed the AI or you’re not in search results in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 35 points 3 months ago

Because the engineers aren't in charge anymore

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/technology@lemmy.world
[–] rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 2 points 4 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.

Meta won't offer future multimodal AI models in EU in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 4 points 4 months ago

If Meta had ever wanted this to stay in the EU the system would have been designed as Opt-In, not Opt-Out.

This was always going to get pushback.

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/technology@lemmy.world
[–] rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 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/technology@beehaw.org
[–] rogue_scholar@eviltoast.org 2 points 5 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.